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Swept57
Posted 2013-10-09 8:24 PM (#402519 - in reply to #402516)
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It looks like Louie used the tall canister on his coupe clone (which does have an original D-501 block , 1021).



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d500neil
Posted 2013-10-09 11:10 PM (#402552 - in reply to #277809)
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Yeah, and #1021 was originally OEM installed in a CONVERTIBLE; fairly heavily optioned, too.

Its colors(!) and trim-options are Classified information.

But, that's a vert's engine, there.


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Swept57
Posted 2013-10-10 7:01 AM (#402608 - in reply to #277809)
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Did Louie ever sell this car?
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d500neil
Posted 2013-10-10 5:14 PM (#402721 - in reply to #277809)
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Dunno; haven't heard anything from him in a year or so; he was 'into' vintage drag racing the last I heard.

His D501 vert re-creation project will require the equivalent tender mercies of a European master restorer.



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58coupe
Posted 2013-10-17 1:51 PM (#404260 - in reply to #277809)
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I know this question has been already asked by another member, But............. I am under the assumption the 57-58 Plymouth Fury's could be ordered with power steering and manual transmissions ( all three of my 57-58 Fury's were originally autos w/ P.S. that were converted to manual trans.) what was so different about the Dodge chassis (other than the D501 engine) that a manual trans. would not physically fit? Was it the column shift linkage because it sure is not the clutch linkage? I know you are saying that Chrysler would not let you order it that way but is that the only reason?
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d500neil
Posted 2013-10-17 4:11 PM (#404284 - in reply to #277809)
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Rolland, did your converted manual-shift cars have floor-mounted shifters, and, what trannies were installed in them?




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horace
Posted 2013-10-17 11:57 PM (#404424 - in reply to #277809)
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58 coupe the difference is "GOT A HEMI" block vs poly or b blocks. Were 3spd manuals in Furys able to stand up better than D501 manuals?
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d500neil
Posted 2013-10-18 2:24 AM (#404443 - in reply to #277809)
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Well, yes....but, that is not the question, which is: why power steering was not available with a manual transmission.





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58coupe
Posted 2013-10-18 11:13 AM (#404506 - in reply to #277809)
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My first 57 Fury of course had the 318 and a standard Plymouth style manual trans. w/ floor shift.(I bought this one already converted) These transmissions were very weak and I broke at least 3 of them. My second 57 and my 58 Fury both had big blocks(350,361,and later 383) and I converted both to manual 3 speeds using a Borg Warner T-85 w/ floor shift, a much stronger trans. from a 60 Plymouth. The reason I asked about column shift linkage is because none of my cars had that, being converted from an auto to floor shift.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-10-18 12:55 PM (#404525 - in reply to #404506)
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Could this "all-or-none" equipment stipulation have been sales motivated ? .... push the buyer
to go cheap or go large ?
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d500neil
Posted 2013-10-18 6:23 PM (#404592 - in reply to #277809)
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The manual transmission was a standard item, as was manual steering.

Power steering & (both of...) the automatic transmissions were optional equipment.



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-10-18 11:07 PM (#404638 - in reply to #404592)
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That's my point. To urge along a buyer to option up a car, they might have limited apps
so you had to option up a few things to get the one you wanted ?

As I recall (but cannot remember the source/s) the reason behind the manual trans/steering
connection was mechanical. If there was space to fit power steering, perhaps is was a bit
of a hassle to install or work on, so it was just decided to not offer them that way ?

If you had asked me this question 20 years ago, I could have cited where this was detailed
out, but the memory is slipping and this thread has me questioning where I read what. It
seems to me though, ... that it states it directly in the shop manuals for the DeSotos I have
owned, but on the other hand, I seem to recall this was across the board, not just a DeSoto
thing. When I get back to really working on the DeSoto again, I will have to reread my lit
and parts book. Maybe find it in there then ?
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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-09 8:18 PM (#409505 - in reply to #277809)
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Well, the real (but very incorrectly-finished/detailed) D501 convertible was bid-up to $90,000.00; Reserve not
met, and was sent off to "the Deal Doctor" at the venue, to see if the car could be sold, off-block.

Its seller had been "asking" for $175,000.00, privately, before the auction.



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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-15 3:42 PM (#410895 - in reply to #277809)
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The auction site, now, officially shows this car as being a no-sale, at its $90,000.00 high bid amount (apparently not
sold off-block).

