1953 Plymouth Cranbrook 4-Door Sedan review from North America

Replaced muffler, battery and tires.

The 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook 4-Door sedan was my first car.

I purchased it (used) for $895 from Lone

Star Olds-Cadillac in Dallas, Texas.

Color was Monterrey (light) Green.

Car was equipped with radio, heater, standard transmission with overdrive, white sidewall tires and full wheel covers.

I drove this car to college to finish up a term in a course I had started, and which was interrupted by service in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict.

It was a very comfortable and fairly roomy car.

My gas mileage averaged from about 28 to 30 miles per gallon on highway cruising.

I traveled from Dallas to Poughkeepsie, New York, and while there for a brief time, traded it on a 1956 Plymouth Savoy 2-Door Club Sedan with similar equipment from the Arthur L. Fried, Jr. Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in Poughkeepsie.

The total price on the 1956 Plymouth was $2583.30 with a trade-in allowance for the 1953 Plymouth of $1189.00 for a difference of $1394.30. Of course, this was in the days before "sticker prices", "dealer invoices", etc. and the price on the new car might have been inflated to make the trade-in look better.