White64

the serial number on my car (coupe) is 9001917

I think the "se" is from the front eye to the centerbolt, and the "le" rear eye to center bolt. SE short end, LE long end, geesh! FOR $5.50 I'LL TAKE TWO! (but I think the average rate for hour worked was well below $1, so I guess it's all relative)

Hate to be a pest/nag/p.i.t.a. But! Have you had a chance to measure the length of your Dodge main spring? front eye down rear eye up... using the measurements from the chart above. We have a very good spring shop 20 miles away but the Gov has pretty much closed all "non-essential" businesses... 😞 Patrick

Perfect! I have seen reference to that part of the manual here but when I try to open that attachment the system says the attachment no longer exists... but ! This is great! And I used your link to find the rubber! Thanks!

Ok I've put fabric tops in 31 and 32 Fords, simple , but this Plymouth has me stumped. I prefer the look of the fabric top so I don't want to fill it with steel. Here are some pictures: you can see the wound rope like nailing strip for the "chicken wire" and padding (I assume) and then what appears to be a "removable (?) metalstrip and then an age hardened rubber seal (which appears to be no longer available from what I've read here)… the fabric goes under this seal and once done you cut off the excess... is that correct? So Question 1: is that really a removable metal strip, it seems to be movable? Question 2: I will totally destroy the rubber seal getting it out, where do I find another? Andy Bernbaum?

here is the spring chart for 36 Plymouth cars, my car is a P1 coupe with no fender wells spares, maybe Dodges and Plymouths are the same the only difference appears to be the front sheetmetal... What's the lengths of your left Dodge spring ?

I filled out the form, Plymouth was not in their spring drop down list, so I had to give them the info.... probably a good idea to get a left and right....

I need a front spring for a 1936 Plymouth with a eye to eye length of 38 1/8 " In the General Discussion forum (yeah I put it in the wrong place.. I'm a newbie! ) I have a thread discussing the issue I'm having with my 1936 Plymouth P1 coupe front springs and the interference on the drivers side between the spring and the front fender. I'm guessing I have the incorrect left spring... I think anyway. But I'm willing to try a spring the same length as the right side. There is a spring chart in that thread.

body tag says 813 395

yup the spring eyes are up in the rear and down in the front... seemingly contrary to the chart... but the chart shows how to measure springs

According to the spring chart, I have a wrong spring! (the chart is great! ) I noticed the differences when cleaning the springs, and "assumed" that sometime in the past 84 years that someone had found the correct spring, but as it goes with these cars they found a spring "that worked". Now I gotta find a 1936 Plymouth spring! or at least the main spring, or have one made... anybody got one!? the right spring the left spring On closer look at the chart I may have a spring from a car with fenderwells, hence the inch difference !? and as far as I can tell this coupe never had fender wells...as far as I can tell... HELP!

some pictures! The first pic shows the passenger side, the fender is completely mounted and the shackle has 3/4 clearance to the fender. this spring measures 38.5 inches The second picture shows the driver side and you can see the shackle is hitting the fender and I can't get the fender to bolt to the grill shell. this spring measures 39.5 inches The third picture shows the drivers front of the spring, the shackle is close to being 45 degrees, where the pass side is near vertical. The fourth picture shows the rear of the drivers spring and the shock eliminator (which I have tightened completely to try and draw the spring rearward...) this is a pic of the shock eliminator that is on the rear of the left spring...

Putting my '36 Plymouth coupe back together.. BUT there is something wrong with the front springs. one is 1" shorter than the other. The driver side does have the rear shackle bracket with the springs to soften bumps feeding to the steering wheel. The passenger side (the shorter side ) goes together fine but the driver side spring is too long and is not allowing the fender to be added since the front spring the shackle is hitting the bottom of the fender. What have I done wrong? Pat