Did some more research on this ride, and it might well have been intended to have been built for NASCAR's "Convertible
Division" racing.

This vert was a very early build (once the production of the 501's eventually/finally began....in late March, 1957, which was about
half way through the NASCAR 1957 Convertible (and sedan) season, which began on 11/11/56).

What is interesting about this ride's OEM equipment, is that in addition to having the Un-holy trinity in it (the un-avoidable manual
steering, together with the manual trannie, but also....manual brakes), the car was built with a non-padded front seat, and a single exterior color (white), and with a black top and gold/black interior.

All-manual, with a non-padded seat and a single-white color would be all that a race car would need to have in it.

Unlike Lee Smith's pure-drag D501 sedan, this car has a heater in it.

A heater is a desirable thing to have in a track-car, because it can be used to cool-off an overheating engine; C.K's own
specially-ordered D501 HT race car (never campaigned) came equipped with a heater in it.

On all '57 Coronets, a padded front and/or rear seat was optional equipment.

A non-padded seat is not a fun thing to have to sit upon (and this, in a convertible model).

When Dodge (which is to say: Carl Kiekaefer) decided not to sponsor any NASCAR teams, for the 57 season---which decision apparently occurred sometime in mid 1956 (...WAY before the June 6, 1957 A.M.A. "resolution" to end :"factory-sponsored racing teams"), Dodge apparently decided that it would postpone the production of the (apparently already funded, but no-longer-needed) 100+ D501 models.

NASCAR had previously decreed that at least 100 examples of any particular car model be built before it would sanction that model for its racing divisions.

The D501 was a unique car model, with its standard-equipment being unlike that of any other 1957 Dodge.

So, Dodge got around to scheduling the D501 model's production well into the 1957 m.y. (AND, well-into the 1957 NASCAR season) but, Dodge well-knew that these brutes needed some gussying-up to make them desirable purchases (and, more profitable, too).

This particular convertible received all of the '57 Accessory Groups, and dual antennae, and even the optional carpeting and undercoating.

These options, in-and-of themselves, would be unusual (expensive) features on any non-special-ordered 'economy' Coronet series vert.

But, regardless, this car would not have been much fun, to wheel-around-town 'in'.






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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-17 9:56 PM (#411300 - in reply to #277809)
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Just exchanged a couple e-mails with Mr. Smith, and he pointed out that his pure-drag car has a padded front seat in it.

Checked his car's IBM, and, yup, the ONLY option that its original owner, Arnie Beswick, Special-Ordered on/in it was
for a padded front seat!

[Actually, its 2-tone paint scheme--red/white--would also be an option; single-colors were standard, on all the
57 Dodges].

It also got New Car Service...but that is where the factory installed/applied all the fluids and alignments, etc., so that a
car could be immediately driven-away, once it got to its selling dealership.

Kiekaefer's pure-track race car was Special-Ordered with no padded seats in it....just like 'our' convertible, in this thread.






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horace
Posted 2013-11-18 1:05 PM (#411376 - in reply to #277809)
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It's not all or nothing as earlier stated, I know we had a 59 Sierra D500 stick w/ ps in town back in the day
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Posted 2013-11-18 8:37 PM (#411492 - in reply to #409505)
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I looked over the car before the auction. It was fair, but there was quite a bit that would need redoing, especially the interior. Whatever you pay for the 501, you're going to pay quite a bit more to make it right.
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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-19 1:40 AM (#411533 - in reply to #277809)
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That's exactly what I said, at the outset of this thread, on this car.

And, speaking NOT of-which, famous former corporate-sponsored drag racer (The Haulin Hemi), Lee Smith advises that his
real, documented D501 race car is for sale, privately, and not for huge-money, but not cheap, either.

If interested, please PM me and I'll put you two together.

I've taken a road trip in this car, with Lee, and you do not need to have a radio in it, to be entertained by it.



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Swept57
Posted 2013-11-19 7:26 AM (#411547 - in reply to #277809)
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I never heard of a non-padded seat; how is it constructed? Are there any springs or is it a plank of plywood?

