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big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7809 Location: Williams California | It'll be good to see that wagon restored. ---John | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | got any 2dr wagon shells on chassis john? | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7809 Location: Williams California | I have a complete 2-door '57 Plymouth wagon I was planning to sell as a builder, there is only minor rust in the body. I was looking at getting in the realm of $3000 for the entire car, but would be willing to drop the price substantially should I keep the Plymouth specific parts, as they won't be needed on the Dodge. ---John | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | all he really needs is a gutted shell with or without doors on a rolling chassis any pics? | ||
Kenny J. |
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | d500neil - 2008-09-02 5:54 PM Todd: try contacting the large western recycling yards, like Hidden Valley, Desert Valley, Moores, Fremans and who-else; I know that I've seen decent 1957 Dodge masonite headliner in several stationwagons at H.V. & D.V. Desert Valley, yes. Hidden Valley? They once quoted me $300 for a '59 Plymouth flat head six air cleaner. That was nearly ten years ago. K. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | ---Hope that 'they' don't get as upset, as J. Rosen became, if 'they' learn that you daring to PRICE-shop on some old car parts!!! | ||
Kenny J. |
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Inactive by user's request Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Naw, I just told them I wasn't interested. But I believe the 'Can Man once told a story about getting into it with one of their employees, resulting in the Tribal Police telling him and his buddy to leave the reservation. K. | ||
wild440 |
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Veteran Posts: 204 Location: canandaigua, ny | tube chassis biiiggg tubs fat tires V10 viper motor and room for 8 to go cruising. LIFE IS GOOD some folks look at a rusty project i have a vision. the potential is endless. good thing you picked that car up, its been on my mind. build em drive em enjoy em | ||
firedome |
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Expert Posts: 3155 Location: NY & VT | Wow - like to see that one next time I'm up yer way Jeff! ...Great car & color!! | ||
desotopat |
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Veteran Posts: 275 Location: seattle wa | well how about this just north of kingmsn AZ going to the dam. (trip09 039.jpg) Attachments ---------------- trip09 039.jpg (231KB - 93 downloads) | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | that 58 looks nice !! well were pickin it up this week or next so ill have some better pics once its in the shop and we get it cleaned up | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | . (57d500subupalmostout.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 57d500subupalmostout.jpg (51KB - 92 downloads) | ||
1955Coronado |
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Expert Posts: 1918 Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona | Am I to take it that you're finally able to save that poor '57 Dodge 2 dr Suburban D-500 from another harsh winter, Jeff? | ||
wild440 |
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Veteran Posts: 204 Location: canandaigua, ny | hey jeff i have the suburban enblems off that car. corey | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | hey cory would like to get ahold of those jeff | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | well got it outta there heres some new pics (102_0977.JPG) (airing up.JPG) (wagon on path.JPG) (airing up 2.JPG) (wagon on the way out.jpg) (blurrywtf!.JPG) (brian and the wagon finally at the rd !!!.JPG) (onthetrailerready to go.JPG) (hehehehehe.JPG) (great green gobs of greasy grimey gofer guts!.JPG) Attachments ---------------- 102_0977.JPG (76KB - 94 downloads) airing up.JPG (75KB - 80 downloads) wagon on path.JPG (78KB - 103 downloads) airing up 2.JPG (83KB - 92 downloads) wagon on the way out.jpg (45KB - 87 downloads) blurrywtf!.JPG (69KB - 84 downloads) brian and the wagon finally at the rd !!!.JPG (72KB - 91 downloads) onthetrailerready to go.JPG (70KB - 90 downloads) hehehehehe.JPG (66KB - 95 downloads) great green gobs of greasy grimey gofer guts!.JPG (54KB - 88 downloads) | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | some more (splish splash.JPG) (hmmmrusty.JPG) (crud-b-gone!.JPG) (ready to go on.JPG) Attachments ---------------- splish splash.JPG (56KB - 84 downloads) hmmmrusty.JPG (70KB - 87 downloads) crud-b-gone!.JPG (56KB - 94 downloads) ready to go on.JPG (69KB - 90 downloads) | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | underneath (floorwhatfloor.JPG) (under1.JPG) (under2.JPG) (holymissingframebatman!.JPG) (hemitopside1.JPG) (under engine trans.JPG) (rear frame markings.JPG) Attachments ---------------- floorwhatfloor.JPG (242KB - 80 downloads) under1.JPG (223KB - 89 downloads) under2.JPG (252KB - 87 downloads) holymissingframebatman!.JPG (180KB - 116 downloads) hemitopside1.JPG (232KB - 90 downloads) under engine trans.JPG (224KB - 92 downloads) rear frame markings.JPG (55KB - 88 downloads) | ||
