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#537387 - 09/13/08 10:09 AM
1939 Plymouth questions
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Hello, I'm just wondering. I bought a 1939 Plymouth. It has a floor shifter, but the title says it's a P8. So that should mean DeLuxe. I though that only 1939 Roadkings had floor shifter? So the question is, is there something that's not right in my Plymouth? Wrong tranny or wrong markings at title? 
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#547418 - 10/24/08 08:30 PM
Re: 1939 Plymouth questions
[Re: Mika Jaakkola]
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Registered: 05/11/04
Posts: 27
Loc: Port Allegany, PA
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Sorry about the slow response, I hadn't checked the Plymouth site lately.
According to my reference materials=
P7 serial nos. 1298001-1377475,9150401-9164593,3110001-3114680. Canadian 9603586-?
P8 serial nos. 10630001-10879874,20027001-20062199,3222001-3242203.
Steve
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#547698 - 10/25/08 09:04 PM
Re: 1939 Plymouth questions
[Re: wsfrison]
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Registered: 08/16/06
Posts: 383
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Mika i'm coming in a bit late to , yes the deluxe was a P8 and the roadking a P7 , but P8 engine numbers applied to both series . i dont live in the US but from what i can understand it depended on which State your car was titled in whether it was titled by the engine number or the body serial number ,
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#548243 - 10/28/08 02:06 AM
Re: 1939 Plymouth questions
[Re: wsfrison]
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Registered: 02/07/04
Posts: 217
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1939 Canadian serial numbers :
P-7 : Roadking : 9603586 to 9607605
P-8 : DeLuxe and Custom : 9358626 to 9368510
Engine numbers :
P-7 : Roadking : P7-1001-C and up
P-8 : DeLuxe and Custom : P8-1001-C and up
Bill
Vancouver, BC
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#548247 - 10/28/08 02:32 AM
Re: 1939 Plymouth questions
[Re: Bill-W]
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Registered: 08/16/06
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the way i read it mike your car is not canadian assembled , but one you recently imported from the US, the information i Posted came from the book THE PLYMOUTH DESOTO STORY.
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#553369 - 11/18/08 11:53 AM
Re: 1939 Plymouth questions
[Re: Mika Jaakkola]
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Registered: 04/28/04
Posts: 3353
Loc: Dayton
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Mika
I posed your question to a 1939 Plymouth expert in Michigan. Here's what he says:
You would have to know where the car was built or assembled because exports used different labels for the series. One export brochure I have lists SIX and Deluxe SIX which states"The DeLuxe Sixes are equipped with the Remote Control Gear Shifts, but the Sixes come equipped with the convential Gear Shift levers." This sounds the same or similar to domestic P8 Deluxe and P7 Standard.
On a recent French ad that I found, it states that a shift on the column was standard on the Custom and DeLuxe.
You can tell if the trans was replaced by the steering column, draft pad at the fire wall, the casting at the base of the steering wheel, etc. I am not sure if there would be a difference if it is a left or right hand drive.
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#554300 - 11/22/08 02:41 AM
Re: 1939 Plymouth questions
[Re: West Peterson]
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Registered: 02/07/04
Posts: 217
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Mika
I posed your question to a 1939 Plymouth expert in Michigan. Here's what he says:
You would have to know where the car was built or assembled because exports used different labels for the series. One export brochure I have lists SIX and Deluxe SIX which states"The DeLuxe Sixes are equipped with the Remote Control Gear Shifts, but the Sixes come equipped with the convential Gear Shift levers." This sounds the same or similar to domestic P8 Deluxe and P7 Standard.
On a recent French ad that I found, it states that a shift on the column was standard on the Custom and DeLuxe.
You can tell if the trans was replaced by the steering column, draft pad at the fire wall, the casting at the base of the steering wheel, etc. I am not sure if there would be a difference if it is a left or right hand drive.
The French ad for Custom and DeLuxe may be a Canadian item. Chrysler of Canada offered a Custom series from 1936 through 1941 on the upper Plymouth model. Which was the same model number as the DeLuxe series. Bill Vancouver, BC
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