'59 Plymouth Forum

Somebody enlighten me about a 313 CI engine? Dick. Hey Dick, a 313 was used in Canadian made Plymouths and Dodges for the Canadian market, its a 318 really with a slightly smaller bore and stroke. Canadian made 6 cylinders in those days were 251 Cubic inches, as opposed to the 230 used in U.S. vers...

Well said Bob! I know your views on it but was guessing on Kyle's use of temperature units. Hope all is well with you Bob! :) John Q. Don good here John, thanks for asking,, just getting ready for the cruise nights and cruising season! This year we're going to be helping to run two cruise nights, o...

Denver 59 Fin Convert wrote:
But Kyle being Canadian, They would use the degrees C range...


John Q.

I'm Canadian, and i NEVER refer to that metric nonsense, especially when it comes to things on old cars!
It was imposed on us in 1976 by that ass of a Prime Minister we had to make us more "European'

Bob

My "regular" vehicle when I wrote this comment in 2009 was a 2001 GMC Sierra pickup truck, I now have a 2010 Chev Silverado pickup, so i dont think I'd have the parts you'd need!

I'll leave the comments to Matthew, right now he is checking and he will come up with a list of non stock modifications to all of the above cars :lol: I did find one on Ebay classifieds as well http://bayarea.ebayclassifieds.com/classic-cars/oakland/1959-plymouth-coupe/?ad=7702868 a Belvedere sedan...

Yup, I have never heard a ship referred to as a "he", always a "she", but what the heck. On the other hand......cars......some guys refer to their car as "he" and some "she". Wonder how that's determined? My car was named "Penny" by the previous own...

I dont know if Dan posted this one before, but i came across it tonight while surfing youtube, thought it was worth sharing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssQ0tcIHifg

Bob

Denver 59 Fin Convert wrote:I noticed the XX YY part too... Thought it was close to that plate you got for you 70 Challenger convert that was XY 27.

The tan interior looks protected by that old school plastic covering too!


John Q.

For the rest of us, can you explain what this "XX YY" on the plate means?

Bob

They came with 7.50x14 as standard equipment,800x14 was available as an option, and this size was standard on wagons and convertibles.
750x14 today is 205/75/14

Bob

I forgot to mention in this post that the fuel pump i installed in the parking lot was one i got on ebay, and it leaked from the pump body, so thinking about the fact that a fuel pump just goes with no warning, and the old one got me that far,i put it back on when i saw the other one was a leaker, a...

Ok, so here's what happened...... On Saturday August 27th, i attended a cruise night about 20 miles away,i stopped and got some gas in the old Plymouth,(I call her Bernice) and she ran fine on the way out there which involves some highway driving, but when the cruise night ended, we went to leave an...

I guess you're right, here's what the NADA guide says about this, i used my friend in Indianas ZIP code to do the calculation.

http://www.nadaguides.com/Classic-Cars/ ... dan/Values

Matthew Keij wrote:This one isn't worth a lot with those 57 hubcaps

Those are easily changed, what do you think a good asking price would be Matthew?

Bob

rogerh wrote:I believe I've seen these air cleaners on 8 cyl one-barrel carb station wagons.

8 cylinder 1 barrel? They actually made something like that?

Bob

Faulkner wrote:Dunno... He's asking me what it's worth. What should I tell him?

It's a nice clean looking all original car,which only seems to appeal to a small segment of car guys nowadays, i think 12 grand would be a reasonable asking price.

Bob