Plymouth Owners Club

Hello, Plymouth people,

I hope its alright with the moderators to put this in here.........its a bit of a 'special circumstance', actually.

As I mentioned below, my partner of so many years, Patricia, is no longer with us, and I've had to make the decision to sell her 'pet' car.

Its a 1986 Plymouth "Reliant" "K' model sedan, which was issued to her as her 'company car', when she was newly employed by the City, in 1986, and the car was new at that time, one of a number of 'fleet sedans' bought for the various City departments.

She was the only person who used that car, and she had the vehicle shop keep it 'as new'. At the time it became 'over age' for City service, it had only 31K miles on it. (she was able, with some difficulty with the 'bean counter' bureaucrats, to justify keeping a City car with such little use, as she was in charge of the City public-safety commo system, and would have to respond to any communications problem on a 24hr 7day/wk basis)

After the car went to the City surplus auction, we bought it, and it now has just over 60K miles on it. Its the basic white 'fleet car' 4 door sedan, with 4 cyl engine,  automatic gearbox and air conditioning.

Last summer, it had a minor problem, so we sent it out to a reliable local mechanic for 'mechanical restoration', meaning that she wanted the car's mechanical and electrical systems to be completely inspected and renewed as may be needed, for 'as new' serviceable status. The mechanic, Gene Thorburn of San Jose, a very able and experienced mechanic, went completely through the car, with a great many parts which had just begun to show wear replaced with new genuine 'new old stock' parts wherever possible. We've a great long list of the work he did, including all new brake components, wheel/axle alignment, fuel and water pumps, timing-belt, new distributor, and on and on........

Gene gave us a bit of a break, as we left the car with him to be a 'fill-in' job as time was available after his higher-priority work was done.

In theory, at least, the K car should be fit for a 'full term of service'......whatever that is. Its never been hit or rusted, its paint has been carefully preserved, and it looks generally as one might expect a two or three year old car to look......not quite 'new' but very nearly so.

The bill on the mechanical work will be approx $2800.......

As a generality, the 'K' model Plymouths aren't considered very desirable, these days. A decade from now, should this car be used gently and carefully preserved as we've kept it preserved, it should be a valid 'special interest' car....... I think

I really need to sell this one, as, with Patricia gone, I have four other vehicles......my Land Rovers, to which I have a sentimental attachment myself (as well as their being my reliable everyday transport), our '54 Dodge commo truck, and my '34 Plymouth, which I expect to have running sometime this summer. The '34 will be my 'everyday use' car, once it is 'dialled-in' so to speak.

I'll basically just 'give' the '86 to anyone who would be willing to pay off the bill for its mechanical work, and would preserve it. At the moment, that $2800-ish is more than an 86 is generally considered to be worth.......but this one is a 'special case'......given gentle use, and preservation, a decade from now, it could.....at least should.....be 'worth something'. A couple of years ago, we did polish it up a bit and had it at a local show, where it did attract a bit of interest from its 'public safety commo' background.)

If anyone knows of someone who might want the little City sedan, please give me an e-mail or call



the phone no. here is 408 923 0843

cheers

Carla