1931 Plymouth
(Engineering Code PA)

1932 Plymouth Thrift
(Engineering Code PA)

Unless otherwise noted, price, engine numbers and body type production data is from [Bowman 1988a] and [Burton 2001]. Specifications are from [Chrysler 1975] and serial numbers are from [Chrysler 1973]. Production dates are from [benj 2007]. Weights are from [Kimes 1996]. Paint information is from [Burton 2001]. Various notes and descriptions are based largely on [Simpson 2001].

Production and serial numbers
Specifications
Highlights and commentary
Identifying Trim
Four Door Deluxe Sedan
Four Door Sedan
Business Coupe
Two Door Sedan
Rumble Seat Coupe
Sports Roadster
Business Roadster
Phaeton
Convertible Coupe
Four Door Sedan (Thrift Model)
Two Door Sedan (Thrift Model)
Taxicab
Chassis

Production

Model Name	Production		Plant	Serial Number		Engine Number
	Begin	End		Begin	End	Begin	End
4	June 1, 1931	July 13, 1932	Detroit	1,570,301	1,667,963	PA1001	PA107093
			Windsor	9,305,401	9,307,933
4 (Special Deluxe)			Detroit	1,668,000	1,668,001
4 (Thrift, 1st series)	January 1, 1932	September 23, 1932	Detroit	1,669,001	1,669,644
4 (Thrift, 2nd series)			Detroit	1,670,001	1,574,250

Specifications

Wheel base	Num Cylinders	Bore and Stroke	Cu. In.	Compression	BHP	Torque
109-3/8	4	3-5/8 x 4-3/4	196.1	4.9	56 @ 2800	130 @ 1600

For download speed reasons, Detailed Specifications and Standards of Adjustment are found on a separate page.

Paint Codes

See note about paint and trim.

Code	Body	Fenders & Sheet Metal	Stripe	Wheels

Trim Codes

See note about paint and trim.

Code	Description

Highlights

This is the first full redesign of the Plymouth since its introduction with the model Q.

Floating Power engine mounts make their debut. The transmission now has free wheeling and the spark advance is now automatically controlled by manifold vacuum.

After the introduction of the PB models, the a few of the PA body styles were continued with a less expensive trim package as the “thrift” line.

[Simpson 2001] states that the first PA Thrift series were only available in black and were all equipped with wood wheels. The PA and second series PA Thrift cars were equipped with wire wheels.

Identifying Trim

Radiator Cap	Hubcap (Thrift wood wheels)	Tail light

Four Door Deluxe Sedan

Price	Number Built	Weight
$690	4,385	2795

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
?	?	?

Four Door Sedan

Price	Number Built	Weight
$635	49,465	2730

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Crown Maroon	Black	Vermillion or Ivory
Valencia Green No. 3	Valencia Green No. 3	Green
Byron Blue	Black	Silver-straw or Ivory

Photograph copyright Luc Parijs, used with permission.

Business Coupe

Price	Number Built	Weight
$565	12,097	2600

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Black	Black	Ivory
Marquette Blue	Marquette Blue	Ivory
Templar Blue	Black	Ivory

Two Door Sedan

Price	Number Built	Weight
$575	23,038	2650

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Packard Blue	Black	Gold Bronze
Pine Ridge Green No. 3	Pine Ridge Green No. 3	Straw

Two door sedan owned by Allan Kopaska. Photograph copyright Jim Benjaminson, used with permission.

Rumble Seat Coupe

Price	Number Built	Weight
$610	9,696	2645

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Bambee Green No. 4	Bambee Green	Silver
Thorn Brown	Thorn Brown	Vermillion
Crown Maroon	Black	Vermillion
Gulfweed Green No. 2	Evergreen	Green or Tan
Evergreen	Gulfweed Green No. 2	Evergreen
Gettysburg Blue Dark	Ching Blue	Gettysburg Blue Dark

Photographs copyright Kirk Arrington, used with permission and in memory of R. V. Arrington, Olympia, Washington.

Sports Roadster

Price	Number Built	Weight
$595	2,680	2470

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Granada Jade Gray	Black	Vermillion
Valencia Green No. 1	Valencia Green No. 1	Green
March Bloodstone Red	Black	Vermillion
Crown Maroon	Black	Casino Red-Vermillion
Briarcliff Beige	Bonaventure Green	Straw
Spruce Green No. 3	Spruce Green No. 3	Casino Red
Cresende Green	Italian Green	Green
Dustproof Gray Light	Columbia River Obsidian Blue	Carmine
Hanover Gray	Mt. Desert Gray	Green
Sahara Sand	Desert Sand	?

Business Roadster

Price	Number Built	Weight
$535	2,000	2440

[Bowman 1988a] and [Burton 2001] show production total to be 2000. [Kimes 1996] Shows production total to be 200.

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Templar Blue	Black	Ivory
Trooper Tan	Shawnee Beige	Tan

Phaeton

Price	Number Built	Weight
$595	528	2545

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Boone Brown	Ravenswood Brown	Ivory
Granada Jade Gray	Black	Vermillion
Cloud Gray	Grebe Gray	Ivory
Imperial Champagne	Boone Brown	Medium Brown
Lockhaven Gray	Black	Straw
State Maroon	Black	?

Convertible Coupe

Price	Number Built	Weight
$645	2,783	2615

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Cigarette	Black	Ivory
Gulfweend Green No. 2	Gulfweend Green No. 2	Gold Bronze
Marquette Blue	Black	Ivory
Salamanca Blue	Seagate Blue	Ivory
Auto Gray Deep	Auto Gray Deep	Blue
Black	Black	?
Bonaventure Green	Fenimore Green	?
Fenimore Green	Bonaventure Green	?

Photograph copyright Jim Benjaminson, used with permission.

Photographs copyright Paul Curtis, used with permission.

Thrift Four Door Sedan

Price	Number Built	Weight
$575	*	2655

[Burton 2001] Lists a total of 4894 for both thrift versions.

Body	Fenders & Beads & Mouldings	Stripe
Copra Drab	Nassau Tan	Copra Tan
Black	Black	Ivory
Black	Byron Blue	Black
Black	Black	Black
Evergreen	Gulfweed Green No. 2	Evergreen
Deluxe Maroon Dark	Deluxe Maroon Light	Deluxe Maroon Dark
Thorn Brown	Havermill Brown	Thorn Brown

Thrift Two Door Sedan

Price	Number Built	Weight
$495 [Kimes 1996]	*	2690