History of Plymouth & Why the Brand Was Cancelled (1928-2001) - Rise, Fall, & Death
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- Today we take a look at the history of the Plymouth brand, beginning with their origin in 1928 with the Model Q! They would last another 73 years until 2001, until DaimlerChrysler pulled the plug and discontinued the brand. They had their loyal fans and some memorable vehicles, like the GTX, Road Runner, Sport Fury, Duster 340, Prowler, and of course the Barracuda and 'Cuda, but ultimately lacked the corporate sponsorship and desire to keep the brand alive. Watch along for details on the full history and cancellation of Plymouth!
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I miss the old American automotive companies. Plymouth, AMC, Eagle, Oldsmobile, Saturn, Pontiac, Mercury
Ford should have made Mercury into a secondary and maybe more premium brand like GM did with GMC.
@@RageCannon-tf3ob a better analogy would be Buick since GMC is a truck and SUV only brand.
Buick recently did the transition to SUV only but as of a decade ago it was mostly selling sedans, just like Mercury did
@@engineer_alv Yeah probably
Be ready to add Buick and Chrysler to that list
I do also
Plymouth dies while Christine still lives on.
eldo59 ether Christine is a can of beans or Christine is a killer, ether way still a beauty.
Christine is now dead he was a murderer but a beautiful car
Reliability and durability were not hallmarks of the Plymouth brand.
Christine is a good movie
Ain’t they supposed to make a new Christine movie???
I'm in the 3rd generation, of four, in a Chrysler family. My first car was a 20-year-old '57 Belvedere. Dad had a Superbird, Fury, Road Runner, and Cuda. Still miss those fine rides and all other Plymouths. Your car slides at the end bring back lots of memories. Thanks for this great review. Mopar or Nocar!!
Honestly, if the PT Cruiser was a Plymouth, it could've saved the brand, seeing as how millions of them were sold.
If they pushed the GT more or put a more powerful turbo in, I’m sure they would’ve held on longer
Also, they had no cab forward car in 1992. (Chrysler Concorde, Eagle Premier, Dodge Intrepid)
GT 43 yeah but they would have sold a lot of them which would have likely saved them
I think that too but Daimler was trying to suck the life out of Chrysler at least that’s how I see it
@@danielross1033 No kidding. I recently talked to a Chrysler designer who was working towards the Daimler era. He said that they were only given about half the interior budget that Ford and GM had for their cars. No wonder any Chrysler's interior from that era seems cheap and rattly! I just feel sorry for them at this point.
I have and still own Plymouths. 67 & 68 Barracudas, 71 road runner, and a 97 Neon. Loved them all.
Back then, I found hilarious that Plymouth never bothered to rebadge the Neon, while the contemporary cloud cars received a different name for each brand (Breeze, Stratus, Cirrus).
I can't recall of any other car company selling the same nameplate on different brands
Awsome bro!
@@engineer_alv Even funnier is that outside of North America it was called the Chrysler Neon IIRC
@@sharknado523 true that, 3 brands, same nameplate.
@@engineer_alv In the same market, because it's not uncommon using the same name in different brands when both don't overlap in the same location.
I have owned many many Plymouths over the years, they ALL were strong dependable cars.
Same here they were a very dependable vehicle.
Haven't owned anything but Chrysler for 50 years, have never found a reason to switch
@@bryanmurphy178 I have a 1owner 82 Imperial that I'm going to start on SOON!!!
harleyguyinmilw .... Not near the end they weren't...
@@garymckee8857 btw have you looked at the collector car market for many of the 60s Plymouths like the road runner GTX Barracuda super stock plymouths duster 340s or even the ocassional superbird?. To say nothing of the other ocassional b body with a factory Hemi or even a big block 440!
Seems as if plymouth is completely forgotten today. I for one have not seen a plymouth or heard about them in years.
nobody cared when they were selling them either....
@chris younts To fools with more money than brains
What are you doing here? lol Guess you never heard about the 70 Hemi Cuda that sold for $3,000,000.00
I doubt you have either
@@boardskins Guess you never heard of the 2020 Challenger Hellcat that cranks 707 horsepower and sells for $75K....just as good looking,better quality, better suspension, stronger brakes, superior handling, 500% more reliable, compared to that 1970 Cuda rust bucket with an over rated 426 Hemi that was advertised at 425 horsepower but really put out only 350 horsepower.....25 less than a common 2020 5.7 V8 RT the housewife down the street drives.......some fool paid a lot for the Cuda....good for him..a sucker born every moment...
So Plymouth pretty much suffered the same way as Pontiac over at GM.
That’s the other brand that should still be around because of its history. Should’ve chopped Buick before Pontiac in my opinion. Also the fact that GM destroyed SAAB as well sucks. Not everyone’s cup of tea but it had its niche following as Volvo does. I mean that move basically took Sweden down to one major car company and Volvo isn’t even 100% Swedish anymore. GM just took on way too many brands and screwed a lot of companies when they started to go under. Now they’re master plan is to bring Hummer back as an electric truck company. The complete opposite of what that brand was lol 😂
@@rioflamingo2094 I disagree. Buick was the company that made GM into the juggernaut we know. Hell, GM was originally formed as a HOLDING COMPANY for Buick. Therefore, GM actually made the right choice for once, accounting for Buick's history.
Jake Kaywell wow I did not know that. Pretty interesting then. GM showing some loyalty. Definitely something you don’t see much of in the automobile industry at all. Learn something new everyday. 🤙🏼
@@rioflamingo2094 At the time of the decision to kill Pontiac, Buick was one of gm's biggest sellers. The Buicks had nice interiors, were large and spacious, and had all the same performance features that Pontiac had. Also Pontiac had some pretty ugly cars in the early 2000s.
