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1956 D500 convertible on Hemmings
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ABloch
Posted 2017-06-26 7:52 PM (#542923)
Subject: 1956 D500 convertible on Hemmings



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From what I have read the 500-1 were all standard steering and standard brakes.

Nice car!

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/dodge/coronet/196...
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56D500boy
Posted 2017-06-26 9:42 PM (#542933 - in reply to #542923)
Subject: RE: 1956 D500 convertible on Hemmings



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ABloch - 2017-06-26 7:52 PM From what I have read the 500-1 were all standard steering and standard brakes.
Nice car!


I agree nice car but...

There are a few things that bother me:

- "and a shaved deck for 8.25:1 compression" (to gain horsepower??? How?)

- presence of PS/PBs

- "Super Red Ram" stickers on the valve covers. D500s and D500-1s had no stickers. They were on the 55 270 Hemi and the 56 315 Poly four bbls but not the 56 or 57 D500 hemis.

- Custom Royal Grill teeth

- Royal/Custom Royal rear fender badges

- missing black in the D-500 crossed flags

- The extra non-factory black paint on the door sill plate















Edited by 56D500boy 2017-06-27 10:22 AM
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CaprockClassics
Posted 2017-06-27 9:50 AM (#542953 - in reply to #542923)
Subject: Re: 1956 D500 convertible on Hemmings



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All those things that you find "bothersome", I find attractive. Is $83k out of line for this car? Perhaps, but it's also one of the more rare Forward Look Convertibles; couple that with the performance options and condition, and this is about as hard to come by as a hen tooth...

~Peter
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56D500boy
Posted 2017-06-27 11:54 AM (#542965 - in reply to #542953)
Subject: Re: 1956 D500 convertible on Hemmings



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Volusa Motors apparently got more than one D500 convertible.

I am in contact with someone from here with a D500 convertible. He says:

" My car 's build plate shows a white coronet convertible with the 270 V8. My car is actually a beach racer that was delivered to Volusa Motors in Florida but never raced. It wound up in Staten Island, New York and sat for a couple years; and the dealership couldn't sell it so he added some options and a lady bought it and drove it locally. I bought it only knowing it had a hemi when I first saw it and found out the history of the car later. It has the big brakes, heavy duty transmission, single 4 bbl hemi, sway bars front and rear, 6 leaf rear springs 16 inch springs up front and bolts and hinges for a rollbar. You can see a picture of it on google images--'56 dodge convertible--it's pink and white."

Maybe Volusa Motors did the "upgrades" to the black D500 convertible to make it more saleable back in the day (??).

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DepsilonD
Posted 2017-06-27 12:36 PM (#542969 - in reply to #542923)
Subject: Re: 1956 D500 convertible on Hemmings



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It's a nice clone. There have been other discussions of this car on this forum.
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StillOutThere
Posted 2017-06-27 3:29 PM (#542993 - in reply to #542923)
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Always fun to watch cars return again and again to the market trying to find "believers". As stated by DepsilonD, "nice clone". Not great.
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