Plymouth Owners Club - Plymouth Club

I - Club PolicyThe purpose of the Club is to encourage the use, preservation and restoration of Plymouth andFargo automobiles and trucks, 25 years of age or older, particularly the AUTHENTICrestoration of these models, to provide and regulate meets, tours and exhibitions for membersvehicles, to provide high judging standards at these meets, to publish in the club magazineinformation of interest and value to the members, and to discourage any activities, ideas orphilosophies contrary to these aims.This paragraph certainly gets directly to the issue we are dealing with. We are to promote theAUTHENTIC restoration of Plymouths and Fargo vehicles. That means we need to judge thesecars against a standard of a factory shipped car. Original Plymouths did not come from thefactory with modern modifications. Changes made due to state safety requirements areacceptable, such as safety glass, seat belts and turn signals.If any vehicle has been modified in such a way as to obviously alter horse power, andcomponents to include; rear end, transmission, suspension, electrical system, sheet metal, such asa street rod, it shall be ineligible for judging. Minor changes for safety and ease of driving suchas seat belts, safety glass, radial tires and turn signals do not make a car modified and the carmay be judged. Installation of overdrive units in vehicles that did not originally offer them shallbe cause for point deductions. The car will lose points for these changes unless required by statelaws.The original model engine must be installed in the said model. For example, a PB engine in aPB model car. A non-original engine installation shall result in ZERO points for the enginecategory at all Plymouth Owners Club judged meets. If a vehicle has been modified so that ithas a non-stock engine (6 cylinder or 8 cylinder in a car that originally came with a 4 cylinder), itis considered modified.If a factory replacement engine between the years 1935 and 1949 has been installed, there will beno penalty. Factory replacement engines can be identified by the lack of a serial numberstamped on the engine number pad of the block. They can also be identified by a tag reading“For Parts Specify Model 220”. Although Chrysler did build other replacement engines, onlyreplacement coded 220 is correct for any Plymouth passenger car from 1935 through 1949,including all Plymouth PT commercial models. Vehicles equipped with a replacement engineother than the Model 220 would be judged as if an incorrect model engine were installed in thevehicle. Questionable replacement engines - those, in which the replacement engine tag ismissing or incorrect, would disqualify the vehicle for Best of Show. A missing tag should alsohave points deducted for this flaw.If a car comes with a color that was offered by another Chrysler Division in a specific year, itwill be eligible for judging and no points will be deducted if the vehicle owner providesproof, that the color was available that year. This applies to the years that special colorswere offered by Plymouth.3