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A 1934 Plymouth sedan isn't a typical starting point for a hot rod, but that's just the beginning of the uniqueness of this car. It's a hodgepodge in the best sense of the term; '79 GM A-body rear suspension, 400 cubic-inches of '73 Plymouth V8 power, a custom intake manifold, and 3 Rochester 2bbl carbs. The wood headliner is actually made from a tree that was growing in the owner's yard. That machine gun styled air cleaner even utilizes the leftover portion of the shortened driveshaft. And would you take a look at that homemade hood ornament; its a "screw" flying though a "U." The best part? The owner bought the car just to get one part for another car, but ended up deciding to build this up just for fun. It's stuff like this that make us love Autorama.
Plymouth Rat Rod With Machine Gun Intake
A 1934 Plymouth sedan isn't a typical starting point for a hot rod, but that's just the beginning of the uniqueness of this car. It's a hodgepodge in the best sense of the term; '79 GM A-body rear suspension, 400 cubic-inches of '73 Plymouth V8 power, a custom intake manifold, and 3 Rochester 2bbl carbs. The wood headliner is actually made from a tree that was growing in the owner's yard. That machine gun styled air cleaner even utilizes the leftover portion of the shortened driveshaft. And would you take a look at that homemade hood ornament; its a "screw" flying though a "U." The best part? The owner bought the car just to get one part for another car, but ended up deciding to build this up just for fun. It's stuff like this that make us love
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4:15 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Mark Arnold
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Do I get to be "that guy"? Sweet!
It's an auger. Not a screw.
cool?
sweet?
That guy rocks. As much as Chrysler would like us all to forget that Plymouth ever existed, there's always going to be folks like this that will make sure that never happens.
I'll bet when people see that intake in their rear-view mirror, they immediately pull right.
Yeah, you really didn't even need to bother with the "Great" 8.
This is way better than reading about a new Audi, or enduring the 2010 Challenger vs. the 2013 Camaro slap-fight. I propose a new RSS feed only for stuff that scores over 300 on Loverman's How-Jalopnik-Is-Your-Car test. Come on Wert, you've got some new hires coming, right?
It's fun to hear someone actually talking about "Plymouth" and a small part of it's history. It was once a great name in the US auto scene.
Gawd awful! Looks like something those Teutul Twits would have built at OCC.
"Truely a junkyard Homebuilt special"
Couldn't have put it better myself, This is the sort of grass roots entingeering that more people should be doing, Sure it's not concourse condition, but it's a lot more interesting then "another 32 ford roadster"
That's the greatest manifold ever built. I don't care if the open plenum and triple deuces don't work as efficiently as a dual-plane 4bbl; that thing rocks.
@smokeydog001: Nope, it's got too many wheels. I counted.
@LaughingAtFate: Fully agree.
Junk, but really cool junk. I'd hit it.
@LaughingAtFate: @Turboner: My dragon likes
@smokeydog001:
Are you on drugs? Everything they put together comes off the shelf. The world needs more cars built like this one. Excellent find.
That intake manifold is teh bomb.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
That guy was really worried about irking any Plymouth/resto purists, he's almost seems embarrassed to enjoy his own car. Anyway, neat car, Ima steal that screw you rad cap/hood ornament idea...
i like it, but i'd like it more without the yellow... stands out like a turd in a punchbowl.
@smokeydog001: Keep in mind that OCC is not in the bike building business, but in Show Business. They're bloody good at the latter, even for a bunch of twits.
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