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1939 PLYMOUTH RUMBLE-SEAT CONVERTIBLE
Chassis No. 10723318
Engine No. P8 167097B
Light blue with brown leather interior
Engine: six-cylinder in line, side valves, 201.3 cu. in., 82bhp; Gearbox: three-speed manual; Suspension: front, independent coil spring; rear, live axle, half elliptic spring; Brakes: four-wheel hydraulically operated drum. Left hand drive.
His timing was better than he could have guessed when Walter P. Chrysler introduced his new Plymouth range in 1928. It was designed to lock horns with the low priced Ford and Chevrolet opposition and did this very successfully. With styling owing much to the rather more up-market Chrysler 65, and boasting a combination of features the competition could not match, the well-equipped Plymouths - every one built had four-wheel hydraulic brakes - were to see Chrylser through the difficult times of the slump years from 1929. They were brilliantly launched at New York's Madison Square Garden in July 1928 and in that first year sold 58,000.
While the competition dwindled through the early 1930s, Plymouth powered ahead, helped by the introduction of a smooth new six-cylinder engine. They sold 218,000 in 1933 and that year one out of every four cars sold in the USA was a Plymouth. In 1936 it was even better, with nearly half a million finding buyers. In the mid-thirties there was a restyle and a new, longer chassis was matched by improvements to the engine. The 1939 models were neatly styled and roomy, offering the only open cars in the whole Chrysler Corporation range. There was Floating Power, a column shift on the Deluxe and the industry's first power operated convertible top.
This very rare Plymouth convertible was delivered originally to a lady in St. Louis who kept it in her care for close to 25 years, passing it down to her grandson as he headed off to college in 1964. With the thought that a newer car might be more suitable for campus use, the convertible was taken to be traded in against a new car at the Plymouth showroom owned by Mr. Pettit. Delighted with the opportunity to acquire a type he wanted to add to his collection, he offered a straight swap and a possibly surprised, certainly delighted customer drove away in the showroom's demonstrator, a nearly new Valiant. Although it has been repainted, the color is close to the original. The embossed leather is original and the car has the optional wheel trims. One of the now very difficult to obtain printed glass instrument panels is included, as is a pair of new fender skirts.
WITHOUT RESERVE
Chassis No. 10723318
Engine No. P8 167097B
Light blue with brown leather interior
Engine: six-cylinder in line, side valves, 201.3 cu. in., 82bhp; Gearbox: three-speed manual; Suspension: front, independent coil spring; rear, live axle, half elliptic spring; Brakes: four-wheel hydraulically operated drum. Left hand drive.
His timing was better than he could have guessed when Walter P. Chrysler introduced his new Plymouth range in 1928. It was designed to lock horns with the low priced Ford and Chevrolet opposition and did this very successfully. With styling owing much to the rather more up-market Chrysler 65, and boasting a combination of features the competition could not match, the well-equipped Plymouths - every one built had four-wheel hydraulic brakes - were to see Chrylser through the difficult times of the slump years from 1929. They were brilliantly launched at New York's Madison Square Garden in July 1928 and in that first year sold 58,000.
While the competition dwindled through the early 1930s, Plymouth powered ahead, helped by the introduction of a smooth new six-cylinder engine. They sold 218,000 in 1933 and that year one out of every four cars sold in the USA was a Plymouth. In 1936 it was even better, with nearly half a million finding buyers. In the mid-thirties there was a restyle and a new, longer chassis was matched by improvements to the engine. The 1939 models were neatly styled and roomy, offering the only open cars in the whole Chrysler Corporation range. There was Floating Power, a column shift on the Deluxe and the industry's first power operated convertible top.
This very rare Plymouth convertible was delivered originally to a lady in St. Louis who kept it in her care for close to 25 years, passing it down to her grandson as he headed off to college in 1964. With the thought that a newer car might be more suitable for campus use, the convertible was taken to be traded in against a new car at the Plymouth showroom owned by Mr. Pettit. Delighted with the opportunity to acquire a type he wanted to add to his collection, he offered a straight swap and a possibly surprised, certainly delighted customer drove away in the showroom's demonstrator, a nearly new Valiant. Although it has been repainted, the color is close to the original. The embossed leather is original and the car has the optional wheel trims. One of the now very difficult to obtain printed glass instrument panels is included, as is a pair of new fender skirts.
WITHOUT RESERVE