Les Chrysler CORONADO, nom utilisé à partir de 1960, sont des limousines (8 places) sur base PLYMOUTH. Ces modèles n'ont jamais existé aux USA, la seule limo disponible étant la "Crown Imperial". Il semble que les Coronado étaient fabriquées en Belgique (la Plymouth étant envoyée en CKD, "completly knock down" ou en pièces détachées..) et étaient destinées à différentes ambassades d'Europe. Il est étonnant de rencontrer une forte disparité de "face avant", certaines à base de Dodge, d'autres à base de DeSoto mais la plupart conserve la calandre Plymouth ! N'hésitez pas à m'envoyer des photos (jpg) de vos Coronados..

PLYMOUTH 1958 8 pass. limo
owner : ? in Portugal

The owner and his wife at right.	the rear wheelcover is not original

This car was used as taxicab in the early '90s (date of pics)...

PLYMOUTH 1958 8 pass.
used as a "rolling advertising" in South France

PLYMOUTH 1962 Coronado (8 pass. limo !)
V8 318 CI

owner : Alain Pillas (France)

DODGE 1959 "limo" (Chrysler Coronado ?) 6 cyl. with shaved fins

owner: M. Kabbouri (Belgium)

Sorry for the poor quality of the pic below but the thumbnails are better ..

What do you think of "the rear" ?	It's a limo ! But from which car come the additional seats ? And the rear quarter window ?		It's a '59 Dodge (Plodge ?) !	Plymouth dash (w/o automatic trans, power windows or seats..)

About this car, reply of Mike Sealey:

Objet: Re: [FWDLK] '59 Dodge (Plodge) Coronado ?
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:21:12 -0700
De: Mike Sealey <mopar2ya@
A: L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU

I seem to recall the Belgian royal family shaving thefins on a '59 Plymouth limo they had. Wonder if there's a connection?

Jim Benjaminson sent me a copy of a brochure for a '59 DeSoto Diplomat limo. (It appears from some of his info that the Coronado name wasn't used until '60, and it also appears likely from the text that these cars were sold under the Chrysler name despite their obvious Plymouth heritage.) The interior shots appear to be the very same photos used in the '58 Plymouth 8-passenger brochure, and there is a 3/4-view rear illustration that appears to have the '59 Dodge front fender unchanged !... It appears that like the Kingsway Lancer and Diplomat Adventurer convertible ad pics, these were at least meant to be changed for each make, but someone missed this shot!
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Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA.   '57 Plymouth Sport Suburban '64 Chrysler 300-K 2dr Hardtop

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