Great photo. Beautiful looking weather too.

Cheers,

Scott

oops 37 3/16

Awesome Gary,

Thank you so much for this input. Just in case anyone else is interested in this info. This confirms that there is a difference between the model Q and model U body dimensions, as the Q measured 37 1/4.

Thanks again Gary.

Thanks Doug,

Yeah I did some further looking here north of the border and it is the same up here. It is a 1930 30U. I am grateful for all the input. Still open to anyone with a 30U 2 door for measurements. I was lucky enough to have mopardave measure his '28 Model Q, but am still open to anyone who has a 30U.

Cheers,

             Scott

Thanks Gary,

It seems everyone from south of the border has said the same thing. Early 1930. The only part that has me a little confused is the amount of wood in the car. The doors are all steel, but the door frames and all inner structure is wood. The floor is all steel except for the bottom of the firewall and the very front of the floor. This is a Canadian made car so I will do some research in Canada and see what I can come up with. Perhaps some 30U components were introduced earlier north of the border. I 'll see if I can find out and let you know.

Thanks so much for the input. I had a quick look at the frame and all the components seem to be bolted or riveted together. Here is a picture of the dash and the gas gauge.

Yes part of my excitement when I found this car was the completeness of it. I will be running fenders and once I get dimensions for the 2 door conversion and complete that step, the roof comes off, the cage goes in and when the roof goes back on it will be 3" lower. I will section out the rear window so it will remain the same size.

Scott

Well as you can see by the photo preserving originality is not an issue here since it is so far gone. We are going to shoot for a resurrection rather than a restoration. On another note, the gentleman from whom I purchased this project is restoring a '29 Desoto and was going to use this car as a donor car for some of the parts he needed. Thankfully he was convinced by a pile of money that I should have it instead.

Now I really hope not to offend as I am new here and hope to be welcome.....

My plan is to run a 5 speed, 9", MII, boxed frame with a cage and a 362ci Cleveland headed Windsor that hits about 550hp at 7500rpm.

I just brought my "new" Plymouth home on the weekend. ('30 U 4 door sedan) I am super excited to get started. I will be converting it to a 2 door and would like to communicate with someone who would be willing to send me some exact measurements and perhaps some direct side view shots so I can duplicate it. Please let me know if you are willing to help.

Scott