Did Plymouths hold thier value

[greg g]

I can't quite make out the prices, so maybe some one can improve the pic eough to read all of them. the Chevy on the end looks like a 49 or 50.

The Plymouth looks like 285.00 for a 47. the Nashes look more expensive.

Wonder what year it was taken??

[TodFitch]

Plymouth marketing materials in the early to mid 1930s claimed that Plymouths held their value better than Chevrolets or Fords. But that was a different era and it was corporate marketing so it probably has no bearing on your question.

[mrspeedyt]

i would guess 1950 and in general plymouth values were just less than ford or chevy. kinda goes along with the order of the best sellers... but i certainly could be wrong. i will add this cool photo was not in california because there are no front license plates on the cars.

Edited July 23, 2010 by mrspeedyt

[greg g]

Here is another angle of the same lineup at Highland Nash 12335 Woodward Ave. Highland Park, MI Photo is atributed to 1950. Dealership is listed as doing business from 1948 to 1952.

[pflaming]

Left to right: 47 Chevy, $325, 48 Nash $335, 49 Nash $439, 46 Nash $_____, 47 Plymouth $245, 51 Chevy $435.

By the prices I would guess the photo was take around 1958. Dad bought my 50 Plymouth for $250 in '58. Dad's new 52 Ford Victoria sold for $2700 and his new 56 Ford Fairlane priced out around $3200 if I recall.

[1940plymouth]

From the clothing the men are wearing, I would say the photo was early '50's, just my two cents

[Plymouthy Adams]

one has to take into account that the Plymouth probably had high mileage due to the fact it stayed on the road performing as it should, the Chevy most probably has a piece of shoe leather on at least one rod bearing, and was pulled to within 1/2 block of the dealer before making a trade..thus the low mileage, no wear and tear casue it had been broken 80% of its life already..and I guarantee you you can trust the shoe leather trick as being correct..

[BobT-47P15]

Well, of course the Nashes are priced higher........it's a Nash dealership.

And naturally they're worth more cause they're better than those

competitors.

[1947PLEVY]

Tim:

I used the piece of leather before. It works, don't know how long(cause I got rid of it). Drove it to a car lot and traded it off. Sounded good.

[Reg Evans]

The leather bearing reminds me of the Jode family in the Grapes of Wrath only I think it was a Ford.

[pflaming]

Reg, gonna find my copy of GoR, I think the car was a Hudson. They 'spun' a bearing in Arizona or NM, went to a junk yard, got some brass, melted it down and made a new one. It seems to me they bought a Hudson because they knew they broke down alot and so they reasoned they could find parts as they drove west! Great Novel, will look this up tonight.

PF

The other great novel is "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. It is NOT a bloody novel as the title leads one to believe.

[TodFitch]

The leather bearing reminds me of the Jode family in the Grapes of Wrath only I think it was a Ford.

Reg, gonna find my copy of GoR, I think the car was a Hudson. They 'spun' a bearing in Arizona or NM, went to a junk yard, got some brass, melted it down and made a new one. It seems to me they bought a Hudson because they knew they broke down alot and so they reasoned they could find parts as they drove west! Great Novel, will look this up tonight.

PF

The other great novel is "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. It is NOT a bloody novel as the title leads one to believe.

I am remembering it as a Dodge but it could have been a Hudson. Also remembering the setting for that incident as New Mexico. And remembering it as getting a connecting rod from a junk yard car and bolting it in rather than melting down brass. But it has been a while since I last read Grapes of Wrath so my memory of it could be very wrong.

[Tim Keith]

I think it was a Hudson Super Six. That's one of the few details that

I recalled from the novel. I was a gearhead even then.

[Niel Hoback]

My Grandpa told me a story about a car he was traveling in when a babbitt rod bearing pounded itself out. I recall him saying," I took off my belt and cut a piece off the end, wrapped it around the crank and put the rod back on. It got us home". I doubt it was a Ford because he was a big car fan in the teens and twenties.

[pflaming]

Tod gets the prize for staying awake in English class. Chapter 16, It was a '25 Dodge, four cylinder. The 'conrod' went out. They found a wrecked car at a filling station, pulled the piston and rod and replaced the bad one. To put the rings in without a ring guide, they wrapped the rings with a very small brass wire, the wire stays in, melts away when the engine gets hot and all is well.

Interesting story.

Don't think it is a '50 photo with a '51 Chevy in the picture. A friend bought a '51 Chevy coupe in '56 and paid $750 for it, so I'm thinking this is a 59 or maybe even a 60's photo.

Edited July 24, 2010 by pflaming

[greg g]

As noted in a previous post (#4) the dealer ship closed in 52.

[mrspeedyt]

last year of the nash name was 1957. and my guess of 1950 for the photo was way off...

Edited July 24, 2010 by mrspeedyt