Greetings,

I'm new here. Proud inheritor of a Regatta Blue?? 57' 4dr New Yorker. She's rough and crusty, but intact, including the 392ci Hemi. Not much to report presently, but I thought I would post some pictures of it in it's current state of slow disintegration.

Plans are to clean out the inside, (as it's presently being used to store who knows what and doubling as a home for various species of woodland creatures), dig out the wheels and make her rollable, then get it on a tow truck/stored indoors, and assess the pain ratio.

Long term goals are to do a mild custom/resto/mod... Mr Vandergriff's 2dr is a huge inspiration. I'm flirting with the idea of a chopped roofline/coupe conversion, as this is a sedan

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Very cool, thank you for the contact.

Point taken, I haven't really committed to the idea of a chop, just flirting. I really like the original lines of the top and the way it transitions to the rear glass/quarter panels. It really is a good looking car. I think it was you who posted some photo shopped versions of a Desoto that was originally white and green, and you were discussing green/black or black/green (primary/secondary). I really liked the green/black, I thought it looked better than the factory colors. Honestly, Ive been lurking on here for awhile and all the cars are starting to run together...

By far, Danny Vandergriff's car is what has stolen my heart/head/wallet. I first saw it in the GoodGuy's magazine spreadwhen it came out, and since then I have been ravenously hunting every image I can. If I have it my way, thats where I ultimately want to end up. Mild customization, 392Hemi w/modern SMPI fuel injection (F.A.S.T., Holley), manual trans, and that stance. I've got the fever for it, bad.

Currently, the car is sitting at my father-in-law's place about 40 miles from me. He just passed away a couple of weeks ago, so there is some sorting out to be done at his place before I take full possession of the car. It's been sitting for 20 years or so, so I'm probably going to have my hands full just getting it out of the property. Right now I can't get within more than 10' of it without being attacked by red hornets. Plus, it's stupid hot here in East Texas and lots of copperhead snakes are about. I also have the pleasure of hauling away a caravan of Dodge Caravans circa 1984-1992, the man literally has about 9 of them in various states of taken-apartness, and used as non-mobile storage units.

As soon as I can brave the bugs I'm going to open the hood and get at the body tag.

Do you have a side picture of this car before you parted it out? I'm curious what the welded back doors look like.

Nice!