Re: [FWDLK] It's BAAAAACK!

[Mike & Hanni Squires <res0yrt1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I talked to Paul (polararama) today who listed the car.  He said he cannot
verify why the car was produced with a 61 Plymouth front end and his
research suggests it is not a Canadian model.  Also, he said the detail is
actually different than the standard '61 Plymouths as the moldings and grill
are specific to this car only.

This one remains a mystery!!

Mike
Bothell, Wash.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] It's BAAAAACK!


> This was someone's quick and easy way to restore a vehicle and claim it
> was
> a special factory order.  And make a few extra dollars along the way.
>
> Unfortunately, he claimed the car was one of three built in Canada for
> Mexico.  But, he ran into a few things that tripped him up-
>
> - the 1961 Dodge Polara was not built in Canada - total production was
> zero.
> - the car's serial number plate has "2" for the assembly plant (Hamtramck)
> and not "9" for Windsor.
> - the speedometer is not in kilometres
>
> The owner did get a copy of the build record from Chrysler Historical,
> apparently, as he told an auto writer the car was purchased by and shipped
> to a dealer in Pennsylvania.
>
> He also tripped up on the non-Mopar record player (which he does not
> mention
> in the e-bay ad this time), the rear spare "wheel" (never offered on a
> 1961
> Dodge) or the additional trim on the rear panel above the bumper (looks
> like
> something from a rec room reno).  He also gave the car his trademark
> blacked-out taillight housing.  The owner of this car had his 1961 Dodge
> Polara convertible in an issue of Collectible Automobile a while back and
> it
> also had blacked-out taillight housings.  That one, though, had the
> correct
> interior, rear trim, no "wheel" on the trunk, and the correct Dodge front
> clip.
>
> Too bad people like this exist trying to pass butchered vehicles off as
> rare
> factory productions.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam Lindenbaum
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] It's BAAAAACK!
>
>
> In a message dated 10/28/04 10:48:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6210&item=2497925114&rd=1
>
>
> Am I stupid or something?I thought D500 Dodges had Dodge front sheet metal
> on them,why does this thing have a Plymouth nose?I know Plodges and Desoto
> exports were Plymouth bodied cars with Dodge or Desoto noses,is this the
> ANTI-PLODGE?
>
> Adam Lindenbaum
> 58 426 Hemi/4 speed Fury
> 57 Savoy Kustom
> (Both with Plymouth noses,just everything else changed)
>
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