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camaro front end in 1931 plymouth

 
tojack tojack
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 09/06
Posted: 09/22/06
01:07 AM

I want to install a new front end in my 1931 plymouth. i currently have a corvair in there.
i know fatman makes a setup for this but i can get a much better deal on the camaro front end.
has anyone done the camaro setup?  if so what problems did you encounter? any help/concerns would be appreciated.  

 
Lamar Wadsworth Lamar Wadsworth
New User | Posts: 5 | Joined: 09/06
Posted: 09/23/06
01:21 AM

Even if you can get a good Camaro/Nova subframe clip for free, I don't think it would be a good swap on your '31 Plymouth. If you want independent front suspension, a Fatman or other good quality Mustang II setup is the way to go.
Unless you're building the car as a fenderless Hiboy, there's no way to hang the stock front fenders and other sheetmetal on the Camaro clip.
I don't have direct experience with a '31 Plymouth, but I know the frame is not much wider than a Model A Ford.  The Camaro clip is going to be a lot wider than the Plymouth frame, and I don't see how you could mate the Camaro clip to the Plymouth frame without it looking cobbled together and potentially being unsafe.  Another issue to think about is title/registration issues. I don't know where the serial number is on a '31 Plymouth, but old Fords and a lot of other old cars only have the number stamped on the frame with no serial number tag anywhere on the body. If you saw off the front end of the frame and that happens to be where the serial number is on it, it could seriously complicate title/registration issues, moreso in some states than in others.  

 
tojack tojack
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 09/06
Posted: 09/23/06
09:34 AM

lamar,
    Thanks for the info. i definitely want to be safer than sorry. i am glad i asked before i got that front end. this is a good forum and for being a newbie it is very helpful. again thanks  

 
oldhippie oldhippie
New User | Posts: 3 | Joined: 09/06
Posted: 09/28/06
03:55 AM

Lamar is right, install a MII style. Not to talk againest Fatman, but there are a lot of mfgs. that make frnt. end kits ao do your homework and good luck.
Jim  

 
plymouthrodder plymouthrodder
New User | Posts: 4 | Joined: 03/07
Posted: 03/16/07
08:45 PM

I would cheack out jim weimer rod grage I just put one in my 39 plymouth you would be suprised at the cost  

 
jimmothershead jimmothershead
New User | Posts: 16 | Joined: 03/09
Posted: 03/05/09
01:44 PM

Too wide, too tall, 40 year old junk.
For years I used the TCI, Total Cost Involved custom IFS with rear rack, Manual steering. You car is too narrow, too short, too light for power steering. It will allow you best fender clearance for upper control A-arms. Standard tubular M II IFS will not allow correct Ackerman unless you go the nosebleed/4X4 profile.
No problems, no fun with street rods.
Jim at The School of Hard Knocks.  

 

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