I also seem to recall that Lee had stripped another D-501 of all of it's unique parts and they were for sale at one time. Is that true?
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Posted 2013-11-19 11:21 AM (#411570 - in reply to #411300)
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d500neil - 2013-11-17 8:56 PM Just exchanged a couple e-mails with Mr. Smith, and he pointed out that his pure-drag car has a padded front seat in it. Checked his car's IBM, and, yup, the ONLY option that its original owner, Arnie Beswick, Special-Ordered on/in it was for a padded front seat!

(SNIP)

Kiekaefer's pure-track race car was Special-Ordered with no padded seats in it....just like 'our' convertible, in this thread.

 

Since I own one of the '57 Chrysler 300 special ordered Kiekhaefer race cars, have the purchase order for it and another, and the build sheet for it and another,  you'll have to explain this to me because my seats are standard production seats.

 

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Swept57
Posted 2013-11-19 11:28 AM (#411571 - in reply to #277809)
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I think Neil is referring to Kiekaefer's D501, not a 300.
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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-19 5:44 PM (#411655 - in reply to #277809)
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Since when is this a "300" thread? --lololol...

Yeah; I'm talking about Dodge D501's (and, coincidentally, Carl Kiekaefer's having special-ordered of one of them, which he never raced, but he did 'dyno' its engine...the dyno results have been preserved).

The standard Dodge seats have a thin layer of 'jute' material residing over the seat springs.

On Coronets the "AirFoam" padding was optional on either/both seats.

The Custom Royals (and the Royals and Custom Sierra wagons) came with the AirFoam front seat as standard equipment---my own ride has a non-padded rear seat in it....and it feels 'firm' (hard) and flat when you sit on it.

Yes, Lee's other D501 'pieces', including VIN plate & P/T plate, from an All-Moonstone-Gray colored sedan are available.

Its engine number is known, but I can't recall that he has the engine block, from that car that he parted-out, in
Detroit, in the '80s.

That car had the gold/black Custom Coronet interior, but only one Accessory Group, containing the radio,
heater, back-up lights, LT O.S. mirror and the day/night inside mirror.





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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-19 11:51 PM (#411742 - in reply to #277809)
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JFG (just for grins), here's Mr. Lee Smith in his factory AWB (altered wheelbase) 65 Plymouth Satellite (Haulin Hemi II)
and the only shots he took of (what was left of....) the D501 that he parted out, in Detroit.

This is the all Moonstone-gray car, above.

My scribbles say: " D501 in Michigan (mechanics already parted out)."







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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-20 12:41 AM (#411755 - in reply to #277809)
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And, WTH; it's late; these photos courtesy of Maker's Mark bourbon.

Here's a couple shots of Lee's D501, taken at his estate in Moline IL, a few years ago.

The first one shows Illinois condensation on the windows, except for the rolled-down driver's
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d500neil
Posted 2013-11-20 12:59 AM (#411758 - in reply to #277809)
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Alright; this is ridiculous; nobody wants to see any photos of some old D501 race car....
and Lee, in action.

Remember, according to Lancer Mike, the D501 was not a car model....right.






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Swept57
Posted 2013-11-20 1:44 PM (#411856 - in reply to #411742)
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Yeah, that Detroit one with the center stripe is a real wreck. I'd scrap it too. Man, that would be a real find today.

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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-11-20 2:06 PM (#411860 - in reply to #411856)
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Um .... wouldn't the "Coronet" badge be replaced with "D-501" badge if it were a different model ?
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Posted 2013-11-20 2:43 PM (#411874 - in reply to #411860)
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I thought the D 501 option package was available throughout the Dodge model lineup like the D 500. Is that not the case?
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Posted 2013-11-20 6:05 PM (#411933 - in reply to #277809)
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Brent, it HAS a D501 badge on it, and it has a unique model coding for it, too.

The D501's extensive, and extremely-heavy-duty mechanical package (with no other mechanical options available on it other than power brakes) was only built into Coronet.....2-door sedans and convertibles (and very-few, special-ordered hardtops).....bodies.

Only 'trim/feature' items were optional on them, and those features were installed by the factory on every car that wasn't specially-ordered for racing purposes, so as to increase their attractiveness, and profitability, in the public-consumer venue.

And, there were only about 102 of them that were ever built, for NASCAR homologation purposes, for its being a purpose-built race car model.

If a PLY "Belvedere", et al, are 'models'.....then the 102-ish D501 is the KING(Kong) of the FWDLK car models.


