Prewar Plymouth trim levels

[rcb]

What were the different trim levels of prewar Plymouth and what did they represent? I'm still new to pre-60s mopars for the most part. I am aware of Road Kings and Special Deluxe, but were there more trim levels and what was offered in each?

[dpollo]

There was usually a Standard and a Deluxe line, sometimes differentiated by the model number  for example 1940  P9 and P10  or 1942 P14 S and P14 C    sometimes it is pretty hard to tell as Deluxe items could be obtained as options on the low liners.

I can recommend Don Butler's book    Plymouth and Desoto   Crestline publishing.  He does a Good job.

[rcb]

Thank you for the recommendation. Is there a paperback or modern printing of it? Seems to be a high dollar collector item.

[Robert Horne]

I have two 38 Plymouth Coupes.      One is a P5 Business Coupe, and the other is a P6 Delux.

The P5 only has one windshield wiper, the P6 has two.

[B-Watson]

Also gets to be fun with the Canadian-built 1937 to 1941 Plymouths.

1937 -  P3 - Six  (Called Business Six in the U.S.)

1937 - P4 - DeLuxe Six  (coupes and sedan) &  P4 - Custom Six 4dr Trg Sedan

1938 - P5 -  Six   (U.S. models became Roadking in mid-year)

1938 - P6 - DeLuxe Six

1938 - P6C - Custom Six

1939 - P7 -  Roadking Six

1939 - P8 - DeLuxe Six

1939 - P8C - Custom Six

1940 - P9 -  Roadking Six

1940 - P10 - DeLuxe Six

1940 - P10C - Custom Six

1941 - P11 -  Roadking 

1941 - P11S - Roadking Special

1941 - P12 - DeLuxe

1941 - P12C - Custom

The lowest priced series (Six / Roadking) came with one taillamp (driver), one sun visor (driver), one windshield wiper (driver), and no vent wings in front doors (one piece glass).   The 1937-1940 DeLuxe added the seond taillamp, second sun visor, second windshield wiper and front door vent wings.  The Custom had fancier upholstery and trim than the DeLuxe series.

The 1941 Roadking Special added front door vent wings and a second taillamp while the 1941 Deluxe Six added the second windshield wiper and sun visor. as well as extra trim.

Starting with the 1942 models Plymouth used only one model number with a suffix to denote the series.  The 1942 DeLuxe was P14S while the Special DeLuxe was P14C.  The 1949-1952 Plymouth on the 111" wheelbase had a different model code than the 118½" wheelbase models and from 1955 to 1957 the models with a V8 engine used a different model code than the six cylinder models..