Re: [FWDLK] newbie looking at 57 ply Savoy 2 dr sedan

[debenson2 <debensonii@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you want a hard top buy one as converting a two door sedan to a 2 door 
hard top would cost a mint, and would never look right, and may still not be 
safe to drive!
debenson2
debensonii@xxxxxxxxxxx road2recovery.us

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From: "parallax" <parallax@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:26 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] newbie looking at 57 ply Savoy 2 dr sedan


> Looking at a 57 2 door sedan Plymouth Savoy
> Anything in particular rust/rot wise I should be4 on the alert for?
>
> Someone put a small block chevy in it (YUCK) so this car can never be a
> perfect restoration, but not after that anyway.
>
> Not driven since 95, parked on gravel until last 2 years apparently
> Rust in rockers from the pix and rust behind rear window each side before
> the fins (again hard to see in the pix I was given)
>
> Also, having owned a 55 and 57 tbird and a 57 Buick wagon (which is a
> hardtop, no center pillar) I am "kind-of" familiar with that vintage of 
> car
> > > question is to convert a sedan to a hardtop it appears "all you need" is
> the proper glass >> is this a possibility? or REALLY crazy Or is the
> hardware radically different? (thinking could cut off the door frame, 2
> sides, cut out pillars between door and rear glass and cut out rear 1/4
> glass, insert new full quarter glass and new door glass (nothing 
> structural,
> not talking about taking out the whole roof or the A or C pillars!)
> Just wondering if anyone has done that and/or possibility (and finding 
> parts
> since not just glass but the "frame" for each
>
>
> Thx
> Gord in soon to be wintry Ontario (driving even FURTHER north to get a FL
> car!)
> As I am on the mailing list, please reply to me as well at
> parallax@xxxxxxxxx
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