1954 Plymouth Belvedere convertible
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- Today on what it’s like, probably the best example of a 54 Plymouth Belvedere convertible in the world..
Plymouth offered the Belvedere as a standalone model from 1954 through 1970 starting off as a full-size car from 1954-61 going to a midsize car 1962-70 Belvedere from 1951 through 1953
Lots of really cool ads in this one
Be sure to stick around to the end would you rather name that tune
If you want to watch all of the B roll and see this car in all of its glory.. at the very end enjoy =)
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Neil Diamond, I am I Said
Yeah buddy congratulations you got it =)
I think you are correct!
I knew what this song was the first time I heard the sample...that's unusual for me!
That convertible has a beautiful interior, that one might be from a collection with 3 other unrestored 54's that sat in a show room. That one is an excellent investor car it is almost a new car, still factory fresh. First pick the 53 Nash Rambler second the 54 Plymouth, still remember the paper man throwing the evening paper out of his green 53 Plymouth wagon back in my childhood days.
I’m glad this video could bring those memories back. I totally agree. This was like seeing a brand new car I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Plymouth from this era in this shape.
@@What.its.like. Pretty sure this one was owned by one family that had a Chrysler dealership kept indoors gently driven, never sold to anyone outside the family, I read about the 4 Plymouths they had in a magazine, they must be selling off their collection. They also had a 4 door Belvedere sedan in salmon pink, a Belvedere hard top in yellow and a wagon in light green all unrestored.
People who buy convertibles with back seats deserve to have one as comfortable and roomy as this one. Where does Mustang get off putting in a completely unusable back seat?
Love that "naugahyde " upholstery and that STEEL dashboard! Long lasting materials, that's for sure.
Brings back memories of my aunt's '54 Plymouth 2 door wagon, the same baby blue color. At the time, I thought it was much sportier than my parents drab tan 1950 Plymouth sedan.
Those bumper things were actually "Anti-Overriders" because the kept the bumper of another car from overriding your bumper and locking the two cars together.
Just call them bumper guards and be done with it!
I learned to drive in my mother’s 54 Plymouth; same colors but a four-door sedan. At 14 years old I drove round and round in our cow pasture until I could shift gears. While rather staid compared to my father’s sports cars, it was class car.
Beautiful car. They made works of art back then, unlike today's mass produced plastic boxes. 1) Plymouth Belvedere. 2) Plymouth Belvedere.
I totally agree. Many people have no idea what their basic with the Classic stuff. Plus it was real… you could sit on any part of the car and not damage it
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First W. Y. R. : Plymouth Belvedere, second: Chevrolet - just look at those lines and features!
That is my favorite car color. This car is absolutely gorgeous. I would love to own it. ❤
One switch did the Defroster Fan the other did the Heater Fan. Many older cars had two fans. That other switch to the far left is for the power top.
Awesome thank you so much I wasn’t sure and couldn’t find a manual thank you so much
Nice car! 1954 was a good year (not just because I was born then) and those were solid cars. I remember Uncle Phil traded his 48 Plymouth for a 1954 Plymouth two door sedan. He and Aunt Lauana went off an icy road on Snoqualamie Pass, ended up with car on the right side. His comment about exiting the driver’s door was “those doors are heavy!” I’d rather have the black over red 1955 Savoy four door that Grandma, won in a drawing. With V8 and three-on-the-tree, it was a great car. I have good memories of Dad’s 1950 Plymouth wagon. Plymouth was the cheap end of the Chrysler lineup, but they were well made.
Another great video, Jay. Glad you're still using that "still faster than a Beetle" line. That cracks me up. 😂
Hahaha glad you dig that I figured it could be used as a unit of measurement, considering how many beetles they sold and they wasn’t really fast I think 0 to 60 32 seconds or something like that..
1954 Chevy
54 Belvidere
See the USA in a Chevrolet ❤️🤍💙
A fine Belvidere for sale 👏👏👏
Great Episode 👍
Happy Motoring ✌️🤠
Sweet choices, that marketing campaign sold a lot of Chevrolets =)
If i had the money and a garage i would buy that Plymouth in a heartbeat !!!!
