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Letters
From From
Australia
I AM MARK ANDERSON from
Adelaide, South Australia. I
have been put in contact with
you by Trever Feehan in
Darwin, Australia. I own a
1929 Dodge truck that is the
same as Trever’s (BULLETINs
298, p. 54, and 300, p. 17).
My inquiry is whether you
might have any contacts for
parts and literature (i.e., parts
and workshop manuals) in
Canada or any information
on these trucks with the
Plymouth four motor.
Mark. Anderson
Adelaide, South Australia
markanderson8@bigpond.com
I REFERRED Mark to the book
Dodge Trucks (Crestline) by
POC member Don Bunn. On
pages 42-43 and 46-47, Don
refers to the 1929 and 1930
Merchants Express half-ton
which was powered by the 175
cubic inch, 45-horsepower
Plymouth four-cylinder engine.
The model was available in
pickup, screen side, panel and
chassis forms. Anyone who has
further information is encouraged
to contact Mark. --ed.
From From
Ireland Ireland
COULD YOU HELP ME find
an article in a past PLYMOUTH
BULLETIN? It is the following
reference: 150-
Historical-Plymouth in
Ireland. I am interested as I
Road Runner
FINALLY! A new Road
Runner cartoon. This is the
first one done with computer
graphics.
It’s only three minutes,
but it's three minutes of
fun!
www.wimp.com/looneytoons
Jim Benjaminson
Walhalla, North Dakota
own an Irish-assembled
right-hand-drive 1959
Belvedere limousine.
Kevin Herron
Dublin, Ireland
kevinherron@eircom.net
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A PHOTOCOPY of the “Plymouths
in Ireland” article was sent to
Kevin by Nick DeSimone to
whom Kevin’s email had been
addressed. One copy of Issue
150 (Jan-Feb. 1985) remains in
P15 club coupe hits “speed limit”
the club store inventory. Anyone
with further information on, or
interest in, the ‘59 Plymouth
limo, please contact Kevin
Herron. –ed.
IN LIGHT OF Jim Benjamin’s “Speed Limits” column in BULLETIN 306 and Nicholas Essinger’s
response in Issue 307, Norm Pennie of Vancouver, British Columbia, sent this picture of a P15
wreck, dated February 1947. Its caption reads:
COLLAPSED COUPE
At midnight on Jan. 21 Eugene Freeman, a 39-year-old bartender at the Oak Tavern
in London, Ohio, washed the last beer glass, finished work and started to drive to
Springfield, 25 miles away. Less than a mile outside of town Freeman’s car hit a
patch of ice on the highway and went into a skid. Out of control, it careened across
the frozen shoulder of the road and finally came to a shuttering stop against a young
walnut tree. Freeman, who broke several ribs and cut his legs and face, is recovering.
But his Deluxe coupé never will.
METHINKS that he (Eugene Freeman) did more than “slip a little bit” on the patch of ice and
that he did contact more than a young sapling! And, if all he got were some broken ribs and
cuts, he was a bit more than lucky! And, they say that he recovered? Well, most people
would feel that there was nothing left to salvage, but I believe that I would take that wreck
right now and be able to recover quite a few pieces… right?
Nicholas Essinger
Troy, Ohio