'59 Plymouth Forum

Custom built for William H Reyer (my dad). I saw the car in Montgomery Co, MD in 90. I had only seen pictures of it until I saw the big beautiful fully restored car in the parking lot of a local swimming pool. All the chrome was actually gold, it had the plaid interior dad spoke so highly of. When I approached it, I noticed it had the gold plate on the dash with my dad's name on it. At the time, I just wish I could have gotten a ride in it.

My dad special ordered it in 59 and sold it in 60. When I tried to talk to the owner and told him it was my dads old car, he just said, "that's nice" and walked away. (I was just a high school punk back then). But I am curious if it is still around. If anyone knows the where abouts or the owner, I would like to talk to them.

Sorry, for some reason I posted that as a guest.

Tom, I wish I knew! What color was the car? Perhaps we could make some inquiries to the local Plymouth Owner's Club...

Dan

You know, the new owner's behavior seems odd to me; I want to know everything about the family that used to own my car! I correspond with them frequently now...

Dan

It was red convertible with gold trim, red and white plaid interior, fireball 8 hemi and a 4 speed.

Tom, I was only 3 in 1959, but I don't think 1959 Plymouths came out of the factory with 4 speed transmissions, Fireball hemi's and gold chrome. They did come with glovebox-mounted plaques stating "made especially for...".

i was not born yet, but as far as i know, there were no hemi's in '59 plymouths. i guess u could get 4 forward gears if u got the standard 3 speed and the optional overdrive. i think i might have just stepped in something, anyone else with the same feeling? --jeremy

Pop said it was a stick, I assumed a 4 speed, I guess I am probably wrong. I wasn't born until 70 and pop pasted away 2 years ago, so I can't ask him. But he was very sure and spoke highly of the hemi motor. He ordered it that way and raced it at Aquasco Speedway. I saw the car in 90. It had been restored and the chrome was gold, it had the plaid interior but I never got to look under the hood because the new owner blew me off and would not talk to me. My dad actually approached the new owner a different time and the guy would not talk to him either. The new owner owned/owns a bunch of swimming pools in the Montgomery Co, MD area.


Tom Reyer

Just wondering - maybe if a guy ordered a '59 back then, a dealer or ??? could put a hemi in it and maybe the trim was plated gold in a later restoration.

the way I was "understanding" it, from reading the posts, it sounded like the car had gold accents from new..didnt his dad only own it one year?

Yes, he ordered it with the gold accents, new. Is there a possibility it was a 58? I could have swore he said 59.

your best bet would be to find a photo of it.
In 1958, the Fury came from the factory with gold accents.
Anything is possible, Tom, although asking the factory to turn out a one-of-a-kind 1959 Gold-tone Sport Fury seems unlikely.

for fun, check out 59plymouth.net---click on Forums and then "Tom Fox". This is the closest thing to a gold 59 P;ymouth I've seen. No gold bumpers, though. Could your Dad's car have been a Desoto Adventurer? They had more gold "effects"..

It was absolutely a sport fury, the year, I am uncertain of, but not the car.

Tom Reyer wrote:It was absolutely a sport fury, the year, I am uncertain of, but not the car.

In that case it must have been a 1959, there was no Sport Fury in 1958. The top of the line in 1958 was the Fury and the Sport Fury was introduced in 1959.

Ron Keij