If you're planning a trip to the UK...

[Robin (UK)]

I've just posted details of our annual 'P-15 Picnic' onto the calendar.
If anyone's in the UK on 30th September and/or 1st October, you'll be very welcome to join us.
 

Edited March 6, 2017 by Robin (UK)

[chrysler1941]

7 hours ago, Robin (UK) said:

I've just posted details of our annual 'P-15 Picnic' onto the calendar.
If anyone's in the UK on 30th September and/or 1st October, you'll be very welcome to join us.
 

Only Plymouth? 

[dale]

Isnt there a Plymouth town somewhere in England ?

[Robin (UK)]

3 hours ago, chrysler1941 said:

Only Plymouth? 

The meet is for 1946-1948 Plymouth, Dodge, SeSoto & Chrysler Cars.
We welcome 'guest' classics too. Last year there was a nice range of makes and ages.

[Robin (UK)]

5 hours ago, dale said:

Isnt there a Plymouth town somewhere in England ?

There sure is.
It's where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from, on the Mayflower.
Plymouth Rock, in Mass, marks their landing. And the sailing ship emblem on our Plymouth cars is a representation of the Mayflower.
Dean, Chris and I have carried the theme through, with our Pilgrims club jackets...

Edited March 6, 2017 by Robin (UK)

[chrysler1941]

26 minutes ago, Robin (UK) said:

The meet is for 1946-1948 Plymouth, Dodge, SeSoto & Chrysler Cars.
We welcome 'guest' classics too. Last year there was a nice range of makes and ages.

I was planning to the car to  Atomic Festival in Northamptonshire, but I have to find a ferry from Scandinavia. 

[Robin (UK)]

1 minute ago, chrysler1941 said:

I was planning to the car to  Atomic Festival in Northamptonshire, but I have to find a ferry from Scandinavia. 

We'd love to see you at ATOMIC... I organise that, too!
It's a fantastic weekend.

[chrysler1941]

13 minutes ago, Robin (UK) said:

We'd love to see you at ATOMIC... I organise that, too!
It's a fantastic weekend.

Yes Robin, we have met several times in Camber RR. I'm the tall guy with the 1941 Chrysler Coupe from Denmark 

But as you know they have stopped all the ferries from Denmark I have to find another solution, maybe by auto train to France. Anyway it's going to take a lot of effort.

Edited March 6, 2017 by chrysler1941

[Robin (UK)]

1 hour ago, chrysler1941 said:

 I'm the tall guy with the 1941 Chrysler Coupe from Denmark 

Ah yes.
I know now.
I hope you can make it sometime.

[TodFitch]

2 hours ago, Robin (UK) said:

There sure is.
It's where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from, on the Mayflower.
Plymouth Rock, in PA, marks their landing. And the sailing ship emblem on our Plymouth cars is a representation of the Mayflower.
Dean, Chris and I have carried the theme through, with our Pilgrims club jackets...

I think Plymouth Rock is in or near Plymouth, Mass. rather that Penn.

In England, Plymouth is a seaport located at the mouth of the River Plym where it empties into the English Channel (or maybe the Atlantic, not sure where the channel officially starts), thus the name.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/50.3715/-4.1276

[Flatie46]

I like your club jackets.

[Robin (UK)]

22 minutes ago, TodFitch said:

I think Plymouth Rock is in or near Plymouth, Mass. rather that Penn.

 

Oops. Sorry.
I will edit.

 

[Robin (UK)]

14 minutes ago, Flatie46 said:

I like your club jackets.

Thank you.
They are vintage whipcord jackets... and we had the patches chain stitched onto felt, the old way, so they look like genuine vintage pieces.
We do get a lot of compliments.

[Flatie46]

I thought I might get to go to the UK a couple years back. I work for a British owned company, thought I might get to go to Bredbury but got shot out of the saddle by my boss,  Oh well, maybe next time.

[DrDoctor]

Robin (UK),

   I love the jackets, too!!! Do you sell to “yanks”??? If so, cost??? Best regards . . .  Thx.

[Robin (UK)]

7 hours ago, The Dr's In said:

Robin (UK),

   I love the jackets, too!!! Do you sell to “yanks”??? If so, cost??? Best regards . . .  Thx.

It's very flattering to hear that you like the jackets.
The jackets themselves are vintage items that we've managed to buy from specialist dealers in the UK, or have imported from America via eBay.
It's taken about 2 years to source them for ourselves and family members. A total of 9 so far.
And we only had a dozen patches made so, unfortunately, I'm sorry to say that we can't offer to provide them for sale.
 

[DrDoctor]

Robin (UK),

   Thank you so much for your prompt reply. During the pause, I showed the jackets to my wife, and she thinks both the jackets and patches look fantastic. She feels the vintage style is perfect”!!! She tho’t we wouldn’t be able to purchase one (or two . . .) since we’re on the “wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean for a British car club”, and tho’t I was being too forward for even asking. If you think likewise, please accept my sincerest apologies. But, who knows, maybe your club wants to establish a chapter on “the other side of the pond . . .” Again, our best regards . . .  Thx.

[Robin (UK)]

16 hours ago, The Dr's In said:

If you think likewise, please accept my sincerest apologies. 

Thank you for your message but please don't think you need to apologise.
No-one's on the 'wrong' side of the Atlantic Ocean and our shared interests help to shrink any distances.
All the very best from England.

[Robin (UK)]

I know this has gone off-topic, but we also made a handful of window stickers, too...

[dpollo]

and let us not  forget  Plymouth Gin   one of the finest.      

