Plymouth-A Pioneer In The Path!

Don't long for Plymouth,actually crave for it! Only a true nut would appreciate a car that is cold, drafty, noisy, leaks water--or is so darn much fun to drive. If you have ever owned one you know the thrill of motoring down the highway with the top down, the wind whistling around yours ears, with the sun shining brightly down on the top of your head. There is nothing like the feel of open air motoring.
Convertibles are a special breed all to themselves. They are like no other automobile. If you have never owned one you will not know the thrill of the musty moisture smell the car acquires from sitting in the sun with the top down, a smell you only notice when the car has been sitting with the top up. If you have never owned a convertible you will not know the thrill of the noises that come into the car as you drive down the road. The studio soundproof quietness of an enclosed car is just not there: the sound of a diesel trunk sitting at your back bumper keeps you nervously glancing in the rear view mirror to make certain he is not really in your back seat. Nor will you know the joy of going to the movies and leaving the car with the top down--only to come out two hours later to discover it has been pouring rain for an hour and a half! Or the sudden increase of words to your vocabulary when a sudden rain storm comes up - and the top won't! And there is absolutely no thrill in the world to match that of lumping onto a hot leather seat while wearing your golf shorts. Ah yes--there is nothing like the thrills of owning a convertible. It is probably for these reasons that the convertible is no longer with us--but personally I would not be without one ragtop.
Chrysler Corporation's last convertible (until the 1980s) was in 1971. The big Plymouth convertible had died in 1970 but the Barracuda convertible continued until 1971.
Plymouth's first open cars began with production in June of 1928. The first Plymouth roadster sold for $670 but after about a month's production the car was equipped with a rumble seat and the price was increased to $675. The rumble seat would be included on at least one of every open model until 1939. In addition to the roadster a 5 passenger phaeton was offered at a price of $695. It was the only Plymouth to feature a two piece windshield.