1959 Plymouth sport fury convertible, Newly re-designed by Virgil Exner
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Today on what it’s like 1959 Plymouth sport fury Two-door convertible designed by Virgil Exner, forward look. Lots period ads Comparison to the 58 model. Take the tour button switches and Knobs lots of specs enjoy this episode =)
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The Beach Boys - Car Crazy Cutie
Yeah buddy congratulations you got it =) I’m impressed that was my favorite beach boys song for the longest time
1977 Pontiac Grand Prix tomorrow on what it’s like
1959 was the last year for Chrysler's body-on-frame construction. 1960, all Chrysler products, except for Imperial, were unibody construction.
1959 marked the end of the Evansville Indiana Plymouth assembly plant also.
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing all of that One source said that it was unibody but I didn’t think it was not yet
I think a few years later Chrysler opened its Belvidere Illinois assembly factory . Belvidere is going to be closed in a couple weeks at the end of February as the Jeep Cherokee is moving to Mexico.
Plymouth and Dodge used to advertise Lawrence Welk. (Wunnerful Wunnerful ummm)
The rear view mirrors could stab you with those spear points.
Didn’t some convertible cars have real glass in the rear window? Rather than plastic?
I feel sorry for people who weren't born in any part of the best decades for cars. These were rolling sculptures. Now people have a selection of jelly beans in limited colors, oh, silver, bronze, white and black.
I was born way too late way too late when I was watching that commercial it made me tear up a little bit, that was an introduction not hamsters bopping their head driving down the road in their new Kia, A car that has no soul. The only good thing is I don’t have to wait for the new model of a good car to come out I just have to find them =) if I had access to a time machine 1930s Packard dealerships pretty high up on the list of places to visit
Color choices became an endless loop of logic. Dealers noticed white and silver sold more, so they ordered more white and silver for their inventory. Thus they sold even more white and silver until other colors looked odd. Thank goodness other colors are coming back.
FWIW on your dash comparisons.
1958, the two little lights above the speedometer are HIGH BEAM on the left and single TURN indicator on the right. 1959 was the first year for left/right tirn arrows.
On 1958, the heater controls use a rotating fan knob. On 1959, the heater controls use the temp lever [pull out the temp lever fof OFF-LO-HI.
Thank you so much for sharing all of that insight as well as information I really appreciate it =)
Smooth private eye Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens) drove a 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible in metallic bronze, in the first season of his hit detective TV series PETER GUNN (1958-1961). Although the show was filmed in black & white, making the car look silver, it was featured in a color spread in TV Guide magazine in the spring of 1959.
Another gem. I delivered the daily newspaper to the Plymouth Dealer in 1959, more curves beautiful curves……great look on these cars. Thank you, Jay.
There are a lot of lines in that design that more often times get overlooked =) I hope I did exner design justice featuring all of the lines he’s sculpted in Clay
I enjoyed watching this. My dad had the 9 Passenger wagon version of this 59 Plymouth, in a light tan/flesh tone color. He bought it used. It had the push button trans, and a rear facing back seat which us kids loved. It also had power windows, which I thought would chop off my fingers if I weren't careful. I remember my dad repeatedly working to patch rust holes on the top of the fenders, behind the headlights. He finally gave up and traded it in.
The wagons would be super cool especially the nine passenger ones I’ve never seen one in person I’m hoping maybe this summer come across some really cool wagons I really wanna dive in deep on the wagons.. I go out and look for the wagons but they’re so hard to find it doesn’t matter what brand it is
@@What.its.like. My dad had a 59 wagon as well it was white. Can't remember exactly what color the interior was either blue or gray I think.
That’s awesome 1959 Rambler cross country wagon is my favorite wagon of all time I was soaked to feature one last year and we became friends I’m really hoping him and the guy that owns the 61 that was featured on the program go to the same car show over the summer so I’m really hoping that I’m gonna get the opportunity to compare them which would be stellar
@@eddiebennett2994 I'm not sure, bit I believe our interior was tan, it makes sense with the color.
Good old Bondo! I think most cars in Cuba are held together with Bondo! 😬
Dude… You Outdid Yourself inserting the commercial! Honestly, I am not a Plymouth/Dodge fan at all, but that commercial was persuasive! And honestly, I say somewhat embarrassed 😳, that as a Young male back then, I longed for that Push Button gear selector. Crazy, but it was Hot 🔥 at the time.
