Welcome Ron!
Your car's auction was followed, over on our Forwardlook website.
Glad it went to such a dedicated owner!
I'm a Low-Roller at the Peppermill casino and plan to be there on
THUR 8/5/10 (without my 57 CRL, as HAN tends to be a HotRod/
Chevy-show), but, maybe I can pick up my car's needed door latch
assembly from Big M, if he will be at the Swap Meet, and bring
it with him, there.
Neil Vedder
Ronald Hilbert wrote:
Howdy!
I'm Ron Hilbert and I drove a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere convertible the
year I graduated from Tennyson High School in Hayward California
(1962) until 1966 when I got married and sold the Plymouth.
My original car was black and white with a white top, 3 speed
transmission with overdrive. I swapped out the motor after spinning a
main bearing to a 1960 318, I think… It had a full race Iskenderian
cam and solid lifters.
I did 103 mph in 13.90 seconds in the quarter mile at Fremont Drag
strip. Had tons of fun going to Santa Cruz almost every weekend with
surfboards hanging out the back seat with the top down. I used to
cruse East 14th in San Leandro on a regular basis with my buddies of
which 5 became California Highway Patrol officers, or Alameda County
deputy sheriffs.
I recently went to my 45th High School Reunion and a guy that I used
to double date with said "I had the best times of my life in the back
seat of that 57 Plymouth of yours." Then went on to tell me names of
the girls that he dated in my Plymouth of which not one I could remember…
Well the search has been on for almost 10 years and I just bought a
1957 Plymouth Belvedere Convertible on eBay June 1st, 2010. It is
yellow and white with a PowerFlight automatic transmission.
It was owned by an elderly gentleman in Salem Indian which he had
purchased in 1982 with 67,000 miles on the odometer. It now has 77,100
miles on it. It is in desperate need of maintenance and I am moving
forward with work to get it to Hot August Nights in Reno next week.
Here is my web site where I have been posting the progress of the work
and lots of photos. Before it arrived from Indian there was a lot of
anxiety on what I really had…
http://www.ronhilbert.com/plymouth-index.htm
My high school buddies have been more excited I think than I have.
They can't wait to see it at HAN.
I plan on taking HD video at Hot August Nights that I will post on
YouTube.
If you want to email me use me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I am back and forth between Sutter California and Roseburg Oregon
where we are building our retirement home.
We already have built a 1800 sq. ft. detached garage and shop to house
our 57 Plymouth, my wife's 65 Mustang convertible, and a 71 Chevy pickup.
http://www.ronhilbert.com/chevy-truck-01.htm
Thanks for your time……
Kind Regards,
Ronald D. Hilbert
President
Confluence Internet Services, Inc.
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