'58 Plymouth Commercial

The pushbutton tanny sold me on this car

¡¡¡¡Christine!!!! A beautiful Car

Got 1 of those!

I DESERATLY WANT A 57 OR 58 COUPE.

me too they are beautifull cars.

They weren't always the most reliable design, but I suspect most of these gorgeous cars rusted away before tranny problems became an issue

That's a shame. These were such beautiful cars. Thanks for the response.

Having said that yesterday I've since read a couple of sites saying the push button transmission was very reliable... depends who you ask I guess! I'm pretty sure they did often rust out though.

I recall Chrysler had a major rust problem back in the late 1950s and/or the early 1960s. I guess they were ahead of the other automakers in one more way ;) Anyone recall what years where the worst? Have relatives who had a DeSoto (bought new). Nice car, then it seemed like EVERYTHING went wrong with it, one thing right after another. They sure had personality back then, but lacked modern day reliability.

One of the Naderite complaints was;Detroit seemed to make cars that lasted between 5 and 10 years.Long enough for the original buyer to pay it off and trade it in AND the second buyer to get it payed off.Average 8-9 years.