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1959 Plymouth Suburban

Like their sedan and convertible counterparts, Plymouth station wagons featured quad headlights and soaring fins. The growing station wagon market prompted Plymouth to offer three different versions for 1959; a four-door with seating for nine, a four-door that sat six, and the attractively priced two-door. To minimize construction costs, the two-door version sported sliding windows for rear-seat passengers instead of those that rolled up and down by means of a hand crank. Like most other wagons of the day, the Plymouth Suburban was available with a roof rack to enhance its already large load-carrying capacity.

The station wagons (Deluxe and Custom Wagons) within the Savoy and Belvedere Series came standard with an L-head inline six-cylinder engine displacing 230.2 cubic-inches. It had four main bearings, solid valve lifters, a Carter one-barrel carburetor, and delivered 132 horsepower at 3,600 RPM. The 317.6 CID V8 had overhead valves, a cast-iron block, solid valve lifters, and five main bearings. With the Carter two-barrel carburetor, the engine offered 230 horsepower at 4,400 RPM. With the four-barrel setup, horsepower rose to 260 horsepower. The 'Golden Commando' 395 V8 produced 305 horsepower and 395 pound-feet of torque. A three-speed manual transmission was standard, and overdrive and TorqueFlite automatic were optional. A PowerFlite automatic transmission was optional on all engines except the Golden Commando V8.

All Suburbans rested on a 122-inch wheelbase platform, compared to 118-inches for the passenger cars, and had a length of 213.4-inches.

The two-door Deluxe Suburban had a factory base price of $2,575 and the four-door version listed for $2,640. The Custom Suburban (aligned with the Belvedere), was offered with two- and four-door configurations with seating for 6- or 9-passengers on the four-door. The four-door, six-passenger version listed for $2,760 with six-cylinder power and $2,880 with the V8. The 9-passenger, four-door version and the two-door was only offered with the V8, with prices of $2,990 and $2,815 respectively.

The Sport Suburban (aligned with the Fury) listed for $3,020 for the 6-passenger four-door suburban and $3,130 for the 9-passenger version. The combined Sport Suburban production reached 19,773 units, combined Custom Suburban production was 53,869 units, and combined Deluxe Suburban production was 50,160 units. The total 120,802 units accounted for approximately 26-percent of Plymouths total 1959 production.

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1959 Suburban
$3,135-$22,750
1959 Plymouth Suburban Price Range: $2,570 - $3,135

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