Glad you dig this episode i’m going to try to add commercials if I can I think it really adds to the era in which this car came out =)
Those push-buttons were a trip. I remember reading that the '60 Valiant used a vertical layout similar, but not identical to the '59 Plymouth. The Valiant buttons were arranged in a different order: RND21 versus DNR21, if I remember the story correctly. A Chrysler executive's wife went from a '59 Plymouth to a '60 Valiant and didn't notice the difference...
The SportDeck rear "tire" was stickly decorative ! Chrysler's idea of a Continental (Lincoln) bulge. These were overwrought masterpieces, thanks Virgil!
The downward sloping trunk lid with the optional spare-tire cover buldge first appeared on the 1957 Imperial. [First year of the Swept-Wing look.] Its use here is a harkening back to that in order to give the Plymouth a more upscale look. [GM had a similar 'thing' going on between Chevrolet and Cadillac.] My Daddy owned a 1960 Plymouth Fury 2-door hardtop with the 318-V8. Daddy gave it to me for my and my younger brother's use but I finally quit driving it because I was never able to get better than 7.5 MPG ... ridiculous!
Awesome story that you so much fir sharing that memory =)
Love the '59 Plymouth, great vid!!! 😍👍🙂
Thank you =)
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Another Virgil Exner masterpiece. Sad that these were rust buckets. Good work, Jay👍
Glad you dig this episode =)
Highway Patrol show used some of these as vehicle props in their programs. They also used 59 Dodges as cop cars.
Seats appear to have been incorrectly recovered. With the 361 engine option there were few cars that could whip one in a stop light Grand Prix. They could and often would whip 327 or even 409 Chevies, GTO’s etc. Great combo with the Torqueflights. They were way behind Chevy and Fords that year and deserved better!
Yes the seats are not correct ////
I like the 59. The fins, trunk, and rear lights look perfect ascetically. Ditto for it's Belvedere cousin. There's a black RHD Belvedere in NZ.
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As 12 year olds in 1959 we drove the dealer crazy trying out the swivel seats. They were cool, and I guess they didn’t want to lose a potential sale when we went home to tell our parents how cool the plymouths were. My dad bought a 59 Chevy BelAire.
Great story thank you For sharing that awesome memory
Lovely convertible, I wish you could buy one today for $31K.
Totally agree.. these are super rare though because they had a tendency to rot away I wonder how many are left
I think the '58 has a better exterior design, but the 59 has a better dash. That translucent steering wheel is super cool!
Totally agree there’s a car coming up I might do it after the 77 Grand Prix that’s coming tomorrow that also had a translucent steering wheel that I liked even more it was from a different company. =)
Hey Jay, that “Bulge” on the Rear Deck Lid is called “The Sport Deck” Option. I know, right? It was supposed to be classy. Love the design and the interior over the top Buckles on the doors and seats.
I don’t work there they’re just so nice that they let me come and do this with their cars. But I would love to meet you like I said if I ever go to Boston I would love to come to your restaurant. Classic automotive 5 1/2 hours down the road but I would be out there anything just let me know do you have email or do you have a Facebook we can message in private
Here is my email shoot me an email
What_its_like@yahoo.com
Why did they put the look-a-like spare tire on the trunk? The Continental kit was extremely popular back then. Plymouth got the idea to offer it as standard instead of aftermarket.
I don’t know why they did that some people nickname that the toilet seat. Lol
Great comparison of the different model years. The car was fairly popular but prone to rusting. It was also somewhat mechanically tempremental as it got older.
Yeah I just started doing that a couple episodes ago and I really liked it so it’s going to be a staple for here on out =) glad you dig that part
Chevrolet and Ford each sold 1.5 million units for 1959...Plymouth was very far behind. Also, the added chrome trim on many cars of that era resulted in early rust because of trapped salt and other debris.
Great information thank you so much for sharing that
Money pits as they aged as Scotty would have said.
@@SpockvsMcCoy I would imagine that if you lived in certain areas of the country your car would not be as rust prone.
Ah yes. A neighbor had a 59. It was that salmon color.
I remember the taillights distinctly. They always faced my house. 💁🏼♂️
The Fury's and the Imperials were the only cars to have the "toilet seat" on the trunk lid, I believe.
I also appreciate the vintage TV ad. I watch them regularly on RUclips.
