Hi Karl,
This thread sure is stirring things up!
Thanks for including these pictures. It dawned on me that the vehicle
pictured here could easily be the other way 'round too!
Perhaps it's a 122" wb dodge with Chrysler 300 quarters hung on it!
I still believe that anything is just about possible on these cars,
especially after 50+ years.
Additionally, I remember some conversations a while back about export
versions of Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth & DeSoto cars going to Europe in
sort of a "kit" fashion. They were somewhat assembled into a few sub
assemblys here, and then finally finished in their country of importation.
This was all done to avoid a steep tariff on a car that was "manufactured"
outside of that country.....
Best Regards,
Thomas F. Miller
tfm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
57 300C Hardtop
57 New Yorker Town & Country
Karl Peterson <tuffshift@xxxxxxxxx> 11/7/2010 10:21 PM >>>
"so the "story" of a 300E with a dodge nose didnt happen, unless of course
they also swapped the chassis- since im not sure if the windsor in 59 was
a 122" wb like 57/8 windsors..."
The "STORY", ya say? Like what are alluding?....that I just made that up?
Here, for your edification:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v115/nitekatt/Odds%20n%20Ends/?action=view¤t=WPC2010_055.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v115/nitekatt/Odds%20n%20Ends/?action=view¤t=WPC2010_054.jpg
Sure looks like 1959 300E with a 1959 Dodge front clip on it to me. What
say you now about my "story"?
--- On Sun, 11/7/10, Jim Rawa <jrawa@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Jim Rawa <jrawa@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] OK, WTF is this?
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010, 1:50 PM
all that is is a 58 savoy that needed a nose after a possible accident and
a 59 dodge nose was available... all 118/122" wb noses interchange- that
means all plymouths, dodges, and desoto firesweep and chrysler windsor.
the firedome and full size chryslers are 126wb and the fenders are longer-
so the "story" of a 300E with a dodge nose didnt happen, unless of course
they also swapped the chassis- since im not sure if the windsor in 59 was
a 122" wb like 57/8 windsors...
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:30 pm
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] OK, WTF is this?
Some of these weird combinations are the offspring of some freaky creative
types, not factory issued. A while back there was a "factory" '61
"Mexican" Plymouth with a Dodge front clip that was debunked by some of
our list members as a recent creation. It helps that the front doors were
basically the same on many different models. GM copied that idea in '59.
--Roger van Hoy
----- Original Message -----
From: Karl Peterson
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] OK, WTF is this?
You think that's weird....I saw a pic of a 59 Chrysler 300E with a 59
Dodge front clip on it. Ma Chrysler had some really odd "Frankensteins"
during the days of the FWDLK era.
--- On Sat, 11/6/10, Daniel Andersson <danne.mobil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Daniel Andersson <danne.mobil@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] OK, WTF is this?
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 11:51 AM
Sine the owner says that the VIN is incorrect this car isn't real but
there was Plymouths built with Dodge front clip.
In Sweden in the 50s (aswell as in Canada) the was Plymouths with DeSoto
front = DeSoto Diplomat and there was Plymouths with Dodge front = Dodge
Kingsway. The Kingsway had the Plymouth dash but with the letters "D O D G
E" in the aluminium around the speedo instead of "P L Y M O U T H". Here
is a few cars left here in Sweden mostly 4 door sedan sine most of them
where used as taxis when they where new. If you searh for the "Kingsway" I
think you can find the information
Daniel Andersson
Sweden
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Lindenbaum
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 12:06 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] OK, WTF is this?
I know Chrysler did the Plodge thing in Canada, but a 59 Dodge nose on a
'58 Plymouth body, this isn't real is it?
Plymouth : unknown: eBay Motors (item 280585134551 end time Nov-12-10
08:49:50 PST)
Adam Lindenbaum
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