Thread: Volare Front Clip

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Just went out to the garage and checked, shit its cold out with frezzing rain coming down, and you are right. I had to move mine back so I could get it behind the grill an reradius the wheel openings to clear the wheels, on my terraplane. To bad you live so far away, I have one I was going to use in my 37 Dodge truck and a buddy of mine gave me one that was complety rebuilt brakes and all, but I am going to be scraping the truck don't need either one.

Hi Dick,

Did I read that correct - you're scrapping the 37 Dodge PU? How much of the truck do you have, and where is Emmaus?

Regards, Mark

MAW

Emmaus is near Allentown PA. the truck is a canopy express, the problem is all of the front body mounts are gone along with the rest of the bottom of the cowl, the bottom of the right dr. is also gone. I bought it out of a junk yard in 82, I turned 70 on the 14, the wife said by the time I would get done I would be to old to drive it so I am parting out what I can and putting the money to get the interior in my 37 terraplane, which I am now driving.
Good luck with yours, I thing 37 dodges are cool.

I went to a car lot that was closed yesterday and crawled under a diplomat and did some measuring. With the sway bar, the suspension sticks out too far forward to fit my '39. Do the Volares, Aspens, and Cordobas have this sway bar, since they are not such big cars? It looks like the sway bar would have to stay on the bigger cars to make their suspension work.

As far as I know all of the bent torsion bars front ends have the sway bar. I the aspen Volare may have a LITTLE narrower front end, but not by much. The Cordoba would likely be wider.

Originally posted by Trent P.
It looks like the sway bar would have to stay on the bigger cars to make their suspension work.

The torsion bars are across the front on those, are you sure you weren't looking at those?

I know what the torsion bars look like, and if it ended there, it would be fine. It is the other 3 or 4 inches you have to allow for the sway bar that is killing me. Now that I have the engine/tranny mocked up in my car, I guess my next step will be to have the original suspension checked to see what it will need, and go from there. My frame is two wide for a Mustang II, and I can't afford a frame graft, and I have no problem with the original suspension if it won't cost a fortune to fix it.

Trent talked to plydo today new catlogs will be in tomorrow and will start sending out soon there after also dont' overlook Kanters.com for orginal parts can get free catalog from their net site . Have the last pieces going in for the rack and will start putting together in a bit next two weeks i hope as soon as i get my brother over he's a much better welder than me Bud

Where did you capyure a catalog from plydo, Is that the co. in Delbarton West virginia.

I got one that come with the car when i bought it . But called them tuesday and they said some more of the new ones will be in today so i would call them and see if you can get on a list today their no. is 1-304-475-3245 good luck . if there is any thing you need me look up for you let me know Bud

Mr Bud, I called plydo and was informed they would have catologs next wed. I like your 40 dodge, I have a few pics of my 39 in my gallery. I have tried with no luck to submit more photos,maybe later.

Thanks Dannie like your 39 as well not many of us are will wiling to take on these old Mopars . Goog luck with the catalog hope i get one to but they seem to be hard to come by Bud

76 to 80 aspen volare or f-bodies all have the longitude torsion bars also cordabo from 80to 84 also mirada, you can go with the police car fury up to 89 or a regular fury they also had that style. they all had sway bars you can probaly use a sway bar off of somthing else if it dont fit make it

I finally got my copy of the new plydo catalog ordered. He said he only had 1000 copies made. I am waiting anxiously for it to arrive. I can't imagine how much money the guy has lost out on in the last few months. He told me he had problems with his original printer, and had to hire another one. I was told he was almost a year in getting this catalog printed! He told me he estimated that he had lost out on close to $100,000 in business over the catalog delay! I hope the catalog has pictures of their products, so maybe I can get some ideas without having to buy something I could make myself, or have made, a lot cheaper. Mopar rodders are for sure in the minority crowd, but I always did like oddballs!

check out the classic truck magazines they have had several articles on putting the clip in trucks