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440'S Mopar Car Of The Month for
March 2011: Chassis number 10171420 engine number
P4*64337*. The Rolling Chassis with vin number 10171420 was built in
Detroit on Tuesday December 1, 1936 and later on shipped to
carrosserie Tüscher in the Hardturmstrasse in Zürich (Swiss) for a
coach build 2 door 4 seater convertible body. The car was sold by
dealer Epper in Luzern (Lucerne, Switzerland), Both companies, Epper
and Tüscher are still in business. This 1937 Chrysler Six Deluxe has
a 3 speed gearbox with a working original Borg Warner overdrive,
additional heating and a American Bosch model 536B radio. The engine
is a 6cyl. 3299.3 cc (201,3 cid) . 82Hp (60.4 kW) @ 3600 RPM.
Length: 193.311 Inches. 4910,1
mm. Wheelbase: 112.001 Inches. 2844.8 mm.
Number of rolling Chassis Built: 1.729 Tires: 600 X 16
Battery: 6 Volt Weight: 1.605 Kg.
In the USA they called this model
Plymouth p4. In Europe they called this model Chrysler Six Deluxe. (
indication in kiliometer per hour & temperature in degrees Celsius.)
In the U.K they called this model Chrysler Kew. (60 pieces of the RHD
car assembled in the Chrysler Kew factory.) Under the hood, on the
left side you can still see the World War II confiscate number
203853.
More pictures at:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/561620068ufskMc or Barn Find in
the late 70's:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/561620148wwXImd
Bruno Costers - Vosselaar, Belgium |
