Re: [FWDLK] RARER Than Rare??

[Rog & Jan van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure, anything's possible, but you've got to be skeptical of
these dream cars.  Just who are Boccaccio Restorations and
what is their motivation in making this claim?  Are they
going to be selling this car at a premium price?  Slap a 354
in a Custom Royal and you've got a custom; make up a story
and you've got gold.

Chrysler Corp. was for sure in the business of selling cars
to the public, not documenting future collectibles.  Now
that the original cast are in their 70's or older, it
becomes easier for restorers to make more extreme claims.
Some of the knowledgeable folks on this list might debunk
these urban legends.

--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '41
Dodge, '66 Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA

|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
| To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 11:49 PM
| Subject: [FWDLK] RARER Than Rare??
|
|
| > Ok, you've got your Fury convertibles & sedans, C300 &
300B convies,
| > and Adventurer Club Coupes, and Regal Lancer Super-D
convertibles, but
| > how about a 1957 CANADIAN-BUILT  CUSTOM ROYAL 2-dr
hardtop  D501?????
| >
| > Right now, in Florida, Boccaccio Restorations is
restoring an originally
| > Special-Ordered, HEAVILY-optioned (like A/C, HiWay
HiFi/rear-speaker,
| > power windows, padded dash, rear defroster) Custom Royal
2-dr HT, that,
| > oh yeah, also had a $630.00(!!!) D501 engine/suspension
option, as part
| > of the 'order'
| > , which brought the O.E.M. 'price'  to $5,800.00.
| >
| > The car's original-family order/ownershiop documentation
is still
| > preserved, and it was (necessarilly) delivered with a
single 4-bbl carb,
| > due to the A/C-equipment, but it also had the engine
Dress-up option,
| > consisting of CHROMED valve covers & aircleaner(???!!)
| >
| > I'm still not certain why (altho CAN  CRL's came with
'regular' 354 c.i.
| > [New Yorker]  engines) the car 'had' to be built in
Windsor, CAN, but it
| > WAS , & it  had the CAN 3-tone paint scheme: in this
instance:
| > white-over-blue-over [diff-] blue .
| >
| > The D501 engine was BETTER than the 300B engine (too
much to go into,
| > here), and the car had heavy-duty/imperial suspension
pieces, and even a
| > "Posi-Track"  (that's what it was called in 1957, altho
the "SureGrip"
| > limited-slip diffie wouldn't be introduced, until 1958),
and rear
| > swaybar(!)
| >
| > Anyway, this car's got all-this legitimate D501
accoutrement, along with
| > engine KD500-1019.
| > ONE of the (many)  amazing things, about this car is its
engine--as Greg
| > Leggatt, of Napanee, ONT, correctly noted, from its CAN
Paint/trim
| > plate, it was the 1869th CRL made, around Jun/Jul, 1957,
but it has a
| > very-EARLY D501
| > engine--we can only guess that that engine may have been
"set-aside",
| > for some reason, but the engine IS origina/correct to
this car.
| >
| > The 'moral' to this "bedtime"  MoPar story, is merely
THIS (& SLEEP on
| > THIS:) IF you were of-age, back then, & IF you either
knew the
| > right-people, or had an iNFLUENTIAL dealership, or had
the right-MONEY,
| > you PROBABLY COULD have "special-ordered" a Fury
convertible, or
| > C300/300B convertible, as- long-as the "trim"  would
fit, the
| > application!!
| >
| > Based upon 'this' car, Dodge could have  built a D501
stationwagon!
| > Bottom-line is: Chryco didn't really care what they
built, as long as it
| > was 'practicable', to build, and PAID-FOR!
| >
| > btw, the CAN Dodge CRL's featured US "Royal" -model
interiors, and the
| > "blue" interior is most attractive .
| >
| > So, going back to a thread, a couple weeks ago, there's
still a LOT of
| > "undiscovered"  automotive gems, out there!!
| >
| > Neil Vedder
|