Welcome to Colleen’s Corner. This is a column meant for fun and some information About myself: I am a Freelance Photographer you often see me on the side of the road or in various places taking photos of different things animals, birds, places, people etc. l have lived in Lumby over 8 years you have seen my photos in the newspaper (Lumby Valley Times) and once in awhile in the Vernon Morning Star, and the Lumby Art Gallery. Photography is my passion. Disclaimer: The information on some of my photos that I write about a lot of times come from the Internet or books I research them, hopefully the facts are as close to the truth as I can come.
I am not sure about you, but I just can’t help but stop and admire the classic cars, On our travels we came across this beauty, a 1934 Plymouth 4 door 5 window coupe. It instantly caught my eye so of course I took some pictures. Bright and shiny red, hard to miss. The owner had told me that it had been passed down in his family, and how much he and family including his wife loved the car, it will be going to one of his kids when he dies. It had started production in the later parts of 1933 to be ready for the 1934 sales. When this coupe came out on the market it surpassed the sales of the 1933 models. The newer cars in 1934 had front suspension, a steel body, and hydraulic brakes.
Plymouth was rolling out cars including the coupe very quickly, at the end of January 1934 there were 1,500 cars in production. In July of the same year the 1934 models had passed the year before production of all the cars and by August 8 1934 one million cars had left the assembly lines. What a huge celebration this was. By the end of the year there were 320,171 in 1934 Plymouths that were built. Once the first one million car was built, it was taken to Chicago where it was on display at the Century of Progress Exposition.
A lady from Turlock California by the name of Ethel Miller who had bought the first Plymouth that had been built wanted to buy the one millionth car that was on display. She got hold of Walter Chrysler who was the owner of Plymouth cars and asked if she could buy the car, of course the answer was yes. Mrs. Ethel Miller drove to Chicago in her 1928 coupe and picked up her beautiful new shiny 1934 sedan coupe which was a 4 door. Once Mrs. Miller took possession of her brand new car, her stunning 1928 coupe in excellent condition was now put on display at the Century of Progress Exposition. Mrs. Miller was so thrilled with her new car she asked that the 2nd millionth car could be hers as well. Six years later the 2nd millionth car was ready in 1937! How impressive is that? In the car industry back then that was pretty great, it was 9 years before Chevrolet made their first million, and 12 years for Henry Ford.
Nowadays there can be about 1,500 cars per day that leaves an efficient assembly line.