Here's the lead-page of Dodge's A.M.A. Specifications Sheets, of 1/57, for NASCAR homologation purposes,
wherein all of the D501's standard equipment is listed, in comparison to the "D500" models' equipment.











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kmccabe56
Posted 2013-11-21 7:59 AM (#412018 - in reply to #411758)
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Alright; this is ridiculous; nobody wants to see any photos of some old D501 race car....
and Lee, in action.

Remember, according to Lancer Mike, the D501 was not a car model....right.




This then begs the question: What ares the model codes of "normal" Coronet 2dr sedans and convertibles, and what are the model codes of "D501" Coronet 2dr sedans and convertibles?
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Posted 2013-11-21 12:47 PM (#412053 - in reply to #277809)
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More D501 pics less 65 Coro
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-23 6:28 PM (#437453 - in reply to #277809)
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Scored eight 60's car mags for 10-bux(!) recently, altho none appeared to feature MoPars.

But, reading and research is fun.

The first mag, 9/62 Car Life, produced this OhWow letter.

According to the Ed., seven years later, "nobody" knew or recalled anything about the 1957 D501 car
model, or stillborn racing effort.

Does anyone have access to the Pittsburg PA phone book, to see how many "Donners" may still live there?

Somebody might remember the car, which could still exist.

It's interesting that Mr. Donner knew so little about his car's (probably a sedan) unique mechanical features.

(I should check the Nov and Dec '62 Car Lifes to see if anyone responded to this letter; a couple of the published letters in
this issue referenced articles that were published in the Jul issue).








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Posted 2014-04-24 6:14 PM (#437637 - in reply to #412018)
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This then begs the question: What ares the model codes of "normal" Coronet 2dr sedans and convertibles, and what are the model codes of "D501" Coronet 2dr sedans and convertibles?


This is a good thread.

Kevin asked and I will answer: the BDY code on the firewall tag for a "normal" Coronet 2dr sedan with a standard 325 V-8 engine is 2142.

The BDY code on the firewall tag for a "D501" Coronet 2dr sedan is 2442.

The BDY code on the firewall tag for a "normal" Coronet convertible with a standard 325 V-8 engine is 2143.

The BDY code on the firewall tag for a "D501" Coronet convertible is 2443.

Neil's example of the A.M.A. bulletin is interesting. If this is part of the body of evidence, then a Sierra D500 is a different model from a Sierra and a Custom Royal D500 is a different model from a Custom Royal? They each have distinct BDY codes on the firewall tag. To go a step further, a standard V-8 Coronet is a different model from a Coronet D500 since they have distinct BDY codes?

There really is no "model" code on the firewall tags, just the BDY code. However, all Coronets share a common numeral 4 in the third position of the four-digit sequence. All Royals share a common numeral 7 in the third position; and all Custom Royals share a common numeral 8 in the third position. Using this information, one might consider the third position as the "model" code.
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Posted 2014-04-24 7:51 PM (#437655 - in reply to #277809)
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But you don't know the coding for the hardtop D501 model (and, it is not what you might guess...)

The D501's have unique BDY codes, shared by no other Dodge models; the BDY codes identify the D501 models.

Dodge's Model codes ARE the BDY codes.

The D501's have unique mechanical features that are not shared with the other Dodge models, and were not
optionally available on any of the other models, either.













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Posted 2014-04-24 8:53 PM (#437669 - in reply to #437655)
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Neil, did they build any hardtop 501s that you know of?
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Posted 2014-04-24 10:05 PM (#437685 - in reply to #437669)
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Oh, I see you already stated they built "very few special-ordered hard tops".
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Posted 2014-04-24 11:43 PM (#437704 - in reply to #277809)
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Dodge actually built quite a few hardtop D501's...forget the number, off the top o' me head, right now, but there were quite a few of them,
including Kiekaefer's special ordered HT.

Most of the 10 cars that Mr. Davis didn't find are probably HT models...but, at least one of the 10 should be a convertible (that's the MoPar
Collector's Guide car, from 9/91).

If I were there w/you and Ronbo, this summer, we could have a good conversation regarding this matter, over some liquid libations....

...and discuss the Mole, who had access to to CHS records, back in the '90's.



