1942 Dodge/Chrysler

[Bill Kreiner]

Jordan:

If you're interested in sales data, I can email some scans to you. In addition to civilian and export sales, there is a separate listing for "war units" for 1942 in my Chrysler Canada sales document. 55 Dodge passenger-car "war units" (D20, D21, D22, and D23 models) were sold during 1942, and one in 1943. Though I'm sure a number of civilian units were impressed for military service as well. (Additional cars were exported -- presumably for military duty overseas -- during 1942-1943-1944.)

Alex:

That is indeed a Dodge sedan, and not a Chrysler. It's a Plymouth-based Dodge Kingsway. I suppose the listing calls it a Chrysler merely because it was built by the Chrysler Corp. The Chrysler brand itself did not use the Plymouth body-shell at all to make a Canadian-specific model. Dodge did. Desoto did, too, but these Diplomats were for export.