@@rioflamingo2094 The reason they kept Buick going, instead of Pontiac or Oldsmobile, is that Buick is hugely popular overseas, particularly in China. They sell LOTS of Buicks over there.
When I was 16 back in the early 90’s, I had a chance to own a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner, it had a 383 with 440 lifters and four on the floor. It was dark blue with a white vinyl top, black interior.
A guy at my Dad’s job was selling it for $6,000 and it’s condition was near mint. I passed on it because I was worried about driving it in the snow with rear wheel drive...that and I had a premonition I might get myself killed in it.
At the time, I had a lead foot and drove like I was in NASCAR...passing on the car probably saved my life. This was my only chance to own a Plymouth. I wonder what ever happened to that sweet ride.
What is a 383 with 440 lifters, lol... they use the SAME lifters!
Omg why did u not get it lol, I totally get it my 1st car my dad and I restored for me in the same time Era was a 67 rt coronet 1st mistake I made in turn probably saved my life was when I brought it home to my moms house she said wow thats nice and my dumb ass said ya its got 500 hp.... wtf called me dad she bitched him out lol and I had to take it back
THRASH METAL & FUN RIFFS
Dude, I don’t know, I just remember what the guy selling the car wrote on his advertising.
@@mikekelly53 I wonder if it was 440 "heads" maybe? I only know Chevy's it's popular to swap heads from other sizes and type to gain compression or cubes, flow, etc.
Yeah buddy, and what a way to die! Whooo-Hooo! lol (see my post)
Plymouth made great cars back then. My Dad used to own a beautiful '67 Belvedere I miss that car.
I liked the 58 Belvedere. I worked with a guy who had one. I was an apprentice mechanic at that time (1965).
My second car was a 1972 Plymouth Fury III with a 318 engine.
I often hear people talk about the wonder of the Slant 6, but I think the 318 was just as good!
I had a 67' convertible, with the 383, wish I never sold it.
The 318 was bullet proof as the slant 6 was. We had both in our Dodge Powerf Wagons in the USAF where I drove a "six pack" crew cab as a K-9 handler in the miltary police 72-76. These bad boys were almost indestructible we beat the hell out them practically driving them 24-7 with our three different shifts. We had 10 hour shifts that overlapped with the other shifts.
I'm still pissed about Desoto and Studebaker being cancelled.
@chris younts Even with the intended four-way merger, there are no guarantees that any of the Independents (including Studebaker) would have survived. Personally, I think it would have caused all of them to die off even sooner.
@chris younts Yes indeedy, but unfortunately globalism takes its toll on any brands that are seen as "lesser" or small. I personally own a 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk as my first car. It took me SEVEN YEARS to get her and I'd sooner die than give her up.
@chris younts GM killed Holden too.
@chris younts It wasn't Studebaker's doing. After Hudson and Nash merged to form American Motors, they phased out BOTH BRANDS and introduced RAMBLER. Sales TOOK OFF. At that point, AMC head George Romney
(Yes...THAT George Romney ...Mitt's Daddy) decided he did not WANT to merge with the failing Studebaker-Packard Corp. (as originally planned) , as that would spell death to his OWN company. Packard was dropped after 1958, Studebaker after 1964, but AMC continued on for another 23 YEARS...until it was finally bought out by Chrysler Corporation in 1987.
Yea you wonder what would have happened if Studebaker hadn't been bought by Packard. As far as De Soto I don't think they would have survived the 60's, I don't think could carry 5 brands. Agreed though 2 very cool car company's that made some of the best car's of the '30's thru the '60's
My '68 Sport Satellite 383 will always have a special place in my heart. I loved that car, wish I still had it.
A cool car and clever way to fool the insurance co. A road runner dressed as a sport satellite. Forgot about those cars 'til I saw one at a Mopar show last summer. All ya rear about are GTX's and road runners.
Me and my dad rebuilt a 1973 340 duster from the ground up amazing cars
You got a good , Dad
Me and my son are working on my 73 Dodge darts Sport 340
Guster was a pathetic car
Absolutely fantastic video! I'm a big fan of Plymouth so I really enjoyed it. Add to my playlist. Thank you.
Growing up my family had a Plymouth Voyager. Lots of great memories. My older sister when she was 16 drove that van to school and back with no oil in the engine and it lived to drive another day
As kid growing up in Detroit, in the 50's & early 60's - my friends & I never thought about Plymouth ever being any more than a "cheaped-out" Dodge - that feeling seems to be echoed to a large extant in this video - the one exception being the Barracuda, which was highly regarded !!
Yes, same in California in the same era, they were not popular as the Fords and Chevys.
The Barracuda was sweet!
Back in about 1970 I was in high school and I accompanied my father when he was shopping for a new car. He was mostly looking at Valiants. But since he was a part-time car race marshal he had access to special cars from the factory. In another part of the lot was this poor forlorn basic-looking 1968 Plymouth Satellite with a 426 hemi. It had very few miles on the odometer. It was still a new car, but I recall that after more than a year on the car lot the headers were starting to look rusty. No radio and no heater. The cheapest factory hubcaps on blackwall tires. And it did not have the usual Chrysler warranty. Due to these deficiencies the dealer told my father he could let it go for way under the sticker price. My father took me on a test drive and it was amazing, of course. I of course pleaded with my father to buy it. He almost did, but griped about the lack of warranty and passed on it. I wonder what that car would be worth now.
No heater??? We had a 1961 Rambler with no heater and no radio.
I'm only 30 lol but my favorite vehicle from the Plymouth brand was the Conquest TSI!!! I know it was a Mitsubishi underneath but what a good looking car!
Agreed.The Laser was pretty legit too in its top of the line trim. Prowler was awesome as well.
Smartkid, the Conquest was absolutely so damn good looking they kept them in the showrooms longer than anything else, until the restyled Rams came out.
I'll never forget the red with tan leather example they had at our local dealer (McCubbin Motors) in Madison Indiana.
The Conquest had a sticker price of 24k and change. I will never forget that. The price seemed so durn high at the time.
Yes, I owned a ‘69 Road Runner and a ‘72 Satellite. These were awesome cars.
It was so dumb to discontinue this brand they would have made a great impact on mopar
In retrospect, Chrysler made the right decision. By the 1990s, there was very little to distinguish Plymouth from it's more prestigious Dodge sibling.
Yeah, they made a great impact (Negative), that's why they are no longer with us!
This affected American cars in general. American cars suffered quality control in 70's and 80's. They got their act together by the 90's and it was too late. Growing up, we saw a mix of car brands on the street, nowadays it's mainly Japanese. Because Japanese cars don't have problems.....riiiight.
I loved my 76 Sport Fury. Had it from new until It finally died ten years later in 1986 just short of 300 thousand miles when the transmission gave up. The 225 Slant Six was still running just fine, but the body work was getting rough from all of the New England winter salting beginning to take their toll. It had served me well and flawlessly with just the usual friction wear items, brakes, bulbs, oil changes etc needing routine maintenance.
My Dad worked for the Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in Ft. Worth until we moved to Alaska. He always drove Plymouths and Valiants until he died. I carried the tradition on until Plymouth was cancelled. My favorite was my 1962 Valiant wagon and I drove that almost to 100,000 miles. I remember telling my Mother when she sold it for me to a high school student taking Auto-Mechanics that the tie-rod assembly was working loose and to drive it with care and he was thrilled because it gave him an excuse to work on it at school! I have many fond memories of our Plymouth's and regret to this day Chrysler selling out!!! My last car was my Breeze in my favorite color and knew I would never get rid of it until the day it was stolen at a mall across the street from where I lived and I was sick for days since there were no more Plymouths! Thanks for the memories!
They need to bring back the Fury name plate
Agreed.
I agree, I just hope it wouldn't be a SUV or CUV.
Only if they bring back the Plymouth nameplate. It would be like their talk of bringing back the Barracuda as a Dodge. NO WAY!!!!!
@@Glennerb it'd be redundant to have Plymouth have mostly muscle cars when we have Dodge so it'd make sense to make the Barracuda a Dodge for example
@@megatronusorionpax4900 nope! I don't agree. I understand that Plymouth and Dodge were carbon copies of each other, but you can't bring a Barracuda back as a Dodge. It's not right. I am ok with it being an SRT though. That's another option.
Yes I owned a 71 Plymouth duster and a 88 Plymouth reliant .
Assuming that it was a V8 (& preferably a 340CI version!) I'm guessin' that ya probably miss that '71 Duster & wished ya had kept it?!!😉👍
@@paulallison6689 yes I do miss that car. It was a fun car . Somebody asked me if I had to make my own car what would it be I told him a Plymouth duster.
i currently own a 71 duster h code 340 . its purple with a black vinyl roof , black hood and the factory side and tailight stripes. my first car was a 72 plymouth cuda 340 blue with blue interior that got in 1982 when i was 17 . i also had a 70 plymouth road runner factory v code 440-6 in lemontwist yellow . it had the factory air grabber hood also. ive always been a plymouth guy and it sucked when they dropped the brand in 2002
@@kevinpatrick8788 with you there Sir. I lucked into my 1970 SuperBird in 1985 for $6500.00 from its original owner. Still has just 28k miles on it today. None of the rattles and hollow sounds when the doors close like they developed later in years from mileage.
It sits in the same garage as my 70 V code F8 N96 Pistol gripped Dana 60 Road Runner and my 2012 SRT8 Challenger love them all.
Funny, the foriegn companies that killed the marque didn't let go of the trademark tho.... all about the money.
@@kevinpatrick8788 nice list of fabulous cars!
yes..that day...uggg..like a sucker punch.
At timestamp 4:10
This promotion evolved into The Direct Connection which was a program that offered a catalog and parts to modify your Mopar. For example, if you wanted a 12-second slant 6 (and believe me, you could!), look up your engine and the parts are listed with the model numbers to achieve this goal. I had such a catalog for my '73 Dodge Charger 400 Magnum. As a matter of fact, I have a later publication of The Direct Connection catalog in my possession now.
I have a Direct Connection catalog also, part# 4286519, printed in 1982. It is a very comprehensive manual that covers engines from the '50s, early hemis up to the 2.2, and everything in between.
ahaha, yes! i remember getting the catalog..along with general parts, merch, it had the recipe's for like 14 sec, 13.5, 13 etc and down to like 9's in the quarter mile. starting with carb size & rear axles getting quicker and quicker..adding cam specs and weight loss, rear tires..recommended slant 6 t bars and super stock rear springs and Imperial rear shocks to help avoid the axel unloading due to not enough travel. the /6 t bars for a better weight transfer...totes cool stuff!
kids nowadays know nothing about having a proper front suspension to aid launch..or the magic of leaf springs in planting your tires so hard the rear of the car does not squat, but lifts
@@gzuzsavz THAT'S there work I was looking for....RECIPES!
@@LaGaspa Ahh. You're welcome!
& the calendars were cool, too. Each month featured usually a historic Mopar that beat the odds, cool stuff.
I got a shift kit from DC for my Omni 2.2l back in the late 80s. Soon after I blew the engine. Sadly it was not the GLH, but I drove it like it was.