1955Coronado |
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Expert Posts: 1918 Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Arizona | You're doing a darn fine thing there, Jeff. She's already one of the most unique FL wagons around - just think of what she'll be like when she's finished. Is there any more frame issues? | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | ill know more as i get it apart but from what i know now frames junk i may patch it or find a donor car | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | found the broadcast sheet today on top the glovebox Edited by fast59desoto 2009-10-26 5:12 PM (webcast.JPG) Attachments ---------------- webcast.JPG (59KB - 85 downloads) | ||
MoparBrew |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 461 Location: Brooklyn NY | I looks alot better without the mulchpile on the engine. If you get a good donor car ....I think you're basically home. It's definitely an oddball, which I for one like. I think for the most part all of are cars are oddballs to the general public and generic car shows, for me that's the appeal, otherwise I would have kept my 73 Cuda' 340. Next time I take the family upstate, I hope I can give a shout, and check out your toys. Good Luck...Ralph from Brooklyn | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Good find on that broadcast sheet! All you need is a reasonably solid donor car and you've got all the hard-to-find parts right there for it. Man is it rough!!! | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | got a pm about the engine number here it is (block number.JPG) Attachments ---------------- block number.JPG (167KB - 125 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | OMG, Jeff! the Broadcast sheet, too (be still, my heart!).... The best way to restore this car is to buy a donor CAR, and to use this car's frame, and VIN tag, and P/T plate, and engine, to re-create your car via the donor car. EVERYTHING is otherwise interchangeable between the two cars. All of the unique numbers in Re: your car are found on the frame, and in/on the VIN, P/T plate and engine block. | ||
lawrence |
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Expert Posts: 3951 Location: Bama | That car is what it is. You need a donor. | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | where are the frame #s? and whats the # i found on the frame? i think i need a tetnus shot as well! Edited by fast59desoto 2009-10-26 8:50 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | What is your car's Scheduled build date; is its engine number KD500-10107? | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | heres a few better broadcast pics and engine number is KD500-10107 Edited by fast59desoto 2009-10-26 9:02 PM (broad1.JPG) (broad2.JPG) Attachments ---------------- broad1.JPG (58KB - 93 downloads) broad2.JPG (56KB - 89 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | The car's engine number will be lightly stamped onto the drivers-rear side of the frame rail,behind the wheel-arch, up high on it. There will probably be only a partial strike-imprint, and you'll probably have to take the frame down to bare metal to see it, but, the stamping number is there, and it might also be stamped on its upper surface, either on the rear-most frame cross-member, or elsewhere on it. It will be the engine number that is stamped, not the VIN. | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | ill look but that may be rusted away | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | That B-Sheet looks to be in remarkable condition! I would take it to some restorative company, like Servicemaster, or sum-such, and see if they can clean it for you. The "restoration" companies have some amazing cleaning products and procedures. After it's cleaned, I'd recommend getting it laminated, to preserve it. | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | so u think this is as rare as a 1 of 1 car neil? Edited by fast59desoto 2009-10-26 9:12 PM | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | d500neil - 2009-10-26 7:56 PM What is your car's Scheduled build date; is its engine number KD500-10107? Yes, I also see KD500-10107. I believe you already answered the build date question. d500neil - 2009-10-16 3:07 PM It's crappy, but there is plenty of good info there. It's a real 1957 2-dr Suburban D500, ---the first one that I've ever actually 'seen', too. can't tell if it was a Super D500---the Broadcast Sheet & IBM card will confirm that option (sure, right; but true..) Scheduled to have been built O.O.A. 3/1/57, not too far from my car (3/23/57), with Torqueflite, undercoating, and the Appearance