Front end was way out of whack, so it couldn't be towed safely.
In cold weather was hard to start.
This car was a "cream puff".
It was my first car and was owned a little old lady who had to stop driving.
Her deceased husband waxed and polished it every week.
The seat covers were wool, and without air conditioning in San Antonio, proved to be a little too much for my wife, so we bought a 1971 Monte Carlo with air.
When I discharged from the Air Force, I wanted to keep the car and bought a tow bar, disconnected the drive shaft, and attempted to tow the car, but the front end was too far out of alignment to tow it safely, so I had to sell it in an hour to someone who had been bugging me for 4 years to sell it to him. He was offering $800 then, but when I HAD to sell it he only offered only $75. (I bought it for $150.)
"The seat covers were wool, and without air conditioning in San Antonio"
- That makes me shudder!
There is a '51 Cranbrook for sale in Dutchtown, Mo. I don't know much about it, a friend told me about it this evening.
My first car! I paid $100.00 for it in 1961, and it had 100,000 miles on the clock when I got it. I drove it mostly around D.C. and Northern Va., except for several long trips to New Haven and New York, and one over night trip to Maine. Knew enough to add oil, but hardly ever changed it. Did almost no maintenance on it, and it never let me down.
It looked like hell, and the back seat was destroyed by eager firemen when somebody chucked a cigarette in the back and started a smoldering fire. It filled up with beer cans. Amazingly, my girl friends loved it.
30,000 miles later, I lent it to my best friend, and the crank broke in half. Damn. Well, if you don't change the oil...
Ahh basic oil change always saves the day.
I have a 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook for sale, does anyone have any idea how much this car might be worth?
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