Yes, the car is American as the only American-style Dodge sold in Canada
from 1955 to 1959 was the Custom Royal. It is in not too bad shape, really,
and if was on the west coast instead of the east coast my 1983 Imperial
would be parked on the street!
The front end clip was shared with the Canadian Dodge Crusader, Regent and
Mayfair and the U.S. Dodge Royal. The Custom Royal was similar but had
different grille bars with six "spuds". That was what Chrysler called those
"teeth" on the 1955-1958 Dodge Custom Royal front ends.
Parts for the 230-cid flathead six are still not that difficult to acquire
as Chrysler built the engine for industrial and agricultural use well into
the 1970's. The engine may not be a powerhouse, but the flathead six was
noted for its reliability and longevity. You may not be able to burn
rubber but you could cruise comfortably with decent gas mileage (given the
size of the car) and have a magnificent view of the road with that
chair-height front seat.
The Powerflite did not have a park position and the gear selector, from the
top, should be R-N-D-L. My father owned a 1955 Dodge Regent (think Plymouth
Savoy) with the 250.6-cid six and Powerflite and remember that dash lever
quite well. Always though it was rather neat and better than the column
lever on the neighours' Meteor and Monarch cars.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sealey" <mopar2ya@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '55 Coronet in Canada on eBay, #1831565464
> --- Brandie Hannon <hannonsvt@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This could be a neat project.
>
> It sure could, if it was closer I'd have to consider
> it at that reserve!
>
> The seller doesn't appear to understand this kind of
> car. Being a Coronet 4dr this one's unlikely to get
> the rod-and big-block treatment. I do think this is a
> US-market car, and therefore rare in Canada. (Bill? I
> knew "Coronet in Canada" would get your attention...)
> Usual Canadian Dodge practice during the '50s was to
> offer a topline Dodge similar to the American topline
> (Custom Royal and/or CR Lancer in '55) with a line of
> Plymouth equivalents making up the lower range of
> Canadian Dodge offerings.
>
> Didn't someone recently mention the availability of
> 230 crate motors from one of the forkilft
> manufacturers?
>
> Mike
>
> > Title of item: 1955 DODGE CORONET
> > Seller: di1958@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Starts: May-23-02 21:08:36 PDT
> > Ends: May-30-02 21:08:36 PDT
> > Price: Currently $20.00
> > To bid on the item, go to:
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1831565464
> >
> >
> > Item Description:
> > This is a 1955 Dodge Coronet in solid,all
> > original, restorable condition,but Im doubtful if
> > many would want to restore this car the way it came
> > from the factory.It is powered,and I use the term
> > loosely,by a flathead six,and puts all this terror
> > to the rear wheels through a automatic
> > transmission!
>
> -snip-
>
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