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Location: bishop, ca | Piece of cake: In no particular order, your car was "scheduled" to have been built o.o.a. 3/5/57---have you checked up/
behind the glove box, to see if the Broadcast Sheet is still masking-taped there--be careful in reaching/looking there, and
in removing it, if/when you find it.
You also can unbolt the front seat from the body, and carefully look on the floor pans, underneath the OEM rubber floor
mats (if they're still there), as B. Sheets have been found there, where they were folded into 'thirds' and tossed onto the
floor pan by a Line Supervisor, after he had, apparently, confirmed that a car's body was built and painted in conformance
with the B.Sheet that accompanied the body, down the line.
Ok, the rest of the story: your car has the standard Coronet interior, in gold/black colors, with the standard black rubber floor
mat---no carpeting---UNLESS the B.Sheet happens to confirm the existence of that 'carpet' option, but optional-carpeting
on a Coro is very rare, as the Coros were the entry level Dodge model.
There may be a lot of options that are not confirmed on the P/T plate, but which ARE confirmed on the B. Sheet, and on the
factory's IBM Build Card, a copy of which you SHOULD buy, per the directions on the 'Sticky' message, posted at the top of
this message board.
IIRC, from your car's photos, I think that its got a 2-tone steering wheel, and a padded dash--these two options' existence are
not individually confirmed on a '57(!) P/T plate.
Your car is coded for being a 57 Coro 2-dr HT model; non D500 option.
Your car could have the "Power Package" option; the 4-bbl carb with dual exhausts; that option is confirmed
only on the B.Sheet and/or on the IBM build card copy. From your two photos, we can't see the engine
compartment or the exhaust pipe situation.
It has optional undercoating, TorqueFlite transmission, NO (optional-item-only) radio--a lot of cars back then did not have the
optional-only radio be installed---but, it does have back-up lights, left outside rearview mirror (the right side R/view mirror's
optional-existence is only confirmed on the B.Sheet/IBM card copy), the heater/defroster, inside day-nite mirror, and the
really nice options of : a foam rear seat, variable speed wipers, Jiffy Jet washer, and handbrake,map,& glove box lights, and
the passenger's side vanity mirror.
Your car was delivered to its selling dealership via Truck.
The cover letter that you will get from Chrysler, along with the IBM card photocopy, will identify the selling dealership.
And, oh yeah: your car is finished in "Tropical Coral" and "Metallic Charcoal Poly".
NICE car!
Edited by d500neil 2009-09-03 6:21 PM
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1957 Dodge Coronet
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