'59 Plymouth Forum

Mike - I would think you still have time. Click on the Iola website in my post above and it will provide you with a registration form. There is no fee for showing Plymouths this year so the price is right. John Z

Oops, I meant (Plymouth) Voyager, not Caravan. John

Just a little trivia tidbit some of you might find interesting. Since Plymouth's introduction in 1928 the Mayflower ship was always shown sailing away from you (stern view) until 1959. On the 59 Plymouth only, the Mayflower is shown sailing toward you. I read this in a 1993 Plymouth Bulletin (No. 19...

A little tip that might help somebody. Late last summer my fuel guage stopped working. I thought maybe tank wasn't grounding properly so hooked ground wire to it but that didn't work. Last week I removed tank and checked sending unit. Discovered float was cracked and had a couple holes in it so it c...

Dan - Yes I did purchase items from Restoration Spec. (see my previous post) I purchased items at the Iola Show. The cowlboard I purchased was about 3'x5' in size - the folks at RS let me come back after swap meet hours to pick them up so I wouldn't have to carry those big items among thousands of p...

Hey Dan - Neat site. Great idea. Ref the weatherstripping; I found Restoration Specialties and Supply, Inc. or www.restorationspecialties.com to be a good place. I discovered them at the Iola Car Show. I see in their catalog they are also at Carlisle and Hershey and a few other big shows around the ...

In case anyone is interested, this year the Iola Old Car Show (in Iola, Wisconsin) is July 8-11 and its feature exhibit is none other than PLYMOUTH. Their brochure reads "Plymouth Built Great Cars" Gone but Not Forgotten. So everybody bring your 59's. I'll be there. I've been reserving the...