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[Roadkingcoupe]

The recent information and discussion in regards to foreign production, sales, photographs and charts has been an excellent addition to the forum.

Contributors like B-Watson, Bill Kriener and Eh Dubya have helped to chronicle info and make it available here on the forum. Looks like most of the info would take hours of searching libraries and databases, to have it on the forum and available to all is an unexpected bonus.

I personally enjoy learning more about Chrysler sale, production and manufacturing around the world.

THANKS to all who contribute to this discussion with depth and knowledge.

So can anyone tell me if there is truth to the story that 1939 Plymouth 7 passenger sedans were made in Sweden? after 1939 for government vehicles?

[Bill Kreiner]

Thanks very much for the kind words! It's nice to know the data is appreciated and desired.

I will search for data on the 7-passenger Swedish Plymouths in the material I have. If I don't find anything, I will check with Swedish contacts I have in the Society of Automotive Historians. Maybe Bill Watson or Eh Dubya will turn something up as well. Someone is bound to know something about this.

[Andydodge]

For what its worth the 7 passenger sedans were listed as available here in Oz, at least in 1940 as both the sales brochures I have for 1940 Dodge and 1940 Plymouth show them listed and have artists paintings of both.........I've never seen either one in the flesh but..........lol.....so I would assume they would have been listed for 1939.....maybe........lol........andyd

[Bill Kreiner]

I can't find anything specific on Chrysler in Sweden, other than the page at Allpar, which isn't very detailed, and which states assembly ceased at the outbreak of war, which may or may not be true since Volvo and Ford passenger-car output did not cease. I've asked a few people, so we'll wait to see what they come up with. I've asked about 7-passenger Plymouths built during and/or after 1939 (i.e. wartime).

In the meantime, I've attached the Ford Motor Company 1940-1944 deliveries-to-dealers sheet that covers Stockholm, Sweden. As can be seen, there was a continuity of assembly and deliveries of passenger cars -- both American types and European. Not sure exactly what is meant by European, since there were the British-specific, German-specific, and even French-specific models. I doubt the French ones come into play here but either or both of the other might.

I'll also reproduce here the 1938-1946 Volvo car production figures, from Lindh's book Volvo: The Cars -- From the '20s to the '80s. As far as annual passenger-car figures go, only total figures are available, not broken down by model. These figures don't include trucks or buses. The models in production at this time were the PV53-57 series; and the PV800-802 series long-wheelbase models which were used mainly as taxis, limousines, and gov't vehicles. Some of the wartime cars were fitted with producer-gas engines, right from the factory. From 1944 to 1946 there were also ca. 200 all-terrain cars made, included in the figures.

Volvo passenger-car production:

1938: 2,132

1939: 2,834

1940: 564

1941: 106

1942: 99

1943: 176

1944: 335

1945: 416

1946: 905

[1940dodge]

I completely agree with you roadkingcoupe. It is the contributors like the ones mentioned that make me come back everyday. Always interested in what else they dug up. Through them I have been able to properly identify my old Dodge as well as connect with the generation that originaly designed, built and purchased our vintage vehicles. A thank you to all of you for the many hours spent researching and most importantly sharing it with us.

PS. There should almost be a separate place within the forum where all these valuable historical documents could be stored.

[eh dubya]

I agee too Questions I've pondered for years answered in a flash. You guys are great. I have thought about linking related threads or images in them.

-Andy