rockin T - 2008-08-20 3:54 PM the King of Aussie rock'n roll and on of my favorite Aussie acts Johnny O'Keefe drove a 1959 Plymouth Belvedere that he bought in 1960 after his trip to the USA which was a failure, he wanted to creat an image of an Aussie Rock star that had hit big time over seas, and bought the bigest, and brightest chrome ladden tank he could find here in australia as soon as he returned home! The chicks really dug it! he use to drive like an absolute nut case with his foot flat to the floor all the time, as a result no one would get in the car with him, as a result while on tour early 1961 he wrote of the Plymouth after driving head on at flat out speed straight into a tip truck, the Plymouth was so bad it was unidentifiable, he almost lost his life, but went on to recover, a pruduce hit after hit in Aus, and always owned flash US Autos his next most famous being a 1968 Ponti firebird conv that he used to stack on a regular basis due to driving stonned of his head! Another famous Aussie who completely wrote of a forward looker when new was aussie Olympic athelete Dawn frazer she was injured badly when she wrote of a 1958 Belvedere! Just thought I share some of my Aussie rock 'n roll knowledge with you lot sorry if I bored anyone.

Hello Adriana

Yes, thats correct that it´s the air cond inlets you see on the dashboard. The car have quite lot of options from new. Some of them is,Double outside mirrors, Tinted windows, Air cond, Bumperguard, Headlight trimplates with the spears at the sides (What I understand, a lot of the members here don´t like the trimplates and the bumperguard), Power windows, Stone shields. I put the hubcaps from a 1962 Dodge on the car and painted them in the same colour as the car. Like them better tahn the original. And what you also noticed, put the lenses from 1959 Caddy on the car. Think that it suits the style of the car good. The engine in the car is a 383 cui so it could move good if I want. I´m a fan of old Rock´n roll records from the 50´s and early 60´s so some of the records am I playing now and then when I drive the car. But such a record player is really a destroyer of the records, so the records in nice condition am I not playing in the car. The needle in the record player is working with a high pressure so it should not skip if the road is bumpy where you drive the car. Do you like the music from the 50´s? In those days you had in Australia a good Rock´n roll star, Johnny O´Keefe. But I belive you are to young to remember him. But if I´m not wrong, in his big days he drove a Forward Look car. 1960 Dodge or something like that. Maybe some from Australia knows what car Johnny O´Keefe drove. But one thing for sure, No CD player in such a car. It should be the 7 " records.
Wish you good luck with your project. It´s really a nice car you have.

Thomas

Swept57 - 2008-05-14 10:25 PM

Adriana,

That picture was taken in front of Jerry Junemann's (sp?) Mopar museum in Hayes Kansas. I don't know if that museum is still open, but Jerry had some fantastic MoPars. He had seen the wagon running around locally for years and tracked down the owner to buy it because he was sure it would otherwise end up a derby car. The guy he bought it from used it as a fishing wagon, but if you could see what he had etched into both quarter windows, he used it for a little more than fishing. I bought the car from Jerry through an ad in a MoPar magazine.

Also, there use to be a web site run by a guy named Dave (Smith maybe) devoted only to 1961 Plymouth Suburbans. It was a cool site and he had the same picture on the site with an inquiry as to who owned it. I told him I had it. The site was developing nicely then just disappeared a number of years ago.

Dave

suburban61 - 2008-10-09 7:56 PM

do you have anymore pics of the red and white wagon? im in love with it! was it a 9 seater?? adriana

suburban61 - 2008-10-09 7:48 PM

did you speak to chuck or carl? they sent me four pics [2 of the ones you posted and two others] they must have let it sit outside for a while cos the paint isnt nearly that red now... ... cheers for the pics dave!! adriana

suburban61 - 2008-10-10 2:44 AM

is it the detroit free press supplement? cos i thats what i just bought on ebay, it has pics of the wagons in it, and a red wagon to boot! [i reakon were talking about the same one...].. does the dutch brochure hav a grey cover with a white coupe and a black chrysler? [i saw a brochure like that on ebay once, maybe it was yours... ] cheers adriana

suburban61 - 2008-10-09 7:56 PM

do you have anymore pics of the red and white wagon? adriana

suburban61 - 2008-10-13 7:15 AM

i was under the impression from what i had read that the coral custom was an all original never touched car... but judging by the pics you posted dave, it has at least had a re-spray... fabulous pics tho, keep em coming... adriana :]