That is the story!!! Good friend and Long time Plymouth collector I know has a lot of binder twine memorabilia along with his MoPar memorabilia just to add to the mystique. Now that the farmers have mostly disappeared so has Plymouth!!!! Wonder if the Germans thought it needed to die since the farm buyers weren't there anymore??? -----Original Message----- From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Watson Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 3:50 AM To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [FWDLK] A String of Pearls, a BALL OF TWINE? No, according to legend that was how the Plymouth got its name. Back in the1920's America was a predominantly agrarian society with the majority of the people living outside of cities. One of the sales executives at the time, Joseph Washington Frazer, suggested the name Plymouth for Chrysler's new 4-cylinder car. When Walter Chrysler asked why, Frazer supposedly came back with another question, "Ever hear of Plymouth binder twine?". Walter's reply was, "Why every g*****n farmer in America has heard of Plymouth binder twine!",. Thus Plymouth got its name. The Plymouth adopted the Mayflower as its emblem as it looked a little better than a role of binder twine. And it tied the Plymouth name to another piece of Americana, this time historical. Bill Vancouver, BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 10:00 PM Subject: [FWDLK] A String of Pearls, a BALL OF TWINE? > I happened to be cruizing the FWDLK's website chatroom (concerning the > relative merits of the K-cars???) , when I read "Forwarlookparts" (I > think) , of Minneapolis, comment, that the Plymouth name :"...came from > [ the name of a company selling] a ball of twine, and not from Plymouth > Rock." > > I've never heard/read that Plynouth owes its name to a > packaging-contrivance, and not to the forebearers to the U.S. of A. . > > Did Forwardlookparts (or, whoever) mis-speak? > > Neil Vedder > > ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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