Re: [FWDLK] Tangled WEBSites/thickening burial PLOTS

[Jeff Pozniak <fwdlk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  Found a few more websites showcasing this car with a
little more info from the owner...

http://www.moparts.org/moparts/picture/oldweb/Garlick.html

http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/featuredvehicles/155_0402_pentastars/index4.html  (scroll down)

http://www.myclassiccar.com/CoolCars/photogallery/archive/2004/2004-05-17/index.shtml


  Whatever its true history may be, it's a cool car
IMHO.

  JP


----- Original Message -----
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:23:25 -0700, Bill Watson wrote:

>
> The Canadian-built Dodge Dart looked exactly like its
> American counterpart,
> except that it had a Plymouth dashboard and a
generator
> under the hood.  The
> alternator was optional, unless you purchased the
> imported Dodge Dart
> Phoenix convertible.
>
> Chrysler of Canada did not build Polara models in
1961,
> so there is no way
> this "hybrid" came from Windsor, Ontario.
>
> The front fender trim would not be that difficult to
> modify for anyone with
> experience in metalwork. The 'blade' the trim is on
> ends before the door, so
> it would not be too difficult to modify the trim to
end
> along with the
> blade.  The lower extension from the door is a
standard
> Polara piece.
>
> The interior seats and door panels are from a 1961
> Plymouth Fury, not a 1961
> Dodge Polara.
>
> The record player is not a Mopar piece, as someone had
> pointed out.  The
> sales code for the 1960-61 RCA 45 rpm record player
was
> 370.
>
> The electronic day/night Mirror-Matic mirror was not
> offered in 1961.  The
> 1960 sales code was 387, which for 1961 was used for
> the optional closed PCV
> system.  The 1961 day/night mirror was a manual job,
> sales code 386..
>
> The rear wheel form on the trunk lid is not a 1961
> item, nor a 1960.  It is
> probably from a 1959 model.
>
> The tailight housings should be chrome with no black
> paint and the taillight
> lenses should not have chromed strips on them.
>
> The wire wheels were not a 1961 item, the rear trim
> panel is not either,
> although the bumper guard on the rear is correct for
> 1961.
>
> Paul Garlick also owns/owned a 1961 Polara convertible
> that was shown in the
> December 1989 issue of "Collectible Automobile".  That
> Polara convertible
> has the correct Polara interior and the correct RCA
> Victor record player.
> It also has the black painted tailight housings but
has
> the correct taillamp
> lenses.  The rear has the correct "D-500" nameplate
> with no wood-grain
> applique behind it..
>
> As for destroying cars because they were too ugly to
> sell, what a load of
> hooey!   The 1961 Polara was not that popular with
> 14,032 built, down from
> the 42,517 Matadors and Polaras built in 1960.  The
> 1960 Polara figure was
> 14,609.  But then, Plymouth production fell to 198,444
> in 1961 from 242,725
> in 1960 and the Dart plunged from 306,603 to 167,678
in
> 1961.  (These are US
> production figures).     The 1961 Polara 2-door
hardtop
> saw 1,862 units
> built.   The convertible came to 512 units.  But
> Chrysler built cars to
> sell, not destroy.  Thus the production figures fell
in
> 1961 along with the
> falling sales.
>
> The build record is available from Chrysler
Historical,
> and it can
> verify/refute the claim it was built for Mexico.
>
> The more I look, the more I doubt.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC



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