My '28 is HE402S.  According to Jim's  research, it was the  4525th Plymouth built.  As of February 1, 1989, it was fourth on the list of oldest surviving Plymouths.

Well that's a 25K CDN buzzkill isn't it??? :'(

Quote from: Plymouths on September 19, 2010, 05:25:47 PM
A short story in Bulletin #277 in 2006 by Jim Benjaminson told of a Model Q being found in Alberta Canada with the Fedco plate number GP-028-L which would make it just the #287th Plymouth ever built ,U.S. or Canada. Since then no older Model Q has shown up and the earliest the Club knows of is #714.
 It was sold last month at auction in Wainright for $25000 CDN. and was bought by a druggist from Windsor Ont. where the car was built by Chrysler Canada.
 He has it there now and is trying to decide whether to repair it or restore it. It's in pretty tough condition but it does run. You can see photos of it if you Google 'the world's oldest Plymouth' or any words like that. The next Bulletin will have a story on it to bring the Club up to date on it.  

Actually, the Canadian 1929 Plymouth Q with serial number GP-028-L would be the 287th CANADIAN Plymouth built.  The Canadian serial numbers do not not include American production, and American serial numbers do not include Canadian production.

Considering that Canadian production was less than 10% of American production, #287 would be the equivalent of #28700 in the U.S.  Thus American #714 (#71 at Canadian production rates) would have been built before the Canadian #277.   #714 was undoubtedly built during the first week of production. 

Did some digging - 60,772 model Qs were built in the U.S. and 5,828 in Canada.   Production began on June 11, 1928, and ended the first week of January, 1929 - a total of about seven months or 31 weeks.  This works out to 1,944 cars a week in Detroit and 188 in Windsor.  Thus #714 was built in the first week of production while the Canadian #287 was in the second week.
l
Toronto, ON

RobertKB is right. They are only orignal once. Get out and drive your old Plymouth. Mine is not perfect but it is a head turner. When I participate in car shows and the judges come by, " I say no thanks". I find judging a joke since the judge is going to vote for the kind of car they like, no matter how nice your car looks or it's origanality.
I have had my 55 Plymouth judged in the past. The only time I won, was for oldest car in the show and one time at a Ford sponsered show. I will admit that judge was honest. He went back and forth between me and another car. I think the other car was a Dodge. My class usually includes Fords and Chevy's.
So get out there and drive your car. Show your car. It is your pride and joy, share a part of automotive history with others.

here is a good link to a lot of pictures:

http://www.allpar.com/cars/plymouth/oldest.html

Make it a driveable survivor and otherwise let it be. They are only original once. I plan on making a driveable survivor out of my Plymouth based Canadian Dodge D21. Motor turns but I have not had it running. If I can get it to run, I will do the brakes and check the steering and then, hopefully, hit the road.

I drive all my Plymouths.  None of them are 100 point cars, but they have character from the miles of smiles!

I agree with Elmo & Bob Drown. Cars were made to be driven. I'm doing the same thing today that I was doing with my first car ('47 Plymouth) in high school; the only difference is that I'm 50 years older now.

Pat O'Connor

i would also leave it be , but! i,m a person that does not think any car should be put in a museum , they were built to drive . if i had it i would do whats needed to make it safe to drive , and what ever was needed to help preserve it , and i would also drive it occassionaly , as a point of interest where i live in New Zealand there is a guy thay owns a 1925 dodge , apart from what was needed to make it reliable , there has not been much work done on it , it comes out about two to three times a year , it looks rough,  tough  what ever you want to call it but it still purrs like a kitten

Leave it be

To spend that much money on a car in rough condition I would think that he will either restore it or do some minor repairs, clean it up, and leave it as is. ?  After all, you can?t get much more original then that.  What would your vote be?  Restore or leave it be ?

Chet...

A short story in Bulletin #277 in 2006 by Jim Benjaminson told of a Model Q being found in Alberta Canada with the Fedco plate number GP-028-L which would make it just the #287th Plymouth ever built ,U.S. or Canada. Since then no older Model Q has shown up and the earliest the Club knows of is #714.
  It was sold last month at auction in Wainright for $25000 CDN. and was bought by a druggist from Windsor Ont. where the car was built by Chrysler Canada.
  He has it there now and is trying to decide whether to repair it or restore it. It's in pretty tough condition but it does run. You can see photos of it if you Google 'the world's oldest Plymouth' or any words like that. The next Bulletin will have a story on it to bring the Club up to date on it.