'59 Plymouth Forum

Nice Valiant. A friend had a 1960 Valiant which I thought had a unbelievably compliant ride. The two photos show us going to Jones Beach on Long Island and getting dressed in the parking lot for the trip home.

Plymouth switched to rear wheel emergency brakes (Bendix) and a parking sprag in the Torqueflite automatic transmission in 1962

There are two things I complained about my '59. The area above the headlights would rust from the inside out. Dirt kicked up by the front tires would collect in the pocket above the head lights, keep moisture and promote rust. I lost count how many times I repaired that area. The second item that ne...

On my coast to coast trip back in 1967, from N.Y.C. to San Bernardino, using Route 66 from St Louis to L.A., my Plymouth was reborn.

My Sport Fury was only 5 months old when I turned into a telephone pole, putting a vertical dent, on the driver's side, from belt line to rocker. That dent stayed until 1965 when I had some bodywork done and the car repainted copper to match the roof's original color. In the photo, taken 1961, you c...