'59 Plymouth Forum

Mark,

I saved an old ad on Ebay for PW switches, he might be able to help you with the unobtainable but it has a price http://www.ebay.com/itm/181044091199?ss ... 1423.l2649

Ron

The Swedes and Norwegians have their feelers in just about every corner of North America. By the time you read Hemmings and Craigslist, you are too late. Best bet is to start compiling a list of owners and vendors and start calling them all.
Matthew Keij found an ultra-rare complete convertible top assembly, and while he seems to have gone absent from this site, his father Ron is still around. Yeah, those 4-gang switches when they come on eBay...$300-400, and they sell in minutes.
I bought my '59 partly because the 57-8s were priced out of my reach. Now the '59s are following. And everyone wants the options to put on their car.

Mark Evans wrote:John,
Do you have any Swivel Power seat set ups?
Mark

Hi Mark,
I do not have anything at this time, but will let you know if anything arrives. I do have a complete factory A/C set-up for a 318 car though.

---John

Mark,
You've said you want to be totally factory-correct with your restoration, so you probably already know that the Plymouth power-track option was 2-way only. I believe them to be exceedingly rare. The '59 Windsor 2HT donated its 6-way power track, and my car's swivels bolted right on.

Check with moparfarm.com For swivel seats. He's running an ad for a set.

ok,Ive learned, mopar farm won't part out.
I think now that if you can't beat ' em, join ' em!
There is a fellow over on FLook, who seems to have his computer search set for locating finned cars. Perhaps you can engage him in a search, for a finders fee. It will be a battle, as the Scandinavians have thoroughly infiltrated the USA. There's one Swede who took up residence in Arizona for the sole purpose of locating, collecting and shipping cars back to Sweden.
On the other hand, a convertible is just FINE without the many extra's a person can bolt on...
I should have stopped before purchasing and installing factory A/C in my convertible. I did not get a complete set-up from a donor car, so the time and money spent in sourcing the necessary drive pulleys and idler pulleys and complicated bracketry was crazy..
A/C in 1959 required some 30 HP from the engine, I've been told. (Modern a/c is much more efficient).

I have my Parts Book in hand once again, and after reviewing what I posted earlier, I am making the following changes:

1) It appears that the p/w set-up for Plymouth convertibles was also used in ALL Dodge, Desoto and Chrysler convertibles, regardless of model...be it Senior or Junior. (This opens the search door a bit for Mark!)

2) The p/w assemblies in the front doors of all '57-'59 Mopars except Imperial are the same.

3) I don't know if the quarter window tracks from other Mopars can be modified to fit the P cvt.

So, it would seem the most difficult part is those power quarter-window tracks. At one time I had the opportunity to compare cvt. quarter tracks with 2HT tracks, but it never happened.
And it is still next-to-impossible to score a set of power window switches! Keep watching eBay!

On p. 23BF-7, it shows a 6-way power seat assembly, but the Plymouth only had 2-way. I think on this site is a RossRoy or Mopar publication showing 2-way seat was for Plymouth.
Okay, I'm tired of the research stuff!
I believe the Parts Book is available for viewing on this site, for anyone who wants to (please!) check my research.

On Forwardlook. net, in the vehicles for sale section , 16th down in the list is a '59 Desoto 2HT parts car with swivel seats (non-electric)...he wants $1800 for it. Also has factory a/c, which you could re-sell....