The Dodge/Plymouth Colt were made by Mistubishi for Chrysler. The Colt was simply a rebadge Mistubshi Marage
David Malinovsky it’s actually a Hyundai Accent
David Malinovsky oh
Colt was always a Mitsubishi series name. The name "Sapporo" is a Japanese city that hosted a Winter Olympics, so ideal for a "Japanese Plymouth".
I owned one a Plymouth colt 1992 ( Called her Plain Jane ) that’s because it had 0 options. Bought it from a little 90 year old that lived in Burbank CA. CA. told her she could not drive anymore. It was always garage kept, had 12,000 mi. Oil changes every 3 months ( paper work to prove it at the time), original tires , 4 cyl. ,5 speed transmission, manual everything, no radio ,no AC. When I bought it in 2006. Drove it across the I 10 to Phoenix. 40 mpg. MPH. Wife drove back and forth to work for the next 10 years. Oh ,bu the way the lady only wanted 900$ for it which I gladly gave her. One day it just would not start, I told my wife I think we got our money’s worth out of it so we donated it to the veterans. Great little rebadged Mitsubishi.
Davin Peterson I had a Dodge Colt, 1974 or 1975. It was trouble from the word go. We got rid of it after just a few years. It had ongoing alignment problems the first year, was grossly under-powered on hills, and anything could cause it to need towing, including grasshoppers. We should never have taken it anywhere but a flat suburban street. I felt bad for the poor, frail thing. It wasn't able to see the USA, unlike a Chevrolet, as in the song.
Thanks for doing this. I know it was a stretch for you to go back so far. Your content has largely been more contemporary in nature. I mentioned before that I was the envy of my middle school class because my GRANDMOTHER bought a Baracuda. She went into the dealership and told them she had a small garage and she had to have a shorter car. My guess is they either had a promotion for the salesmen to push the Baracuda or they didn't have any Valiants. That would have been the logical car to place her in.
"She had a rickety, old garage." (Beach Boys) Did she live in Pasadena ("Little Old Lady From...")? Oh, no, that was a Super Stock Dodge.
Did granny let you drive the 'Cuda?
I still have my first car a 1973 Plymouth Duster in Petty blue bought it at 16 and drove it to high school and college and work. In the middle of restoring it right now.
Even though Plymouth was discontinued when I was just a toddler I still feel like I grew up with the brand. Growing up in a middle to lower class neighbourhood I saw more Plymouth Neons and Voyagers as a kid than Dodges, I had allot of friends growing up in elementary school who’s parents owned Voyagers and there were allot more of them on my street still as a kid in the 2000’s than the Caravan or Windstar in the minivan craze era.
I was 4 when they dropped Plymouth. Watching this was pretty emotional. Idk why. Maybe because I’m a gear head, and grew up in a Plymouth
I wasn't even born yet when Plymouth died out. I was born in 2003 but I remember as a kid seeing plymouths such as Breeze, Voyager and Neon all over the place in years after its death, nowadays I hardly ever see one. Plymouths have become rare. I see them once in a while, mainly the voyager minivan.
My first car was a 72 Plymouth Duster. Loved that car!
Also later owned an 82 Plymouth Voyager. Best minivan ever.
My dad’s first car was a 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook, later a 66 Plymouth Belvedere Wagon, 75 Plymouth Valiant and an 85 Plymouth Grand Fury.
Guess I have Plymouth in my blood.
I also believe that the 57 through 59 Plymouth’s were the most beautiful cars ever designed. Thanks Virgil Exner.
Wow.. I've just got to say your narration is top notched.. not sure what you do for a living.. very very easy to listen to..you could easily get a narration position on many of these shows on many tv networks.. not sure if you've ever sent in a demo tape.. but u should ..this is a no brainer
I've recently researched Plymouth again. Plymouth would probably still be like Ford and Chevy today most likely.
It was hard to watch to see how the quality style and designs just fell small worthless cars. I had some great 68-70 cars. They were so cool.
Quality and '68-70 "American cars is an "oxymoron"!
Plymouth made some of the most iconic cars in American history. It's almost offensive how badly they were mismanaged by idiot Chrysler in their later years. The marque deserved a better fate.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! TOTALLY AWESOME DOCUMENTARY!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING AND I LEARNED SO MUCH.
Thnx, Marspeed.
I recall it like it was yesterday. I came inside through the back sliding door and our lil dining room tv was on..the evening news, announcing Plymouth would be done.
My
My mom had a 1977 Plymouth Volare in florescent blue. I'll never forget that slant six engine.
That wonderful color of the Volaré was called "French racing blue." The same color on the Dodge Aspen was called "big sky blue."
I really loved the roadrunner, it was a factory built sleeper.
Well done! SAD! but well done. Thanks for the video.
Yes. And I still have it. 1980 Volare with the 225 slant 6
I had a beautiful B5 blue 71 Duster 340 with a 4 speed. It was very entertaining. I have at this time a 97 Voyager SE minivan. Solid as a rock and never a problem.
Solid as a Plymouth rock, you mean?
I own a 73' Plymouth Satilte Sebre Plus.
Really liked this video and the DeSoto video. Make more like that!
First Plymouth, a 56 Savoy. #2, 67 Valiant. #3, 1970 Roadrunner. 383 A833,
repainted root beer brown, with a diamond tuck interior. (It was repainted and
re upholstered before I spent $800! on it.) No Suregrip rear end, though.
The pistol grip Hurst shifter, was designed so the whole handle could EASILY
be removed, and replaced by a Competition Plus handle. Went from 2.5 feet
high, to 10 inches high. First to second, went from 12 inches, to about 4.
First to third, went to 3 inches, from 8. Smoke the tire, in a burnout, grab
second, and the "no rubber" spot, you could cover with a regular sheet of
paper. (11 inches.) With the pistol grip, you'd need a full size newspaper
page.
steve
The only new car I've ever bought was an '88 Plymouth Horizon, one of the best cars I ever owned. I loved that little guy!
