The '57-'58 Plaza business coupe did have a back seat, but
fixed rear windows and cardboard on the rear side panels and
black rubber floor covering with a nubby pattern.
Everything was optional.
--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '41
Dodge, '66 Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 57-59 plymouth
| Actually that's not quite correct.
|
| 2-door sedans were cheaper, and the cheapest in '57 was a
Plaza 2-dr
| "Business coupe" 3-passenger which apparently omitted the
back seat and
| listed with a 6-cylinder engine for $1874 (a V8 was $100
more in the Plaza
| series). The regular 2dr was $1984, and a 4-door was
$2030, again with a 6
| in them. The same holds true for 1958, with the prices
starting at $1993
| for the business coupe, and in 1959 up again to $2143 -
and the business
| coupe now only came with a 6. These are quite rare with a
1959 production
| of 1,051 cars, 1472 in 1958 and almost twice that in 1957.
A 2-door
| Suburban was also cheaper than the 4-door.
|
| Even turnsignals were optional this year, so a real
stripper would have a
| 3-spd standard, no radio, no turn signals, you might have
a heater but thats
| about it (and that may even depend on your location in the
country). I'm
| not sure on Plymouth but my '60 Pontiac only has carpet on
the driveshaft
| tunnel, the rest of the floor has a form fitted rubber mat
instead. Would
| not be surprised if the cheap Plymouths had some similar
optioning.
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