Thanks for another great review.
I love that ad I figured it was a good way to showcase the swivel seat because I totally didn’t know that the seat swiveled I’ll make tv ads a staple to the program if I can find ads
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Nothing but agreement from me.
The old ads also show how these cars were marketed.
Style for miles.
Surprised you found not only a 59 Plymouth, but a ragtop! These rusted out fast, and were problematic when they got older. This showed 11,000 miles and I doubt it was 111,000 miles. I liked the 58's more since it was a cleaner look, where the 59's and 60's became excessive with shapes and chrome. Thanks for showing this one!
This is the only 59 Plymouth I’ve ever seen Plymouth are rare from the late 50s because like so many mentioned the rust issues i’ve only seen one 57 fury with the gold pointing in my lifetime and that was 20 years ago or around that I wasn’t even able to drive yet guy just restored it took it to a car show and he said that he’s been restoring it for 15 years I wonder if he still has it, Or if that car is still around
The kind of 'Exner touches' with eyebrows over the lights, and each light being podded, makes me wonder if he was smoking something? He was a real specif details kind of guy, with each section of the car getting an individual treatment, (without turning into an elephant zebra) He gets the styling to flow across every surface, and they join into a whole that must have shaken the industry, as indeed it did. I'm still a Mitchell man, but it was Exner that got motor city off its arse. He should have got the Academy Award for 59, in my opinion, if not before. Just to add to that, I wonder what it would cost for Chrysler to make the panel dies for this now? I don't think anybody could build this car now, and at that price? Forget it. Add all the modern safety gear, and it would be the most astonishing car on the road, with a Bentley price.
Totally agree the late mid to late 50s cars look the way they did because of exner.. Harley earl and later bill Mitchell dick Teague had to step up their game but by the early 60s it all fell apart
Nice inclusion of the sales video. Those were all over the TV back then. Every year the new models were “The all new” hence a different grill, front end design, same for side and rear end, plus the dash. We all know that it was essentially the same car.
I’m going to try to include the ads if I can I wanted to do one for the Studebaker but I couldn’t find my tripod to set my phone up it’s generally what happens when you have a wife That likes to rearrange everything and move stuff for no reason other than to move it lol
I like the exterior styling of the 1958 Plymouth better than the ‘59. While I love the ‘59 Dodge and DeSoto, the ‘59 Plymouth was a bit bizarre. I do like the ‘59 Plymouth instrument panel over the ‘58 however.
Re-check the width of the 1959 Plymouth. I doubt it is 70” wide. If it is, my 2020 Kia Rio is wider. 😀😀😀😀
Great job. Tou’re making great strides as you move forward.
Thank you I’m so happy you like this episode it’s getting better it’s definitely come a long way and I try to make each episode a little bit different so it’s not the same thing over and over and over again. I found a super rare 1965 Studebaker wagon but I can’t do it until March but I can’t wait I’m super stoked the roof it has the sliding roof. The metal one. I found it for sale on marketplace I can’t wait, I’m so excited for the spring summer and fall as well I can’t wait to get back to car shows and see some of these car in motion. I want to go back to the Gilmore auto museum do you have a ride in the Classic Car I figured I would do an episode on each one of those cars and will be able to ride in them it’ll be great they got 15 cars that you can ride in plus they have a huge car show it’s either Wednesday night or Thursday night but I’d love to go up there for that =)
@@What.its.like. That will be a rare car indeed! The sliding roof model was called the Wagonaire. It was produced for model years 1963 through 1966. A novel and useful feature. Unfortunately they were prone to water leaks and rust. The model name should not be confused with the Jeep Wagoneer, also introduced for the 1963 model year.
I think the 57 and 58 designs are a bit cleaner. The 59 chrysler products were getting pretty wild! And that's not a bad thing!
Totally agree I always had this analogy that forward look 55-56 is getting to the party 57-58 drink flow people forget, 59-60 people are really starting to get lit they’re having a good time starting to get loose everybody’s just feeling it. 1960-1962 is the worst hangover you’ve ever experienced ever.
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Thanks for sharing another cool video!! 😎
Thanks for digging this video I think I’m gonna shoot for the time posted 2 o’clock Eastern standard time but who knows it might change
The tire bulge on the deck lid mimicked the Imperial.
