Re: [FWDLK] '57 Belvedere Convert

["Scott Monfort" <sdm@xxxxxxx>]

      Brian and List,
   Like a dummy I got all excited at the prospect of finding the convert,
and didn't look to see if the VIN number was on the car until later when I
was trying to decide to buy it. Unfortunately, all body and VIN id is gone.
I still need to maybe try to dig around in the crap inside and next to the
car (driver's door is missing) just in case the rivets on the tag rusted
through and it fell off. Or, the old guy that owns the yard could have
removed the tag when the car entered the yard and saved it somewhere. I'll
try to exhaust all my options as far as finding the original VIN tag goes.
If I can't find the VIN tag I don't see much point in spending a lot of
time, money, and effort to bring the car back. Without any way to document
it, the car isn't really worth very much more than parts.
                                                                      Scott
Monfort

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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '57 Belvedere Convert


Scott,

By now you probably have bought the '57 ragtop - and if not,
do it! That $100 bucks will be well spent if and when you do
a restoration.

I am into the second year of restoring my '57 Dodge D500
convertible and it too needed a trunk floor as well as
patching on the quarters, d/s floor and rockers. It was a
decent driver and had been used in a movie, so it wasn't a
junkyard car, but still needed a complete redo!  I have also
bought 2 D500 parts cars (hardtops) - complete and solid no
rust cars for parts. I have been planning the restoration of
the convert and the 2 dr h/t for the last 12 years. During
that time I have been digging up and buying parts for both
cars, but by getting those complete parts cars, I was able
to save a lot of time and money.

If you do a complete "grandfather's axe" type of resto like
Ron Water's '59 Dodge convert then you will need to have a
couple of extra cars to work with. The $100 car may or may
not be the one you end up with, but the unique parts will be
well worth the minimal investment.