I had one too. Thought it was a piece of junk!
I’ve owned so many of these cars now I have a 56 DeSoto but Plymouth will always have a special place in my heart edit I forgot to mention that a 1947 Plymouth special deluxe 4 door sedan was my first car loved that car
Love your Channel mate😁✌️
Great video, I have a 1947 Plymouth Delux coupe, I love it!
We had a 1995 Plymouth Voyager in robins egg blue back in the day
Great video just wish it showed one of their most iconic 64' -69' Barracuda's. It was the first pony car beating the mustang by 14 days
Nothing compares to the Barracuda rear window 😁
Good job !!!!
my first brand new car: 1968 Barracuda Formula S fastback -- One of the best cars I've ever owned. Great vid.
Out of the 5 classic Chrysler products that I've owned over the years, 2 of them were Plymouths. My second Mopar was a 70 duster & the 3rd a 70 roadrocker
Roadrocker, I love that. Had Two 70 Roadrunners myself. The 1st one was a pos, 2nd one was very cool and very fast. I loved that damn car. There is a GTX identical to my RR on my facebook page if you want to take a look see. See my large post about it on right here. (up at the top when I posted this)
@@Bob-Whiting wow two of them, that sounds like me with my Chargers. The first 68 was kind of a POS as well, but the second was awesome and had all of the goodies on it. #1 was my first car that I got in 81 and was just a plain 318 car, but #2 was an RT with 4speed plus added six pk and was a real beast. The runner had the 383, and was a pretty good car all around though
@@lovethesmellofracefuelinth7374 My 1st RR was that rootbeer brown color and previously owned by my sister's boyfriend and my parents had cosigned for it. After he blew up the big block, lol, he put in a 318 and then defaulted on the loan. So I got it. After I destroyed the 318, and most of the body, lol, I put in another one. But that car was jinxed, so when me and a buddy spotted another super straight 70 RR that was painted yellow (yuck) over that bitchin super lime green that I forget the name of. I worked out a deal with the cop that owned it and the rest is history and in my other post, lol
@@Bob-Whiting Cool man, so do you still have it then ?
Btw, Plymouth used sassy grass and Dodge is green-go. That pukey yellow is lemon twist on Plymouths, and top banana for Dodge. Just thought I'd share that, you know since you liked it so much and all lol
@@lovethesmellofracefuelinth7374 Nope, it was totaled in late 1986 or early 87. I think about it all the time and would give everything I own to get it back. I think about getting another, but I'm too old and jacked up to work on one or enjoy it. I used to know the colors and a lot about Mopars in general. I used to know a lot of stuff but was hit by a drunk driver about 40 years ago and pronounced dead at the scene, but somehow woke up. I was in a coma afterwards and I don't remember that night or a lot of other stuff either. But I remember my Bird. I loved her so.
I owned several Plymouths starting with a 1970 Duster, my first new car. 1984 Turismo, 1989 Acclaim, 1989 Sundance and 1994 Sundance. I also had a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500, 1995 Caravan, 1999 Durango. 2001 Grand Caravan, 2006 Chrysler Town and Country, 2007 Ram 1500, that I still own. 2009 Town and Country amd a 2017 Journey. Most of my working life I worked for Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth dealers starting in the fall of 1969. I worked in service and parts. retiring after 45 years.
My older brother David Wright worked for Fulton Motor Company in Roanoke Va in 1985. He was awarded the silver award for his vehicle sales. What Chrysler Plymouth dealer did you work for and where was it located at? I would like to talk to you about my brother's experience. Do you have an email address? Garry Wright.
@@garrywright7535 The dealers I worked for were all in the Grand Rapids Michigan area. you can email me at grant1951@sbcglobal.net
Interesting stuff thanks
Great video 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I still have my '96 Plymouth Breeze, with 137,000 miles on it.
So, what's the big deal? I have a '01 Cavalier Base with 205,000 miles. Still running STRONG, a "bit" rusty though!!
Daimler AG stole Chrysler's money
Nice name
64 bit Chrysler had money? Who knew.......
@@mikecastellon4545 it's well documented. Lee Iacocca brought the company fo profitability and big cash reserves through the late 80s and early 90s. They had AMC and Lamborghini back then.
Then succeeding CEO (Bob Eaton), dropped the ball and bought the nice "equal of mergers" proposal from Daimler. The rest is history
Daimler f*#*k*d Chrysler! The worst merger in the history of the automotive industry. Most people have no clue about how adversely this affected Chrysler. Now it's Fiat. Why don't a group of American and maybe Canadian investors do the right thing and buy back the stocks to get Chrysler back as North American muscle company it always has been? People, people, people!
@@mikecastellon4545 Chrysler Corp had *8 BILLION DOLLARS* in the bank...enough to BUY DAIMLER !!! Robert Eaton SOLD THEM OUT to Daimler to get an attractive retirement package, Daimler BOUGHT Chrysler to GET THAT MONEY...then sent the money to Germany for THEIR company, discontinued *PLYMOUTH* , then SOLD Chrysler Corp off to CERBERUS. They were like corporate RAIDERS .
Chrysler Corp had NO PLANS to drop PLYMOUTH. DAIMLER did it !!!
Love that you showed the Cricket. It's one of those redheaded step kids Mopar people usually try to forget. Special to me because my late brother owned one he drove between Norfolk NS and NH when he went on leave.
I still have my Dads 69 Plymouth GTX 440.
He bought it new when he came back from Vietnam. In 1985 he died of cancer. The only Parts I changed on the car are wearable parts.
Can you make a video of Oldsmobiles end?