It was like a brand new car
This is reminiscent of the “shoebox “ style of the 49 Ford
In ways, I was getting Nash vibes like 1949 air flyte
@@What.its.like.
That also
Hi Jay. Here's a helpful guide on what is going to be chromed and what is stainless steel on older cars. If something is made out of thin sheet metal, trim pieces particularly, then chances are that it will be stainless steel, though chrome plated brass is not unknown either. Sheet metal that is thicker and chromed will likely be steel, as per bumpers. But anything cast, like badge bezels and door handles and horn rings, and the fins on that Plymouth, will be chromed mazak. Mazak is a cheap crappy metal made from left over filings shavings and swarf of different metals, all put into a pot and melted together, hence its other name of pot metal. It's too crap for anything structural, but it can be cast and will take chroming.
Very reliable. One of them starred in "The Blob."
Nice car Jay. Thanks for showing!!
Happy you dig this one =)
Beautiful Car! Great job and I agree with you and your description of cars of today!
New cars are overrated. If I could have it my way I would have a bunch of 30s and 50s cars the newest car that we my family we personally own is a 2011 Honda Odyssey.
Memories, Dad had a 51 Plymouth wagon trade it in for a 55 Plaza wagon which had a 3 on tree, V8 and power brakes.
As a kid I really liked the 54 it had style with all the body contours, the 55 looked like a jet plane.😎
Thank you so much for sharing those memories. I’m happy that this video could bring those back.
My first car was a 1954 Plymouth Belvedere convertible in 1963. The hydrive version had a 3 speed manual transmission with a torque converter that used engine oil and was fed from the engine( 10 quart oil change). Plymouth didn't tell you it had a first gear so when you put it in low you were actually in second gear (but I discovered the first gear and drove it like a regular 3 speed trans. With the Hydrive model you could stop in gear without pushing in the clutch and then drive away from the stop but it was really sluggish if you didn't down shift to low(second gear). Fuel mileage was 12 MPG highway and 7 in town. it would do 85 MPH.
Thank you so much for sharing all that information as well as his memories. It’s crazy that that thing only got 12 miles to the gallon.
1954 Plymouth both scenarios. But its sad the Nash and Hudson are no more. My father frequently told the story of a friends 1950 Plymouth. The wife drove it 20 miles without coolant. Practically glowing red but the flat head 6 survived with no issues and ran for years afterwards.
Wow… do that in a modern car thank you so much for sharing that story. What a cool memory.
The '55 was a dramatic change, an icon in Plymouth design. You brought one recently, just had to say it.
Very good video thank you
Thank you =) happy you dig this one who ever buys this car is getting probably the best one out there that car was incredible
The Nash was very unique.
Totally agree one year only styling
Would love to have the country club
For WYR, my first choice is the Ford Crestline, and both the Chevy and the Plymouth for the second scenario.
Really nice color for that car, with a great interior. But my favorite part are those wire hubcaps! When I was a kid, someone in our neighborhood had a four-door model that just sat in their backyard for decades. I sometimes wonder (hope) if it was eventually rescued.
Great choices. Thanks so much for sharing that.
Man that is stunning, you're right about the colors working so well on that car. WYR: 54 Ford (for the flathead) and 54 Chevy (for the styling). Thanks as always, you really do great work! Enjoy the show this weekend ~ Chuck
Great choices Chuck have a safe trip to Wisconsin =)
I really enjoyed chatting in the live chat that was really cool
I’m happy you still dig this channel after all the years it really means a lot to me
@@What.its.like. Thanks for the well wishes. I truly enjoy the live chats as well, I hate it when I miss them. Still digging everything you put out! Safe travels for you as well, once again, enjoy the show. ~ Chuck
The 54 Ford had the first-year Y-block V8. Flathead last used on the 53s.
@@61rampy65 You're right. Ford beat Chevy to the OHV game by one year. Thank you for the reminder.
@@charlesdalton985 No problem! Too bad the flathead was more reliable than the Y-blocks!
The '54 Plymouth was like the '53 , but with different grill and lights. All models of Plymouth were given new names in '54. The Plaza replaced the Concorde. the Savoy replaced the Cambridge, &like you say the Belvedere replaced the Cranbrook.