An attractive departure from the 58 but tame compared to the 60-61. Great job showing the car
Glad you dig this episode =)
11:40 Those door handles remind me of Exner's '47-'52 Studebaker handles, and to a lesser extent, the pulls of the '55-'56 Chryslers.
I also think about Brooks Stevens's remarks about the entire budget for the '62 Studebaker face-lift being about the same as the budget for a Plymouth door handle redesign.
Like the reverse fins, a lot like the 57 Cadillacs. There were inside mirror adjustment knobs before but this is the first one can recall that were the toggle style. Hope you get to do that 1969 Grand Prix I saw on the floor ... my mom had one, her pride & joy.
I didn’t do the 69 Grand Prix that time but will do the next time I go out there if it’s still there. =)
I thought the early 50’s Chrysler cars looks clunky, but starting in ‘57, the styling department hit pay-dirt. These were some of the best looking cars of the decade! And with the B-block engines, they were respectably quick.
Fun cars …
I honestly think that was one of the best times Chrysler was ever building cars. It just sucked they had such quality control issues
Compare to Tri Five Chevys. I would take this any day.
The rear fake tire is just bolted on. I had a neighbor who had a Chrysler that was pink & white with that fake spare! She had that car for well over 25 years!
Yeah that’s crazy I said tire bulge in the episode but then towards the end of the episode when we going to the trunk I said it’s just fake.
I could never understand the Mopar trend of rearview mirrors on the dashboard. As it blocks a major part of a driver's forward view. Not very much of a "Forward design" with that one. I will say the old big block style of 318 was a strong motor. Had one in a 64 Dodge I owned in high school.
I really wanted to buy a Chrysler cordoba one point in time they had a 318 in it.. cool car I have to do one for the channel hopefully this year I’ll be able to find one they’re getting hard to find
@@What.its.like. - Carl is referring to the older A-block engine. The one to which you’re referring was the LA-block.
The old engines had the polyspheric heads, also called a “semi-hemi” head.
And he’s right, they were tough engines.
Its right where your face will go in a collision.
Plymouth was the car sponsor of the children's action-adventure TV series _Fury._
The title character was a wild stallion that had bonded with an orphan boy adopted by Jim Newton, a police officer who also owned the Broken Wheel Ranch, and Jim (played by Peter Graves) drove a '59 Fury Suburban wagon.
In the Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, the yellow taxis were 1959 Plymouths. Not exactly the same model but they are similar enough to your car’s presentation to make me want to laugh 😹.
That movie is a fantastic movie to see many of that era's finest! The way people drove back then with no seat belts was just amazing!
That movie always cracked me up esp the cameos from studio greats!
@@sableminer8133 I agree! The final car chase with people stuffed into the two taxis like sardines, is hilarious. American cars from that era were perfect for the car chase, as they were floaty - boaty, screeching on their polyester tires!
I thought about that movie, too, while watching this. Those cars reminded me of sailfish.
@@hcombs0104 Metal sailfish, LMAO
Also, the giant palm trees @ the end, the clue in your face.
Opps, I better shut up but yeah, they always would show this on the major networks right around end of the school year, at least here in Dallas, and it not only meant no school, but just summertime fun awaits! Big bawdy cars, funny peeps, and outrageous antics. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
I like the part where the guy kicks the bucket.
I can't believe there is a plastic pipe fitting for the bypass hose. Still a great presentation Jay.
Yeah this was an older episode =) but still cool this episode still holds up
It is a beautiful sleek design. There are things about both models that I like. I do like the look of the '58, but I like the front-end bumper also of the '59, but I like the '58 rear better. The interior of this '59 and I love the dash in the steering wheel especially over the '58, and I really love the swivel seats! I've seen commercial ads of the '59 DeSoto's and they had them also. Seriously, as beautiful as they are, and all joking aside, when I look at these cars, I can't help but think of 'Christine', even though it was the '58 in the movie 😬 cool video 😎
Did you get the eight crazy nights thing at the end..
I’m going to try and make the Commercial thing a new staple in the program along with the car comparison previous model vs that year model
Glad you dig
@@What.its.like. I didn't know what it was, I felt like I should recognize it but couldn't quite do so,🤩 but it is hilarious and fun and really good! I enjoy them and think it's a great addition! 😀
I figured it would be really cool to do something random for the people that watch the whole entire episode.. might add some bloopers some cars I can’t find the words to say when describing things you guys only see the final product you don’t see everything going into it. =)
You know Jay? I don't know which would be worse, a possessed car, or a repossessed car? Forgive me. I really have to hang back in raving about these. This was the true beginning of Chrysler getting it together for looks. Sure, the quality went to crap because they couldn't build them fast enough to meet the sales, and maybe they didn't get the anti rust/paint application to stop them turning to dust, but a good one, is worth all the trouble, I bet an owner would say?
