Posted 2019-08-05 12:18 PM (#585663 - in reply to #585659) Subject: RE: 1957 Dodge Custom Royal 4 Door Hardtop - Ebay
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Coronet_Jeff - 2019-08-05 7:31 AM
Not Mine. Says D500 on the deck lid, but the motor is a poly. It does have Power windows!
Might have been a D500 went it left the factory but the 325 hemi is certainly missing now. It does seem to have a 5 button shifter = Torqueflite. I think the side trim = Spring Special (??)
Here are some photos from the eBay auction plus a couple of other 57 Dodge D500 data plates to compare. This one's is red. Doesn't seem to have the 491 code that the others do. It has a couple of 58 Dodge taillight bezels so maybe the D500 badge was an add-on at some point (with out the engine) (??)
Edit: Found an old post by LD3_Greg who suggested that a 372 code = D500 (the red tag has nothing under 37 = not at a D500)
Posted 2019-08-05 1:24 PM (#585666 - in reply to #585663) Subject: RE: 1957 Dodge Custom Royal 4 Door Hardtop - Ebay
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Maybe the lack of 372 means nothing related to the D500ness of the car. (IBM card info does not equal body plate info for reasons not clear to me - seems insane )
As for the Spring trim, maybe it's just normal 4dr Custom Royal hardtop trim (?)