The 54 Chevy and/or This 54 Plymouth as it looks perfect!
My dad had a 1954 Plymouth, 2-door sedan, automatic transmission
Awesome =)
I am not sure but the Belvedere was the car used by Robert Morgan in the movie Last Man on Earth. The trunk was large enough to hold two bodies and room for essential tools.
Last Man On Earth with Vincent Price?
@@billolsen4360 It may have been a station wagon
@@MyNameIsChristBringsASword 🙂Have seen that pic about 5 times, was so interested because I'd never thought of Vincent Price as somebody'd who'd be taking tools out of a station wagon.
@@billolsen4360 I too enjoy that movie as it is the closest representation of my life right now
I like the 1955 model.
I really like the 55 model as well. They’re really cool 56 is also a good year.
54 Ford
54 Hudson
That Belvedere is a real beauty. What a creampuff. The brightwork and attention to small details in these automobiles is something that's sorely missed nowadays.
Plymouth made great cars, but like so many other automakers I believe they hung on to those Flathead 6 engines for way too long. Really nice interior design for that time period.
I'd like you to cover one of those Hudson's sometime.
Jay, since your videos always cover beautiful older vintage automobiles.
Take a look at music that has entered the public domain. Those public domain songs can be freely used by anyone with no copyright infringement worries because they have moved into the public domain. Or, if you know a musician you could have them create something for you to use.
Awesome choices. I’m a huge Hudson fan. I’m going up to the Hudson international meeting in a couple weeks. I’m really stoked. There’s a couple guys from the channel going up there.
I have a friend who built a 54 Hudson hornet race car 7X engine has 210 hp at the crank 308 in line flathead six I was at his place maybe a couple months ago and he fired it up and I’ve never heard a flathead sound that good it is the best sounding flathead I’ve ever heard in my life.. and I can’t wait we’re gonna do that car up there. I wanted to find a race track and find some other cars because he has numbers on it. It’s done up like a race car… I really wanted to find at least two other 50s cars that we could run around a track and then film it I think that would’ve been awesome. Who knows maybe you could still happen I’ll have to look up in Erie and see if there’s any race tracks to go to.
Not sure if you’re from the area I Was Gonna Drive the 52 Chevy Truck up there and share it with anybody =)
I’ll have to look into that public domain. I was thinking about that yesterday like what if I took a Glenn Miller song band recorded track .. I tried to use music in the past that didn’t have copyright or anything associated with it and TH-cam still blocked it. I have no idea how people I don’t know get around that.
I’m a huge independent fan if you can’t tell I dig all the brands that aren’t around anymore I’m a huge Nash fan as well. I would love to have a 53 Nash in anybody style.
What a beauty! Glad you had one to feature. And I'll take the Ford and the Hudson.
Sweet choices
The '54 looks exactly what I'd picture a Plymouth Belvedere to look like if I just heard the name. 😁 The textured vinyl in the interior must have been a thing in the 50s. I think my dad's '57 Chevy had textured vinyl
That car was incredible. The blue didn’t show up on screen as it is in in real life. It’s a really stunning color.
The closest I've ever seen to 'showroom new' in any car of this vintage and a beautiful (albeit slow) car. Most impressive to me is that none of the chromed cast-metal trim has any pitting, that stuff never ages well on these older cars.
WYR I'll have the Nash, complete with it's odd-for-a-convertible fully-framed doors around the windows. Then the Bel-Air with this being my favorite body style for old Chevys.
I could not believe the condition of this car someone else mentioned in the comment section they think it came from a collection from someone who owned a Chrysler dealership at one time and it never left the family and it was pampered it whole life. It was like seeing a brand new car. I’m not fluffing it up when I say that this is the best 1954 Plymouth that I have ever seen…
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Out of the “Big Three”, I would choose the 1954 Chevy BelAir. But of your choices given… I would take the Belvedere convertible! Beautiful car. Great interior. Thanks for the video!
