--- Mark Verhaaf <Pamark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there everyone, > Just found this site and joined the list, > My name is Mark Verhaaf,i moved to Canada a few > years ago from Australia. > After i sell my car back home i will be looking for > a 1959 dodge coronet,custom royal to restore. in a > 2dr hardtop.I dont know what other naming came in > that body style,maybe someone could tell me... Coronet, Royal and Custom Royal. The Custom Royal was the only "big Dodge" built in Canada at that time. Other Canadian Dodges in '59 were basically Plymouths with Dodge front clips and series names, and I'll list them with their Plymouth equivalent in parentheses: Regent (Savoy), Mayfair (Belvedere), and Viscount (Fury). Similar Dodge/Plymouth morphs were sold in other parts of the world under the Dodge Kingsway name, but I don't think Australia got Kingsways after '57 (and the Australian '55-'57 Kingsway and DeSoto Diplomat were actually continuations of the '53-'54 series, as were the Australian Plymouths of those years). You may also see the "Lancer" name on some Dodges from the '50s; this simply means it's a hardtop (except in '55 when Dodge built Custom Royal Lancer 4dr sedans). > I have always wanted a 59 dodge custom royal after > seeing one at a show in australia along time ago,but > these cars are very rare to find in Australia. > now that i'm living in Canada i have decided to try > finding one that can be restored. The Custom Royal is the most desireable and is the most likely big Dodge to be found in Canada. I suspect even though that's true, it may still be a rare car today up there as it sold in small numbers compared to the Plymouth-based Dodges. Bill Watson almost certainly has whatever Canadian production numbers exist for the '59 Custom Royal. (Sometimes, Canada has more complete production statistics for '50s Dodges than the US does. For some reason US Dodge production records from this era aren't broken down as cleanly as those of other Chrysler divisions.) ===== Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA '57 Plymouth Sport Suburban '64 Chrysler 300-K 2dr Hardtop __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
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