Hi,

I'm Risto Kivela from Finland, currently living in Chicago 
Illinois. I've been a Mopar enthusiastic for half of my
life. I was mainly intrested in muscle era Mopars (I owned
a '73 Dodge Charger in Finland), but somehow I started to
fall in love with fins a few years ago. Probably due to
me being a FINn from FINland. So I started to look around
for a '57-58 2DHT Chrysler (my favorite) but markets in Finland
were so poor so I had to come to the 'motherland' to find me
a pair of fins. After almost a year's intensive search I
located my car last fall from Richmond, VA so with a few friends
we drove there from Chicago and drove the car back to it's
new home. What a ride it was (900 miles)! 

My car is 1957 Chrysler New Yorker 2DHT with 392 hemmy.
Odometer and title shows that it has 26k miles in it
and it's almost original, except for paint, rims, air cleaner
and a few minor things like a few hoses, battery etc. Body 
and interior are almost excellent, only dashboard needs to
be changed. Somebody has messed up all the wirings so 
I'm currently rebuilding electrics. At the same time I'm also 
doing brakes, power steering pump, locks etc. minor things.

One drawback with my car is that if I want something to
be replaced it'll require some part hunting and usually 
prices are a bit different than I've used to. Well nothing
comes for free... My plan is to restore the car as far as
possible over here in States without doing 'frame-off' and
do that when I get back to Finland (yes, I'm going back, I
miss those joint/club garages that we have over there). However, 
I intend to keep the car in running condition in driving 
season 'cause that's what they are for!

Thanks and best regards,

- Risto Kivela -

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