Plymouth LbNA #15251 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | flagbearer  |
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| Plant date: | May 21, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Plymouth |
| County: | Marshall |
| State: | Indiana |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Found by: | Beeyond Beeleaf |
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| Last found: | Apr 7, 2013 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaFr |
| Last edited: | May 21, 2005 |
07/19/10 Plymouth Rolls is well and active
#2 PLYMOUTH ROLLS
"Product of Chrysler engineering and craftsmanship, Plymouth has been so named because its endurance and strength, ruggedness and freedom from limitations so accurately typify that Pilgrim band who were the first
American Colonists."
That was the official line. It sounded quite logical. The name came from the Plymouth colony of the Pilgrims who journeyed to North America on the good ship Mayflower.
And the official line was backed up with pilgrim garb supplied to each dealer with which to dress up some willing (?) employee to lead a Plymouth Parade Introducing this new low-priced car for the young Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler needed the "perfect car with the perfect name." That name was to be Plymouth." Named after Plymouth Rock, that great American symbol, right? Well, not quite.
Behind the "official line" is a story that surfaced years later. It is about what really happened behind those closed boardroom doors. "What we want," Walter P. Chrysler had said, "is a popular name, something people will recognize instantly."
In that room was Joe Frazer, later to become president of Graham Motors. "Well, boss," replied Frazer, "why not call it Plymouth? That's a good old American name." The other assembled executives looked askance the notion of their car bearing such a puritanical sounding name. Yet against his colleagues' misgivings, Joe Frazer persisted. "Ever hear of Plymouth Binder Twine?" he asked.
" Well," boomed out Chrysler, "every **** farmer in America's heard of that!" The hidden appeal wasn't wasted on this one-time Kansas farm boy. Every farmer had to have a car, and most of them at the time were driving Fords. Now here was an opening to the giant's vulnerability. "Every farmer uses Plymouth Binder Twine," he said, "let's give them a name they're familiar with!"
And so the name was Plymouth. The Mayflower ship on its radiator suggested the rock and the Pilgrims, but if it wasn't for the binder twine, there would never have been a car named Plymouth.
Clues: Enter Centennial Park from Michigan Street and cross the covered bridge. Continue past the baseball diamonds till you come to basketball courts. To your west you will see the a path that would go along the river. Walk to the end of the white fence and stop. Retrace your steps to the 2nd fence post. From the middle of the path walk 3 paces off the trail to your right and look in the tree for your 59 Plymouth.
#1 PLYMOUTH ROCKS and #3 PLYMOUTH PILGRIMS *****Missing (this will not be replaced)
#2 PLYMOUTH ROLLS
"Product of Chrysler engineering and craftsmanship, Plymouth has been so named because its endurance and strength, ruggedness and freedom from limitations so accurately typify that Pilgrim band who were the first
American Colonists."
That was the official line. It sounded quite logical. The name came from the Plymouth colony of the Pilgrims who journeyed to North America on the good ship Mayflower.
And the official line was backed up with pilgrim garb supplied to each dealer with which to dress up some willing (?) employee to lead a Plymouth Parade Introducing this new low-priced car for the young Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler needed the "perfect car with the perfect name." That name was to be Plymouth." Named after Plymouth Rock, that great American symbol, right? Well, not quite.
Behind the "official line" is a story that surfaced years later. It is about what really happened behind those closed boardroom doors. "What we want," Walter P. Chrysler had said, "is a popular name, something people will recognize instantly."
In that room was Joe Frazer, later to become president of Graham Motors. "Well, boss," replied Frazer, "why not call it Plymouth? That's a good old American name." The other assembled executives looked askance the notion of their car bearing such a puritanical sounding name. Yet against his colleagues' misgivings, Joe Frazer persisted. "Ever hear of Plymouth Binder Twine?" he asked.
" Well," boomed out Chrysler, "every **** farmer in America's heard of that!" The hidden appeal wasn't wasted on this one-time Kansas farm boy. Every farmer had to have a car, and most of them at the time were driving Fords. Now here was an opening to the giant's vulnerability. "Every farmer uses Plymouth Binder Twine," he said, "let's give them a name they're familiar with!"
And so the name was Plymouth. The Mayflower ship on its radiator suggested the rock and the Pilgrims, but if it wasn't for the binder twine, there would never have been a car named Plymouth.
Clues: Enter Centennial Park from Michigan Street and cross the covered bridge. Continue past the baseball diamonds till you come to basketball courts. To your west you will see the a path that would go along the river. Walk to the end of the white fence and stop. Retrace your steps to the 2nd fence post. From the middle of the path walk 3 paces off the trail to your right and look in the tree for your 59 Plymouth.
#1 PLYMOUTH ROCKS and #3 PLYMOUTH PILGRIMS *****Missing (this will not be replaced)