Some background on the 1962 Plymouth's design is here in my post "1962 Plymouth Walkaround and Overheads." And I wrote about "Plymouth's Emergency 1963 Facelist" here.
In short, the 1962 Plymouth was given smaller proportions than its earlier styling theme models, so the result was a less-attractive version of a styling theme that itself was somewhat at odds with new, early 1960s styling on General Motors and Ford Motor Company cars. A further result was fewer sales than anticipated.
As mentioned in the second link above, Elwood Engel was brought to Chrysler as a replacement for Virgil Exner. And there was a crash facelift project intended to make the '62 design more conventional looking. That effort was limited by the basic 1962 body dimensions. Yet the facelift had to be the basis for standard size Plymouths until the scheduled redesign for the 1966 model year.
The present post shows Plymouth styling features over that four-year (1962-1965) period.
Images below are of cars listed for sale unless noted otherwise.
The redesigned 1962 starting point.
A two-door sedan sporting the major initial facelift. See the link cited above for details.
The following model year saw a restyled grille and slightly extended front fenders..
For '65 the grille was again new. Front fenders got reshaped again
The initial rear end design -- this time featuring four-door sedans.
The facelift result. Changes for 1964 and '65 were minor here.
Now for side views of hardtops. The window profile is the same as shown above for the 2-door sedans.
But for 1964, the roof was redesigned, notably with respect to the C-pillar that's narrower at the bottom than at its top. 1965 models looked essentially the same. The 1966 redesign retained the hardtop's greenhouse theme, though with different proportions.
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