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plymouthcranbrook

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  1. Another chance to use one of my favorite phrases. “Sometimes free is too much to pay” 😁
  2. Not a terribly expensive choice for a fun little runabout. Just don’t get the idea in your head that it’s going to become a high value vehicle.
  3. Wonder if the puddle under the car is a leak or just a coincidence of parking?
  4. Darn it. My neighborhood isn’t zoned for a salvage yard.
  5. Other than wanting to see if the car has a right side or frame it certainly looks like a good deal. Unlike the 52 Plymouth I just commented on, this one has a reasonable asking price.
  6. Being a 1950 Chrysler product the value will be automatically much lower than a comparable Ford or GM model. As much as I personally like them the styling had become outdated compared to the other makes. Reliability was always their strongpoint. That one in my opinion might bring $15,000 from someone who really wants one. Nothing official there, just what I might pay if the rest of the car was as nice as the photos seem.
  7. He is to busy pushing buyers away to have time for more information.
  8. “No real miles on it”. “Rides like how you would expect” What came first, the chicken or the egg?
  9. My late Father when looking to purchase anything from an individual as opposed to a retail establishment would absolutely not buy if he could not talk the seller down at least a minimum amount. I saw him walk away from several deals over $10. He was a hobo during most of the Depression and I guess it became hard wired in his brain.
  10. I am sure many of us older folks can remember seeing a car “ doglegging” it down the road with rear wheels following a different track from the fronts. We were taught when looking at a car we might want to buy to drive it through a puddle and then stop and look at the tracks. If the tracks didn’t align a bent frame or suspension was a good probability.
  11. I like it. And the owner doesn’t think he has an expensive “rare” car. Reasonable price even with what looks like some surface rust. Make it safe and away you go.
  12. And I have been gone for 10 years so my data is old. Newer members might equal newer cars.
  13. My experience is somewhat similar except the local that I was in seemed to be primarily consisting of pre 1970 cars. Mostly 40’s through 60’s with a scattering of pre war vehicles. When I bought my 1980 Volare four door sedan I got laughed at by some members for buying a piece of junk. Just a few of them it’s true, but some. My experience at the National event I attended was different as the car was welcomed by several members though that said mostly those who owned “newer” models.
  14. If you decide you want a Plymouth there is the National Plymouth Owners Club. It also has local chapters but that can be a bit of a misnomer because they are somewhat scattered throughout the country. I was in it for ten years and they are mostly very nice folks.
  15. I had read years ago that the M151 model wasn’t sold as surplus due to “interesting “handling characteristics. I can’t remember where I read it but that said I have never seen one on the road.
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