Re: [FWDLK] Christine on eBay - NO WAY!

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I vote to keep it green - I like green, it's different!  Of course, I'm
partial since my NYer is green -


Besides, a lot of the interior is painted - it's a pain in the butt to
change it all even if the uhpolstery color will still go with red reasonably
well.


Bill K.


----- Original Message -----
From: "mel1973" <mel1973@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Christine on eBay - NO WAY!


> He may have only been speaking of the '57's then, since his is a '57
> Belvedere.  I thought he meant for both '57 and '58 since Christine is, in
> fact, a Fury.  He mentioned one can make a '57 look just like a '58 with
> just a headlight &/or grill modification or something like that.  I'll
have
> to pay closer attention the next time he tells me about it.
> His is a '57 Belvedere in that golden/greenish color, which reminds me of
> rotten baby food peas.  It is 2-tone with the white trim.  He has to
> re-paint it, and I'm trying to convince him to do the color-change to a
> Christine-mobile.  I know it would be a lot more work, but darn, she's a
> cool-looking car!  How do you guys feel about color-changes (especially if
> the original color is UGLY) and Christine-look clones (and I mean ones
that
> actually do look like Christine--not that Dodge ebay auction mentioned
> earlier)?  I told him that since he was lucky enough to find a car that
> close to the original Christine, AND it needs completely re-painted, why
not
> make it ultra-cool?  How would this affect his re-sale value, too?  Better
> or worse?  Thanks for any advice.  He hasn't decided for sure yet.  He is
> thinking that his car is the same color and basically the same car as the
> buried Plymouth in OK, and he's wanting to drive his out there in 2007, so
> that's one reason he's thinking of keeping the gold/green color to match
the
> buried one.  I say who cares about matching that car since it isn't like
> someone is going to pay him to drive it out there.  Maybe if you guys all
> suggest he Christine it up, I can convince him...
> Thanks,
> Melanie in AR
>
>
>
>
> > In 58 the Belevedere trim is also a hockey stick. The straight back
style
> > was '57 Belvedere only.
> > Sarcasm: that which has the ability to entertain and confuse
> simultaneously
> >
> > Dave Casey
> >
>