Dodge Custom Royal

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Custom Royal
Production period: 1955-1959
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Sedan , coupe , convertible
Engines:
Petrol engines : 4.4–6.3 liters
(139–270 kW)
Length: 5384-5522 mm
Width: 1892 mm
Height: 1540 mm
Wheelbase : 3098 mm
Empty weight : 1578-1731 kg
Previous model Dodge Coronet
successor Dodge Polara

The Dodge Custom Royal was a large passenger car Dodge manufactured between 1955 and 1959. At that time it was Dodge's top model.

Models year after year

1955-1957

In 1955 the Meadowbrook fell away, making the Coronet the cheapest Dodge offer. The Royal was the middle range and the top model was the Custom Royal. The cars were powered by a V8 Chrysler Hemi engine with a displacement of 5211 cm³, which - depending on the carburettor equipment - made 218 to 260 bhp.

There were a number of construction variants:

  • 4-door sedan
  • 4-door hardtop sedan - the Lancer
  • 2-door hardtop coupé - also called the Lancer .
  • 2-door hardtop special model 1955/56 - the La Femme
  • 2-door convertible

1958-1959

The 1958 and 1959 models of the Custom Royal, Coronet and Royal had DeSoto chassis, but had fewer chrome trims. The engines were the 4.4 liter V8 “Red Ram” or the “Super Red Ram” with 5.3 to 5.9 liters and from 1959 also the 6.3 liter “D-500” and “Super” D-500 "available with 2 4-way carburettors.

In the 1960 model year, the Custom Royal was replaced by the Polara model.

source

  • John Gunnell (Ed.): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .