<VV> The Plymouth no vair

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:57 PM 6/16/2007, Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per wrote:
>In hindsight (20-20, of course), it seems they could not have 
>expected much more than a rusted hulk, so the fact that there is 
>anything left at all is pretty good, I guess.


Whatcha wanna bet that this car gets restored?    If it was mine, I'd 
not stop until it was done and on the streets running again, no 
matter what sort of work it took.


Besides, I've always had a really soft spot for '57 Mopars, from the 
Belvedere all the way to the 300-C, gotta love those fins and the 
detailed interiors, beautiful cars.    And of course, 1957 was THE 
year for the Firepower 392 Hemi engine, likely its best year ever.

A while back I spent some time trying to get someone I knew to turn 
loose a '57 Dodge 2-dr sedan, rolling shell, at least had all the 
glass but not much else...  great start for a neo-modern street rod 
project.    No good, he wouldn't turn it loose, at least not to 
me...  but it did go to someone else a few months later.   Irked me 
just a tad...   I have most of what it would take to have put that 
old Dodge back together and make it run again... maybe not original 
stock, but "street-rodded".    Got a '69 vintage 440 Magnum (out of a 
Charger R/T) engine and a 4-sp gearbox and some interior stuff that 
would have fallen right into that old Dodge...

Oh well, after I finish the '66 Satellite project and get it 
roadworthy, maybe I can start looking around again.


>Still, it has been disappointing to see a classic come to such a 
>dreary demise.  Now I'm glad it was NOT a Fury convert.

Sheesh...   that would have blasphemy!    It's bad enough that the 
Belvedere came out as sad as it did... however that's no reason it 
can't be fixed.    Lots worse cars HAVE been fixed and came out nice.

This one is special and deserves special, treatment.   Somebody will 
fix it.


tony..