Sweet choices happy you dig this one =)
WYR 1. Nash, just because it's so gosh darn crazy looking. 2. Hudson, cause it's a Hudson! I sure hope that Cutlass and the Avanti on either side of the Plymouth are going to be featured! As for the Plymouths go, I prefer the forward look 55 over the 54, inside and out, but this 54 is striking for what it is! I think your voice is starting to sound better Jay!
I’m slowly getting better. It’s in my ears now. It’s driving me nuts. It’s been in my ears for probably a week comes and goes…
But thank you so much
That Avanti, I believe was in Avanti II We will be covering an Avanti this year of friend of the channel bought one last year. He is getting some work work done to it and then we will feature. It will probably get to go for a ride in it I can’t wait.
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The extra unknown switch on the dash is for the convertible top.
Thank you for that =)
That car is a beautiful specimen. My dad had a '54 Plymouth Savoy sedan, two-tone green with three on the tree. It's the first family car that I remember. Unfortunately it was gone before I was old enough to drive. It did not have fins like the Belvedere, but seeing that car brings back memories. I remember that to lock the front door from the inside you pushed the door handle forward, and to lock it from the outside, you needed the key.
I'm not a fan of Chrysler postwar, pre-Forward Look styling. I think it was kind of stodgy. Ford was the style leader starting with the '49s, then Chrysler became the style leader in '55 with the Forward Look. For that reason, I would take the '55 Plymouth over the '54, and for WYR I would take the Ford, and I guess for its uniqueness, the Hudson.
Sweet choices thank you for sharing all that insight =)
Steve McQueen drove this in THE BLOB
Great information =)
Hi Jay! Sounds like you have a LOT of great events coming up! If you can get some coverage of a Hudson Italia during the Hudson meet. . . .Anyway, back to the Plymouth! I REALLY like those Plymouths from that era. The front end design is quite different than some other cars of the time. That blue is PERFECT with that convertible, especially with that interior! Would be a FUN car for someone to own!! WYR, you are killing me! Gotta pick the '54 Ford! I am conflicted though between the Hudson and the Plymouth, OK I am going to pick BOTH of those! Someone else can have the heavy Chevy. Have a great week!
I really hope there’s an Italia there. I totally forgot about that. They only made 25 of those and one four-door if memory serves me correctly
This car makes me think of my elderly aunt struggling to parallel park with manual steering and a three on the tree. Honestly, she drove a mid 50's Mopar, don't remember which specific one.
Thank you for sharing that memory =)
Super nice example. I'd choose the '54 Ford Crestline Sunliner and the '54 Chevy Belair Convertible.
Totally agree this might be the best on in the country if not the world
Great choices
Great video of a magnificent restoration.
The “Would you rather” today is too cruel!!! Asking me to choose between Ford and Nash?!?!
Scenario 1) I’m going with the Ford, though I’ll second guess myself all day. I love that Rambler.
Scenario 2) Gimme that Jet!!!
Cheers Jay!
I don’t think this car was ever restored. There was other comments saying that it might’ve came from a collection where it was just pampered. I never saw a Plymouth from this year in this condition.
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@@What.its.like. if it’s never been restored, then it’s the most amazing “original” I’ve ever seen. BRAVO!!!
Nice to see they used an Aussie icon in the brochure. 2:44
Great catch
Bathtub is the word. 🚿 😊 Plymouth makes a splash in 54..
Hahaha nice
Did you know that British cars used 12 volt electrics from at least post ww2. It's why the Nash Metropolitan had 12 volt electrics since it was built by Austin!
But used Lucas electric, which I’ve heard was the prince of darkness
@@What.its.like. you know why European electrics were unreliable compared to US? The US found that raw copper wire would get tarnished (turned green) and would give unreliable service. So in the 1930's they started using tin plated wire and the problem was greatly reduced! Even connectors were tin plated!
That is some awesome information. Thank you so much for sharing that. I never knew that
WYR: Ford, Chevy, Though, to be honest, I'd be proud to drive any of them.
Totally agree =)
Really nice auto, beautiful in this color and interior color scheme. I would pick the Ford on the first scenario, and this one in the second.😎
Sweet choices
0:30 That Mustang ... this one cool kid in High School had one ... and _ALL_ the girls would do _anything_ for a ride ... Tim, where are you now?
