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28/09/2025 10:18 pm
This is the next post in my Brooklin in Illinois series. It features the 1955 Plymouth Belvedere convertible and sport coupe in Pompano Peach and Black (BRK 241x), which is the BCC 2023 Club Model. It has several display options: top-down convertible, top-up convertible, and hardtop. There are also a set of skirts, which can be attached. The first photo shows the model as a top-down convertible. The second and third photos show the model as a hardtop. The background photos show the Chicago skyline at three different times from approximately the same location. I took the first photo in 1961 using a very simple camera. I took the second photo in 2011 and the third photo in 2025 on a very foggy day. For those of you interested in photography, the 1961 picture was originally taken as a slide. It was kept in a box for over 40 years before I had it scanned.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
28/09/2025 10:43 pm
Clever two for one work by Brooklin. I have done that with some of my custom items.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
28/09/2025 10:49 pm
And a few more 1955 Plymouths and earliers.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
Topic starter
28/09/2025 11:07 pm
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
29/09/2025 12:21 am
29/09/2025 12:59 am
Correct, Harvey, but I swapped out the cab for a Brooklin 1953 Dodge COE to go with the Mopar theme.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
29/09/2025 3:24 pm
Ed, that is a beautiful Brooklin model and Plymouth automobile ! It is in a superb color scheme here, too.
I remember when the Prudential Building, near the lakefront and Grant Park, was the tallest skyscraper in Chicago, with it's own observation deck !
Karl Schnelle and Ed Davis reacted
30/09/2025 12:58 am
The only other model Brooklin ever did close to the accuracy and detail of this one is the NBC 1940 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe.
Ed Davis reacted
30/09/2025 8:11 am
Ed, I display mine with the hardtop and fender skirts. It looks great next to the convertible top down and without skirts.
Ed Davis reacted
Topic starter
30/09/2025 9:30 am
@bob-jackman Good idea. Is the second one also the BCC club model?
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA