NOT MINE 1958 Plymouth Convertible 4DR?
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azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
I know it's not a Grand Voyager, it's the 4 dr vert I've never seen.
57fury440
Senior Member
Plymouth never made a 4 door convertible in 57, 58, or 59. It looks like someone put it together using a 4 door hardtop.
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
That's what I thought but this conversion looks pretty professional, at least in the pictures.
Dan Scully
Well-Known Member
NOT a "GRAND VOYAGER" it is a Belvedere but FB doesn't have a drop down menu with Belvedere in it! This is a one of a kind custom 1958 Plymouth 4 door Convertible Belvedere. 318 cu. in. Push button automatic. Condition is very good. Paint is good but NOT "show" quality. worst thing is small section on trunk, see pic. Interior is good, not excellent. New brakes, generator, voltage regulator, rebuilt transmission, new radiator, radial wide whitewall tires. Very unique classic car.
mopar preferred
Active Member
From what I can see of the door gaps, it appears to have proper reinforcements installed. I don't detect any sagging.
57fury440
Senior Member
I wouldn't call the job "professional looking". Look at the roof by the windshield where they cut the rest of the roof off. It almost looks like duct tape finishing off the end. The top is likely from a 2 door convertible and so it does not fit all the way to the windshield. The 4 door hardtops have the same distance from the back glass to the trunk as a 2 door does, unlike 4 door sedans which have a longer roof. The rear window on a convert. is smaller, so the convert. roof fits as it should. When you put it on a 4 door, the rear side windows are larger so the roof will not fit all the way to the windshield. Overall I think it is a decent job, but if it was mine I would not be happy with the way the top fits on the front.
68 4spd Fury
Senior Member
This looks well done, not just a buzz the top off.
Magilla1
New Member
I used to own that car. It was a hardtop Belvedere with the top cut off when I bought it. I went to a junkyard and cut the entire windshield header off of a 67 Pontiac Tempest and got the entire working top frame. Then I grafted the windshield header into the 58' so the top would have a proper seal and latch down system. Then I had to narrow the frame and build infrastructure inside to mount it and make it so it would go up and down. I had an upholstery shop make the vinyl top to fit it. The hardtops have huge fully boxed frames and bracing behind the front doors to support the hinges of the rear doors so even after being cut off for 30 years or more it never sagged and the doors all operated normally. I sold it last year to a guy in Newport Beach
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Old Man with a Hat
There you go my day is ruined now with endless scrolling through Today's picks for things I don't need and can't afford and way too far.
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