Re: John (WI) & Jack (PA) , & all-you other 'weather-lovers' out there,
as you sit around your fireplaces & woodstoves, tonite, I'm gonna tell
you about an absolutely- straight, rust-free, 57 Coronet 2-dr
hardtop,Coral-&-white, with gold-&-black interior, featuring the
"Custom" trim option, dual antennae, padded dash, 2-tone steering wheel,
and (incorrect) D500 engine & emblem, that's been 4-sale now, for over a
year!
I saw the car , last year, @ Fall-Fling, @Woodley Park, in L.A. .
Price, then, was $7,500.00. The car "needs" everything-done to it, but,
it's "all" there--virtually no body/trim hunting necessary, other than
interior (available from SMS, in Portland, OR). The headliner is dirty,
but intact. Needs a padded dash (from Just Dashes).
I think it had manual brakes, but 'now' has a
very-old aftermarket 'booster', but a correct vacuum-tank, so mebbe the
original 'booster' was replaced!
It's got power steering.
It's even got 1 1/2 exhaust deflectors! (both of 'em are restorable,
but 1 is missing its 'belly-panel'.
Re: non-correct D500 engine, & emblem, last year the engine was
'apart', & the car was on a trailer. The Paint/Trim plate indicates that
the Scheduled build-date was 6/11 , and the car was (" SUPPOSED") to
have been built as a 'regular' Coro. , in L.A. factory. Its "present"
D500 engine has a casting date of 5/27/57, which is reasonably-close to
its "build-date" ,
so-as to have had the engine (or, its P/T plate info) to have been a
"manufacturing mistake".
The D500 emblem ,due to the body-paint, & the emblem's appearance,
indicate that the emblem has been 'on' the trunk, for a VERY long time!
The car's owner was supposed to re-bring the car to Fall Fling, last
weekend, but, reportedly, had a towing-rig breakdown, & so, didn't do
it.
"Now", the engine has been "re-assembled", but NOT overhauled, & it
doesn't-start, but does
turn-over, manually, so, it's not 'stuck', but, obviously, needs a
complete O/H, which the owner states that he can-do, as he "builds
race-engines".
I only met the owner, last year, but he has remained in contact, with
me.
Hopefully, the car will find a "good" home; it's actually "an easy" (but
expensive) restoration.
The car is in Hesperia CA, a coupla hours east of L.A. .
It's owner is Bob Conn, who can be reached @
760- 935-3510.
Oh, yeah; he is "motivated" to sell the car, & the price is 'down' to
$5,500.00 (obo!) .
Neil Vedder
sunny/warm ( but dark!) CA
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