1942plym

Blackouts were assembled with whatever parts were in stock. There is no standard re: painted or not painted or which pieces are chrome on the blackouts. Often, chrome bumpers and chrome odds and ends were in stock and any trim not in stock as chrome was painted, sometimes in a contrasting color, e.g., navy car with tan trim, other times in the same color as the car. This car had/has chrome bumpers, headlight bezels, and hood ornament. The grill is unpainted stainless steel and all other trim pieces were/are painted the same red color as the body. Note the sort stainless trim piece that wraps around the front fender toward the wheel well, on a non-blackout special deluxe, this trim piece is about twice as long. The dashboard. and steering wheel are trimmed in a contrasting metal, kind of a coffee color on a red dash and the inside door handles and window cranks are coffee color bakelite. The vent windows and latch are chrome trimmed.

I've had a 1942 Plymouth Special Deluxe Convertible since 1966 (second owner) and it is also 100% ofiginal. It's a blackout model and it was appraised at $65k in 2005 and is insured at that value by Hagerty. In 1941 Plymouth manufactured about 500,000 cars. In 1942, Plymouth manufactured about 150,000 cars making the 42s more valuable than previous pre-war cars. Of the 150,000 cars less than 3000 were convertibles. Of those a small subset were blackout models. You can tell if your car is a blackout model by certain trim pieces and by it's body and engine numbers. I have more info if you need it. I hope you will register your car with the National Plymouth Owners Club so it's on record. Have fun with it.

Video clip sans fender skirts. I'll post a better one soon.

Hi, I am the second owner of one of the 1942 Plymouth blackout models. I am interested to know what you've learned in addition to what you stated above and also to offer the information I have regarding my original 1942 Plymouth Convertible (P14-C). It was originally sold in 1943 but it's title then and now has identified it as a 1942. It's engine and body numbers match and are among those identified as black out models and it has painted trim and some slightly different trim pieces than the pre-blackout. I look forward to learning more about the 42s. 42s.