Back in the days of yore, most manufacturers sold some variation on the “business coupe”. Designed with a minimum of options and luxury but lots of trunk space, these were cars designed to get sales people around with all of their various trinkets and displays, cheaply. Hot rodders grabbed onto them because they were light and could swallow bigger engines. That’s the recipe for speed on the cheap!
There aren’t lots of them floating around any more, so when we see one of the little cars we take notice. First we take notice of the giant protruding ass on the rear of the car, and in the case of this 1950 Plymouth, we take notice of the fact that it pulled three foot tall wheelstands on the drag strip. BangShift Approved!
The truly cool part about this car is the fact that it is Mopar from front to back with a 528ci wedge engine, a beefed 727 trans and a bomb proof Dana 60 rear end. That big 528 also has a 250hp nitrous plate set up on it for when you want to get that extra six inches of wheelstand happening for the cameras.
Also cool is that all this junk actually gets put to use. The car gets hammered on the drag strip and has run 5.80s in the eighth mile and the seller claims they are still getting the tune up right. 5.80s in the eigth makes this a freaking nine second ride!
This is definitely a race car with lots of tube work inside, the nitrous bottle where the passenger seat would be, and wheelie bars with the necessary parachute mount hanging off the back of the previously stated huge ass.
The unique looks of a 1950 Plymouth business coupe combined with 528ci of nitrous huffing pissed off Mopar wedge. What’s cooler than that?!
RacingJunk Find: A Haul Ass 1950 Plymouth Business Coupe
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but do you think you could have used the word “A$$” a few more times?
ILove this Haul Ass plymouth.I had a car that ran 5.80s and let me tell you, that is hauling ASS.
Always favored those old boxy 49 and up Dodge and Plymouth bodys. I would love it even more if it had an all aluminum late model GM engine though. By the way, my crude calculations show this one should go even faster than nine flat, say around 8.70’s in the quarter? About the only thing keeping it at nine flat would be rules related.