| I purchased this car in Crawford Florida on October 16th, 2006.
I trailered her back to Virginia and titled her on 10/18/2006.
The Manufacturing Serial Number plate points to the Detroit Production
Plant RY882W. I have what appears to be the Original
Plymouth Instruction Book and the car serial number penciled in is
RY882W. Based on the low serial & motor number U21xxx my
assumption is that it has its original motor and it appears that this
car was manufactured in the first quarter of 29 on or about the 9th. month of the first
12 months of Chrysler Plymouth production at the Detroit plant.
Fedco Serial Number Code RY882W equates to 458,820
First half of the model RR120P to RD999D or 441,201 to 499,999.
Second half of the model Y000WP to Y403EP or 500,001 to 540,381.
Total 1929 Detroit production = 57,798 + 40,380 = 98,178
The story goes that the car was always
garage kept and the owner prior to the person I purchased the car from
had it painted. Other then that it appears to be about 90%
original and remarkably rust free. The vacuum fuel delivery system
was replaced with an electric fuel pump. The radiator was also
replaced. The rest of the car needs some mechanical TLC to get her
road worthy. Runs drives but doesn't stop. Definitely needs a complete brake job. Since I can't leave
anything as is.., she will most likely get a drive train teardown and
rebuild to make her ready for her 80th birthday.
The Modal Q and the Modal U were close in design and
construction and are easily mistaken. The only basic differences
were the Motor, Bumpers, and the Wheel Caps. Another
distinguishing feature was the radiator emblem which is missing from
this car.
Update 11/5/2006.... The owner sent me a box of parts he found
lying around which included the radiator emblem. The emblem
is from the 28 production run. Model Q. For the 29 version
the emblem only said Plymouth. I am not sure when this 29 emblem
was cut into production. It would make sense for that time that
they would have used up all stock before changing. Since the Model
Q was manufactured through Jan & February of 29 along with the 29 Model
U.., I believe this helps reinforce the theory that this car was
manufactured in the first quarter of 29 rather then the second quarter
of that year. A scan of the emblem is depicted in the upper corner
of this web site's home page. The car came titled as a 28th.
Special Thanks to Tod Fitch
Plymouth: The first
Decade for help deciphering early manufacturing data.
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