Hello All. New to the forum, but have been looking around for a while. I recently bought my first 57. I had been looking for about a year before finally making the purchase. Paint is 5 to 6 years old, has a 390 with a Toploader 4 Speed. It has a disc brake conversion on the front, but kept the manual steering box, has a heater, radio delete, interior has been redone as well. It has some dents and dings, the cowl vent drains have some rust, but I can deal with that stuff for now. The car had polished torq thrust wheels on it when I brought it home. The steel wheels came with it along with a set of '57 hub caps. At this point, we've put the steel wheels and tires on and lowered the whole car a bit.
A lot to be said for 5 or 6 year old paint jobs with a few dings.........makes for a more enjoyable/worry free driver. Thanks for the intro. I wish all the new guys did that.
Great looking car! I have always been a big fan of base stripper models with plenty of power under the hood. Sleepers rule. Looks perfect as is.
What a great machine, thats exactly what I would want.
Awesome looking car! I looked for mine for a year...Put a 390/toploader trans in it originally (now a 462FE)....steel wheels replaced the Keystones that were on the car.....Mine is black and white but VERY much like yours! Welcome to the forum!
now that is a great car and what a wicked stance! absolutely loving it! Welcome to the forum!
Welcome, that's a nice 57, i am fairly new here as well and this a great site, super nice bunch of people and full of knowledge.
Wayne
Thanks to all for the great comments. I have a set of '57 and '63 hub caps I was going to pick from. I thought it so cool with just the steel wheels.... I figured I would run it like at first. I'll put the '57 caps on next spring, maybe.
Welcome to the Forum, nice looking car! Great group to be a member of and vast amount of knowledge of 57's willing to share.