Haha
Looks like Chevy, Ford and Chrysler began shedding the frumpy look after 1954.
Beautiful car. And another good video. In the WYR, the first choice is hard I’m torn between the nash and the Plymouth. The second choice, is Plymouth all the way. I have been hoping you would preview the early to mid 50s model Plymouth and dodge.
Great choices happy you dig this video we have done some early 50s dodge and Plymouths
Here is a link to the 50s playlist
th-cam.com/play/PLhccQskrvCMmAKW-L9I0u6WEPLzG2ANz5.html&feature=shared
I was born in '54 :) '54 Plymouth, '54 Chevy. I'd rather have that Avanti next to it though :)
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A friend of the channel bought an Avanti. We will cover it sometime this summer so it’s definitely coming. We’re gonna get the ride in it it’s gonna be fantastic I can’t wait… =)
That’s a Tough one both Nice Looking,54 I think
I prefer the 55s, which look very much like Packard's to me. Much more up-scale.
The 54 Plymouth was a car my aunt would call a "Henry and Martha" car. Henry would wear his suit and fedora, has black rimmed glasses, while Martha (who didn't know how to drive) would be wearing a white dress and white gloves. Both would be around 60 years old. Not that they were real people, just the type to drive a Plymouth, although Henry would be more of a 4door sedan person. Sorry, Jay, but Plymouths were stodgy cars for stodgy people. Buying a convertible would be a bold step. WYR= 54 Ford. NTT= AARGH! I KNOW that song, but cant remember it! Old age is a bitch. I'd like a video on that Avanti II in that gorgeous blue!
Haha =) about the song
Thank you so much for sharing those memories sweet choices
Jay, there's a Salem in every state in the Union.
Salem ohio
My best friends parents had one of these- a sedan, and light blue. They ran it well into the 60's. Not a car for me, tho... If it fails the glove compartment test- forget it!
Hahaha thank you so much for sharing those incredible memories that that’s awesome that it lasted them into the 60s
I'll take the Hudson Jetliner, please!😊
Awesome choice =)
The interior is cool. The exterior seems a bit like putting lipstick on a pig, because of the chrome seemingly stuck on to dress it up. Thanks Jay, I like all of your motor vehicle reviews.
Thank you so much happy you still dig this channel =)
I would go with the Plymouth and the Hudson.
Sweet choices
nice car, not a big fan of the front side body molding. you missed the turn signals, Question 1 any of the three, Question 2 #2 and 3, great video.
WYR: All of them.
When you cover a 1965 Chrysler Imperial, you HAVE to mention the use of them in the TV show The Green Hornet as well as the 2010 Seth Rogen film of the same name.
Sweet choices. I have a confession I’ve never watched that movie. I’m not a big movie guy. I do too much to watch too much TV. I guess I watch a lot of TH-cam. I like crime shows.
@@What.its.like. That movie's hilarious. Seth Rogen almost included a joke where Kato's favorite musician is Jay Chou, but he decided not to put it in the script. Kato is played by Jay Chou in the movie, so that joke would've had me on the floor laughing.
@@ColtonRMagby And in the original TV series Kato was none other than Bruce Lee
@@P_RO_ Yep.
These are waking up a bit I think...😊
55 definitely has a better look
This may be picky, but you said that the '55 Plymouth had the gas filler behind the license plate. That is not so. I had a '55 Plymouth, and it had a trap door gas filler on the rear side. I don't recall if it was on the left or right, but it was not behind the license plate. Plymouth did have the gas filler behind the license plate in '60 and 61, but only in those years.
No, I appreciate that Correction, I wasn’t entirely sure if it was on the side I didn’t see it on the side, so I just assumed that it was behind the license plate
All of them
Awesome choices =) there could be a case to be made for all of them
"I am... I Said, by Neil Diamond
I think you are right!
Yes Dennis you are correct but somebody just beat you for title
Jay have you ever done a motor video on the Ford 300 six (4.9L) ?
Not yet I’ve been trying to go in order. Haven’t gotten to that one yet. We still have to cover the third generation I believe that’s the fourth generation. It will be on here eventually I’m just not entirely sure when.
