Also, for decades, the stadium where the Detroit Tigers played ball was named Briggs Stadium just outside downtown Detroit. Wheelbase was Plymouth, owned by Chrysler Corporation, was a part of the top three American automobile brands along with Ford and General Motors.
During the model year Plymouth produced a total of , units. About 6, of those automobiles were two door coupe convertibles with the popular rumble seat. To give you a perspective of what overall automobile production figures were for the model year, Chevrolet led the pack with about , vehicles , Ford came in second with a total of 4 87, vehicles and Plymouth was in third place with about , vehicles.
Buick was distant fourth with about , units and Dodge fifth with about , vehicles. Estimated figures come from the Consumer Guide. Chrysler began operations when Walter P. The Plymouth nameplate came about in when the company started to build a product line at various price levels.
That very same year Chrysler bought out the Dodge brothers and the Desoto brand was also introduced. The year was obviously a milestone year for the relatively new Chrysler Corporation. The 39 Plymouth was my answer. Within a few hours, I had negotiated a price for the car and a couple of days later nursed the car home and into my garage.
The very large trunk of the car was full of spare parts, to include a spare engine, and transmission. My goal was to rebuild the car in my garage to the point that I could use it as my every day car. Over time, I rebuilt the engine and drive train, brake system, put in a new wiring harness, hoses, etc.
Only thing I could not do in that car was be discreet. Everybody knew who was behind the wheel. While stationed at Miramar, I was occasionally deployed on Aircraft Carriers for months at a time. My wife was in charge of keeping the 39 Plymouth running. I found out through my daughters, that most of the time she was not very diligent with her duties and often the battery would go dead from lack of running. A neighbor taught her how to let the car roll out of the garage down the inclined driveway and on down the inclined street in second gear, popping the clutch to start the car, thus having everything up and running when I returned home from the deployment.
This worked every time except the last when the deployment was extended to 10 months. When she popped the clutch for my return, she was in first gear and stripped a gear in the transmission. Therefore, the manuals are very detailed as you can imagine.
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