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31/08/2011 2:54 am
Pic(k) of the week...
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'53 Plymouth Cranbrook
31/08/2011 3:05 am
Great Steve. I'll be there are not too many of these left around.
31/08/2011 3:15 am
Frank, it's not a resto-mod. Exhaust splitters were a period correct mod used often on 6 cyl
Chevys and Plymouths.
31/08/2011 3:32 am
Thats true - a guy that worked in my dads gas station had a 53 Plymouth and 53 Dodge both with duals - just tap in behind the differential - add a Hollywood muffler - and drive off with a wimpy growl LOL
31/08/2011 3:56 am
Neat, neat car and the wires add to the look !!!
31/08/2011 4:55 am
PICS (1:1) Here's one in a '37 Plymouth coupé. Dual intake by Offenhauser and you can just.....
the rear manifold by FenToN of the two that are on this engine....
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If Steve's neat little '53 is so equipped, that still makes it a resto-mod, altho' a period correct one.
And here's a completely over-the-top one-off "F" head conversion that shows the FenToN cast iron headers more clearly....
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31/08/2011 4:58 am
The wires does it for this car.
31/08/2011 5:00 am
Hey, I LIKE that motorboat sound, Ron, LOL!
31/08/2011 5:01 am
Sweet little car, Steve.
31/08/2011 5:27 am
SWEET!!!!!
31/08/2011 5:54 am
Motorboat sound? Yes.... that's it, huh? For years, I could never quite put my finger...
... on that sound! Motorboat definitely describes it! Thanks Gene!
31/08/2011 5:58 am
Yep, I should know. I had them on my '53 Plymouth coupe.
There were two ways to do it. Buy and install a split manfold (expensive) or tap into the single exhaust with a "Y" pipe (cheating).
Method #2 was the most common way.
Since this car appeared to be restored as original and knowing they didn't come with duals from the factory (or from the dealer), I thought that there might be a V-8 under the hood.
31/08/2011 6:40 am
PICS (1:1) That's not just a virtual sound, Marlowe. For many years the larger (250 & 265 c.i.).....
versions of these engines were the mainstay of Chrysler Marine production. You can just make one out under the open hatch of this Chris-Craft....
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...and this one uses an actual '53 Chrysler steering wheel, so it's a pretty safe bet what's under the "hood"....
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The Dodge Brothers, Horace and John, were very big into Great Lakes (of the WET variety) racers early on, and produced a nice line of speedboats, too. This site is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak....
Again, the top two pix are scans from my 35mm files, so they are less than perfect images.
31/08/2011 6:52 am
Occasionally, I rent a power boat to cruise over to Catalina Island. The ones I've rented...
... have 350 Chevy engines.
BTW, your link doesn't work.
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