To get started on his '54, Paul chopped the long roof by himself, in his garage, moved it forward and slanted it. He then
took headlight rings off a '50 Chevy pickup and frenched them in. Paul pushed and chopped the bumpers, to make them
fit a li le ghter. Drip rails have been rolled, shaved the vent, tubbed it, and the list goes on and on. All of this done in his
small garage at the me. "I now have a larger space to work in, but these first few cars were all done in a small garage."
Relying on his past ar s c ventures of cabinet making, Paul drew up plans for the '54, well before he got started and "it's
pre y close to those original renderings." The long roof gets a lot of reac on from the public, as there are not a lot of
Mopar custom wagons out there. "When I take it to a Mopar dealership car show, there can be a line up of Hemis and this
one gets most of the a en on."
Paul tries to get it out on the road as much as he can and has about 5,000 miles on it. "I drive them all and this one
cruises great; it's such a comfortable car." Paul did all the interior work and formed the back seat out of plywood. He has
components from just about any car you can think of in his Plymouth. The centre console is out of a Grand Am, and the
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