[FWDLK] 55 Plymouth; was '56 Plymouth Plaza for sale`

[desotojohn <desotojohn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This reminds me of my dads 1st new car, a 1955 Plymouth Belvedere.  I was
real young at the time.  He bought it because it was less expensive than a
Chevy he had his eye on.  It was that yucky green color and was it ever
stripped.  He had a choice of a radio or a heater.  He took the radio.  Mom
made him get the heater also.  He said he put over 250k miles on that car (I
think it took a few engines to achieve this).  It had a V8 and a 3 speed
manual shift transmission.  The license # was California TCL279.  I remember
one night when dad was driving there was a loud TWANG!  Dad stopped and
looked around and couldn't find anything wrong.  The next day we found a
slit in the hood where one of the fan blades had jettisoned itself.

John Compton


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Wilson" <jwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '56 Plymouth Plaza for sale`


> I can remember my Dad buying a 56 Plaza new in
> late 55 and it was not a very nice (read as unfancy)
> car. The only options it had was a radio, heater, and
> V8, and the heater was an option (checked with mom and
> she remember the car well, as it was the first new car
> they ever owned).
>     Mom said Dad was so proud of his new Plymouth and
> kept showing off the push button tranny, but as far as
> any fancy options it had cheap floor covers and plain
> jane seats.
> Jim
>