I did a video on the Toronado Trofeo on my channel if you wanna check it out.
My favorite Plymouth is the 1959. Plymouth's thirtieth anniversary models sat on the edge of change. When the last of these cars came off the assembly lines, the end of an era had been reached. The cars that were replacing them would be radically different, both in their mechanical attributes and they way they were built. The year 1959 would see the closing of one plant and the opening of another, and sadly, Plymouth would bid a long farewell to its coveted number three spot in sales and production charts. It would be eleven years until Plymouth was once again in third place.
Plymouth's competition Ford and Chevrolet were completely new cars for 1959. Ford had a more traditional look. In 1957 General Motors had been so shocked and unprepared by Chrysler Corporation's 1957 models that a whole new series of cars had be ordered and rushed for 1959 instead of 1960. General Motors all ready had redesigned their models for 1958 and were about to do it again.
General Motors took a page from Chrysler in designing all of its 1959 bodies around one body shell. (Chrysler built all of its 1957 station wagons using one body shell). Chevrolet's entry was a wild-looking, bat-winged affair with huge horizontal cat-eye taillights. As rumors floated in the trade press that Chrysler would soon go to unit body construction, Plymouth, in the last year of its three-year styling cycle, would have to make due with the 1957 body shell for one more year. To combat the competition's all-new cars, Virgil Exner's redesign would have to be more radical than 1958's had been. The cost of retooling the 1959 models ran to $150 million, with most of that money directed towards Plymouth. The restyling included a new anodized aluminum egg-grate grille with wrap-around parking/turn signal lights, split by a black screen in the center where the Mayflower sailing ship once again made an appearance. Plymouth said, "A stylized representation of the Mayflower reflects Plymouth's great tradition."
"Double-barreled" fenders drew attention to the sculpted eyebrows and floating quad head lights. The tailfins began to rise at the "C" pillar in a smoother upsweep than previous years, this would give the rear an illusion of greater length than there actually was.The fin was capped by fluted stainless trim, which cascaded down the fin to the deck lid. Back-up lights moved to the taillights housed in an oval cluster, rear bumpers were indented in the middle to frame the license plate. All Sportone trim panels featured inserts of textured anodized aluminum.
Station Wagons continued their familiar nameplates. Leading the group was the four-door Sport Suburban in six or nine passenger form, next in line was the Custom Suburban four door also in six or nine passenger configuration. Plymouth offered the Custom Suburban in two-door with six passenger seating. Rounding out the wagon line-up were the Deluxe Suburban which could be had with either two or four doors.
Plymouth revamped its model names for 1959, dropping their price leader the Plaza series. Taking its place was the Savoy, one step above the Savoy was the Belvedere series. Taking the Belverdere's place was the Fury, which now became a series of cars rather than just a high-performance specialty vehicle. At the top-of-the-line was the Sport Fury. Also for 1959 Plymouth marked the first time that two convertibles were available in the line-up.
"Combining Ivy League smartness with Big Ten performance" was Plymouth's description of the Sport Fury. The Sport Fury were easily distinguished by special trim which included a "Tiffany touch" medallion, this circular medallion was finished in black and gold. A fake spare tire cover was bolted to the rear deck lid. The continental tire look, was a favorite design motif of Exner, but most detractors simply called it the "toilet seat".
Interiors featured a "Jet-Age Control Center" instrument panel featuring an aircraft-style housing. To the left of the speedometer in an angled design were the push buttons for the automatic transmission either Powerflite (with four selections) or Torqueflite (with five selections). To the right, were push buttons to control the heater, defroster and air conditioning. Gauges included fuel and temperature with red lights monitoring oil pressure and amperes. Only the radio was not within easy reach. Dash panels were color-keyed to the interior color and were finished in No-Glare Royalite. Safety padding for the dashboard was optional. As standard equipment, the Sport Fury provided swivel seating for an easier entrance and exit for both the driver and passenger. Soon, the swivel seating became an optional feature among the four other Plymouth models.
Plymouth had a reason to celebrate, for in March they built the 11 millionth Plymouth at the Lynch Road Plant. In 1959 Plymouth built 458,000 cars and managed to hold on to third place but Rambler was snapping at Plymouth's heels. The Mayflower emblem, seen on every Plymouth produced since 1928, except the 1958 models sailed off into the sunset never to be seen again.
A new engine (the Slant Six), a new method of construction (Unibody) and a new assembly plant (St. Louis, Missouri). Perhaps, Plymouth had it right all along for in 1957 their tag line was, Suddenly it was 1960, a part of Plymouth history closed a door while a new door opened for Plymouth.
Marc Kagan beautifully written and informative observations on the late Plymouth autos. The losing of the Evansville plant in 59 is still commented on and well remembered by southern Indiana folk.
@@mikecastellon4545 Indiana folk would also be given a proper kick in the nuts on December 20, 1963. The day that Studebaker died.
@@jakekaywell5972 Studebaker moved to Canada for its last 2 years of production. The last Studebaker made was in March 1966.
Great video production of Plymouth. I owned a 1965 Plymouth Sport Fury...gold and white. 383 4 brl carb, 3 speed automatic console shift. My father and I added an air conditioning unit from Pep Boys. It was a nice car to drive, lots of power, gas guzzler, a very sharp
looking. I even beat a Camaro with it!
I had to have trans rebuilt and it was never the same. I will take some of the blame as I liked to shift it.
Sorry to see any iconic brand discontinued.
In my youth in Minnesota I remember owning a bit rusty but extremely reliable Plymouth Valiant with the well known reliable slant six engine coupled with a three on the tree. That was really a great simple and reliable economical car and fun to drive as well ! That is my recollection of Plymouth. They produced some really great cars in their day ! Thank you !