Option group: 2-tone steering wheel (nice-), stone shields and the standard-plain wheelcovers., plus the Radio Group: push-button radio, back up lights, left outside r/view mirror, inside day/nite mirror, and heater/defroster. It was delivered to its selling dealership via Truck. It's got the standard Coronet-convertible type HD upholstery, in gold/black, known as "Silver Strata"---seat backs are not notched in the middle areas. Exterior colors are Glacier white on everything but the middle 'Saddle' area, which is Turquoise--PRETTY! Your car can and does have other individual options on it (shown/listed on the Broadcast Sheet and/or on the IBM build-card copy) , but 'this' is all that I can read off of its P/T plate. | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | Jeff, I kinda doubt it was the only one ever built. It was just an engine option and lots of people go straight for the big engine regardless of what kind of car they're buying. I don't think there is any breakdown of D500-ness by bodystyle, but I'll defer to the experts! It's gotta be rare. I've never heard of any other D500 2dr wagons regardless of year. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | ...You gotta define what 1-of-1 might actually mean; there is a decent chance that this car really IS a 1-of-1 built, when all of its individual components/options & colors are taken into consideration. It almost certainly is a 1-of-1 "surviving" (-sorta) example of a Turquoise/White Suburban D500. It's the only Suburban D500 that I've ever seen/heard-of, since I began researching them, in the early 80's . Jeff, try holding the Broadcast Sheet up to a strong back-light and see if you can read the ink-writing that should be there, at the bottom-right of the B.-Sheet, in the 'Special Instructions' box-area. Edited by d500neil 2009-10-27 3:52 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Also, it looks like your car has a sway bar (which all of the wagons were supposed to have) and please count the number of leaf springs; there should be 5 1/2 leafs there. And, I don't see one, in your pic, but is there a brass tag on the carburetor??? What are its stamping numbers? Edited by d500neil 2009-10-27 3:57 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | John, does your 57 PLY wagon have a sway bar on it? | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | carb tags 2622sa and ill have to look at the springs before i posted it i tried to make out what its says there and i cant ill try ultraviolet and see if i can Edited by fast59desoto 2009-10-27 4:38 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Well, that is the Single-4 D500 tag; dayummn, that car's got EVER-thang, in/on it,... still! | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | ALL wagons, Neil? Mine doesn't and hasn't as long as I've had it- | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7809 Location: Williams California | d500neil - 2009-10-27 1:00 PM John, does your 57 PLY wagon have a sway bar on it? None of the '57-'59 Plymouth wagons I have had used a sway bar, but the Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler wagons did. ---John | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | The 57 Dodge wagons were supposed to have sway bars on them--all wagons, and ONLY the Custom Royal models. All other models got bigger diameter (952/953) torsion bars, but, the wagons also got the 952/953 T/bars, along with the sway bars.-----the CR models (with the sway bars) got 950/951 T/bars, because they were supposed to have a softer ride. | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | heres a pic of the springs (rearspring.JPG) Attachments ---------------- rearspring.JPG (243KB - 86 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | That's a shot from Tulsa, 2007; you can't fool ME.... Your wagon should have 5 1/2 leafs. | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | lol nope neil thats the wagon it loks about the same as the belvy | ||
fast59desoto |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 929 Location: Finger Lakes NY | heres some update pics as she sits (wagon start.jpg) (wagon start2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- wagon start.jpg (24KB - 81 downloads) wagon start2.jpg (29KB - 91 downloads) | ||
Fins/413 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 530 Location: Wake Forest, NC | I look forward to seeing your progress, truly a car worth the effort. Its never a good thing when trees and roots are growing in your car. I know of a Dodge in Va with a small tree coming through the passenger floorboard. It is sad to see. Good luck | ||
big m |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7809 Location: Williams California | What are your plans for the wagon, Jeff? Are you going to restore it to stock condition? | ||
Jessica |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1053 Location: Ny | great find, jeff. keep us updated. | ||
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