The only paint-statistic I've seen was a Motor Life article, that said
that dark-ish colors were more popular in 1957, than in 1956, and that
the most popular color was (all) black.
If you look closely at the car, you'll see white overspray on the rear
door's window weatherstrip-piece.
The car's P/T plate will confirm the OEM paint scheme, but I'm thinking
that the car might have been built in all-white, which might explain the
'easy' painting of the lower, fins, and roof, while keeping the firewall
and middle "saddle" area white.
At least, the car does have the 'flashy' red/black interior trim.
The "rare" category would be the expensive engine (D500) in the bottom
line (Coro) in the decidedly family-oriented 4-dr hardtop persuasion.
There were 13,619 Coro 4dr HT's built, which is 4.735% of the total
287,578 production.
The D500 production was about 6% (not 5%) of the total production.
You don't, but I consider 6% (D500) , or 4.735% (Coro 4-dr HT's, BEFORE
D500-production is factored-in) of any production-totals to be
considered as being "rare", notwithstanding 50-year survival rates on a
fragile automobile platform--the 4-dr hardtop.
How many of the Coro 4-dr HT's were D500, and how many have survived?
You like to argue with me, but I believe that a surviving Coro 4-dr HT
D500, in (possibly) red-over-white scheme is VERY rare, and was
relatively very-rare, when new, too.
As a comparison, the 57 Coros saw 21,132 2-dr sedans (probably MORE of
them were D500's than the 4-dr HT's), 44,397 were 2-dr HT's, and 60, 810
were 4-dr sedans.
The only lower production sub-series were the 6-cylinder 2-dr
sedan-models (7,175) and the convertibles (3,363).
That's a rare surviving automobile; too bad its OEM engine was pulled..
Neil Vedder
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- From: Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 19:54:50 -0700
Neil, are there any statistics on the two-tone combinations on '57 Dodges?
Back in the day, most every one around here was two-toned like the one in
Bill's pix.
In the Aug, '93 Collectable Automobile article, "1957-59 Dodge: The Sexy
Swept-Wings," 9 out of 11 cars pictured had the roof/fins/lower-bodyside
two-toning.
That same article says that a little over 5% of all '57 Dodges were D-500's,
17,762 cars. That doesn't seem to hit the "rare" category.
There were, according to the same source, 13,619 Coronet Lancer hardtop
sedans in '57, 8,824 Royals and 12,068 Custom Royals.
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66
Plymouth, '41 Dodge
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] WHATZIT WORTH?
It's a Custom Coro in a very unusual (surviving)
paint scheme, in a very rare (surviving) body style, and a D500
(originally), and is structurally sound, and relatively complete..
That's the good news.
No engine/trans; needs everything, to some extent, to be done to it.
Is the headliner, (and visors) intact?
Without the original engine (D500's do show up
on occasion): no more than $1,250.00 , as-is.
Good/interesting project, but it'll take years to complete, if you can
maintain the motivation and financing to complete it.
At about a grand, you could protect the remains from further degradation
and probably turn a profit on it, a couple years from now.
If you are not equiped to restore the car diligently, or to dry-store
it, then the seller probably wants your money more than you
need that car.
PowerFlites were rarely offered with D500's, but, as the D500 was an
engine option, only,
a customer could have ordered a P/F with a D500----never seen one,
though.
Neil Vedder
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