Art's 1956 Plymouth Belvedere 4 Door Hardtop With Power Seat, Steering, & Brakes 45k Miles

[@david-wilkerson1967]

Makes you want to take a trip to the drive-in theater, I can smell the buttered popcorn, and hear the echo coming from the speaker on a wire , back when there was no wireless devices to distract us from enjoying each other’s company,

[@tonyscarcare5657]

We still have a drive in pretty close. No original type speakers, of course.

[@ffelton]

My mom bought me a blue/white 56 Plymouth Dinky diecast model in 1960. I loved that toy and it made me a 55/6 Plymouth fan from an early age. Unfortunately, my toy Plymouth ‘disappeared’ a week or so after receiving it. Likely stolen by one of my neighborhood cronies. Gorgeous car and listening to Art is a treat.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Dang! Kids were even rotten back then! Yep, Art is a great guy.

[@TheDejael]

Beautiful Exner design! Wonderful Forward Look car! Exner designed the Powerflite push-button pod at left of the steering wheel. It was placed there so no passenger could interfere with the operation of the car. They modified the pod to a simpler design for 1957-58, and then in 1959 the push-buttons were integrated into the instrument cluster. Love this top-of-the-line Belvedere! The color was often called coral pink by others. These sold for about $3,000. new, fully loaded with options. This one is exceptionally clean, all original, and a nice daily driver. Love the taillfins design! They were smaller on the first Exner Plymouth for 1955, and it was a nice evolution of the tailfins design from 1955 to 1960.

[@charlesb7019]

My folks bought a two door 56 Belvedere in yellow and white brand new in 1956. My mom loved that car so much that she learned to drive just so she could drive it!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

That's awesome! Thank you very much for watching!

[@rightlanehog3151]

Tony, Please extend our gratitude to Art for generously sharing his treasures with us. 😁

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Oh, I certainly will! Thank you for watching, and stay tuned.

[@rightlanehog3151]

@@tonyscarcare5657 😉

[@leightonfarms4962]

Amen

[@RMINTZELL]

Tony, would you please ask Art if I could come and spend a few days with him? I would love to hear his life stories.

[@jeffsmith846]

The four door hardtop has got to be the most rare of any body style. The rear window glass is an engineering marvel.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

So true!

[@DSP1968]

That is one sweet Plymouth! Love that interior. And Briar Rose and White is a wonderful combination.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It sure is!

[@dlvh007]

Love the Virgil Exner era Chrysler cars! Beautiful.

[@NYWF]

Beautiful!! It is amazing that Plymouth was the bottom line of the Imperial-Chrysler-DeSoto-Dodge-Plymouth hierarchy, yet the interior is upscale enough to nearly rival the 1956 Imperial. It also amazes me that this 1956 Plymouth has electric wipers, yet over at Ford Motor Company, the hsnd-built 1956 Continental Matk II, which was priced at $10,000.00 had the lowly and majorly flawed vacuum wipers! I can't wait to see more of Art's collrction!! Thanks Tony!!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

You're welcome. Thank you very much for watching!

[@franknew9001]

Art mentioned that the 1956 Plymouth had very similar tail fins that are on the 1957 Chevrolets. He is correct. I wonder if Harley Earl and General Motors "borrowed" this design. I know that some of the 1950's cars had a unusual way for the rear windows to go up and down, but I have never seen a two piece rear window like this car. Tony, thanks for showing us Art's beautiful Plymouth Belvedere.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

You're welcome, and thank you! We need to lube up those rear windows and demonstrate them again.

[@kipbrown1549]

Yea Chevy copied the fins and light design !!!!!!

[@billolsen4360]

@@kipbrown1549 But Chevy's thefts didn't turn out looking as good as Plymouth's

[@mallymal5670]

My grandfather left me one identical to this one. It's wrapped up and tucked in the garage.

[@billolsen4360]

Hope you take her out for exercise at least once a year.

[@michaelhicks9735]

What a great-looking car. These more obscure models and colors are a joy to behold in this condition. Thanks for the video, Tony.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

You're welcome. Thank you as always, Michael!

[@Playamendoza1987]

There is nothing like watching and old car in its original condition. I went back to my childhood years. You got a new subscriber.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you so much! I'll keep trying to find interesting cars, trucks, and repairs for you all. I love all the bringing back memories comments.

[@jeffneis553]

This guy must be in heaven I know I would be with all these cars.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

He even still has his father's and his grandfather's last vehicles. Stay tuned!

[@jeffneis553]

I hope he has children that can enjoy all of these beautiful cars that he has.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

3 daughters.....and grandchildren.

[@billymcmanus9642]

What a beautiful car collection. That's when cars were like pieces of art work & meant to last unlike today's junk

[@tonyscarcare5657]

That's so true.