Tomorrow’s episode is going to be on the Dusenberg model A America’s very first straight eight =) hopefully
Nice vehicle! Just a minor point, but wasn't Plymouth naming their models after hotels in the 50's? The Hotel Belvedere in San Francisco is still a big deal and massive. My fav is the '55 because that was my 1st car. I think that switch/knob on the far left of the dashboard controls the electric top. WYR a. Rambler b. Plymouth.
Haha I never thought of it that way interesting point sweet choices
Ford, Chevy and Hudson.
Awesome choices
That Hudson Jet convertible is not a production model.
I was going to add they’re super rare.
It's not a Jet. It's a full size Hudson.
blog.consumerguide.com/1954-hudson-jet-liner/?amp=1
He SAID Hudson Jet Liner and the pictured car has a Jet Liner nameplate on the fender. It is a one-of-a-kind prototype, NOT a production model. @@alanbuxbaum3190
@@alanbuxbaum3190it is a prototype Jet Liner, NOT a production model.
54 Plymouth and55 Hudson
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I admit I'm not wild about this car's styling because it's a bit too bland to me but it definitely is impressive in the blue color. However, I do like the way the interior is presented.
There’s a lot of different styling aspects in this car like if you look from the front of it I was getting 49 Nash air flyte vibes
@@What.its.like. I sense that too.
54 FORD
I'd go with the '54 V8 Ford.
Sweet choice
The Ford then the Hudson.
Sweet choices
First, happy you decided to scale back. All work and no play makes J a very boring boy... and prolly pisses off the missus 🙂 Chrysler really leapt forward in '55 from '54. It went from the reliable girl next door to Marilyn Monroe. Both are handsome, but in a much different way. As for the color, it screams 1950's! Those little fender "flares" gives a vision of what's to come in the early 60's models... WYR: 1) Ford 2) Hudson
Hahaha I came to the realization that right now I can’t do the motorcycles they take a long time to research I wouldn’t say I’m slowing down tho.. there are so many cars in the pipeline and going to two events I’ll never get through the main content if I continue
The 55-56 forward look cars are really nice and the smallest of the Chryslers during exners tenure.
Great choices happy you dig this episode =)
Alabama --Feels so right ?
Great guess not that song or band
Wyr#1: 1954 belvedere
Wyr#2; 1954 belvedere
Awesome choices
Belvedere,Belaire
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Jay ,that camera would've fit had you put the lens in first
I may be wrong but I'm 65 , I remember these cars vividly in my memory but they werent that glossy the colors of that era(salmon pink ,robin egg light browns gold avacado etc ) were sort of flat, dull ,not shiny ,non reflective .Definitly not as shiny
what do you other older guys remember??
that beautiful interior was derinitly not plymouth it would've been cloth
I want the belvedere surburban
That interior was definitely Plymouth in the Belvedere trim. That’s what you got. I did a Belvedere suburban maybe two years ago and it had the same interior different color…
As far as the paint goes, I don’t know from what I was told this car came from a collection where they were Chrysler dealers, and it never left the family. It was pampered his whole life. I have no idea if they put a top coat on it.. but I know what you’re saying cause I did see other Plymouth from this era and they’re very dull the suburban wasn’t the suburban had a sheen just like this car
@@What.its.like. hey jay Im suprised that interior upolstery was factory it kept very nicely, all the ones I remember were cloth , and coming apart with springs stickin out
as far as the paint I think the trend was sort of a matt finish of all cars factory paint (I could be wrong)
Do you think the camera would've fit if you went lens first????
I should have tried that if I took it apart, it would’ve fit, but that wouldn’t have been a fair comparison.. I was really striking out with the glove box test that day I did 10 cars and I think it fit in maybe three of them all the rest of them it didn’t
WYR 1: Plymouth WYR 2: Plymouth
Sweet choices =)
Nash
Plymouth
Awesome choices
Ford - Hudson
Awesome choices =)
Don't bite off OR chew any motorcycles! You could end up with motor mouth.
Ha =)
Slower than a 1970 Volkswagon. Much less MPG.