[DrDoctor]

Robin (UK),

   Also — First Class!!! Again, repeating my earlier question (with no intention of offending . . . ) from your “potential chapter on the other side of the pond”: Do you sell to “yanks”??? If so, cost??? Best regards . . .  Thx.

[DrDoctor]

 

Robin (UK),

   My wife was again looking at the photo of the lineup of Plymouths, and she was especially smitten with the yellow one at the front. She especially likes the wire wheels and whitewall tires. Now, I’m not a whitewalls fan, but agree with her on the wheels, and the car. I remember when “accessorizing a car to the max” was a semi-common sight, and the yellow car certainly brought back fond memories that I’d almost forgotten. Warmest regards . . .  Thx.

[Don Coatney]

16 minutes ago, The Dr's In said:

Robin (UK),

   Also — First Class!!! Again, repeating my earlier question (with no intention of offending . . . ) from your “potential chapter on the other side of the pond”: Do you sell to “yanks”??? If so, cost??? Best regards . . .  Thx.

To answer your question yes Robin will ship to us yanks. When I cracked a blue dot tail light lens Robin came to the rescue and sent me a replacement. Once again thanks Robin.

[Roadkingcoupe]

Source "PLYMOUTH BULLETIN"

 

"Product of Chrysler engineering and craftsmanship, Plymouth has been so named because its endurance and strength, ruggedness and freedom from limitations so accurately typify that Pilgrim band who were the first American Colonists."

That was the official line.

It sounded quite logical. The name came from the Plymouth colony of the Pilgrims who journeyed to North America on the good ship Mayflower.

And the official line was backed up with pilgrim garb supplied to each dealer with which to dress up some willing (?) employee to lead a Plymouth Parade introducing this new low-priced car for the young Chrysler Corporation.

It was not entirely new, this "new" low-priced car. When Walter P. Chrysler took over the bankrupt Maxwell company in 1923, he finally had the foundation to bring out the car of his dreams; one bearing his own name. However it was soon apparent that the Maxwell name, corrupted by a series of poorly built cars that had brought the company to bankruptcy, was an irretrievable liability. Therefore in 1926, he put a Chrysler radiator on the Maxwell and rechristened it the Chrysler 58 (its supposed top speed).

Yet this move was but a holding action. Already in 1926 Walter Chrysler was planning a full-fledged entry into the low-priced field dominated by Ford and Chevrolet. Indeed, Henry Ford had warned Chrysler, "You'll go broke! Chevrolet and I have the market all sewed up!" But WPC wasn't one to fear to such warnings. In fact he was more likely spurred on by them to prove such warnings wrong. And Ford's rapidly declining Model T sales seemed to indicate that the giant was vulnerable and that the warning could indeed be proven wrong.

To take full advantage of this vulnerability, Chrysler needed the "perfect car with the perfect name." That name was to be "Plymouth." Named after Plymouth Rock, that great American symbol, right? Well, not quite.

Behind the "official line" is a story that surfaced years later. It is about what really happened behind those closed boardroom doors. "What we want," Chrysler had said, "is a popular name, something people will recognize instantly."

In that room was Joe Frazer, later to become president of Graham Motors and still later to join Henry Kaiser in a post-war automotive venture. "Well, boss," replied Frazer, "why not call it Plymouth? That's a good old American name."

The other assembled executives looked askance the notion of their car bearing such a puritanical sounding * name. Yet against his colleagues' misgivings, Joe Frazer persisted. "Ever hear of Plymouth Binder Twine?" he asked.

" Well," boomed out Chrysler, "every goddam farmer in America's heard of that!" The hidden appeal wasn't wasted on this one-time Kansas farm boy. Every farmer had to have a car, and most of them at the time were driving Fords. Now here was an opening to the giant's vulnerability. "Every farmer uses Plymouth Binder Twine," he said, "let's give them a name they're familiar with!"

And so the name was Plymouth. The Mayflower ship on its radiator suggested the rock and the Pilgrims, but if it wasn't for the binder twine, there would never have been a car named Plymouth.

On January 11, 1928 the first Plymouth was produced. As it turned out, this was the best of times for introducing a low-priced car. Ford was just beginning Model A production after nearly a year's shutdown. Chevrolet's six was yet a year away. Hudson's Essex was in decline. Willys' Whippet was selling like hotcakes, but it had already peaked. And, most importantly, the stock market crash of 1929 was yet a year away.

The new Plymouth sold well, reaching Number 15 in production its first (half) year. By 1931 it had already reached the Number Three position, which it would hold until 1954. In 1932, while Chevrolet and Ford sales were dropping drastically from pre-depression highs, Plymouth was the only car to gain in sales over 1931. In fact, all through the Great Depression Plymouth continued to gain in sales, a remarkable feat considering the times.

Henry Ford, as it turned out, was almost right. He had left out one word in his warning to Chrysler. He should have said, "if you don't build a Plymouth, you'll go broke."

[greg g]

On 3/7/2017 at 3:41 AM, Robin (UK) said:

It's very flattering to hear that you like the jackets.
The jackets themselves are vintage items that we've managed to buy from specialist dealers in the UK, or have imported from America via eBay.
It's taken about 2 years to source them for ourselves and family members. A total of 9 so far.
And we only had a dozen patches made so, unfortunately, I'm sorry to say that we can't offer to provide them for sale.
 

Lots of "Ike" jackets on e bay both vintage military and repops. Thus called for Dwight D (lke) Eisenhower's preference for them over Army class A uniform jacket.  30 bucks and up.