To the best of my knowldege, all 57 Plymouths had vertical bars on the lower
grille (valance), and never had horizontal bars until 58.
The later 57's had vertical bars with an extra divider in between, supposedly to
prevent stones from getting through.
The best illustration of this is apparent in the 57 Plymouth fold out
brochure-always available on Ebay. There is an early brochure showing the early
style lower grille on the cover, and a later issue which shows the revised lower
grille.
Glenn Barratt,
57 Fury.
JLSAVARD@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 8/25/01 12:24:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, A57FURY@AOL.COM
> writes:
>
> > Has anyone gotten the new "Forward" Magazine from DC? There is a great
> > article on page 36 about the '57 and '58 Plymouth Promos, Ads, Brochures
> and
> > such. It gives a real good description of most of the Promos and models.
>
> I just opened mine and looked at the article. I noticed one thing right
> away. In recent past mention has been made of early "57 Plymouths having
> horizontal grille bars versus vertical bars in later production.
>
> I'd never seen an early one, but there are several pictures of them in the
> article. There is a distinct difference between them.
>
> Joe Savard
> Lake Orion, MI
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