Re: [FWDLK] Carbs

[Wayne Graefen <wgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So I asked Aivar Lejins last night what he knows about his Regal (which is White /Gold by the way) and here is his response.  It is my contention that REGARDLESS of the code on the car's data plate and build record, as an Auto Show SPECIAL, this car very well could have been equipped WHEN NEW with the dual quad Super D500 equipment.  Maybe that was done after the assembly line but at the factory "fix" building.  Maybe the conversion was done at a Miami dealer in prep for the show.  Maybe the previous owner put them on. 

 

I just know that the car was dual quad when Aivar bought it and drove it home from Florida to California.    We report you decide.

 

Wayne

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Hi Wayne,

I bought the car with dual quads on it from the second owner. He said that the original owner had taken them off to improve the gas mileage. Neil feels that the car originally came with a single quad and is a genuine D500 not a Super D500. Personally, to be honest, I don't know. All I know is that this awesome and rare car made it from Saint Lucie Florida to Monrovia Ca. without any problems with the air conditioning working.

 

Aivar.

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc

Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 3:36 PM

Subject: Re: Carbs

Mr. Lejins' car is NOT an OEM Super D500 model.

It IS a real, heavily-optioned,  Single-4  D500 Regal Lancer,
(Bronze-on-White body) which allegedly may have been a
Florida 'Show Car', originally.

Mr. Lejins had its current two four barrel carb set-up be installed
on it sometime after he purchased the car.

Although some were undoubtedly built, no known Super D500 Regals
are known to exist, of the 1,163 which were built, in one of the 4-available
color schemes, and, altho there is presently no known production break-outs
between those four color combinations, I happen to believe that the
rarest color
combination may be the Black-on-Bronze body scheme, from my observations
of the surviving examples of them.


Neil Vedder



Wayne Graefen wrote:
> Aivar Lejins of CA has a Super D500, dual quad '58 Regal Lancer.  The
> car he purchased at least a dozen years ago is equipped with virtually
> every factory option and is thought by some (including me) to have
> been the Dodge show car at the 1958 Miami Auto Show.   Aivar purchased
> the car when it appeared on the cover (as I recall) of Mopar
> Collector's Guide.  It is a FABULOUS car with fantastic original interior.
> 
> 
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* charles nelson <mailto:modelrcer@xxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, December 05, 2010 3:57 AM
>     *Subject:* Carbs
>
>     I have a question about the 1958 Dodge Regal Lancer.  Was it ever
>     a D500? Did it ever have the 2x4 carbs and if so on what engines?
>     
>     Thanks
>     Mack
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