Words are hard for me sometimes i was on a roll decided to keep the in there should have fixed that part
Your last 2 vids have come very close to a couple cars I owned back in the 1970s; a 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury Coupe & a 1964 Studebaker Lark Daytona Convertible (my first car!). The '63 I'd call "decent" condition while the Stude was a rust bucket.
What a coincidence that’s so cool =) today’s episode is going to be the 77 Pontiac Grand Prix it’s going to air at 2 o’clock I’m going to try to make that the time in which episodes get aired trying to get things more consistent but I’m not really a consistent person naturally anyway so this is a pretty big step for me lol.. every single job that I’ve ever had I’ve always been late to going to continue to post five times a week =)
I’m really excited about the next car it’s going to be a Pontiac from the early 60s it’s teased in the video and I honestly never saw one until the day I shot that car and it’s honestly one of my favorite cars from the early 60s it’s absolutely incredible. And it’s crazy that my 33-year-old existence I’ve never seen one aside from this one
Anyway that was completely random what were your favorite memories of both of those cars =)
@@What.its.like. In terms of *styling* my favorite American cars are from about 1955 through the early 1960s. But when it comes to maintaining them myself I prefer OBD2 fully-electronic engine management before the added complications of a turbo or two, direct injection, automatic start/stop systems, cylinder deactivation, electronic thermostats & generator management; also BEFORE "everything" under the hood became made out of plastic. That stuff varies from car to car but loosely 1996 through 2016.
Memories? For the Stude my dad taking my brother & me to the person's house to look at the car. You always (I'm 60 now) remember seeing your first car *for the first time!* For the Sport Fury I remember doing stupid 17-year-old stuff while cruising with my friends. It's amazing we never got into any real trouble!
That’s awesome your so right about seeing your first car or first classic car for the first time =)
New cars are over rated appliances some are cool but most don’t have souls.. and offer very little of a driving experience. It’s very bland and generic it’s like eating a cheeseburger from McDonald’s and a gourmet cheeseburger from a fancy restaurant and the sad thing is the people that have never experienced the gourmet burger have no idea what they are missing
Several vehicles had dash mounted inside mirrors. Early fifties Studebakers as well as the ‘53 & ‘54 Chevy Bel Air hardtops.
The biggest complaint was limited visibility to the rear if you had three rear seat oassangers.
Most convertible rear windows were plexiglass. Ford introduced a real glass convertible rear window in their 1964 full size Fords.
Totally agree it just wasn’t mounted in the right place in this car for that makes sense some cars did it well but this one it should’ve been mounted up on the ceiling or top of windshield
Thanks for mentioning what car had real glass for the convertible rear window. So it is the 1964 Ford! As to the dashboard mirror, I think the first Corvettes had that feature.
@@glennso47 Yes, the Corvette did. Through 1962 model year. Thanks for pointing that out.
Cadillacs have had the mirror knob control for some time.
Excellent
When I was a kid, my best friend's mother drove a '59 Sport Fury coupe. This vintage of car had a downdraft tube for crankcase pressure to be released. Later in the 1960's, in California, people were required to plug off the downdraft tube and add a PCV valve. I remember her car chugging out smoke under the car from the downdraft tube. I don't know what engine it had. The 'bulge' on the trunk lid was bolted on, as you should have been able to see. It is basically a faux Continental kit.
You probably will never see one of these with a PowerFlite and I doubt that it was even an option on the Sport Fury. I don't ever remember seeing a 1960 Valiant with a PowerFlite. About the only Mopar I've seen of the vintage is a Desoto and a lower level Dodge.
My friend's mother moved up to a 1967 Mercury Park Lane 4-door hardtop when that car was a couple of years old and my friend's father got a new car. He had the Mercury previously. He got a new company car every couple of years or so.
