Beautiful Vintage 1955 Plymouth Belvedere movie star! Motivated seller - $7,500 (Potomac)

[Crusty Trucker]

(You couldn't beat the price with a comparable Ford or Chevy.)

 

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/d/potomac-beautiful-vintage-1955-plymouth/7655912676.html

 

I acquired this car in March 0f 2020. Originally "Pompano Peach", it had had a nice repaint of white top over red body when purchased. Since then, we have reupholstered the front and back seats in OEM "ship and shield" cloth, had a new OEM headliner installed and also installed OEM copper colored loop carpet. Reproduced correct kick panels. Door cards are also correct.

Although not the original, it has a perfectly working period AM radio (original radio included with car.) Manual steering and brakes.

Exterior shows well,except for R side "dueling scar"ahead of passenger side door. Right and left rear of trunk floor is rusted through.However, damage is not structural. Has correct sized 7.10 X 15 radial tires and original hub caps.

Exhaust fully functioning, but could use some love (replace one glass pack cherry bomb muffler and some tailpipe.)

New hoses and battery. Engine pulls strong (original 8 cylinder ,117BHP 241 CI.) Recent tune up to include points, plugs,condensor and plug wires.

This Plymouth goes smoothly down the road.Car was rented for and filmed in upcoming Netflix film "Rustin", due out this year. So, add a movie star to your car collection!

Motivated seller!   $7,500.

 

email  6622ae7470f633e596a088b10553200a@sale.craigslist.org

 

 

 

 

 

[The 55er]

Has been available on FB for 12 weeks for $8K with a similarly embellished ad. Rusty trunk floors & crusty engine compartment not helping things, just sayin'. 

[plymouthcranbrook]

I own a car that has been in several movies and TV shows.  Never got a notification of an increase in value because of it.  And mid 50’s Plymouths don’t seem to be interesting to many folks. 

[TerryB]

14 minutes ago, plymouthcranbrook said:

I own a car that has been in several movies and TV shows.  Never got a notification of an increase in value because of it.  And mid 50’s Plymouths don’t seem to be interesting to many folks. 

The 1956 model of Plymouth seems to generate more interest than a 1955.  When I was a kid my dad had a 55 Plymouth.  The feature I remember most is the gear shift on the dash.

[TAKerry]

A movie car would be ok, but it would have to be the right movie. Something on Netflix means zero to me. I know a guy that has a caddy that was featured in a movie, an aquaintance of his thinks that the value should be at least 50% higher because of that. He has told me numerous times what the movie was and I still dont know anything about it. I guess its a good bragging point, value added? No.

[TerryB]

My 1937 Dodge pickup was used in the 1988 move “The Silence at Bethany”.  I’m sure you all remember that movie😀.  Parts of the movie were shot in Lancaster county and it was the previous owner who loaned the truck to the movie company.  I watched the movie after I bought the truck.  There was less than 5 minutes of movie time where the truck was visible.  I doubt that movie time added any value to the truck or any bragging rights about it.  What I did enjoy discovering was that the truck was used in a nearby town’s water department.  Some of that lettering was still visible, under certain lighting, on the hood of the truck.  Apparently not a lot of prep was done to the hood to remove the lettering when the truck was repainted years later after its ownership by the water company.

[The 55er]

Seller of this 1955 Plymouth is hyping the "movie star" provenance for all it's worth. Without all the hype and given the amount of work needed, I'd guess the real-world value of this sedan might absolutely max out at about $4-4.5k  and that would be on a really good day to the absolute right buyer. I once owned an identical Belvedere sedan (light green with a white top) and I can vouch for the fact that they are not highly sought after collector cars. There are still plenty of these cars out there and they really don't command very high prices. However a V8 car like this one would be somewhat more desirable than a six. 

[Marty Roth]

That Plymouth would likely been a background NDS (non-descript) car, parked somewhere at a curb as the movie scene went by,

or maybe parked behind the Piggly-Wiggly on Main Street as the robber fled?

 

Several of our cars have been either "Hero" and/or background cars in multiple movies, TV shows, videos, and commercials.

The "RAY" movie was one of them, "Pretty Baby" with Julia Roberts in the back seat as a child, Charles Durning, etc, etc, etc.

None of that really makes a difference.

Edited August 20, 2023 by Marty Roth (see edit history)

[DrumBob]

I don't get calling the car "movie star" at all. I agree, it probably sat idle at a curb. So what?

 

I'm in the Rolling Stones' movie "Shine A Light" at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. The camera pans up at the balcony at the end of one song, and there I am. I'm not a movie star by any means. 

[Marty Roth]

35 minutes ago, DrumBob said:

I don't get calling the car "movie star" at all. I agree, it probably sat idle at a curb. So what?

 

I'm in the Rolling Stones' movie "Shine A Light" at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. The camera pans up at the balcony at the end of one song, and there I am. I'm not a movie star by any means. 

Yep !

... and I'm in 1914 garb in an about 5 second scene, crossing St. Charles Avenue and escorting a young lady in front of a streetcar in the movie "Hobson's Choice". Trimacar's 1910 Hupp was there for the filming, along with his '09 Sears.

 

No star-power there, although we did get to meet Sharon Gless, Richard (John-Boy Walton) Thomas, and Jack Warden, and several local semi-illuminaries.

 

My daughter drove our '52 Caddy convertible in the filming of "Ray", and at other times lunched with James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano) and danced down Oak Street in New Orleans' Carrollton neighborhood with Charles Durning while they sang his hit tune (I love to do a Little Sidestep) from Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. 

[deac]

I have put cars in numerous in movies and there's no increase in value. unless it's used as a hero car in a top notched film and documented there really isn't going to make any difference.  The only difference you might see is in you wallet after the production company pays you.