I love how easy it was for the German executives to just cancel the brand, and nobody was even fired in the process. It was just "OK guys, you all work at Dodge now."
When the Germans got involved I walked away from Chrysler altogether. Over the previous years I had owned several Plymouth's but I'll NEVER own a Chrysler product again even though now the Italians own the company.
Dodge & Plymouth have the most badass Muscle cars of all time, I fuckin love Mopar
I had a 72 440 Roadrunner back in the day and really liked it!
'66 Fury III to all the 1970 musclecars are the Plymouths i will remember, especially my Chally rt 440
Would love it if they brought back 2-4 Plymouth Models..... The Cuda (w Hemi V8) The Barracuda (w V6) , Road Runner (4door w Hemi V8) and The Superbird (w Hellcat Engine)
Ral Hellcat you do know the barracuda had a v8 and then in the 70s the ‘cuda simply got the 426. I believe the 69 came with a performance 383. But the barracuda saw almost every v8 in the chrysler lineup. The ‘cuda in todays terms should have the hellcat engine.
No on the 4dr RR...make it a 2dr only!!👌👍
Sak 20012019 Yes I know the Barracuda was offered with a 318V8. But the Cuda was offered with the 340,383,440 and 426 Hemi. My mindset was based on what was offered today. Thinking the Cuda would be with all Hemi V8s offered starting with the 5.7, & also 6.4 plus Hellcat Engine. But Ill join ya and call the 5.7 V8 a Barracuda and only call it a Cuda with the 6.4 392 or 6.2 Hellcat Engine.
Paul Allison I was thinking the Plymouth version of todays Dodge Charger which has 4 doors. But I could vision a 2dr version of the Charger and call it the Roadrunner.
It would be nice to see, but all.of these can be achieved by rebadging or slight face lift of current dodge cars.
The "Damn Near Chrysler" years were not good.
Yes, from '57 to present day! Plymouth was one of the "low priced three" (Chevy ,Ford, Plymouth), but Pontiac(medium priced car) OUTSOLD Plymouth because of Chrysler Corp. POOR quality!
I have owned several Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler vehicles. The Plymouths I owned were a Scamp and a Volare, both from the middle 1970s. I'm familiar with some of the larger Plymouths (i.e. Furys) from friends who owned them, from the 1960s and 1970s. I did think Plymouth became much less distinct as a brand starting around the mid-1970s (after the energy crisis). As the video mentioned, they simply became Dodge alternatives, and there was no longer much difference at all between Dodge and Plymouth. This was somewhat true with the GM brands, but it was even moreso with Dodge and Plymouth. In the 1960s, Plymouth was a distinct brand with a high sales volume. After about 1976 or 1977, there were hardly any Plymouth models anymore. In 1979 they offered the Volare, Horizon, and maybe one other model. It was almost silly that the entry level Chrysler Corp brand was so slimmed down while the higher priced Dodge brand had so many models. I don't know why Chrysler did not fix this situation sooner. But then, Chrysler almost went under in 1979. When most people were buying American cars, the brand overlaps did not matter as much. But when people switched to foreign cars, and when they switched to SUVs, as the video said, Plymouth did not offer anything. After a while, it was like, what is the point? I mean, even offering the Neon as both a Dodge and a Plymouth - why do that? What was not mentioned that that Plymouth originally started as a companion brand for Chrysler - that is why the dealerships were Chrysler-Plymouth dealers while Dodge had their own dealers. At one point there were also DeSoto-Plymouth and Dodge-Plymouth dealers, but that was in the 1950s I believe. They let Plymouth die on the vine so that there was not much loss when the time came to discontinue the brand. Why Chrysler did not try harder, I don't know, but it makes sense that when Daimler took over, they didn't care.
I grew up with Plymouth people. My grandpa had had a 54 sedan, a 59 Savoy retired police car, a 66 Fury III, and a 73 Fury III, and when I was little, he had a one-of-a-kind 89 Acclaim LX with a trip computer, vinyl top, and fog lights from a Chrysler LeBaron, as well as a chrome trunk luggage rack, and opera lights from a Cadillac. A local dealer had built it as an sales experiment. He kept that car until 2005 when he sold it to buy a new truck. It had 250,000 miles on it then, and I’m pretty sure someone in the area still drives it. When I was little, my mom had a 98 Plymouth Grand Voyager Espresso. I remember it being much plainer than the 92 Town & Country she traded for it, and the 2001 Grand Caravan ES she eventually replaced it with. And today, I live about 10 miles from a former Plymouth factory that was abandoned in 1959. I’ve never personally owned one, but I want to buy one that was built in my town.
How about Desoto.
Wish they would come out with a limited production Desoto Edition and Plymouth Edition based on one of the current Chrysler products.
Ni no no nothing they would do would do those cars justice imo
Garry not Linda. The problem with Desoto, it was in that position between Dodge and Plymouth. Plymouth was the low price leader, Dodge basically the mid-price option and there was Desoto trying to compete in the middle. There was just too much market overlap.
They need to bring it back
My grandpa used to have a Plymouth Acclaim that he would drive to work in Philadelphia. I remember it was somewhat of a beater but I have fond memories of it. He ended up scrapping it and getting another which took a door and some parts from the original (they were green and burgundy but I don’t remember which was the first and second anymore), and I always thought the the mismatch was interesting. He ended up selling that too, but those cars were always interesting to me all those years ago.
