1936 Plymouth Deluxe

1936 Plymouth P1 business Coupe Mr. Donaldson is Vice President and superintendent of McGuire & Rolfe, Inc., Washington D.C. 'Detours, tornup streets, I drive 'em every day! In 25 years, I've built 150,000 miles of street and roads. I've been driving a Plymouth since they were introduced, this is my fifth, because Plymouth always give s me comfort and trouble free service. If I had to pick the one quality in a Plymouth which I like best, I believe I'd say the comfort, and smoothness of Floating Power. From a 1936 print ad showing Mr. Donaldson and his business coupe. For consignment, a 1936 Plymouth P1 business coupe showing 19,634 miles, but the true miles are unknown. This street rod version of the business man's special has been owned by our consignor since 2006 who did some restoration and reworked the 350ci V8 and added lots of other custom touches. It was the cover car of Cruise News Magazine in May 2019.    Exterior Our owner didn't change the color when he bought it; it was one of those things that attracted him to it. It's yellow, as you can see and if you look close, you'll note some light pinstripe flourishes on the front fenders and a yellow etch-style painting of a unicorn on the quarter windows. The frenched tail lights flanking the big business end of the car are a great touch and there's also some ghost pinstriping and graphics back here. We've got 14-inch wheels in front and 15's in back and they're polished American Racing Torque Thrust wheels carrying staggered height and width tires that create a slightly raked profile while a wide, rubber topped running board runs between them. Imperfections include some scratches, blistering down low, touched up chips, a crack in the rear fender near the seam, and a few spots of uneven filler.   Interior Diamond stitched brown cloth dresses the inner doors and this velour like covering is used on the split bench seat with ornamental buttons added and it's in great shape. Brown is also employed on the Lecarra steering wheel which fronts a custom mirror like stainless dashboard with brass rimmed vintage style gauges. This shine continues across the dash, taking in knobs and an AM/FM/CD radio and below it all, chocolate brown carpet and a Lokar shifter perched on the transmission tunnel. Brown also lines the ceiling and a mulit-mode P.A. panel is zip tied to the windshield header, sounds like fun! The characteristically huge trunk is finished in the same brown materials, velour on the walls and carpet on the floor and presents cleanly.  Drivetrain The engine is exposed due to lack of engine covers, but pivoting the hood helps reveal its full shine, a chromed 350ci V8 that's reflected perfectly in the mirrored fire wall, and it's topped by dual Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetors, chrome air filter cover, chrome valve covers.  Behind it, a 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission sending power to a 10 bolt axle.   Undercarriage Some chrome and yellow dress up the underside where we find dual exhaust flowing from headers and meeting some Dynomax mufflers before being sent out back through chrome tips. Power brakes are on board as front disc and rear drum and suspension consists of coil springs front and leaf springs rear. There's also some underside lighting added.  Drive-Ability The soft interior provides a pleasant perch to pilot this yellow rod and allows plenty of the sweet exhaust note to penetrate the interior as we roll this beauty onto the test loop where it tracks straight, provides more than adequate power, and handles nicely. All of the functions available work as intended however, we note the driver's door handle needs to be pushed in while cranking the driver's window in order for it to move. While Classic Auto Mall represents that these functions were working at the time of our test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions will be working at the time of your purchase.  here are plenty of Ford and Chevrolet street rods, but here's a P