[@spenser5719]

Just like all of Art’s cars, this one is just as beautiful. I am partial to Chrysler products and all of Art’s Chrysler products are gorgeous. I particularly love the looks of a 4 door coupe (B pillar-less) vs sedan. It made a car look so much more sleek, though in a roll-over not as safe as a sedan. Thank you for documenting Art’s treasures and thank you to Art for keeping these Americana works of art (no pun intended) pure. Ps: my collection are Barracudas. My Grandpas’ 1966 Formula S; my restored (by me) 1965 with 273; and the next one which is my lifelong goal, and negotiating the purchase of, a 1967 fastback Formula S 383 one owner, numbers matching.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you so much for commenting and sharing some of your stories with us. Congratulations on some pretty special cars yourself.

[@issyparrish]

Tony, thanks for this video. I never knew how the rear windows on these ‘56 4 door Belvedere hardtops worked. This is the first video I’ve seen showing how the mechanism worked. Continue the great content and THANKS.

[@issyparrish]

The brochures from this year always showed this model with the windows down

[@tonyscarcare5657]

You're welcome, and thank you for watching. Yeah, we need to lube those up and video them again.

[@RS-yu4lb]

This is so rare !

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It sure is.

[@matrox]

Up until the late 50s the Plymouth mascot emblem was the Mayflower ship. In 56' they integrated the ship into the 2 toned body side molding showing the profile of a ship. Pretty cool how they discreetly did that.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I did not know that!

[@NYCBluesTRio]

The lake pipes really give it a custom look.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Totally 50s! 🙂

[@dave1956]

Cool to see one. Here in southeastern Wisconsin they were rusted out hulks by 1962. My parents had a 1955 Belvedere 2 door hardtop and their best friends had a 1956 Savoy 2 door sedan, both red and white.

[@jaimelopezaraiza175]

Whst a nice guy . His collection is awesome

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yes, sir! He's one of a kind!

[@Jimbo-in-Thailand]

Another great video Tony! Love the 2-tone white/pastel color schemes so popular in the 1950s. Seems like Detroit managed to tweak the shades a little bit and make them brand new every year. And these days car colors are so 'exciting' with such wild offerings of plain white, plain black, dull industrial gray, or silver. Yeah, there's still a few blue or red ones out there, but green, beige, brown? Hmmm... before you wrap it up with Art you should talk him into doing one more video showing how he keeps these lovely cars looking so new. I wonder what cleaners, waxes and polishes, etc., as well as techniques, that he uses that obviously work so well to preserve these beauties.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you so much for watching. We did mention in one of the videos that he uses Dry Wash & Guard polish. I will be back over there this afternoon. Once we are done with all of them, I think we'll do a recap answering some questions and clarifying some of the other comments.

[@jamesfox2579]

Beauuutiful Car!💕

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you, and Art, thanks you.

[@mikeinidaho5703]

Thanks for the great video. My first car was a 1955 Plymouth Belvedere two door sedan. I had so much fun growing up with that car. THANKS!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

You're welcome! Thank you very much for watching!

[@MH-fb5kr]

Still beautiful, powerful and solid… just like today ..

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yep!

[@leightonfarms4962]

Another gem for sure!!

[@keithoneil6711]

Very beautiful amazing perfect looking car thanks friend good morning

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you!

[@cjdesign5700]

That's a beauty rarely seen

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yep, no one saved those cars.

[@sisamarketing5204]

Beautiful Plymouth Savoy

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you. This one is a Belvedere. Top of the line.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

​@@tonyscarcare5657bottom of the line was Plaza

[@chrisjeffries2322]

May I would suggest a little silicone spray on that sliding quarter window.

[@rickylmoe4018]

Beautiful car. The old good and plenty candy look.💖

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It sure is. Thank you!

[@joeseeking3572]

Nice car - you don't often see a 4dr hardtop; they weren't collectible as quickly as the 2dr ht and convertibles but I think they have a distinctive charm. Wonderful color coordination - Mopar fabric patterns were so eblematicof late 50's - could be on your I Love Lucy couch. There's a 56 Chrysler near me with the same window mechanism - Chrysler didn't have time (or probably money) to redesign the doors for the glass drop required and so came up with a one year scissor solution. I'd ditch the lake pipes and the Olds (?) flippers, but I get the memories. Loved the little trunk lip roll, a nice styling touch. The dash symetry not so much, control switches in front of the passenger - let me get those wipers for you Bob.... [Oh, that helmeted Dodge eblem denoted the 'Lancer', though Dodge emblem and naming convention can get rather confusing in the mid-late 50's ]

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Wow.....thanks for all of your input! It is a neat car, but yeah, the dash layout is different.

[@danielulz1640]

​@@tonyscarcare5657beautifully symmetrical, but not very ergonomic.

[@williamadam3888]

Art, that's a sharp '56 Plymouth. Like the Lancer wheel covers. Remember all the fifties cars. Also liked the Oldsmobile flipper wheel covers.