In college, 1963, I had a 1955 Belvedere 2 door hardtop - beautiful car. I had a 1973 4 door sedan Fury with a 318 engine, which became my favorite engine - bullet proof! I bought my first new car in 1978; a Plymouth 4-door sedan, which my mother took over when she transferred to a job in NM. She, in turn, gave me her 1964 Chrysler, which was also a bullet proof car; a 360 engine, all power and air, which between us we drove +360,000 mile. My whole family drove Plymouths all thru the 1950s into the middle 1960s. We all had fabulous service from Chrysler's cars. Oh, how I miss them. My father bought a 1957 Plymouth which was a gorgeous car. The 1957 Plymouths had a unique starter sound that I would love to hear again.
With some exceptions, Plymouth made some awesome looking cars till 1974. Thanks for a terrific retrospective.
The only exception that I can possibly be thinking your talking about would be the plymouth prowler. Other wise the last good car plymouth ever made was in 1974.
@@ricky-sanchez I liked the look of the Prowler.
Agreed, didn't really think about that until I saw this video.
How about a video about the failure of DiamlerChrysler?
No because Plymouth haven't made anything notable since 1975
@@bottomlands I had a friend that worked for Chrysler and said the exact same thing. Daimler was in trouble when they merged with Chrysler and he said it wasn't a merger but a takeover.
Great Job I Once Owned a Dodge Neon when I was working in Kuwait. It Was A super running car..
I had a 1964 Plymouth Valiant convertible I loved. It had the indestructible 225 slant six in it with a pushbutton automatic. Great car and such a smooth ride.
I owned three: 74 Duster, 72 Satellite Sebring, and an Acclaim I can't remember the year on.
My first Plymouth was a Horizon. It is still my favorite all time car.
I had a new little red Horizon. It was a great little car. I sure hated to see Chrysler give up on Plymouth.
Chrysler should have been, "ashamed," for dropping Plymouth.
Thanks for your lesson on Plymouth
We owned many Plymouth vehicles growing up. I own a Plymouth today. A 1980 Plymouth Arrow, and soon to be a 1979 Plymouth Fire Arrow.
Correction needed, you said Savoy ended in 64, I currently own a 1965 Savoy. And a 65 Fury.
Canadian cars don't count. :p
My first car was a Plymouth. I had a 1989 Plymouth Horizon. I liked that lil car.
My first car was a 1970 Valiant Duster, 225 slant six, yellow with black racing stripe. Purchased for $1500 out the door in 1975. Three speed manual on the floor. Loved it!
My grandfather passed along to me his 1938 Plymouth Coupe and I loved it, my first car. Later in life I owned a 1978 Fury and later a Plymouth Horizon TC3. All were fine cars and served me well.
Growing up I paid close attention to the US big three, so when I got old enough to buy a car, it was a Toyota.
Toyotas, when cared for, are virtually indestructible. I've had the same one for 15 years.
WARD CLEAVER drove a VALIANT
He had a Plymouth fury in the first season too
Ward Cleaver ALSO drove a '57 Ford!
Yall know ward had money
So did Pete Dixon Room 222.
Today I still own and care for my Spinnaker White 1978 Plymouth Volare Roadrunner SuperPak Coupe!. Yes, Mopar fans, you've seen it when it was featured in Hemmings Muscle Machines Magazine in 2005. Yes, it came at the tail end of the Muscle car era, however, I wanted an affordable Crusier for Saturdays / Car shows. This Plymouth allowed my two geared daughters and I entrance into an exclusive club of Mopar enthusiasts . The youthful upgrades are always appreciated at shows with lots of raised eyebrows and questions like, "I didn't know Plymouth made a car like this? What year is it". Wow! Beep - Beep......Mopar or No Car.......Plymouth lives on!
I'm glad the PT Cruiser became a Chrysler, otherwise mine wouldn't have that beautiful winged badge above the grill. That Plymouth Valiant looks great thought! Reminds me of a pre-2010 Chrysler 300
You did a GREAT job making this video and we all appreciate it. My favorite part is at the end when you showed a lot of Plymouth vehicles and my favorite is at 13:36 of the Barracuda. I owned one back then, and miss it. I am now a [proud owner] of a 1999 Plymouth Prowler. Bought it in 2020 with only 5700 miles on it. I drive it almost everyday and it get TONS of attention!! :) Do you remember when 'Ricardo Montalban' did the commercials for Chrysler Plymouth? My mom LOVED 'Ricardo Montalban' and bought a Cordoba because of him. czcams.com/video/PYVvbRwbvKY/video.html
Still say the biggest killer was going front wheel drive,so many styles if they had become rear drive would still be here
I don't think so. As I love rear wheel drive, the entire industry was on its way to front wheel drive at that time. In fact Chrysler really led the way. Lee Iacocca brought Chrysler/Dodge/ Plymouth from the brink of bankruptcy to leading the way on FWD technology. And somehow we have the Challenger and Charger still kicking it with RWD. I love Chrysler products, I wish they were completely North American owned.
My first car was a 1986 Plymouth Reliant K-Car! A few years later, I got a '93 Plymouth Acclaim with the Mitsubishi V6. I miss both those cars so much! Good times in the K-Car!!
Hi, I had a '69 black 383ci Roadrunner. Loved that car!! : ) That car had the "honor" of having the largest back seat of the year!! I was was in a car club, Competion Mopar in So Calif. Had a ball with the other Mopar owners. Also owned a '72, 318ci Duster 3 speed on the floor (stock). Sad to see the Plymouth brand go.
Where's the first generation Barracuda ?! My first car ,unique rear window and body design.
Valiant with a giant back window, one of the great show cars, the Hurst hemi under glass. And the 1st pony car, released a few days before the Mustang .
Long live Plymouth. Love my Valiant
My parents bought one new in 1960
I had a 1977 Plymouth Volare Premiere with the 225 slant six. It was a good car. Nice video! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇨🇦
Yooo, you promessed me the video of the Chrysler 300 hemi C concept convertible