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Expert Posts: 1267    Location: San Antonio TX | Came across this thread on the restoration of a low mile 59 Plymouth sedan in India. Supposedly the car only has 3000 miles on it. It also has a unique looking dashboard that looks nothing like a US 59 Plymouth; is that a Diplomat dash and instrument cluster?
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | drosera88 - 2017-12-27 6:02 AM Came across this thread on the restoration of a low mile 59 Plymouth sedan in India. Supposedly the car only has 3000 miles on it. It also has a unique looking dashboard that looks nothing like a US 59 Plymouth; is that a Diplomat dash and instrument cluster?
Ian has it right; that is a 1957-58 Dodge dashboard. It's set up for driving on the wrong side of the road | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9666  Location: So. Cal | I don't think that is rust. It looks like they may have welded in a different car window over the back of it when the rear window was broken. Looks like the restoration is mostly done. (59BelveRear.jpg) (59Belve.jpg) Attachments ----------------  59BelveRear.jpg (228KB - 157 downloads) 59Belve.jpg (155KB - 168 downloads) | ||
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13049 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Must admit that I thought this was a joke - but, it seems like those guys really know what they're doing. They have absolutely no idea of safety and protection though  | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | This is the picture I was basing my commet on about the rust in the back window channel, but I see from closer examnation that the rusty car was a 1959 Dodge Custom Lancer(?) that the body man was comparing the 1959 Plymouth to as the body stampings were similar. The 1959 Plymouth appears to be in much better shape. (1959 Dodge.jpg) (1959 Plymouth 2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 1959 Dodge.jpg (229KB - 176 downloads) 1959 Plymouth 2.jpg (147KB - 162 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1267 Location: San Antonio TX | Well browsing through thread again, it looks like this isn't their only FL vehicle. I spy a 55/56 RHD Dodge wagon in one of the pics, as well as a LHD Desoto convertible that I am not familiar with (Can anyone shed some light on what that is?). Last post was on the 27th and its got new tires and waiting on small trim pieces and moldings to be complete.
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | drosera88 - 2018-01-29 8:08 PM Well browsing through thread again, it looks like this isn't their only FL vehicle. I spy a 55/56 RHD Dodge wagon in one of the pics, as well as a LHD Desoto convertible that I am not familiar with (Can anyone shed some light on what that is?). Last post was on the 27th and its got new tires and waiting on small trim pieces and moldings to be complete.
That is an export DeSoto Diplomat Custom convertible. Basically a Plymouth with a grille that is similar to the DeSoto grille of that year. The Plymouth model number for the Belvedere convertible was P25-3, while the DeSoto Diplomat Custom was SP25-3. The first Plymouth-based export DeSoto was built in 1938 and started using the Diplomat name with the 1949 models (SP17 and SP18). The 1957-1959 DeSoto Diplomats used the Firesweep front clip. The final Diplomats were built in 1960 and 1961 and were Dodge Darts with side trim based on the trim used on 1957 DeSotos. No special grilles - just the basic Dart unit. These Plymouth-based DeSotos were sold across the world, with the exception of Canada and the U.S. The Plymouth-based export DeSoto and its Dodge equivalent, the Kingsway, were even sold in Hawaii before it became a state of the USA as Hawaii was considered export territory. Chrysler also built a DeSoto Truck for export, based on the Dodge Truck. Chrysler of Turkey continued to build DeSoto Trucks into the 1980's and when local Turkish businessmen purchased the Turkish subsidiary from Chrysler, they continued to build DeSoto trucks even to this day. Chrysler in Great Britain also built DeSoto Trucks after the war based on British-designed Dodge Trucks. The British Chrysler firm was combined with Rootes when Chrysler purchased that firm which became Chrysler United Kingdom in 1970. Chrysler's European operations were sold to Peugeot-Citroen in 1979 and for 1980 the Talbot name was adopted for the former European Chrysler products. | ||
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RHD the Indians kept from the English. :-D It looks like these Indian mechanics are doing a very good job of restoring a rare export model, although it appears to have some nasty rust in the rear glass area. Let's hope their metal fabrication skills are up to the task. ;-) 