Awesome story insight and information =) I thought it was weird that the sport fury would have the two speed automatic as well I included it on the list because according to automobile catalog it was an option on the sport fury
www.automobile-catalog.com/make/plymouth/kp-lp-mp/mp-sport-fury-hardtop-coupe/1959.html
@@What.its.like. Yeh, I know, they had to list it but only a moron would order it. Maybe only if they planned to drop a Chrysler cross-ram 413 V8 in it and only used it for drag racing. I have seen a Dodge use the PowerFlite, but it was in the same basic car as the entry level Desoto. I believe that the PowerFlite was still on the books through 1961, but maybe just to use up inventoery when they were putting the Desoto brand to bed.
I remember when the Valiant came out in 1960 and I have seen a few of them. They either had a floor-mounted 3-speed manual or the Torqueflite. Gosh those Valiants were ugly! The only car that made the Studebaker Lark look good!
I know I can’t believe the styling from 59, The 60s models still look good but man those 61/62 models were hideous I guess it’s proof all good things eventually do come to an end
@@What.its.like. What was funny was that the Imperial kept that forward look until the new 1964 redesign came out, which was another classic.
1957 model had the best trim lines
The fake spare tire bulge was nicknamed the toilet seat.
The '59 was extensively restyled, but not completely new on the outside. I always liked the'57s better, inside and out.
I like the 58 & 59 lol
Nice video.
Glad you dig =)
The dash mounted rearview mirror on this car is set for the over six feet tall people,,, pull it forward and turn up the mirror section for shorter people,,,,,, I'm six foot and two inches tall and I don't remember ever having to adjust the mirror,,,,,,, what I remember the most is how I made the competition mad when we raced, and the fact that I paid only forty dollars for my first car,,,,,it was a four door car in the Fury line and came from the factory with the 361, cubic inch engine, that had been bored out 40, thousands of an inch, and was a desired police engine,push button three speed that set the tires on fire,,,, I sold the car to my dad at a profit of 60,dollars and a wrist watch,,, and the transmission went out and he sold it to my friend that had wanted it since the first day he saw me burn the tires,,,,,, the fifty nine Plymouth Fury has been one of two of my favorite cars,, which have all been Chrysler products.,,,,of about forty cars I've never had a bad one.
Great information and insight =)
I remember a 59 savory with a flat head six and 3 on the tree. It had good power for a six. I drove it several times. My sister had a 59 belvadere 318. That rear trunk fake continental kit look was fake same as the 60 valiant. You could not put a tire there. It would be too heavy to open the trunk.
Virgil Exner after the forward look, went insane with design, made some of the most insane designs, a rumor about gm downsizing their cars caused them to second guess Harley Earl,and they guessed wrong with small ugly cars.. then in the 70`s they went big instead of small. Bob Lutz best Chrysler leader in modern times. He could have saved GM if GM would have let him.
Totally agree =)
Please cover the 66-67 charger
I don’t work there nor did I cover the 66 or 67 charger whenever I was there I will definitely cover that next time when I go if it’s still there I’m gonna look for one spring summer or fall I would really like to see it in motion go down the road maybe at a local car show if somebody has one
I like the '57 Plymouth best.
Understandable … I liked the ‘58 better because of the grille and quad headlights.
Long live Mean Christine !!
My first car was a 59 belvedere in 1975. I had to have another one the sport fury way too much money nowadays and I didn't like the push button trans. So I got a 59 savoy 2dr post and 318 with 3spd standard shift.
Awesome thank you so much for sharing that car with us
I like the '57 design better overall. Better grille, better taillights
My Mother's Mother had a '57 Belvedere four-door sedan, nicely optioned for the time, but as she got older she found the manual steering was a bit of a chore.
My Granddaddy found a local shade-tree mechanic who transferred a power steering unit from a '58 model into Grandma's car. The steering wheel from the '57 standard steering column wouldn't fit the splines for the '58, so it ended up with that '58 wheel. It looked all right, but I preferred the '57 wheel and horn hub.
A couple of years later after an intense hail storm, Grandma traded her Black Beauty for an air conditioned '67 Belvedere II hardtop coupe, white with a black vinyl top. When I saw it for the first time (I was about nine years old), Grandma said something didn't quite look right. "Well, they left the chrome trim off the right taillight," I said.
The Belvedere II had gotten a Satellite taillight on the left side, and when she got back to Mississippi the dealer gladly upgraded the right taillight.
Many years later we learned it wasn't only the trim that was different, but the entire taillight lens assembly.
