The sport - to - drive 1937 Plymouth PT-50 half - gross ton pickup truck was the most popular 1937 Plymouth motortruck . That ’s right , a Plymouth motortruck .
Plymouth , the division ofChryslerthat jump in 1928 and was shut down in 2001 , was never known for motortruck . It built trucks for such a light period – from 1935 to 1942 – and only dabbled in them again with the easy - to - leave Trail Duster front - rack - drive cable car - pickup truck in the mid 1970s .
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Most 1935 - 1942 Plymouth truck were pickup arm , though there was also a commercial-grade Sedan sedan delivery and a Westchester Suburban , which was a woody wagon rather than a truck , but was include in the commercial rail line because it used the truck shape .
Plymouth also sold a desolate hand truck anatomy , to be equipped with trunk from extraneous suppliers , accommodate payload of up to one ton . Only 158 of these chassis were sold in 1937 , priced at $ 495 ( $ 395 without the cab , though only 11 of those were built ) .
The 1937 Plymouth PT-50 half - short ton pickup , which cost $ 525 , was by far the most popular 1937 Plymouth hand truck . intimately 11,000 were built for the model twelvemonth . Standard equipment admit rubber glass all around , a excess roulette wheel nuzzle in the right front fender , and a six - human foot - long pickup box seat , about four ft wide .
Power for the 1937 Plymouth PT-50 half - ton pick-me-up came from the Plymouth L - drumhead six with 70horsepower . The three - speed flooring - mountedtransmissionhad still helical gears in second speed .
Options for the 1937 Plymouth PT-50 half - ton pickup included a rearward bumper , bumper guards , left - hand spare wheel climb ( provide two-fold sidemounts ) , right - handwindshield wiper , and chrome windscreen frame
Fenders were normally paint black , but could be grade in the body color . The sedan pitch translation be $ 140 more than the pickup , and included chrome bumpers front and rear as criterion . At that price it was not the hot marketer , account for only 3,256 units .
Collectible Pluses of the 1937 Plymouth PT-50 Half-Ton Pickup
Collectible Minuses of the 1937 Plymouth PT-50 Half-Ton Pickup
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