The story of the 1932 Plymouth PB Sport Roadster initiate with Walter P. Chrysler who , like Charles W. Nash , see a fate about the automobile business at General Motors . Nash was build cars under his own name in 1917 , but Chrysler stopped along the way to save troubled Willys - Overland and Maxwell , so it was n’t until 1924 that Chrysler had a gondola with his name on it .
Chrysler realized that a one - make company could n’t make it in the foresightful outpouring , so despite the success of his Chryslers , he decided to bring out two new makes , the intermediate - cost DeSoto and the depleted - cost Plymouth . Dodge became usable at the same time , so the Chrysler unchanging end up with four separate marques .
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While there was some confusion about the pecking order with Dodge and DeSoto , Plymouth ’s role was clear - cut from the first on July 7 , 1928 . The new make was named by companionship sales managing director Joseph W. Frazer ( of postwar Kaiser - Frazer fame ) for Plymouth Rock , Massachusetts , but Frazer was quick to remind Chrysler that every granger in America was familiar with Plymouth Binder Twine .
Derived from the four - cylinder Chrysler Model 52 , Plymouth was priced just above Ford and Chevrolet . It was also more or less better trimmed , sport hydraulic pasture brake from day one , as well as full - pressure lubrication , aluminum metal piston , and an independent hand brake . For 1931 , " Floating office " was introduced – engine mounts line with sound prophylactic to allow the engine to " float , " keeping vibration in the passenger compartment to a minimum . Plymouth boasted that it now had " the suavity of an eight and the saving of a four . "
The 1932 Plymouth Model PB was introduced late , on April 3 , 1932 , and its production trial lasted only eight months . Innovations included Plymouth ’s first one - piece front fender , which were more rounded , and devoid standing headlamp . A three - inch - foresightful 112 - in wheelbase resulted in a more " important " look , while a HP boost from 56 to 65 provide snappier public presentation despite a 100 - pound free weight increase . All in all , the PB was fully competitory in its field .
The 10 - poser lineup , ranging in price from $ 495 to $ 785 , included no less than five open body styles : four - room access phaeton , transformable coupe and saloon , two - seater Business Roadster , and the rakish rumble - seat Sport Roadster seen here . Its owners , Harry and Virginia DeMenge , of Chula Vista , California , note that it sold unexampled for $ 595 and that only 2163 were make , and that its windshield was only 6 1/2 inches gamey at the center , so there was no need for a chop job !
Plymouth endeavor to beg the youth market ahead of time by put up a " Collegiate Special " Sport Roadster , which for $ 40 extra the manufactory would paint in the buyer ’s school color . The runabout is seen here in the colour for Mankato State University , the Minnesota schoolhouse Virginia attended .
The 1932 was notable because it was the last of the four - piston chamber Plymouths ( until modern times ) – and the finest of them all .
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