Just finished my Brooklin conversion of a club coupe into a Savoy four door sedan to join my two door Suburban, convertible, four door Belvedere hardtop, and Fury. The convertible is transformable from a top down convertible into a white top Belvedere hardtop. This completes the 1956 full line. Transporter is towed by another Mopar, a Brooklin 1953 COE Dodge.
Well John, you know I'm a big fan of ALL your full line conversions, I too tackle many "mod projects;" but you're FAR MORE prolific than I! These Plymouths look fantastic...but of course I, with my modeler's eye for detail, immediately homed in on that piece of Scotch tape holding that Plymouth sign in place in that 1st pic. 😏 😏
Great display and nice hauler! (I have that one also. It's too bad that trailer isn't a bit more flexible...it was designed to carry a very specific load 🙄)
I'm not sure how you accomplished the 4 dr sedan from a 2 dr coupe but it looks mighty fine!
I believe that by 1955-56 all Plymouth cars had the same length roof. The short top business coupe or maybe it was called a club coupe, ended in 1953 I think. So this conversion from a Brooklin club coupe to a four door sedan, or four door hardtop, did not require a change to the roof. You did not note I cheated on the four door station wagon, its actually a 1955.
Just finished my Brooklin conversion of a club coupe into a Savoy four door sedan to join my two door Suburban, convertible, four door Belvedere hardtop, and Fury. The convertible is transformable from a top down convertible into a white top Belvedere hardtop. This completes the 1956 full line. Transporter is towed by another Mopar, a Brooklin 1953 COE Dodge.
@John-quilter. You are correct, I missed that the station wagon was a 1955. Speaking of 1955 Plymouths, do you have a conversion to a 1955 Plymouth 2 dr htp? I would like to convert a Brooklin 1955 Plymouth Belvedere convertible into a 2 dr htp. What was used as a donor for the roof? The 1955 Plymouth 2 dr htp is special to me as it is the first car that I learned to drive. It belonged to my grandfather and was turquoise-green (I think it was called glades green) with a black roof. Here's a picture of the car in front of our house in the late '50s. I think my mother is behind the wheel.I remember one day driving to pick my mom up from work and coming to a stop sign at the end of our street.I recall I was driving way to fast. It is here where I realized where the saying "stand on the brakes"came from.In order to get the car to stop I had to lift myself from the seat and literally stand on the brakes.Lucky no other cars were in sight since I came to a full stop in the middle of the intersection.
The only 1955 Plymouth I have is the Brooklin four door wagon. Creating a 1955 two door hardtop from this would entail scratch creating a roof (at least the rear quarter with D pillars) and a boot lid. Alternatively, you might be able use the 1956 two door sedan and shave down the higher fins but you would need a grill which is slightly different from 1955 to 1956. Diecast Direct has the 1956 on sale I believe. If you have the 1955 Belvedere convertible removing the top from the 1956 and transplanting it would be the simplest process. That would leave you a roofless 1956 which could become a convertible adding Belvedere side trim and creating a top boot. Easy to do with sheet lead. I need to slightly reshape the one in this photo. Color charts for 1955 easily found with a Google search
