Plymouth Cranbrook

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Plymouth
1952 Cranbrook Coupe
1952 Cranbrook Coupe
Cranbrook
Production period: 1951-1953
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Sedan , coupé , convertible , station wagon
Engines: Petrol engines :
3.6 liters
(72-75 kW)
Length: 1951: 4924 mm
1953: 4804 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 1951: 3010 mm
1953: 2896 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model Plymouth Deluxe
successor Plymouth Belvedere

The Plymouth Cranbrook was a large passenger car that Chrysler manufactured under the brand name Plymouth from 1951 to 1953 model years. The previous model, the Plymouth Deluxe , was replaced by three new vehicles for the new model year. The Cranbrook was the most luxurious model in the range, above Concord and Cambridge .

Technically, these three were almost identical to the predecessor, the biggest differences were a new front section and a new dashboard . The Cranbrook was offered as a sedan with four doors, a coupé with two doors, a convertible and a hardtop called the Cranbrook Belvedere , a coupe without a B-pillar . The only drive option was Chrysler's flat-head engine with six cylinders and a displacement of 3.6 liters.

For 1953, Plymouth's entire range of models was revised. Contrary to the taste of the times, the cars were a bit shorter and lower, with a one-piece windshield . With less chrome jewelry and a box-like look, Plymouth was known as "Plain Jane" at that time. Plymouth was also the only major manufacturer that did not yet offer power steering .

From 1953 the Cranbrook was now also available as a station wagon . The better equipped Savoy switched from the discontinued Plymouth Concord to the Cranbrook series and was now called Cranbrook Savoy . 1954 marked the end of the series, the Cranbrook was replaced by the Belvedere .

design type Displacement Bore × stroke Maximum power construction time

6 cylinder in- line engine		 217.8 cubic inches (CID)
(3569 cm³)		 3.25 × 4.375 in
(82.6 × 111.1 mm) 		97 bhp (72 kW) 1951-1952
100 bhp (75 kW) 1953

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source

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