Somebody is in for a big surprise if they buy this based on the seller's description:
How could someone who claims to be in the collector-car business get it so wrong? The ad copy says it has a hemispherical head engine, which it does not. No hemi-head engine was available in a 1960 Plymouth...or any other 1960 Chrysler Corporation car, for that matter.
Further, the ad copy says it has a 325 HP 361 engine, which was not a hemi. In fact, the 361 was not even a polyspherical-head engine, as is the engine in the car, and there was no such thing as a 325 HP 361. The 361 was available in 305 and 310 HP versions. The only way you could get 325 HP in a 1960 Plymouth was to order the 383 engine.
But worse than all that, the car only has a 318 engine in it, not even a 361 or 383! The highest HP it could have as a 318 would have been the 260 HP Super Pack with 4-bbl carb...and looking as closely at the engine as we can with the air cleaner in place, it looks like it might even be the 2bbl carb version of the 318!
And what's with the Goodyear Raised White Letter Polyglas tires? In 1960, it would several years before RWL tires in 60 and 70-series profiles would be introduced.
Man, talk about a forthcoming lawsuit if someone makes a print copy of the seller's claims and then buys the car. Ridiculous on so many accounts. I worry about the accuracy of automobile history when I see things like this; what will happen when everyone who actually cares about historical accuracy is gone? Sheesh. BP
How could someone who claims to be in the collector-car business get it so wrong? The ad copy says it has a hemispherical head engine, which it does not. No hemi-head engine was available in a 1960 Plymouth...or any other 1960 Chrysler Corporation car, for that matter.
Further, the ad copy says it has a 325 HP 361 engine, which was not a hemi. In fact, the 361 was not even a polyspherical-head engine, as is the engine in the car, and there was no such thing as a 325 HP 361. The 361 was available in 305 and 310 HP versions. The only way you could get 325 HP in a 1960 Plymouth was to order the 383 engine.
But worse than all that, the car only has a 318 engine in it, not even a 361 or 383! The highest HP it could have as a 318 would have been the 260 HP Super Pack with 4-bbl carb...and looking as closely at the engine as we can with the air cleaner in place, it looks like it might even be the 2bbl carb version of the 318!
And what's with the Goodyear Raised White Letter Polyglas tires? In 1960, it would several years before RWL tires in 60 and 70-series profiles would be introduced.
Man, talk about a forthcoming lawsuit if someone makes a print copy of the seller's claims and then buys the car. Ridiculous on so many accounts. I worry about the accuracy of automobile history when I see things like this; what will happen when everyone who actually cares about historical accuracy is gone? Sheesh. BP
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