Re: [FWDLK] Sonny Benson's D501???

[phoenix61 <phoenix61@xxxxxxxxx>]

Neil
Get a life or a grip on yours! The list is the list!  Not some be
all-answer-all-ORACLE to all your D quests. Perhaps you should broaden your
horizon and take your question to the car/guys matrices ;-)
my devalued 2 cents worth
doug

eastern sierra Adj Services wrote:

> Wow, NOBODY'S cross-paths with this gentleman, and/or his 57 Coro D501
> convertible???
>
> So much for the "Small  FWDLK  World", for this car/guy to pass under
> our 'radar' screens!
>
> Neil V.
>
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> Subject: [FWDLK] Where's Waldo (& his D501??)
> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 17:34:59 -0700
> From: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Actually , NOT "Waldo", but howabout  "Sonny Benson"? Way back, in the
> 9/91 issue of MoPar Collector's Guide, they had a black&white
> feature-article  on an  all-yellow, 1957 Coronet D501 CONVERTIBLE.
> The article said that the car had a "tan" top.          The photography
> was so-so, but the car did appear to have a D501 emblem--impossible to
> confirm in the 'rear-photo', though. It DID have the requisite 15"
> wheels, with 15" 1956 'spinners', on it. The 'silver'  engine appeared
> to have red(?) painted Fury-Type aircleaners, and black(???) painted
> valve covers. A Grand-Total of THREE pictures.The Body & top looked to
> be freshly restored, but the engine compt looked rather 'original', but
> clean.    The article was written on a 'friend-of-a-friend'
> ("third-hand") basis.
>
> I tried contacting MCR, but they  professed to know  nothing about the
> car, except that it might be "In Texas".
>
> Subsequently, I have heard/seen/read NOTHING about the car, which,
> undoubtably, still exists somewhere!! How can "you" keep this car
> "under-cover"??
>
> btw, the article said that the convertible's "curb weight" was 3,815,
> which sound  correct, but this car also had a Torqueflite trannie, which
> WAS factory-available.
>
> So, who/where is "Sonny" Benson, and this-car?
> Finally, thanx to Tony Boatman's purchase of a NOS D500 emblem, on Ebay,
> a non-winning bidder was contacted, and HE has a 1957 CRL 2-dr HT, that
> appears to have a REAL D501 engine in it  (KD501-1019)--I'm trying to
> confirm whether the car, itself, might  be a righteous "1-of-1" CRL (not
> holding my breath), but the owner states that the car "came" with this
> engine, & its history IS "known".
> We'll see....
>
> Neil V.