1952 Plymouth

Wagon

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

KS109107

Clear

Gasoline

Your mom warned your sister about guys who drove station wagons. I don't know why - you get all the advantages of a street rod with the bonus of being able to bring home the groceries. This 1952 Plymouth wagon has been in my possession for the past nine years, and has been a fun project car and a hit at the cruise nights, but times are tough and he has to go. This is a great starting platform for a Rat Rod, a Retro Rod, a Kustom or whatever suits you. It is not a show car, but a vehicle we enjoyed fiddling around with when we could. When I got the car in 2002, it was very similar to what you see here. It sits on what I believe to be a late-'70s Nova clip, and has a 8.5" ten-bolt rear end with open 2.73 gears. Brakes are drums all around, with the familiar Nova finned drums. It has a small-block Chevy for power - a 305 - with an Edelbrock Performer manifold and 600 cfm Edelbrock carb. Transmission is a stock Turbo Hydro 350 with a new B&M Quicksilver shifter. Eight-inch chrome wheels with Goodyear rubber. Power steering, but this is not a power brakes car. The car runs well, and we've certainly never abused it. We just take it out for the occasional cruise night or ice cream run. The engine is sound, and uses no oil - it leaves some drops on the driveway, but not much. The windshield needs to fixed with new rubber. I have what I believe to be the correct rubber, and will include that with the car, as well as the original garnish moldings and the grill pieces that I didn't bother to reinstall for the pictures. Do not drive this car in the rain until you correct the windshield. Trust me - water will pour in over the dash like Snoqualmie Falls. If you're going to have this car shipped, you'll need an enclosed carrier. I laid up a couple of fiberglas speaker pods for the kick panels up front, and the stereo - a Jensen cassette - is passable, but not great. The antenna is inside, mounted on the windshield glass. When I drive, I'd rather listen to the sound of the small block. Whoever built this car used a Ron Francis wiring harness and fuse block. I'm guessing it came from the late '80s or so. There have been multiple splices and patches done to the wiring over the years, but everything works - lights, brake lights, turn signals, hazards, wipers. VDO Gauges and a SunPro Tach. The fuel gauge has started acting a bit flaky lately. Since we got him we've: Shaved the door handlesFrenched the headlights - haven't even adjusted the aim yetPulled out a few minor dents, and sanded out a couple of scratches.Fixed a couple of rust spots on the doorsReplaced pedestal-style buckets with '91 Celica seats on home-built bracketsRe-routed the fuel line from the driver side to the passenger side and installed two in-line fuel filters.Replaced the twitchy column-lock Chevy steering column with an Ididit tilt column and Grant spoked wheel.Moved the ignition switch to the dashReplaced the 750 Edelbrock Performer carb with a more-tunable 600 w/electric choke.Filled the bumpers and prepped them for paint. They could still be rechromed. The Missouri state vehicle inspection is current as of May, 2011. I think that it would need brakes before next year, and it's due for tires. I have clear title. We started to think about paint a couple of years ago, but my experiments with John Deere Blitz Black on the roof proved that I didn't really have the chops to paint it, and my compressor was way underpowered to handle an HVLP gun. Currently the car is in a couple of colors of primer, it's been sanded, blocked and the remaining paint roughed up, and the roof is Blitz Black, but far from a smooth finish. We were just days away from starting to mask things off to paint when it became painfully apparent that we were going to wind up in bankruptcy court. We need money now, and while it tears me up to sell this car, the decision has been made, and it has to go. When the decision was made to sell, we stopped all work on the car so that you can finish it to your liking - or you can tear it down and start all over. Either way, it's a unique ride and fun to play with. If I had the time and money, I'd find a disc brake conversion with dropped spindles to get things down lower where it belongs. Either that, or find a donor car and use that frame and a FatMan stub and Mustang II parts to really make it into a nice handling driver. This would be a lot of fun to play with, and the Suburban is rare enough that you won't see yourself at every stop light. We require $500 deposit within 48 hours of auction close - PayPal is fine, and full payment within 7 days. This car is also for sale locally, and this listing can be pulled at any time. I am happy to answer questions, or to arrange for an inspection. Contact through eBay - I have a real job with wacky hours, so please be patient. I will get back to you as soon as humanly possible.On Sep-19-11 at 08:34:33 PDT, seller added the following information: ** Someone asked me if the shaved doors had remote entry. No, the doors still have their original latches and we reach in through the vent windows to open the doors. Bear claws and remote entry were on our project list when we ran out of time and money.