[@earllutz2663]

I like it. It sure is different, in a lot of ways.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It sure is!

[@juanlebronortiz]

Beautiful Vehicle 😍

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you very much!

[@shadboy]

N I CE !!!!!!!!!!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you, and Art, thanks you!

[@MarshallJohnson-b8k]

Beautiful car

[@gilbertwashburn7095]

Your Belvedere is wonderful what an awesome car I love the colors super cool nowadays all these new cars are just junk I owned a lot of cars in my life but never one like that that's awesome have a great dayMy dad used to say if it ain't got a metal bumper it in a real car

[@31847448]

Watch very carefully ! Unique rear passenger door windows

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yep!

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Cool as can be!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Sure isn't something you'll see every day.

[@ravenfeather7087]

My first car was a 54 Plymouth Savoy, 4-door sedan. Two tone blue. He put about 100 K miles on it and I took it over and ran it until the body melted away. Three speed with overdrive. That old tub got about 21mpg and was super dependable.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yeah its pretty clear that they were very good cars.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

Flathead straight 6

[@1575murray]

There aren't many of these cars still in existence. Most of them rusted out or otherwise wore out decades ago. Not many opted for power seats on Plymouth or even the more expensive Dodge. However the Belvedere provided good competition for its contemporaries from Ford and GM. i didn't know that Plymouth offered a 4 door hardtop in 1956. My late mother once owned a 1956 Savoy 4 door sedan and it didn't have the unusual rear door window arrangement that this car has. I think the windows even cranked all the way down.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

It was currently a nice-looking car.

[@chrisjeffries2322]

I knew I was right. lol. Thank you.

[@bentnickel7487]

Fender skirts, foam dice, lake pipes and power bench seat. The most remarkable thing is his hair !!!!!! What's his secret?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Lol! I don't know.

[@ArtTrost]

Thank you

[@avalawler5883]

Nice car!!!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

@@avalawler5883 yes really neat!

[@jerrycallender7604]

...and there's a 1958 Impala next door.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

That is his car, too. We covered all of them. Go to my channel and click on videos to see them all. Please subscribe to my channel. Here is a link to the 58 Chevy video. 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXrUh2Brq7eAq8Usi=80JM70UZiptCesyX

[@softekguy1]

WOW

[@tonyscarcare5657]

He sure has some neat stuff! 👌

[@Jstme303]

@@tonyscarcare5657 he seems like he gets out and use them plenty too.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

@Jstme303 yep, he always has.

[@mbgrocott7115]

Very unique dash. Never seen a layout like what this car has. If you drive it like you say, not in winter too?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

No, it isn't driven when there is salt on the roads. We have to use common sense around here in the rust belt.

[@kipbrown1549]

I would love to have that car ///////////////

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yeah, it sure seems dependable.

[@eugenepiurkowski5439]

My uncle in Springfield, MA had one of these brand new. I wonder if this is it?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I don't remember where Art said he got it. He did travel for it.

[@billolsen4360]

Do the rear-door quarter windows swing out?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

No, I believe we show how those work in this video or another one of Art's videos.

[@TOWNCARBUBBA87]

Mopar Performance 👍

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Yes, sir!

[@mikebracht9261]

How many cars in total does Art have?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I believe at least 10.

[@mikebracht9261]

@@tonyscarcare5657 Art is a true perfectionist, I can just tell by watching your videos. And it appears he has maybe several areas on his property with cars, and all in like mint condition. He must be a wealthy man. It would be amazing to be able to own all those choice cars. More power to him. Thanks for showing us all. Great video's.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

@@mikebracht9261 lol. I wouldn't say he's wealthy. He bought most of these cars one at a time in the 70s and 80s when you could buy them extremely reasonably priced.

[@anthonym.cardali1875]

@@tonyscarcare5657 Thanks for doing this series. Art is very knowledgable, and his cars are beautiful. What a nice man. Many more miles to him.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

@@anthonym.cardali1875 you're welcome, and thank you!

[@speakn0ev022]

weren't these still 6 volt?

[@tonyscarcare5657]

I'll have to ask Art. I'll be back over there to do more videos and recap some of these questions.

[@williamkim3929]

Nice.

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Thank you!

[@Irishfan]

Nice car, I would like a different size color and ge5 rid of the cat and fuzzy dice.

[@ulfgunnarsson901]

Top of the line 1956 was fury not belvedere

[@bobtis]

I'd like to know where this lady stored this car. It had to be a climate controled situation

[@tonyscarcare5657]

One would think so.

[@tonycolca2241]

The quality on these cars was criminal chrome plated pot metal. Really a shame.

[@FIREBIRDC9]

Apart from the Modifications , his car is identical to mine! I've got a 1956 Plymouth Belvedere Sports Sedan , Briar Rose over Eggshell white. Even has the same upholstery! Hello from the UK!

[@tonyscarcare5657]

Oh wow! That's awesome!