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Chrysler
Plymouth's bigger and more
powerful 1855 model cars VIII also
5e displayed By Brown r. ThaW-
icy Milford Delaware, beginning
Wednesday, November 18th.
The 1855 Plymouths are entirely
new. both il styling and engineer
ing detail They are lower, longer
and wider than previous Plymouth
ears.
They are the most powerful cars
plymouth ever built The 1855 en-
glnes are q 117-hOrsepower Power
tloW six, 157-horsepOwer Hy-
ere YES and 167-horsepOwer Hy-
Fire VS. The latter engine also IS
available with a four-barrel car
buretOr and special manifold
which increases its horsepower to
Plymouth Offers as optional
equipment a fun range Of autOma-
nc and power assist devices. They
include POWerFlite fully automatic
no clutch transmission, a new de-
sign cOaXial full-time power steer
ing. power brakes, pOWeT-operated
front seat adjustments. power
operated window regulators. and
adjustable speed electric wind
shield WipeFs. Air conditioning by
Airtemp also is available as spec
ial equipment.
The 1865 line IS made up of 70
models, including for the first time
four-door versions Of the Plymouth
Suburban, the all steel body sta
ton Wagon" type car which ply
mouth pioneered in 1949.
Styling By Exner
PlymOuth's 1855 styling is the
creation Of a design team headed
by Virgil NJ Exner. director Of
styling. Ii is based on the premise.
EXner says, that styling must first
be conceived as a unity. Ornamen-
tation is then used to accentuate
existing highlights rather than to
create new ones.
Among the distinctive features
Of PlymOuths new styling are
low silhouette, slimness and sleek
ness Of body lines, deeply recessed
head lights and tail lights, and an
overall appearance of forward mo-
ton.
Plymouth fOur-dOOr sedans are
l0.2 inches longer than their pre-
decessOrs. They are II inches low
er. Front seats are 30 inches wider
and rear seats SO inches wider.
A new Full-View wrap-around
windshield, with swept back corner
posts, at top and bottom, has is
per cent more glass area. IT is con-
toured 70 eliminate distortion and
to give the driver maximum vision
at eye level.
The new models have push but
ton door handles. They operate
with new rotary latch which
maintains the automatic self
Tightening characteristics Of Ply
mouth doors.
The fuel filler pipe has been
moved from the rear to the right
side Of the car. with an attractive
hinged door on the right rear panel. /
The filler pipe occupies unused
space behind the spare tire. The
trunk compartment has 1913 cubic
feet Of useful space and the trunk
compartment lid has an entirely
new torsion bar hinge mechanism
which provides more head clear
ance and a more evenly balanced /
deck lid.
COlOrs And Fabrics
The color styling and fabrics Of
1855 models are new. They also are
trend-setting, in the confident be-
lief Of Plymouth designers who
made use Of new methods of analyz-
ing color preferences and cycles
of color popularity. The IA new
exterior cOlors in the new models. /
for example, were chosen in a ser
ies Of eliminatiOns which started I
with so different cOlOrs.
All Plymouth cars, including the
lowest priced. are cOlOr-styled I
throughout Two-tOne body color 4
combinations are standard on Bel
vedere models.