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

[dick whelan <rwhelansr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like one to stay away from unless it's almost free. Hardtop roofline 
is a couple inches higher than sedan and all the glass is different 
including windshield and rear window.
   Look for floor and trunk rust and frame rust ahead of the rear axle at 
the kickup.
   I would find a decent hardtop to work with that has a Mopar driveline in 
it and you will probably end up spending less in the long run
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From: "parallax" <parallax@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:26 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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