Hello and thanks for checking out my 1941 Plymouth PT-125 pickup page.

This was the first PT cruiser.

This is a very rare truck, there were only 6037 made for 1941. Plymouth stopped production because of World War II. My dad has owned this truck since the early 80's and prior to that it was my uncles and he had it as far back as the early 60. The original owner gave this truck to my uncle just for watering his lawn while he was on vacation. Pretty cool.
The truck has only been repainted once. The original color is orange with black finders and my uncle painted it a chocolate brown in the arly 70's. Hopefully by next year I will be able to start it's restoration. It's all pending the completion of my 69 Camaro. My plan is to restore it back to almost original. The color will be that sunburst orange with black fenders and it will have the chasy powdercoated and and all new body mounts. They are current wood for the cab to the frame.
Well stay tooned to see the restoration begin.

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This picture was taken in the early 80's when my dad was driving it to and from work.

And this is what it looks like currently. I polished a section of the tailgate and amazingly it would look pretty nice with a good wax job.

Here is a little history leason about the 41 Plymouth PT-125 1/2 ton Pickup.

When Plymouth began production of its PT-125 Commercial Car series of light duty pickup trucks on September 18, 1940, the world was in a turmoil. Many nations were at war and vicious battles were being fought on many parts of the globe. These actions would soon escolate and embroil America, but the pert litlle Plymouth pickup would receive a fatal blow from the fallout even before the U.S made a Declaration of War on December 8, 1941.
The '41 Plymouth 1/2-ton pickup retailed for $625.00 Although much like the 1939-40 model, it sported reshuffled chrome around the grille, wider-spaced headlights, nameplates moved to the side of the hood, and cowl parking lamps. Its L-head six was tweaked to yield 87 horsepoer, up 10 percent from 1940.
Plymouth boasted that its 1939-41 pickup came with a "Big roomy 3-man cab" with "oversize dimensions." The dash, although spartan by today's standards, nonetheless included four gauges and an 80-mph spedometer.
Inspite of the many changes, the wheelbase of the 1939-41 Plymouth pickup continued at 116 inches; overall length cam in at a compact 182 inches. It's "massive truck-type frame" boasted six inch deep side channesl with two-inch flanges. Leaf springs made of Amola steel, which Plymouth claimed to be "much stronger and longer-lived than ordinary spring steel,: measured 39 inches lon up front and 52 inches at the rear. And as on every Plymouth since 1928, the pickup used hydraulic brakes. Plymouth boasted that the brake tubing could withstand 15 times the pressure of normal use. Standard tire size was 6.000 x 16, although 18- and 20-inch sizes were optional.
The 201.3-cubic-inch L-head six delevered 70 horsepower at 3000 rpm. It had a bore and stroke of 3 1/8 by 4 3/8 inches, a 6.7:1 compression ratio, and was fed by a one-barrel carburetor. The engines best feature was probably that its 145 lbs/ft torque came in at a low 1200 rpm, which was particularly helpful for slogging around at low speeds with heavy loads. The three-speed manual transmission could be upgraded to an optional four-speed for $17.50 (in 1941) if desired.

With the beginning of the 1940 model year. Plymouth field only a passenger car-based utility sedan, and built only 80 units at that. Thus 1941 marked the end of Plymouth's presence in the picup truck market-none emerged after the war ended (although Plymouth dealers sold mitsubishi-built Arrow pickup fron 1979-82 and Dodge Rampage-based Scamp pickup in 1983).
Not many prewar Plymouth commercial cars still exist, but the ones that are is an excelent example of the pickups that Plymouth marketed from 1939 -41: serious, hard-working, no-nonsense, "let's-get-the-job-done" trucks.

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Below are some other trucks that I found on the internet.....

This is a picture of a truck that looks alot like mine did originally. This is my vision, but my orange will be like the Tangerine color on the Dodge Daytona pickup and Charger.

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Page 1 = The begining
Page 2 = Picture of another truck approximately the same year.
Page 3 = Pic before restoration
Page 4 = The restoration of the bench seat.
Page 5 = BOttom seat is done.
Page 6 = Update as of 4/23/07- Wheels, hubcaps
Page 7 = Pictures of the 1940 engine I bought on 4/29/07