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31/10/2026 9:49 am
Here are a few photos of one of my recent additions. It is a 1948 Plymouth 4Dr Sedan. A seldom seen model made by Trax of Australia. The Plymouths of 1946 through 1948 were virtually identical and could usually not been told apart by the average person of the times. Differences were usually mechanical leaving the bodies the same.Since new cars were in very high demand right after the war, Chrysler Corporation decided why go to the expense of changing the design when they will sell as they are. Trax made 3 variations of this model, 2 being right hand drive both with black wall tires. I chose the left hand drive variation with white walls. Although pricey for a 1/43 resin model,I just had to have one. As a kid, I had pleasant memories of my next door neighbours brother who owned one of these in dark blue. He would be frequently seen washing and cleaning this suicide door beauty until it sparkled. Although it was about 14 years old at the time, the owner kept it in immaculate condition.
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31/10/2026 10:37 am
Thanks Ken for the writeup and pictures. There aren't many models of the 46-48 Plymouths and this one looks great.
31/10/2026 12:28 pm
It is a beauty and an especially fine replica of this post-war Plymouth. In 1946-48 you would be proud to be zipping around in this new and solid automobile. Very well represented by this Trax model.
31/10/2026 2:03 pm
Lol, here are some contemporary "Life" magazine advertisements for the the stylish and solid Plymouth from back then :
31/10/2026 3:20 pm
These were handsome automobiles. That looks like a fine model Ken. Love the color.😎
31/10/2026 3:45 pm
You sent me off on a search for Plymouth in Australia Ken. I do recall 50s cars, although not many. I could not ever recall seeing a 40s car that may still have been on the road in the late 50s, but they were around, from Claude:
Yes, the post-war Plymouth P15 (1946–48 in North America) was sold in Australia, but it was built differently from the North American car.
How they were built. A 1947 Canadian-built chassis was shipped from Windsor, Ontario, and then had a T.J. Richards body fitted in Australia. Shipping and body-building took long enough that Chrysler Australia sold that car as a 1948 model. The cars were not identical to the North American ones either. The Australian 1948 Plymouth body was based on the 1939 Chrysler body, with a higher windshield and a more slanted A-pillar and vent wing.
Who sold them. The Richards family sold their remaining stake in T.J. Richards & Sons to Chrysler Dodge Distributors Limited in 1946, and the name changed to Chrysler Dodge DeSoto Distributors Limited. That is the company behind these cars until Chrysler Corporation acquired it in 1951 and renamed it Chrysler Australia Limited. Wikipediamoparconnectionmagazine
Badge engineering. A forum contributor drawing on the Chrysler Australia literature says that Plymouth, Dodge and De Soto from 1946 to 1948 were essentially the same car apart from grille, badges and trim, with imported versions having longer front door fenders and Fluid Drive. A Plymouth-based DeSoto export model, the SP15, also carried a T.J. Richards body. p15-d24p15-d24
This one has New South Wales number plates.
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31/10/2026 6:06 pm
Oooo, I like that model.