1938 PLYMOUTH SEDAN - $9,000 OBO

[Leif in Calif]

Looks like it has possibilities, but probably not a $9k with a stuck engine.

https://goldcountry.craigslist.org/cto/d/soulsbyville-1938-plymouth-sedan/7706284520.html

1938 PLYMOUTH SLANT BACK SEDAN. $9,000 BEST OFFER. ALL ORIGINAL BARN FIND. FLAT HEAD SIX MOTOR. THREE SPEED MANUAL TRANS. SOLID CAR OVER ALL. HAS SOME SMALL DENTS AND SMALL HOLE IN FLOOR PASSENGER SIDE. MOTOR FROZE FROM SITTING. NICE INTERIOR AND HEAD LINER. PREVIOUS OWNER BOUGHT SOME NEW PARTS IN TRUNK. HE WAS GOING TO RESTORE BUT PASSED AWAY. GREAT WINTER PROJECT.

(209) 536-0993

[suchan]

Good looking car, and might worth the asking if it ran well.

 

[kar3516]

[wayne sheldon]

Nothing like rolling the dice! (Says the crazy guy that basically NEVER gambles or spends much time in any casino?)

I have seen flathead engines get stuck after sitting for as little as two years. Sometimes, maybe even often, as long as they haven't been left out in the rain with sparkplugs removed, they will free up easy and be just fine with no serious problems.

Then again. I have seen a few that turned out to be completely blown before they were parked and nothing of significance in the engine was even usable! I saw one once where the rods were bent, bearings gone, crankshaft ruined, and even the camshaft was broken in two places. By the way, the block was cracked.

I may not gamble in casinos, but I have taken the chance on a few stuck engines over the years. Mostly my luck with them has been good. The only ones where the engine was mostly junk I had paid an appropriate price for the car with a junk engine.

 

I hope someone can get it at a fair price, and that the engine frees up and runs fine with very little cost.

[Fossil]

Lot of unknowns for a lot of money. Looks to have been repainted and it would be nice to know what's under it. 

It would be a nice project if it could be had at the right price. Parts support should be good and fairly easy to come by. 

 

 

 

[alsfarms]

Certainly the best looking of the sedan bodies!!!!!

[TerryB]

Given the solid appearance of the body and a mostly decent paint, the price is not terrible when you consider the cost to fix up one with a much poorer body condition.  The stuck engine is the gamble but flathead 6 MoPar parts are not impossible to find.

[alsfarms]

A decent interior goes a long way.....

Dry California is also good.

If I was just looking for a 30's Chrysler product...........

[deac]

There's a guy on you tube that does makes videos on starting old frozen motors.  I have watched many of them, needless to say they're very entertaining.  He does flathead Chevy's and Fords to Chryslers and Internationals.  He uses a lot of PB Blaster and the trans fluid/acetone mixture in the cylinders,  He gets a lot these things running.  Some you think just how long they will run before they just give out and others make you think the motor has legs.  Type in to You Tube:  Jennings Motorsports when you have a little and watch one!  I think if this motor has a recent history like the seller says I could get to turn and probably run.  I think you could revive the paint with a cut and buff and then you would have an inexpensive runner!