kruse auction -49 convert??

[claybill]

last month at the Kruse auction in Branson Mo. there was a red 49 ply convertible..WITH NO BACK SEAT!! like a business coupe..front seat only. was this a model of plymouth??? or a bizz coupe conversion? it was reported to be in super condition. and reported to ahve a 'funny name'

bill

[PatS....]

Canadian Dodge (Plymouth body?) no back seat

[Young Ed]

All the 49 plymouth converts I've seen had 2 seats. Dodge did have the smaller conv they called a roadster with only 1 seat.

[claybill]

beautiful car...! wow! and the tire looks nice too. skirts do it!

nothin; turns heads like a red convertible. my black one, great to drive, doesnt turn heads like the old red one.!

bill

[BobT-47P15]

Bill, I looked up the Branson spring & fall 2008 auctions and did not see

any 49 Plymouth listed. When was the sale you saw? Can you send a

link to the ad? There was a dark red 49 convert in a little showroom at

Ozark, MO on Hwy 65, which is a few miles north of Branson. On my last

trip by the showroom a few weeks ago, I noticed that the convert was

no longer sitting there. No idea where it went. It was a normal, standard

looking convert. Appeared in pretty good condition.

[Furylee2]

Canadian Dodge (Plymouth body?) no back seat

I saw one of these for sale at Hershey last week. It was in one of the red fields.

[Normspeed]

Wow, I like that a lot! The long trunk makes it look sleek.

[BobT-47P15]

Wonder if that's a Wayfarer.

Or in the better line.....

Here's an American Wayfarer.

[B-Watson]

Canadian Dodge (Plymouth body?) no back seat

That's an American-built 1949 or 1950 Dodge Wayfarer. Note the nameplate on the side with a spot on the lower edge for "Fluid Drive".

No Chrysler Corporation convertibles were built in Canada from 1937 through to 1962. And neither were Dodge Wayfarers of any model.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[Phil Martin]

Just came back from Branson that red 49 convert is back in the showroom on 65

[BobT-47P15]

Hmmm.....interesting. Wonder where it went for a brief while.

[Young Ed]

Knowing a few guys with used car lots there's usually only 2 places cars go to disappear. Either the car sat there so long that something broke so it went out to a shop to get repaired or it sat there so long the owners sent it out to a shop to have something improved in the hopes of making a sale. The one lot around here had a white 97-03ish dakota. It was there forever! Finally they sent it out and had the white paint accented with some red touches. I thought it was hideous but it sold shortly after that.