1959 Plymouth suburban station wagon, holy crap this thing is cool. I was looking on egay and found this. The auction ended not hitting the reserve. Man I wish I had the dough. The interior is too street rod but the lines on the car and the funky steering wheel, I'd give up quite a bit for this ride! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1959-Plymouth-Surburban-Station-Wagon-361-V8-GORGEOUS_W0QQitemZ4585554202QQcategoryZ6387QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Definitely a nice ride even with that f'ed up interior but that could be redone. Bet the reserve was at least $10K.
That steering wheel is the '61 Plymouth "Aero" wheel, an extra-cost option on the full size (non-Valiant) Plymouths with power steering. I have one for a '60 that needs to be re-cast, they're pretty rare.
I was looking at this car also, the seller ended the auction early for some reason. I called him to see why and what he wanted for the car, he wants $16,500.00 for it. Seems a little high to me, I'm thinking 10 to 11K. He is going to list it again.--TV
WOW! Aero wheel, and swivel seats! No one likes the interior treatment, I do like how they carried the theme over onto the ceiling. The only problem is that car is way to nice to haul the kids and dogs around in! First french fry to hit the floor, I'm pulling over for some beatings!!!!
Yep, you got a '57...but it ain't a Plymouth...it's a Dodge. And for the price of that Plymouth wagon...it's a rare one so $16,500 isn't out of line for a wagon that nice... R-
That was my thinking, I also really dig a particular car made in the late 60's the style starts with a Z and ends with a 28, those go for 20-30k and everybody has one. That Plymouth is half to third the price of a Camaro and yet I bet that is the only one like it your ever gonna see at any given car show. Not to mention the style is just great, the fins, dash etc. The V-8 is pretty bitchen also. For a guy with a family (me) this thing is the shit. I think my gotta have list just got all jumbled up!
A '57 or '58 Plymouth wagon front clip should swap right onto that Dodge. I thought I heard somewhere (probably www.ForwardLook.net) that the wagon had a longer front clip, I could be wrong though. I know all the divisions shared the same wagon body, so swapping front clips wagon to wagon is definitely do-able, not sure if a car front clip would work or not.
"That was my thinking, I also really dig a particular car made in the late 60's the style starts with a Z and ends with a 28, those go for 20-30k and everybody has one." That was my thinking when I got into Ramblers. Mostly early 60s models. Don't have a photo on a site I can post here from, but there are some over in my photo gallery at www.hotrodders.com. 63 Rambler Classic wagon, light blue w/dark blue flames. 4.6L stroked EFI six (Jeep 4.0L w/258 crank and rods), Jag rear axle (had to do something to replace the torque tube so I could run the Jeep AW4 auto OD trans...), and 90s T-bird rack and pinion steering. Best handling Rambler wagon on the planet, I bet!
You should be able to find a nice solid driver with a 6/3spd and no options for less than $5000. Maybe a non-runner for $1000 or less. Hell, we sold a '57 2dr sedan that was really solid for New York - it needed no rockers or pans at all - for $500. The 4-door wagon isn't that rare, but if the wheel and seats were factory it would make it a rare model. But you could get the same stuff out of an Imperial parts car and swap it in if you wanted. Some Canada model Dodges had the Dodge nose on a Plymouth body, so they should swap no problem. Good luck finding Plymouth fenders with no rot in the eyebrows though, unless you're in the southwest. I have a Rambler stashed for a future project, too. Unfortunately the unibody in it is rusty in a few spots, so I'm thinking an 80's Monte Carlo will give up it's frame and pans for this one. Should handle nice then.
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