What's wrong with using the word "chrome"????
You called it stainless steel (which it's not - on an original car, it's chrome-plated steel) and "brightwork", like the word "chrome" is verboten!
Stainless steel is more expensive, and more resistent to rust than chrome-plated trim. Plymouth was targeted to value pricing so it's unlikely any stainless steel was used for OEM trim, and all cars of the '50's definitely needed maintenance to keep the trim from rust pitting. (some modern replacement parts on this car could be stainless steel, I won't dispute that, but it should still be called chrome)
Also, this car appears to have wire wheel covers, not wire wheels.
In the interest of history and accuracy, from someone who lived during the era this car was on the streets, I have to point out these discrepancies, in an otherwise very good walkaround review.
Embrace the word "chrome" in the future, please. It's a good thing about vintage cars, don't hide it.
I believe this Plymouth has a hydraulic or vacuum operated convertible top. The handle above the mirror releases the top from the A-pillar and window frame, it probably does not operate the top mechanism. The switch at lower left of the dashboard you could not identify is likely the convertible top controller.
It’s not chrome though it’s stainless. You could tell the difference when it’s on camera… chrome came later
One day I’m going to make a video explaining the differences between also showing the difference between nickel polished aluminum, stainless chrome I feel like I’m missing one
@@What.its.like. sorry, but stainless was developed and used later for automotive. Chrome-plating was first on nearly all cars, for cost reasons. (after of course brass and other metals were no longer used, as production volume ramped up)
Stainless looks like today's kitchen sink, or appliances, unless you go REALLY expensive on the alloy. It is best used in thin stamping application, not the kind of shapes used in automotive trim. Auto companies did not add that extra cost for stainless in those days.
I was looking at the car in your video. I could see pitting on trim that was rubbed out in many places.
You were looking at some replacement parts that were stainless. Restorers don't have the same cost targets as an OEM auto company.
Like I suggested, just call it chrome, and no one will argue.
I’ve been corrected both ways… and then ramblers used aluminum which was polished if you call it anything else they get upset
@@What.its.like. I spent 30 years in a Big 3 auto company, working in product development finance. Trust me, we had cost targets to meet. I tracked parts cost, to the penny! And if we were over a cost target, we had to do cost reduction programs which required duplicating prior work, so definitely nobody wanted to exceed those cost targets.
Ramblers would've used the more expensive aluminum, because they had a weight target that required it.
During my years, going to stainless steel on exhaust systems was a major decision, because of added cost. Customers were demanding it, so we did it. But customers were not demanding stainless steel trim. We were more concerned with making sure that steel body panel parts were able to withstand rust for 10-years. Customers wanted that.
@@rayrussell6258 Nickel plating came before chrome on cars. Polished stainless is as shiny as chrome or nickel. You can tell the difference between all these by the color hue and 'depth' of the shine. Each has a slightly different 'look' to it.
I like the Chevy but that Plymouth you are on needs to be driven on the road, not in some warehouse or museum. What a waste to not get that thing out and drive!
I totally agree these machines need to be driven and shared we need more younger people in the car hobby
classic auto mall isn’t a museum it’s a classic car dealership this car is for sale I hope who ever buys it drives it =)
I'm just an old dude on SSi . I wish I had the $ for a classic but I have my 03 Grand Marquis and try to keep it going as long as I can.
@@hughdavis8769 I feel you I wish I could afford these cars too. I’m dreaming of buying a Packard and joining the Packard club. I got to spend last weekend with them and it was a great experience. I want to do all of it I wanna go on tour I wanna do, the Classic Car thing.. They kept telling me why I was there the six cylinder Packard l, Nobody wants them and I was like I want one can’t afford it.
What a junk. They lasted 3 yrs at best
This one lasted 70 years
Sorry but this '54 is a dowdy, butt ugly thing with the '55 being a huge improvement. For some reason I have always seen Rambler in this Chrysler product & it is one of my least liked styling jobs. 🫢
I disagree. The 53/54 Plymouths were strikingly beautiful in a balanced, subtle kind of way.
@@alanblanes2876 Each to his own! It would be a boring world if we all liked exactly the same things.