1955 Plymouth (4-door made into 2-door) Radical Custom

1955 RADICAL CUSTOM National & International WINNER!! This is a ISCA award winning hand-built full radical custom. If you are looking for a "one of a kind" specialty car, THIS IS IT! Not a typical custom(Ford, Chevy or Merc) and this kind of Master Craftmanship is extremely rare. This Plymouth Belvedere was manufactured in 1955 as a four-door family sedan. The transformation in 1991 included relocating the door posts 6 inches back and turning it into the sleek two-door beauty of today. It was also chopped, dropped, shaved, louvered and topped off with a dynamite raspberry and white pearl paint. The custom interior is a beautiful white pearl leatherette done w/ hot pink trim by Grumpy's of Ohio. The main objective of this creation was to portray the way customs were done back in the 50's. With that in mind, the engine is the original flat head six (not a typical 350 that is seen under the hood of most customs) with duel off set Strong-berg carburetors, split manifold for duel exhaust and nostalgic bee-hive oil system. It also has a small cam installed to give you plenty of power to let you cruise down the road with very economical gas mileage...and at today's gas prices, that's a treat to have! In keeping with the same theme, there are no mags, but instead have the wide white-walls with 1955 Olds spinners. with rain gutter rolled under

• Door posts were cut and moved back 6 in.To duplicate all that was done to this car today would take a huge amount of cash. This car is completely finished, ready for the open road and after 18 years, STILL WINNING AWARDS!! As a matter of fact, in 2001 the car was a low-lid pick at the GOODGUYS NATIONALS in Columbus, Ohio and has been mentioned in several car magazines.Some of the other modifications are:
  • Roof was chopped 5 in. and flattened with piece cut from a donor car to widen 3 in. front & back
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• Doors then lengthened 6 in. from a donor car
• Rear window & sheet metal cut out of a 1948 Chevy coup and fabricated into the chopped roof
• Rear end stretched out the back to fit Packard tail-lights
• Bumpers front and rear de-chromed, narrowed and welded to frame and molded in
• Lowered four inches front and rear
• Door handles replaced with button openers
• Over 200 louvers punched into hood
• Seats: Had to be cut down to fit from a Cadillac Eldorado
• Interior: Custom rolled and pleated in white and hot pink with the trunk also custom finished
• Gas fill was removed from side of car and placed in a fabricated housing located in the trunk

If you have any questions, please call Jim at (814)397-9285