On a similar note - a couple years ago I bought a 59 Plymouth 4 dr Fury to
use strictly as a parts car. Floor was mainly gone, quarters were shot, but
I needed a transmission and this one had a 3 speed torqueflite. The seller
was unsure of condition of tranny but I took a chance and bought the car for
$200. He wanted 4 but I offered him 2 and he took it (and I'm a lousy
chisler). The best 200 bucks I ever spent. The trany turned out to be
excellent. So far in addition to trany I have used the radiator, rear leaf
springs, glove box liner, ash tray (mine had a small ding in it) radio
knobs, a couple of brake shoes, wiring harness in steering column for
signals and brake lites, brake tee block, and numerous other small things
that you can't go down to Auto Zone and buy. And when I have to take
something apart on my Sport Fury that I have no prior experience at I can
experiment on the parts car. I guess what I'm getting at is this car is
RUSTY but beneath that rust is a gold mine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 57 Plymouth rot issues
> Well, so far it's 2-1 in favor of sending this thing to the crusher
complete
> with the replacement grille, because of a little surface rust and maybe
> needing to put another roof on it. Never mind that there's not another
one
> this solid within a 300 mile radius of me - I can find another top, but
the
> rest have no rockers or floors or lower quarters, and even those are damn
> hard to find. Is the paint on the car invisible? I'm not seeing things
> where there's black paint everyone else sees more surface rust? Surface
> rust makes the glass, mechanical, steering, suspension worthless?
>
> I'll take note of the consensus - this car won't get scrapped, but I'll
know
> if I want to buy a junkyard out what cars to just haul to the crusher to
> regain my investment back. It explains for me now why I think the one
yard
> even crushed the '57 Dodge convertible a few years ago along with about 2
> dozen other forward look cars, as they cleaned out the old stuff. Kind of
> too bad, I'd have saved a top and a fender for this had I known it would
be
> out here 5 years later.
>
>
> Sooner or later enough will be gone guys will be grateful to find one in
> this shape, no big deal. Might take 30 years and about 90% of the cars
> built to be scrapped first, but hey I can wait.
>
>
>
> Bill K.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <JLSAVARD@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 57 Plymouth rot issues
>
>
> > In a message dated 10/23/2003 7:42:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > There is a second set of the photos up at
> > www.angelfire.com/ny5/classicauto/57plymouth.html with a good close up
of
> > the rusted area.
> >
> > Opinions?
> > Bill, I hate to be blunt, but I agree with "The Clown". There is so
much
> > surface rust on every surface that I see, including the frame, that by
the
> time
> > you sanded it off the sheetmetal would be paper thin. The interior is
> > basically shot, and I noticed that the rear bumper is peeling its
chrome.
> >
> > There comes a time to let go.
> >
> > Sorry, but you asked for opinions.
> >
> >
> > Joe Savard
> > Lake Orion, MI
> >
>
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