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Preserving Old Plymouths!

Each thumbnail photo links to a larger picture of the car, and the information each club member provided about his/her special Plymouth.

1933 Plymouth PC Coupe	1948 Plymouth Coupe	1933 Plymouth PD Convertible	1940 Plymouth Special Deluxe Sedan	1942 Plymouth Special Deluxe Coupe
1946 Plymouth P-15 Sedan	1965 Plymouth Satellite	1967 Barracuda S	1935 Dodge Pickup	1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe Sedan
1959 Plymouth Sport Fury	1959 Plymouth Belvedere Convertible	1967 Plymouth Belvedere II	1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe	1972 Plymouth Road Runner
1962 Plymouth Sport Fury	1948 Plymouth Club Coupe	1935 Plymouth Business Coupe	1933 Plymouth PD Convertible	1929 Plymouth U 4-Door Sedan
1937 Plymouth 2-Door Convertible	1948 Plymouth Convertible	1935 Plymouth PJ 4-Door Sedan	1940 Plymouth Deluxe 4-Door Sedan	1951 Plymouth Belvedere Hardtop
1953 Plymouth	1928 Plymouth Q Roadster	1938 Plymouth P-6 Touring Sedan	1948 Plymouth Club Coupe	1947 Plymouth Club Coupe

 

Joseph finds his dream car, again!

The story of Joe Budnick’s second Roadrunner

By Joseph Budnick

When I got out of the military, broke in 1969 I saw a 69 Plymouth Roadrunner that was painted Bahama Yellow.

I wanted one.

I applied for 3 jobs and got all 3. I worked driving school bus in the early morning, worked 4 hours for UPS, and then worked 8 hours for Jensen air freight each day. I wanted that car.

As soon as I had a chance, I went down to S.L. Savage Chrysler Plymouth in Seattle and put down $50 and ordered the car. The problem was I had to order a 1970 and they did not offer Bahama Yellow. The salesman put black as an alternative color and I would have it painted Bahama Yellow when I got it.

The only options I could afford were power steering and a radio. It was a 4-speed bench-seat car. The salesman called in 3 months and said come down the car was in. It came Bahama Yellow! It was the only 70 ever made that color.

I took it straight from the dealer to a not so traveled road and pushed the pedal till the speedo said 150. My foot stopped shaking about an hour later.

A policeman pulled me over a couple years later and said he wanted to buy my car, with his Ford Torino as part trade. Not wanting a Torino, and with the cop continually calling, I sold the car to a friend in another city.

Thanks to the Auto Trader, (my wife calls it the book of the devil) I went through 80 cars after that, from Corvettes to Cadillacs, making sure I lost money on all of them, and always looking for my Roadrunner. Then I found out about computers and E-bay.

I always asked, who would ever buy a car without looking at it first? Then I saw the Roadrunner on E-bay in Kansas. I didn’t know how to bid, so a friend of mine bought it for me.

I was lucky to have been able to talk to the owner first, and he being an old guy like me I felt pretty good before bidding on the car. He had the car for quite a few years and had it stored inside his garage in Kansas.

I had it shipped to me rather than driving it back for obvious old car reasons. I have most of the parts to restore it to original.

Red was the original color. It has a 440 instead of a 383, black interior, automatic, and power steering. I don’t know about the spoiler, if it’s a dealer add-on or factory. It has bucket seats, as I am having a hard time finding a bench seat.

It’s as close to my old car as I will probably get. When I feel it’s safe I’ll try to get the speedo up to 150.

 

David Pollock has a story similar to the one about
the “Barn Dodge”

By David Pollock
This ‘40 Deluxe Business coupe was sold new in Boise ID by the same dealership that sold the now famous Barn Dodge.  

(Editor’s note: “The Barn Dodge” is a story that went viral on the Internet about a 1940 Dodge that sat untouched for 50 years. It’s a great story, and if you type “Barn Dodge” into an Internet search engine, you can read all about it. Be aware, however, that the Barn Dodge was sold to a collector in 2003.)

My Plymouth also spent many years in dry storage after its first owner, who lived in New Meadows, Idaho, died.

It was then serviced, the paint touched up and sold to Jerry Foreman of Boring.
Jerry sold it to me with 68,000 miles registered.  

It is all original, with only the usual service required in its entire history. The two toning was done prior to original delivery to match a Dodge which was available with a factory two tone  in 1940.  It has both radio and heater.  

Perhaps the dealer who sold the Barn Dodge and my Plymouth did not service their cars and the owners just rolled them into barns and forgot about them.
As amusing as it might be to speculate, both these cars evidently were given the best of care and careful preparation for storage as they never would have survived  as well as they did.  

My Plymouth now has 74,000 miles on it and apart from adding oil every once in a while and the replacement of an ignition coil it is just as I received it. I would have liked to have driven it to the meet in June, but that is haying time.