Suburban wikipedia The Plymouth Suburban is a Plymouth station wagon [1] produced from [2] to Prior to , Plymouth had offered only a 4-door "woodie" station wagon, which was expensive not only to build, but also to buy. In , Plymouth revolutionised the US station wagon market by introducing the industry's first all-steel body station wagon, the Suburban. The Suburban for was accompanied by a four-door Special Deluxe wagon, the last of the "woodies", for those wanting something a little more traditional. Vinyl upholstery was used, as this was more hard-wearing for utilitarian use. Motive power was the Chrysler Corporation's smallest six, a The Suburban continued to with few changes other than annual styling applications including a new body in and again in New for was the Hydrive automatic transmission, which was really a manual with a torque converter that eliminated shifting between second and third, [7] sharing lubrication between engine and transmission. All-new Virgil Exner styling and a good year for all manufacturers, contributed to Plymouth's best year ever of , cars. For the Plymouth station wagons were grouped in their own separate series [9] instead of being a part of the standard range of models the Deluxe in , the Concord in , the Cambridge for and the Plaza and Belvedere in The tail lamps were larger. A new body arrived in , again by Exner. So modern was the design in comparison to the , that Plymouth's ad men proclaimed "Suddenly it's ! The Suburban was a separate model line in its own right. Separating the wagons from the other lines was done to limit confusion when ordering parts. Station wagons were growing in popularity, but never matched sedans in volume. Hence there were certain compromises made over the years by all manufacturers. Ford was known to sell Mercury wagons on the shorter Ford wheelbase, particularly in the Comet and Meteor series, and Oldsmobile , Buick and Pontiac Bonneville full size wagons all shared Chevrolet 's inch wheelbase for a time unlike the sedans and coupes on their Chrysler reversed this. This made it difficult for Plymouth to compete in price with Ford and Chevrolet , but did allow them to claim the roomiest wagon in the low-priced field. It also meant the wagons used many parts shared with Chryslers, DeSotos and Dodges, but not other Plymouths. The unique name meant Plymouth dealers were limited in liability; when a mechanic found his new torsion bar was inches too short to fit, he had no one but himself to blame for requesting a Belvedere part instead of a Sport Suburban part. Suburbans for were quite similar to those sold in '57, but with detail changes like an under-bumper grille and a V in the grille centre. The rear vision mirror was mounted on the dashboard moved off center toward the driver's side. Although based on the same body, Plymouth Suburbans featured an 'egg-crate' grille and side trim changes, while the front bumper lost its raised centre section and larger tail lamps set the s apart from the rear. Unitary construction was the song being sung of the Plymouth range. Styling changes included a flat hood from fender to fender, and more pronounced tail fins tacked on the rear. The P-L-Y-M-O-U-T-H lettering returned, along the front of the hood, and a short side flash for two-toning purposes finished just after the front wheel arches. A cid "Slant Six" replaced the old L-head six - this came from development of the new Valiant V series 'compact' cars. In , a year "most beholders would agree The Suburban series was discontinued for with the Plymouth Station Wagon models now included in the Savoy, Belvedere and Fury lines. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Old Car Brochures. Retrieved Categories : Plymouth vehicles Station wagons Cars introduced in s cars s cars s cars. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band [1] that formed in Huntington Beach , California , in and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their numerous regular performances at the Disneyland Resort , a series of lineup changes in introduced elements of funk and disco into the group's style. Since , the band has gradually returned to its ska roots, and has also recorded cover versions of songs from Disney films and television series. In , the band changed their name to Suburban Legends. Guitarist Brent Feige left the band shortly before the release of the first demo album, Origin Edition , for which they recruited guitarist Brian Klemm. The album was self-pressed and even though Brian Klemm was already in the band, Vince Walker recorded the guitar parts for the demo album. Later that year, vocalist Tim Maurer and drummer Jimmy Sullivan left the band, the latter to form the band Pinkly Smooth , and co-found the band Avenged Sevenfold. A few months later, bassist Justin Meacham left the band as well and was soon replaced by former lead vocalist Tim Maurer 's brother, Chris Maurer. Sullivan and Meacham would later perform together as members of metal band Avenged Sevenfold , under the respective pseudonyms "The Rev" and "Justin Sane". This was the band's only release with Chris Batstone on vocals, as he left the band in early In early previous vocalist Tim Maurer rejoined the band on vocals, and the band re-recorded the vocals for their EP, and re-released it independently as Suburban Legends Tim Remix. During the year, the band played close to shows at Downtown Disney. In , the band recorded and released their first actual album, Rump Shaker , followed by a year of heavy touring. At the end of the year trumpet player Vince Walker and bassist Chris Maurer left the band, the former to go to college and the latter to get married. While Maurer was replaced by Mikey Hachey , Walker wasn't replaced and the band continued with only one trumpet player. In May , trumpet player Aaron Bertram left the band to get married as well, and was replaced by Luis Beza. The band went on a pause until further notice. On November 29, , the band performed a benefit show for the Dallas Cook Memorial Fund , which was as set up in Cook's honor to donate money to the Huntington Beach High School instrumental music program. The performance also featured former members Tim Maurer , Chris Maurer and Aaron Bertram returning for one final show, and trumpet player Vince Walker permanently switching to the vocalist position. In the band recruited trombonist Phillip Inzerillo to replace Dallas Cook. On July 19, , while they were on tour and in St. Louis , Missouri , Phillip Inzerillo woke up to notice the band's tour van was on fire. The fire destroyed the front driver's side of the van. The band's tour money had also been missing from the van. It is suspected that the fire and robbery was caused by an arsonist. At the end of the year, trombonist Phillip Inzerillo left the band without official announcement, and wasn't replaced. Around this time keyboardist Dallas Kruse started performing with the band, despite never being listed as an official member. In the band released a Japan-only album, an extended version of their EP release, titled Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights , containing several new and re-recorded songs. In early July , the band started releasing videos on their YouTube account documenting progress recording new material in the studio. Later that year, the band released their first full album with Vince Walker on vocals, Infectious. The album continued the shift in style started with Dance Like Nobody's Watching , with ska being traded in for a pop-rock sound with disco and funk elements. On November 11, , the band was robbed again, while supporting Streetlight Manifesto on their Somewhere in the Between Tour. Fans were first alerted of this when Dallas Kruse posted a MySpace bulletin reading:. They are on tour in Philly and woke up to head down to the van and trailer from the hotel room and the van and trailer were stolen. Every piece of equipment and merchandise the band owns is gone. Drum sets, horns, clothing, basses, guitars, amps, etc. The value of the equipment alone is appx 40k. The value of the trailer alone is 30k. Estimated value of everything is probably close to 80k in my estimation including the van, trailer and gear. They are troopers and going to try and rent another van, rent gear and finish the tour. This is devastating. Most, if not ALL of you know just how dear and sincere these guys are and how close I am with them. My idea was to find someone with money who would be able to immediately front them an investment for gear and work out terms for the band to pay that person back. Or does someone here have connections to a car dealership? Please help! Another MySpace bulletin which was posted on November 13, said that the van was recovered in a neighborhood in Philadelphia , apparently after somebody saw the news story on the van theft and gave information of its whereabouts. When the van was recovered, it only required minor repairs. However, the contents of the van and trailer were missing. While insurance issues were still being resolved, the band apologized to the fans for any shows they missed and stated that they would be back on the road again.