Plymouth Business

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Plymouth Business Six Sedan 4 Doors (1935)
Plymouth Business Six Sedan 4 Doors (1935)
Business Six / Business
Production period: 1935-1938
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Sedan , station wagon , coupé
Engines: Petrol engines :
3.3 liters
(60–63 kW)
Length: 4684-4932 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2845-3251 mm
Empty weight : 1193-1305 kg
Previous model Plymouth Standard , Plymouth Six
successor Plymouth Roadking

The Plymouth Business (first year of construction: Plymouth Business Six ) was a large passenger car that Chrysler manufactured under the brand name Plymouth in the model years 1935 to 1938. It replaced the Six / Special Six of 1935 and from 1936 also the standard . In 1938/1939 it was replaced by the Roadking model.

Year by year

Model PJ (1935)

The PJ model - a model name for all equipment lines this year - had been completely redesigned. The wheelbase of the new X-frame was a uniform 2870 mm. The bodies were rounder than their predecessors. For the first time there was a "Commercial Sedan", a station wagon that was based on the two-door sedan, was given a wooden rear structure as cargo space and had only one seat. The doors of the vehicles were now hinged at the front instead of the back. The cars had a side-controlled in-line six-cylinder engine with 3299 cc, which made 82 bhp (60 kW) at 3600 / min.

The Business Six was the simplest version of the PJ model. By August 1935, 63,536 had been produced.

Model P1 (1936)

Plymouth Business Coupe (1936)

The new P1 model was launched with just a few stylistic changes. Two- and four-door "Traveler Sedan" models (touring sedans, with a separate trunk) were now also available for business, as was the case for the Deluxe in the previous year . The Commercial Sedan has now become a real estate car with a rear door.

Between September 1935 and August 1936, 92,526 businesses were created.

Model P3 (1937)

Again, the business was the inexpensive Plymouth series. Since the company introduced its own commercial vehicle series on a truck chassis, the Commercial Car , this year , all combination variants of the business were omitted. The Business had less chrome to offer than the top model Deluxe and was only available in black as standard. Other colors were available for an additional charge. Upon request (rarely expressed), there was also an economy engine with a lower output of 65 bhp (48 kW).

73,644 business vehicles were built in this model year.

Model P5 (1938)

Plymouth Business Touring Sedan 4 Doors (1938)

The P5 model had more voluminous, more forward-reaching front fenders and a slightly higher belt line. This made the vehicles look a bit squat, which the customers did not particularly like. In addition, there were a lot of used cars on the market, so sales of the already rather old-fashioned looking models went very badly. On request, there was a higher compression engine that delivered 86 bhp (63 kW). At the turn of the year - that is, in the middle of the model year - the business was renamed Roadking because this name did not resemble a commercial vehicle that much. In addition, the new model got front triangular windows, like the Deluxe.

74,785 of both models (Business and Roadking) were built in 1938.

source

  • Beverly R. Kimes, Henry A. Clark: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .