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Location: Lower Mainland BC | gt46tc - 2019-08-27 1:05 PM 8/27/19
The LA Craigslist offers a 1956 Dodge D500 convertible
That "Texan" D500 is probably BS from the get go. Too many things that don't match up.
We've seen that car before and there have been many responses.
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=69594&...
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=68626&...
56 Texan info:
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=70045&...
Doctor DeSoto - 2018-05-11 9:45 PM
Look at the photos closely. There are no holes in the body for the
upkick in the side trim, reserved for the Custom series cars, yet the
car has the toothed grille bars and painted healight doors of the Custom
series. I would be inclined to think it easier/more likely that a Custom
Royal/Sierra nose clip or parts were swapped onto a Coronet than the
holes being welded up on the quarters, but one would need to look it
over in person to check for those holes. The car also wears the non-
Custom series tail light rings.
Texans were a local-regional dealer promotional "option", and from
all indications, could be ordered on any body or model. However, most
survivors seem to be low end Coronets and sedans.
As far as I know, records were not kept on Texan production. It is
not even known if dealers had "set" Texan packages, or if the badges
and perhaps upgrades were applied at random ... I suspect so.
Disirregardlessly, that's a helluva hard car to find, and it looks to be
in very good (dry) shape. Find another one that's nicer !
Edited by 56D500boy 2019-08-27 4:22 PM
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