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Location: bishop, ca | Hello Nic & Mike; I was outta town, very-gainfully employed, today.
Wow; incredible collection, Nic.
Shoulda checked, first, but I see you didn't post your car's Paint/Trim Plate over on the Fender Tag board,
so, I'll go have a look at it.
But first, Mike, that is the correct steering wheel and horn ring for the cop-car Dodges; really
one of the few pure cop-car items still on this car.
That bracket-guy on it obviously held some sort of cop-paraphernalia on it, altho I don't think
that it might have held the siren, but, that would be a good location for it (well out of the
direct ear-shot of the driver).
Cop cars did get all-stripped out, except for spotlights and rear view mirrors, and engines, when
they were brought out of service and sold to the public.
Now, back to Nic's car:
In no particular order: You got a single-4 D500 engine, in a Coronet 2-dr sedan (that's the "331" BDY
code) which looks like it was scheduled to have been built o.o.a. 12/28(?)/57, so, it's a
relatively-sorta early model year built car.
I can't see, on your pic, what the color-coding is, but all-silver would be 1KKK.
The interior color has me fooled, as I've got a "122" TRM code assigned for a Custom Royal convertible
with the notation :'bronze/gold', which I also don't understand.
Is your car, which has the standard Coronet interior "blue" colored????
If so, I'll amend my records, asap.
Now, for the other goodies on it: in no order, again: all Solex glass, with a tinted windshield,
Car Service (meaning the car was prepped for a possible factory drive-away (the Broadcast Sheet
and/or IBM card copy will confirm its probable owner-drive-away status); power SEAT (in a
Coro 2-dr sedan?--yes....); power brakes and Torqueflite trannie, "Convenience Group" of optional
equipment (foam rear seat [again, in a CORO 2-dr sedan!], variable speed wipers, Jiffy Jet,
hand brake, map, glove box and trunk lights, and a vanity mirror); and the "Radio Group" ( radio, heater,
back up lights, day/nite mirror, and LT o.s. rear view mirror.)
There could be a lot of other OEM options, but these are the only ones which the P/T plate confirms.
BTW, your 59 D500 engine is/was a real single-4 engine, at least, as confirmed by its
passenger's side exhaust manifold, which does not have the rear-carb manifold-heat-tube
mounting boss on it, as shown in the other pic that Clive posted up above here.
That unique exhaust manifold was used in 1958-1959, on the Super-D's and on the other
dual-carb models, and it/they are VERY rare, and is an easy way, at a glance, to confirm whether
or not a dual-carb Dodge might be a real Super-D, or a real Fury/300/Adventurer, too .
That dual-carb manifold, to a knowledgeable buyer, may be worth $2,000.00. The driver's
side exhaust manifold is the same, for all models. It's the passenger's side guy, which
is extremely valuable.
BTW (ii) : what is your 58's engine's stamping-number (on the flat area, under the distributor)?
That's a NICE, very well optioned 2-dr sedan (D500) there, Nic!
Edited by d500neil 2009-03-23 10:08 PM
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