The seller’s wife’s Uncle started the restoration of this Plymouth a long time ago but ended up pushing the car into the barn before they finished it. These were great looking cars and this one needs a new owner who can complete the job! It’s located in Willis, Virginia, and is listed here on eBay. Better hurry though because the auction is ending soon!
According to ply33.com, Plymouth outsold Ford and Chevy in 1933 because of this car. These things had the looks and this was the first time Chrylser used a six-cylinder engine. They spent millions retooling for this car and it was a big deal. You can read more about what made it special here on allpar. This six was good for 70 horsepower with the standard Silver Dome head (which we assume this has) or you could get an optional “Red Head” which bumped up compression and added an extra six ponies.
As previously mentioned, this car was in the middle of a frame-off restoration when it was parked. Apparently, the engine was gone through and there are old photos of the frame and suspension all cleaned up. It looks like the body may have been painted at that time. The interior still needs to be completed and it’s hard to know what else will need to be done. Unfinished projects like this can be intimidating because you never know what all has gone missing until you start putting it together.
Here’s a period photo of the car before it was pulled apart. I love the ’57 Bel Air tow rig! This looks like a big project to me but it might be worth some consideration if you have been looking for a Plymouth from the era or would like something other than a Ford. Let’s just hope the seller has set a realistic reserve and that not too many of the important bits have gone missing!
I like the car. I have zero doubt that it as the best low priced car produced in 1933. At the same time, I am simultaneously that someone bid close to ten grand for it and that the reserve wasn’t met. Good grief. I wish I shared the rosy outlooks of everyone involved.
$9600 bit the reserve has not been met? Really? Someone is out of touch with what they have, how much it’s going to cost to rebuild or restore it, and how much it will be worth when it’s done.
At that price I would have said goodby!! It’s a nice car but it’s no way worth the $9600 he was going to pay!!
T0 expensive to street rod.
The photos aren’t the best, and me being an Englishman, am I right or wrong in thinking that the car being towed behind the ’57 Chev isn’t the same car that’s up for auction? The engine in the towed car appears to be a V 8.
Never saw a V8 with the plugs on top of the engine in a row….. Nice looking car.
@bobhess. Your eyes must be better than mine or maybe you can magnify the pics better than mine, however, if it’s a straight six, it’s a straight six.
Sad all the work to go original and I would want to street rod it.
You can buy one that drives for that kind of money.
Had a 34 P back in 1984. Everyone thought it was a ZZ Top car. No dummy that was a 33 Ford 3 Window Coupe
Ken… If you click on the picture it will magnify. The picture must have been taken in a fog making it a bit difficult to see anything clear. Car is surly dead on competition for ’32 Fords in the looks department.
O.K. Bob, I’ve got it now. I also thought it was a ’32 Ford at first glance.
Is it me, or does it look like the roof on this has been chopped already?
I didn’t remember hearing that Plymouth ever was the top selling marque for any given year, so I pulled out several reference books and did some research. The model year sales figures for 1933 I found were; Chevrolet, 486, 378
Ford 334,969 and Plymouth 298,557. Different
sources varied production by a few hundred vehicles per make, but only by a small percentage. Calendar year production figures would be different, but I couldn’t find calendar numbers for each make. Any way, Plymouth production was impressive being that it was only a handful of years old, especially arriving during the depression.
That car would have had a fabric top, where what looks to be the “sun roof” is now. :)