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Posted 2014-04-25 12:23 AM (#437711 - in reply to #277809)
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So, Captain Kiekenheimer's D501 two-door hardtop is coded BDY 2146, which might otherwise be decoded Dodge, standard 325, Coronet, two-door hardtop. Might it be possible he ordered that very car and switched the engine to a crate 354 and made all the other necessary modifications? Is it possible that car was mis-stamped?

The number of hardtop D501s beith seven - ish.
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Posted 2014-04-25 1:27 AM (#437724 - in reply to #437704)
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For sure, libations in forward look glasses, right?! I'll pack one with your name on it.

Seems to me I heard about that Mole. A rather devious character I've been told; been escorted out of a number of different places. Got photos to prove it!

Yeah, your ears will be burning.
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Posted 2014-04-25 1:45 AM (#437726 - in reply to #437711)
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Mike,
I would interpret 2146 as:

Dodge 122" WB
Standard chassis/engine for lower price models
D-66. Coronet 8 cyl
2dr ht. Special club coupe

Greg

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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-25 2:43 AM (#437734 - in reply to #277809)
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Mike; WRONG; but thanks for playing SWAG.

2146 is only a part of the D501 story.

Went thru my D501 file, and of the 92 501's that are accounted, 8 are HT's, 23 are verts and 61 are sedans.

And, BTW, Mr. Davis found one 1957 Dodge Coronet 2-dr sedan, which was built on 8/23/57, whose
IBM card indicates that it was a (real-) Super D500, but that it had a FUEL INJECTION engine installed in it....
Engine number was L-360-16xx and its VIN was 35301xxx.

So, IRONICALLY, there is a myth about some 'early' 1958 Dodges being built with the (1957-) Hemi engines in them,
when, in actuality, there was at least one 1957 production-car (having both a current VIN and a valid engine-number)
which had a 1958 (Fuelie-) engine in it.

It probably served as a Pilot (test) car.

Its engine coding is interesting, too, on the IBM card, because the 57 version is not set up for an Extra-Super-D500
model, so the factory kinda tap-danced around the engine coding a little bit, but the coding is consistent with the 58 engine
codings and the car's engine is a 58 D500 361 c.i. Wedge/B-block.

Its disposition and current whereabouts (you may be shaving with it, today) are unknown, and, it probably was sold
in-house to Engineering Dept/Proving Grounds, or to a lucky Honcho...but there you are.

Of the 23 found-verts, 2 are all-blue with blue tops, and none of them had a green top.

Precisely half of the 92 found cars are single color.












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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2014-04-25 12:14 PM (#437781 - in reply to #437734)
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No wagons ?
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-25 2:17 PM (#437807 - in reply to #277809)
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Nope; the D501's were a specific car model, based upon the Coronet body.

No automatics, either, as previously discussed, altho it is possible (but highly improbable) that one or more of the missing/unaccounted-for IBM's may be for a T/Flite equipped car.









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LD3 Greg
Posted 2014-04-25 8:31 PM (#437879 - in reply to #437734)
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Neil, thanks for those details. Interesting stuff.
Greg
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Posted 2014-04-25 8:39 PM (#437883 - in reply to #277809)
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Flattery will get you nowhere (or not)....

This car confirms (y)our theory about the engine coding on the Fuelies, since one has now been found.





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LD3 Greg
Posted 2014-04-25 11:31 PM (#437896 - in reply to #437883)
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I obtained a pair of NOS 1935956/7 T-bars a while ago and installed them in my Regal, a non sway bar car. I am very disappointed with the ride. I was expecting a significantly stiffer front end. That didn't happen. A little stiffer but that is all!

I think I mentioned this before but didn't elaborate on the ride. I may have forwarded photos of them to you.
Greg
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Posted 2014-04-26 1:07 AM (#437910 - in reply to #437883)
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OK, I might now understand what your email was about. The engine in that pic with the post-it note was my L360 SP engine. It was the one I found with the dual point distributor in it------- remember? I thought I had found an FI car!!

I still have that engine but I had to trade the distributor to get the correct 58 AFB for the Regal.
Greg
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2014-04-26 1:19 AM (#437911 - in reply to #437910)
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Do you two need a little "alone" time ?


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Posted 2014-04-26 1:23 AM (#437913 - in reply to #437883)
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Flattery??? It wasn't flattery. I was just being civil and thanking you for great info.
Greg
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Posted 2014-04-26 1:25 AM (#437914 - in reply to #437913)
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I think he meant "flatulence".
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