FLML group,
This man Phillipe is going to be "Handy" to have around for the "foreign"
aspect alone! Not to mention his love of American FL cars!
David
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999 14:31:58 -0500 Mike Sealey <mopar2ya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>Philippe COURANT <accf_clb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Monday January
>4, 1999 at
> 2:37pm:
>
>(snip)
>
>> ...the most original were the Export models like
>> DeSoto Diplomat and Dodge Kingsway. Ive pics of
>> 56/57/58/60 DeSoto Diplomat and 58/59 Dodge Kingsway.
>> As you know all these cars are Plymouth with
>> front end clips of DeSoto or Dodge (except the 60
>> Diplomat coming from Dodge Pioneer). Ive also a pic of
>> a very scarce model : a 60 Chrysler Coronado which is
>> a Plymouth 60 limo And itsnt a custom
>
>Bonjour, Phillipe,
>
>I hope you will check out Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge Central's website.
>The
> section on Kingsways/Diplomats can be accessed at
> <http://z.simplenet.com/cc/world/plymouth.html>.
>
>I am also passing this info on to All-Par (CPD Central "parent"
>website)
> webmaster Dr. David Zatz, <valiant@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. I am sure he
>would
> appreciate any pictures you could forward of these cars. I know I
>would.
> Please ask him for advice before sending pictures (though I'm quite
>sure he'll
> want them).
>
>FYI, in the US, Chrysler used the "Coronado" name on what we refer to
>as a
> "spring special" (new models brought out in midyear to stimulate
>showroom
> traffic at what would otherwise be a slow time of year). The DeSoto
>Coronado
> was a trim option on the '54 Firedome and '55 Fireflite 4-door sedans
>(if
> available on other styles I'm not aware of it). Coronado body color
>on the
> (three) cars I've seen was what looked like a fluorescent green; in
>fact, there
> is at least one '55 Coronado which appears to have come from the
>factory in
> green with a white top and black sidespear, which would AFAIK make
>this the
> only factory DeSoto 3-tone paint scheme (although 3-tones were not
>unusual on
> Chryslers and were quite common on Dodges).
>
>I've only seen pictures of the Plymouth limousines, and the '59s I saw
>pictures
> of did not have "Coronado" nameplates (although that does not mean
>they were
> not called that; I just don't know that part). I've also seen a
>picture of a
> '62, which was called a Coronado. I believe these were built by
>Chrysler SA in
> Antwerp, Belgium, but don't know that part for sure. The pictures I
>have seen
> look like extended 2-door sedans.
>
>Other members of the Forward Look list, particularly Markko Longren of
>Finland,
> are more knowledgeable about Kingsways/Diplomats than I am, but I do
>know
> there's a great deal of interest on this list in these MoPars most of
>us have
> never seen.
>
>Mike Sealey
>
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