Aspen500
Well-Known Member
My very first car technically. Dad bought it for me to work on when I was 13, in 1977. Paid a whole $35 for it. Base model 1957 Dodge Coronet 6 with a 230 flat head I-6, 3 on the tree, rubber floor, manual steering and brakes, etc and only 75,000 miles. The plates had expired in 1973. Think the only options it had was a heater, dual outside mirrors and full wheel covers. Some of the orange/red (not sure what it exactly was) and the white is original paint yet and the interior was black and gold cloth/vinyl. First year for torsion bars and the 8 3/4" axle.
Never got it on the road but it was a start. Never forget, me on one side of the garage working on this car, my dad in the other stall working on one of his cars. My mother always said she didn't have to worry about us because all she had to do was look in the garage, and there we would be.
This is from the day it went to a new owner 30 years later in '07. Coldest day of the last 2 centuries I think. Thermometer was right around -25 and it was colder than cold out. We had to heat the winch up on the guys trailer to get it to work, using a heat gun. It was rifrickingdiculous.
Anyways, couple of random pics:
Never got it on the road but it was a start. Never forget, me on one side of the garage working on this car, my dad in the other stall working on one of his cars. My mother always said she didn't have to worry about us because all she had to do was look in the garage, and there we would be.
This is from the day it went to a new owner 30 years later in '07. Coldest day of the last 2 centuries I think. Thermometer was right around -25 and it was colder than cold out. We had to heat the winch up on the guys trailer to get it to work, using a heat gun. It was rifrickingdiculous.
Anyways, couple of random pics: