Neil, are there any statistics on the two-tone combinations on '57 Dodges?
Back in the day, most every one around here was two-toned like the one in
Bill's pix.
In the Aug, '93 Collectable Automobile article, "1957-59 Dodge: The Sexy
Swept-Wings," 9 out of 11 cars pictured had the roof/fins/lower-bodyside
two-toning.
That same article says that a little over 5% of all '57 Dodges were D-500's,
17,762 cars. That doesn't seem to hit the "rare" category.
There were, according to the same source, 13,619 Coronet Lancer hardtop
sedans in '57, 8,824 Royals and 12,068 Custom Royals.
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66
Plymouth, '41 Dodge
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From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] WHATZIT WORTH?
It's a Custom Coro in a very unusual (surviving)
paint scheme, in a very rare (surviving) body style, and a D500
(originally), and is structurally sound, and relatively complete..
That's the good news.
No engine/trans; needs everything, to some extent, to be done to it.
Is the headliner, (and visors) intact?
Without the original engine (D500's do show up
on occasion): no more than $1,250.00 , as-is.
Good/interesting project, but it'll take years to complete, if you can
maintain the motivation and financing to complete it.
At about a grand, you could protect the remains from further degradation
and probably turn a profit on it, a couple years from now.
If you are not equiped to restore the car diligently, or to dry-store
it, then the seller probably wants your money more than you
need that car.
PowerFlites were rarely offered with D500's, but, as the D500 was an
engine option, only,
a customer could have ordered a P/F with a D500----never seen one,
though.
Neil Vedder
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