Solly Posted December 7 Report Posted December 7 Hello again, While doing more research I came across a article on Allpar.com stating "An interesting model available to dealers at announcement time was the Flame Cars, so named because of their burnt orange color (the factory called it Carrotee No. 3). The cars were unique." Before Purchasing the Plymouth the owner put it up on the rack and showed me on the under body what appeared to be original color paint , it certainly appeared it could have been 90 years old. The main body color now is extremely close to the sample he showed me ( don't think he was aware of the flame car story) I think he was merely pointing out its original color . To the best of my Knowledge this Carotee # 3 does not show up on the Chrysler color chart so my question is is there any wat to determine if this is one of those so called unique flame/burnt cars ? I dont have a color chart showing Carotee #3 Quote
TodFitch Posted December 7 Report Posted December 7 A bit earlier but maybe into the mid-1930s apparently you could special order a Plymouth with any color that was available for that same year on other Chrysler Corp. makes. You may want to check the color charts for Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler to see if they offered a Carotee #3. If not, then there might have been literature distributed to the dealers from Chrysler describing this special color scheme. The Plymouth Owners Club’s technical advisor for the 1934 models may have access to that information. Unfortunately, I am away from home and my reference materials so I can’t just look up the '34 tech advisor's contact info. It might be listed somewhere on the Plymouth Owners Club's website at https://www.plymouthowners.club Quote
Solly Posted December 9 Author Report Posted December 9 Thanks Tod, On your suggestion I checked The Desoto color charts for 1934, the Chrysler charts for 1934 and the Dodge color charts for 1934 The Carotee # 3 does show up on the Desoto chart this is supposedly the color they refer to when describing the burnt cars however it seems a little dark for what I have (check avatar photo) I know were talking 90 year old samples and charts so the possibility still exist , now to make it more interesting on the 1934 Chrysler chart there is a color called Sultana Sand No. 1 while a bit more yellow than mine its close., its as though Carotte and Sultana shared a bottle of vino spent the night together and came up with Fannie Mays color. I did register with the Plymouth Owners club as suggested but no response so far. Thanks for your help. Quote
Solution TodFitch Posted December 9 Solution Report Posted December 9 Regarding the Plymouth Club website, it is lightly trafficked. I hear they have a Facebook page that is more active but I don’t do Facebook so can’t tell you how to find it. I am back home now and have access to a copy of the Plymouth Owners Club’s magazine which has the contact information for the 1934 technical advisor on the inside of the front cover. I will use the personal message (PM) of this forum to send you that information. Quote
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