Challenge question. What Year/Model Dodge Plymouth Chrysler Desoto had a vertical bar mechanically color changing speedometer indication. Year had to be 50-60's. No I don't know answer.
Dumb mirror placement, but the Lucite wheel kinda makes up for it? At that time, I think they didn't have the adhesives to glue the mirrors to the window. (on Fords, though, they do fall off, and it is handy to carry the glue to fix it.) Post 59, everything aerospace became dribbling out to general industry, including glues and tapes. As far as I know, the interior designers are separate people, but it looks as if Exner was looking over the shoulders of guys at the drawing boards? From the look of, the 4 position rests on the horn ring, With everything looking purposeful, it reassures the driver, and is the psychology of sales right there.
The car that’s going to be posted not today but tomorrow also has a translucent steering wheel from GM and it’s honestly my new favorite early 60s GM design that car was absolutely incredible and I never saw one in person until then. It kind of sort of makes me want one I drove the Chevy counterpart last summer =)
They way American car industry from that time was told to me when I was a kid in the 1970’s was that it was part of the throw away culture. Even cars as expensive as these were expendable because America’s economy was doing so well everything was replaceable. It didn’t matter that they rusted through so quickly, in fact it was desirable so that consumers would be forced to buy newer models. The excesses of car design reflected the American confidence in its ability to lead the world in luxury and innovation at an affordable price for the middle classes. These cars are design classics because of their excesses in flamboyance. There was no need to add tail fins and all the other quirks and features except as unique eccentricities of the market moguls who like the film industry dominated globally to ensure American culture was considered the only aspirational desire instead of the Soviet Union.
I don’t think this was the throw away era that came later In the malaise era Chrysler k car era..
Burma had many pre 1962 American cars.
Hey Jay, i’m commenting before I watch the Video. One of my Fav. Plymouths! Commence with the Video please.
I think you’re gonna totally dig this episode =) it’s one of my favorites that I’ve done so far it just flows so nice
Both Chevrolet and Ford built approximately 1.5 million units each for the 1959 model year...Plymouth was far behind.
Wow that’s crazy
1957-58 rust/quality issues destroyed Mother MoPar's reputation as an engineering company and sales dropped dramatically.
The 1958 economic recession didn't help.
A friend of mine has a 56 Plymouth Savoy and he said that the cars would literally rust on the dealership lot brand new cars would have rust on them because of Chrysler‘s poor metal preparation as in they wouldn’t protect the metal on the inside of the fenders and they would literally rust from the inside out.
Another issue is the steel used. Chrysler bought steel from overseas that didn't have enough nickel alloyed in to help resist corrosion.
You didn't show how much legroom you had in the back
I’m sorry I totally forgot to show that
We had one that was manual transmission. The shifter was awkward as it was attached to an under the steering column shaft. My father broke his right hand when shifting into second as the gearshift position almost hits the instrument panel rim. Definitely a bad design!
Pretty expensive for a bottom basement brand. My dads 66 Mustang convert was about $2200 new. I know the 50s Lincolns were about $10,000, sold at a loss.
Offered swivel seats as standard
Is it me...or does the interior of this car remind anyone else of an ol' skool Bowling Alley?
Now that you mention it I definitely can see it I really like those colors though I could not convey how soft the seats were I honestly miss velour seats. Car companies now think that everything has to be a sport seat there are even sport seats in minivans.. minivans!!
@@What.its.like. As an owner of a Rav-4, I can attest to that! LOL!
The tire on the trunk is know as the toilet seat.
Now that you mention it I kind of sort of looks like that haha =)
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I just sent you my email shoot me an email and we’ll go from there =)
11:48 actually, no you don't lol
You're backwards. You'd figure it out if you used these old cars every day.
All the handles were slightly different, but you'd work them the exact same way.
(clue: some had a push button)
Cheers!
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The earlier 59 did use he 58's dash.
That’s good to know I didn’t know that =) both dashboards are nice designs that’s for sure it would be really hard to pick one
Where did you get that information? I believe it is incorrect.
www.conceptcarz.com/s1947/plymouth-sport-fury.aspx
wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-bin/pub9990262549620.cgi?itemid=9990485183602
www.automobile-catalog.com/make/plymouth/kp-lp-mp/mp-sport-fury-hardtop-coupe/1959.html
I have to find a better source than concept cars they’ve been wrong numerous times I just use them because the information is easy to get and you don’t have to sift through things like automobile catalog
I owned one
See "Cold War Motors".
