'59 Plymouth Forum

was wondering if any one new were to get a door second and third back on pasinger side for a 59 suburban wagon its a exairport shuttle its a 6 door and is 32 foot long i have some pics of car if needed[/img]

give some pics to john-aka "bigm", he has a few suburbans, non like urs, but maybe parts will interchange.--jeremy

Here's the pix from "wheily" (a bit small, trying to get larger ones) -- and some additional info about the car:

From: MOPARMUDDER@aol.com
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 7:52 AM
To: dan@59plymouth.net
Subject: rare 59

i dont have a way to put pics on here but i can give the history of my 59 suburban it was bought and shipped to alaska then repoed and then sold to my grandfather who drove it from washington to cali then it sat for about 25 years now and needs a lot of work to make road worthy it was used as a airport shuttle and i forgot to mention it is a 12 passenger wagon and if measured its 32 foot from bumper to bumper and might i add its nice to find people that dont deny that plymouth made a suburban and if you know of any places to find parts and or know what parts interchange mostly brakes would help me out to thanks for your time

The center doors appear to be specifically for this model, they could be extremely tough to find and you may need to do some metal fabrication to save the ones that you have. It would definitely be worth the work, as there can't even be a handful of these around. ---John

i second that!

These airport limos were made by various manufacturers, I suppose, but I find it hard to believe that any coachbuilder would make custom doors. When I view the photos, I see a front door, a long panel, then a rear door. Arent these simply wagons with an extra section welded in?
I repeat a story I told a few years ago...there was a fellow in California who put out a small monthly publication called the GoldStar Classified. It may have first been called the Pentastar Classified. This guy wanted an airport limo in the worst way..he was going to use it for promoting his newsetter..and wrote that he knew the whereabouts of two. I dont recall if he ever actually got ahold of one..but he died suddenly, and that was the end of that.

once again the fingers work faster than the brain..I see now the passenger side has four doors, and they look to be "custom".
Whatever it takes, save that vehicle!

Atwater, california..Now I need to wrack my brain as there is/was a guy in your genral neighborhood with several 59 Plymouths..of course locating him would be a waste of time as the doors you need are custom-made and totally unique. You need to find a custom sheetmetal man.
Would you be interested in selling your vehicle?
Roger
roger.d.howard@comcast.net

thanks for the help since the frontend is a little damaged i might rip my truck apart to fik up the car howes a 59 limo/wagon 440 4x4 sound and then i might start using it as a moterhome