Topic: Whaddyacallit #463 - Sports Custom based on a 1949 Plymouth, built by a Studebaker engineer.

[Paul Jaray]

Is MANN the name you are looking for?
The car is licensed as a 1949 Plymouth and was built by a Studebaker engineer.
Plymouth frame, Chrysler wire wheels, Studebaker grille, Studebaker dash, 1941 Studebaker front fenders and headlamps, custom hood. In the mid-1970s, a Ford 250-cu.in. straight-six was installed. The car has a (removable) hardtop and side curtains but no convertible top. There is no trunk opening. Access to the trunk is by removing the bench seat back.

[Ray B.]

Paul, it's no wonder to me that it would you who should eventually find these informations.
You' re right about it all of course, except maybe that in my source Charles Mann, from Elkhart, Indiana, is only noted as the "previous owner". It doesn't say that he's the man who built it. The engine that equipped this car when built is not known.
So, if you agree, we'll attribute the car to this mysterious "Studebaker engineer".

as I said before, one point for metalshapes and one for you.