I have enjoyed seeing photos of Sedan Deliveries on this site. I liked seeing the 57 S.D. bush find. 57 was one of my favorite Pontiac's but I have never come across one. Now that I am restoring a 55 Pontiac I felt that I could never tackle another restoration. I feel very fortunate to have come across this 57 S.D. but as I have an extensive restoration going now I didn't feel like I could handle another car. I went and looked at the vehicle and felt I must get it. The car was originally from Edmonton. I am looking forward to having some fun with this vehicle. Attached are a few photos of the vehicle.
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They show they are uploading but nothing seems to happen, any suggestions?
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Canadian Poncho said
Apr 6, 2009
Give it another try. There was some site maintenance on the weekend and some things were acting strangely.
Todd
speelman1958 said
Apr 6, 2009
nice pics! congrats on your purchase.
Ghost Post said
Apr 6, 2009
WOW...sweet piece!.
Taylor55 said
Apr 6, 2009
Very nice sedan delivery. You are very lucky to find one. Now that you have two a 55 and the 57 who gets to drive the second one around ? Congratulations on your purchase !
Al
Astro Jet said
Apr 6, 2009
Way Kool! Great score, and welcome to the site! Love those unique Canadian only models!
427carl said
Apr 6, 2009
invader wagon said
Apr 6, 2009
That is definitely a car you could not turn down.A friend of mine has a 57 Chhheevv sedan delivery fuelie,4 gear just as nice.
Stephenzone said
Apr 6, 2009
now i'm jealous. that is one car i would make room for.
Canadian Poncho said
Apr 6, 2009
Wow! I like that!!! I see a future feature car there!
2drpost said
Apr 6, 2009
love it db!
what's that 3-4 '57 delivery owners on here?
57poncho said
Apr 6, 2009
That is one sweet ride but I have a soft spot for 57 wagons.
Welcome aboard
Vern
65post said
Apr 6, 2009
Very unique and very cool.Love the 57 ponchos.Any production #s on those?
4SPEED427 said
Apr 6, 2009
Boy, talk about unique. You won't run into your twin at every car show when you take that one.
Great score!
I think you may be right looks to have florida plates still on it in pics
db said
Apr 7, 2009
This is the Florida car. I saw an ad for it a couple of weeks ago so I called the owner and then flew down to look at it. I was very impressed with the car so we made a deal. This fellow was great offered to pick me up at the airport and I could stay at his house and he also offered me the use of one of his restored GMC. He is a real GMC fan and he has about 10- 1/2 trucks a couple of them were one of one - made by GM for a special purpose. A couple of interesting options in one of the trucks an air bladder under the driver and one for the passenger so you could set it for your comfort and the other option which I never heard of was an auto ashtray (maybe not the right term) it was a little chrome piece near the ignition and you would drop your cigarette ashes into and the vacuum would suck it out to the engine compartment where it would be deposited into a glass bottle. So he made it a very memorable trip. He also had a 53 Merc panel truck that he got from St Catherines, Ont.
He picked this Pontiac up in Edmonton about 12 or 13 years ago and drove it to Florida with out any problems and he said he would drive it to Canada without any hesitation. To be on the safe side I am having it trucked back.
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Taylor55 said
Apr 7, 2009
I have to ask this question, when you originally bought your 55 s/d were your plans to install rear quarters from a 55 safari. I was talking to someone from the Ottawa area a couple of years ago at the Barrie Flea Market who had just bought a 55 sd from out west and that were his plans. Is it you?
Al
db said
Apr 7, 2009
I did buy my 55 from a fellow in Saskatoon and our plan was to put on new side panels which we did do.(we did not look at Safari panels) It was such a major job to redo this car. I bought the car by looking at a few pictures. The fellow doing my body work looked at them and said he would tackle the job. This is the 4th year and it proceeds slowly. I took some pictures today of the 55 and the majority of the body work is done. One encouraging thing was that we got the hydraulic clutch working and we were able to fire it up and drive it outside for the first time. It sounded great nice throaty sound. He tells me I will have it on the road this summer we'll see.
koolkemp said
Aug 2, 2009
Taylor55 wrote:
I have to ask this question, when you originally bought your 55 s/d were your plans to install rear quarters from a 55 safari. I was talking to someone from the Ottawa area a couple of years ago at the Barrie Flea Market who had just bought a 55 sd from out west and that were his plans. Is it you?
Al
That would be my buddy Fred, he still hasnt touched the car...it might be for sale ,I saw him in Moncton at the show last month, he has too many projects and doubted that he would ever get around to doing it. Its not a bad car except for the roof, its really bad, he got a 2nd roof for it but its not much better. I originally found the car but passed on it because of the roof. I was working on a 55 Chev delivery at the time and had to swap the roof on that for the same reasons...took me over 2 yrs to find a reasonable roof down near Harrisburg Pa.
RacerRick said
Aug 7, 2009
Nice. I am still looking for a 55-57 Pontiac SD. Too bad they are all far away.
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59stratochiefwagon said
Aug 8, 2009
Rick, there is a fellow Jay Hammond on TriFive that had a 55 CDN SD for sale at Syracuse last month, his email is jhchevyparts@aol.com. My name on TF is henrys57wagon, good luck on your search, Henry.
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Al
what's that 3-4 '57 delivery owners on here?
It looks like this Florida car.
http://www.pontiacregistry.com/members/viewtopic.php?p=5779&sid=da0dd7d4eb0b52e7556860569024ea87
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I have to ask this question, when you originally bought your 55 s/d were your plans to install rear quarters from a 55 safari. I was talking to someone from the Ottawa area a couple of years ago at the Barrie Flea Market who had just bought a 55 sd from out west and that were his plans. Is it you?
Al
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