The Chrysler Kid - 2014-06-23 4:49 PM

Doctor Desoto - you forgot the plate of fake food hanging off the window... .

d500neil - 2014-06-23 5:27 PM

I wish you'd taken a pic of its P/T plate.

Cmangeot - 2014-07-06 7:42 AM

My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car.

imopar380 - 2014-07-01 4:55 PM

I attended a local Canada Day Car Show today, just showing, & no judging THANKFULLY!! Spotted these 2 rare (Canadian Market) beauties.

1954 Monarch Lucerne Sun Valley 2 door HT and a 1954 Meteor Rideau Skyliner also with the plexiglass roof.
Both of these cars have flathead V-8s. No Overhead valve Ford V-8s in Canada until 1955.

Cmangeot - 2014-07-05 10:42 AM

My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car.

Chrycoman - 2014-07-05 10:16 PM




My 1988 Plymouth Caravelle Salon could be ordered "radio delete", but not a 1959 Plymouth. Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. The rubber mat was standard equipment and the car has the optional heater/defroster - the buttons on the right side of the instrument panel. And it probably has the optional power steering, and if not, then the deluxe steering wheel. It does not have the optional glove box lock.

The car has a "V" on the trunk lid meaning the car has a V8 engine. There are four transmission buttons (left side of the panel) and there are two exhaust pipes at the rear. So, the car has a 4-bbl carb and, as it has the optional 2-speed Powerflite, the engine is a 318 V8 with the optional Super-Pack (4-bbl carb and dual exhaust). The optional Golden Commando 395 361-cid V8 could be ordered with Torqueflite but not Powerflite. The car also has the optional exterior rear view mirror, wheel covers, Sport Deck, maybe whitewall tires. Whitewalls were optional but we do not know if the car originally came with them.

The car may have been ordered by the dealer, and not the buyer. Just as today, car dealers had a stock of new cars in the back lot waiting for a buyer. These cars were probably purchased with the local bank's money and thus would be shown to the would-be buyer. If nothing on the lot was acceptable, then the order book would come out.

Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 7:16 PM
Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio,
you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing.

The Chrysler Kid - 2014-06-22 10:45 AM

Is meteor a complete separate division?

Doctor DeSoto - 2014-07-05 11:20 PM



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Isn't that backwards .... a radio was standard in 1988, therefore no box was ticked, whereas
it WAS optional in 1959, so if you wanted a radio, you have to check the box ?

Simeon57 - 2014-06-03 9:38 PM

Seen this old boat i've seen it once passing by but after a year i found it again and got a good look at it. Can;t say its all original as its a younger guy who drives it now he probably hot rodded the hell outta the engine but the interior (sorry no photos) looks 100% original

soiouz - 2014-07-05 11:12 PM


The car has a torqueflite trans, not a powerflite, judging by the 5 buttons and the 2 and 1 buttons especially.

Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 8:43 PM



Please re-read what I wrote. It's not backwards -

In 1988 - Want No Radio - Tick the No Radio box - You got no radio - True Radio-Delete

In 1959 - Want No Radio - Tick nothing - You got no radio - Nothing deleted - You just got nothing - No Radio-Delete because they was no radio to delete.

Yes, if you wanted a radio, you ticked a box in 1959. But I was not writing about how to order a radio. I was writing about how to order NO radio.

Windsor59 - 2014-08-06 12:00 PM

57 or 58?

soiouz - 2014-08-06 12:44 PM




58

58 DESOTOS RULE - 2014-10-11 4:48 PM

That Karmann-Ghia looks pretty sweet. I'm guessing according to the taillamp assemblies that it's a pre- 1965 model. Nothing for the body was cheap about a Karmann-Ghia. Patch panels were listed in the VW parts book, but they were surprisngly expensive. It was all of that Italian hand-forming that made it cost so much I expect. Our dealer stocked a lot of Beetle parts as he did a lot of business with the body shops in the area who pounded out and replaced bent fenders, doors, engine covers, etc.for Type 1s, but he stocked practically nothing for the Karmann-Ghias (Type 141). Who would pay $700 for a primed fender for a Karmann-Ghia? Not many in the 1960s-70s.