Hi again Clare!
I just visited your album pages and you do have a very nice
looking 57 Dodge, but it is a 2 door sedan, not a hardtop!
So, make sure when buying or ordering parts for the car,
that you identify it as a sedan. The hardtop bodies and
interior door and quarter trims are quite different but the
engines, front end sheet metal, bumpers and the rest of the
running gear is the same between them. Have fun - the
interior looks like it's in very nice shape too!
Brian
57 Dodge D500s
Grahss hoppa wrote:
>
> Hi! My name is Clare, and I just joined today as we have recently
> inherited my
> parents car. We are curious to find a network of people who
> know about the places you can get work done, etc. Also, we are curious
> about what it is actually worth as I can't even find another one on the
> internet.
>
> It is a lovely 1957 Dodge Coronet hardtop. She has all the original
> paint, and equipment. (except obviously brakes, belts. Had to
> make her go, ya know!)
> She has about 42,000 original miles on her. My mom had left
> the car in the garage for about 30 years.
>
> We made the mistake of trusting a local classic car repair
> restoration place which took us for a lot of money and did
> nothing. Well, we did get a list of what needed
> done, don't know how much exactly that cost! So, we are leary
> now and trying to find reputable companies who can do minor
> repairs. One thing we need to find is a
> place to fix the floor. The upholstery is perfect, but the
> floor stuff (not sure what it's called, similar to linoleum) is
> in need of some help.
>
> I am curious to find out what kind of experts are on this list! Do you
> all have classic cars? Are you into the club thing?
>
> My husband and I both enjoy classic cars, he truly loves them. I think
> he would think he had gone to heaven if we could ever get a classic
> station wagon. Other cars in the house are a 92 Cadillac Seville we got
> for a steal, and my new baby a Chrysler 300M. Also very nice. My
> parents 57 still runs like new though. It's amazing. She has awesome
> power as well and drives wonderfully.
>
> If you want to see the car, I can send a picture if the list allows
> attachments. She is also in a bunch of family photos we have uploaded
> to http://www.gatherround.com
>
> It might work to just click here:
> http://www.gatherround.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=19841&a=24352&pw=boogers
>
> If it doesn't, go to http://www.gatherround.com
> where it says to click for I've been invited to view an album, click
> there.
> or click here if you can do hyperlinks:
> http://www.gatherround.com/j/Template?File=/guest/find_album.html&u=1&a=1
>
> It asks for:
> my email address is critters@xxxxxxxxxx
> our password is boogers
> the car is in the #2 album, 28 Dec.
>
> Nice to meet you all.
>
> Clare
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