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Saw this on-line this morning...I did not know this fact/tidbit

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/rese...0cb66692&ei=21

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Yep, Plymouth used it also.

Smitty

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And interestingly enough, it became a wagon post war. Shown is a 1950 Plymouth Suburban and a 1955 Plymouth Suburban. Depending on the year they were offered in 2 door wagons, 4 door wagons, and some versions were woodies.

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GMC used the Suburban name for their Suburban Carrier pickups as well (similar to Chevy Cameo pickups)
https://www.gm.com/heritage/collecti...uburban-pickup

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Those folks at the GM Heritage Center do some nice work!

This commercial (if you can call it that) makes me tear up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8vU528ogtc

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:agree:

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I wonder if it was any easier to come up with $675.00 in 1936 than it is $66,495.00 today?

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Funny you mention that as I do know a fellow that has or did have a 51 Plymouth Wagon with a Hemi in it, first year of the Hemi. I think they called it a "Fire Power" back then, he restored over about 20 years.

He was the owner of a Lawn Mower Shop, and I happened to be in my 40 Ford coming back from a rod run when I swung in to get a belt for my zero-turn mower. He came out and looked at my car, we talked, then he said, "follow me" and took me in the back to his pride and joy. I spent 45 minutes to an hour looking, admiring and learning.
Beautiful Car but no pics.

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Packard, too. [In 1941]

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I believe the article is somewhat inaccurate as I believe it is the longest continuously manufactured vehicle model in the world, not just America. There are numerous articles on the web stating that but no one has refuted it or provided information on a longer lived model.

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I did not know that. I almost bought a Plymouth Burb a few years back.

Smitty

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Still a fuzzy fact. I scanned Wikipedia -- first for Studebaker, BC I thought I saw something about one. No go, so I tried Packard. What came up was a car collection, [Larz Anderson Auto Museum] in Brookline, Mass. In the article was a list of cars that were no longer in the collection. Among them it listed a 1941 Packard Suburban. The collection was later pared down to nothing later than 1926. [Earliest was a 1899 Winton Phaeton.]
No pix, no more links to a '41 Packy Sub. So I googled it and got color pix of some nice looking Hemmimgs-type 1941 Packard station wagons, 8-Door tour busses, limos and hearses. A few very cool Woodies, but nothing badged Suburban.
Could have once been a catch-all word for any station wagon-like vehicle. [Like ''Band-Aid'' for any self-adhesive wound covering.]
But if I owned a 1941 Packard 120 Woody Wagon with a flathead L8, I would tell people it was a '41 Packard Suburban.
:chevy:

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Same here. ;)

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That would have been pretty cool! Was just reading that the earliest Chrysler Hemi was only 276 cubes. Dodge and DeSoto (and I assume Plymouth) jumped in with variations of the design.

I have a friend with what I think is a 331 in a Ford roadster. It was under construction when this photo was taken.

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Those "Elephant Motors" didn't leave a whole lot of extra room.:lol:

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The first Chrysler hemi was 331 cubes and called the Firepower as were the 354 and 392 cube versions up to 1958. Dodge had the Red Ram hemi and De Soto had the Firedome hemi. Both were smaller cube and overall size engines than the Chrysler. Plymouth never had a first gen iron hemi. They used the Polysphere V8. I had a 47 Ford coupe that I put a 56 dual quad hemi out of a Chrysler 300 in. Owned that car for 21 years.

Tom

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My parents had two '57 Dodges, one red and white, one orange (coral?) and white. The red one had a "Red Ram" or "Super Red Ram) 325(?) with an AFB and some sort of aftermarket cam. I was about 11 (1962), so don't remember all the details. I do remember being in that red and white car and going really fast. We were going to an uncle's house, and he told my uncle all about breaking the speedometer on the way there. No seat belts. I'd've never driven like that with one of my children in the car, though I certainly did beforehand. Different times, for certain.