I’ll have to check them out =)
@@What.its.like. He has one he built from scrap and another one he bought as new. Plus about 50 others. Currently working on a 37 Chev sedan and a Lincoln Mk. II.
Dang, second day in a row that I don't know the song. WTF?
It’s a deep dive I don’t think anybody’s going to know that song unless they have the album that it’s on.. it’s a 60s song from my favorite band =)
I got a speeding ticket when I was listening to that song so I don’t listen to it that much anymore lol the crazy thing is I was a pizza delivery driver and I knew there was a cop sitting there and whenever I came back through I wasn’t going that fast I just was going fast enough for him to pull me over. And I was like dang it I knew he was sitting there he was sitting in somebody’s driveway with three other cop cars so they were like waiting for people to go around that bend faster than the posted speed. It almost felt like entrapment but that was like 15 years ago wow that’s nuts after you say it out loud like that.
Those are astonishing sales figures, and still Plymouth was 3rd behind Chevy and Ford. Ford and Plymouth were still hanging onto the high set headlights, whereas Chevy incorporated theirs in the grill. To me, the Chevy was the superior design, followed by the Plymouth. The 59 Ford was a real ugly car, very boxy and uninspired. I always liked the totally fake trunk tire covers on MOPARS. But, my favorite is on the 58 Packard Hawk, the only other make outside Chrysler to have that feature. That rear view mirror was a bad idea. Studebaker also did this in the late 40's. You couldn't mistake it for anything else with it's huge name scripts.
I think the 59 ford is better looking than the 57 ford maybe it’s just me great insight =)
How do I talk to you about this video? I own a 1959 sport fury golden commando that is in much better shape than that. For one the seats aren't correct. And for the yellowed out steering wheel is old but mine is still clear without any cracks in it. Mine is a running driving beautiful car. If you'd like pics I'd love to show you, just don't know how to contact you!
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The 1959 was clumsy looking compared to the 1958. In 1957 Chrysler Corp. pushed out the the new styles to fast. Quality control plagued the entire Chrysler line. The quality of metal was also alot worse. They imported alot of steel that was bad quality. Thats why they rusted out so fast. My dad bought a 1957 Plymouth Suburban wagon and by 1960 the rockers and bottom of the rear quarters were rusting bad. in 1962 we traded the Plymouth wagon in for brand new 1962 Chevy biscane wagon. My dad was alot happier. My dad would always complain about how the Plymouth's push buttons jamming for the transmission and the window cranks for the windows always fell off. 1956 and prior were much better cars built by Chrysler.
Thank you so much for sharing that story what an awesome memory I never knew Chrysler had those Quality control issues outside the whole metal issue. I wonder how many survived, and when if ever Chrysler got better metal quality.. it makes sense that Mopar is cost more than any other brand because there isn’t that many left.
@@What.its.like. Thank you! Yes My great uncle worked at a Dodge, Desoto dealer as a mechanic from 1948 to 1970. He would tell stories of how bad the quality was after 1956. He said Chrysler in order to save money bought steel from some overseas sources. They wanted to push these cars out so fast the quality of fabrication was also poor. Chrysler really wanted to pull ahead of GM and Ford. 1957 thru 1960 styling was amazing for Chrysler. What did them in was the poor quality. That's why finding these today in good condition is a rarity!
Def like the 58 more than the 59. And would take a 59 Chevy or Ford over the Plymouth any day
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Fake spare on trunk lid. Style only.
Yeah I saw that I was wondering if it was real or fake I guess they started it before Lincoln dead because on the continental mark two that’s where the spare tire went
It's fake and was an option.
As an old guy, watching you (and other young guys) review and talk about these cars cracks me up. Trying to figure out what these things do and comment about designs and option with quizzical comments brings a smile and a headshake a times. Some of the other reviewers on RUclips really get to me by judging older cars by today's standards. You, at least take them for what they were, and enjoy their "quitkyness" as interesting. Keep digging, my friend. Automotive history is American history..
Prefer the fins on the 59 very similar to 57 Caddy. The 60 fins were awful again they tried to copy the 58 Caddy but just didn't look right IMO.
These cars were lightweight. My 2005 Impala weigh more than this fury