[FWDLK] The lost '57 convertible

[Steve & Linda Chou <stchou@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As some of you on the list remember, I have a '57 Plymouth Belvedere 4
door.  I have owned the car since 1980.  I also owned a '57 Belvedere
convertible back in 1982.  I will tell you a little about the car.  I
parted out a '57 4-door, and got the convertible in the deal.  The car
had set out in a field for ten years and was not running, but the engine
was free.  The body had a lot of cancer in the rear quarters as I
recall, but was straight.  The top was rotted and the interior shot.
All glass was good.  It had the stock 301 engine and torqueflite
transmission.  The car had regular steering and brakes.  Radio with dual
rear antennaes.  Padded dash.  It was red with white sporttone trim.
Missing a piece of chrome on one of the doors, I think.  Overall, the
car was very rough, but original.

I got the car when I was newly married and we were living in an
apartment building in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Within a few months we
had to move, and I could not make arrangements to keep the car in the
short amount of time before we moved.  Alas, the convertible and I
parted ways.  That was 22 years ago.....

Now, I bring this up in case someone might have interest in searching
for the lost ark.  The chances that the car is still around today are
probably remote, but if it is still around, undiscovered, it would be
quite a find.  I will tell you what I remember.  The guy who took the
car was from around Perryville, Missouri.  Perryville is on I-55, about
30 miles north of Cape Girardeau, and 70 miles south of St. Louis.

Maybe the car was restored.  Maybe it was scrapped.  But for all I know
it may be sitting somewhere near where it was towed to.  Perhaps someone
is foolhardy enough to pursue this mystery.  If anyone does, I would
love to know the outcome.  By the way, I had named the car "Walaby".

Steve Chou
Hannibal, MO