davelacourse wrote:

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The other 3 pictures show on my PC as white box with red X ... ???

Dave 

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They all show up for me Dave but I have had trouble uploading all day, got lots of red x's and had to keep retrying until they finally "stuck".

 

I purchased my Pure Stock Muscle Contender yesterday. Sorry-it's not a Pontiac or a GM. I am a sucker for Virgil Exner's over-the-top styling. Imagine this in your rear view mirror on a dark night on a desolate highway:



She's a 59 Dodge Royal D500 2 door hardtop. Just like the Pontiac, she last saw the road in 1977. I found it less than 30 minutes from home. How could this be a Pure Stock Contender: She has the very rare D500 option- 320hp 383, torqueflite trans, big brakes and HD suspension. 37000 orig miles.
The fellow I bought it from is 78 years old. He imported the car from the U.S and didn't bother to register it! It took 5 hours of red tape to get the car into my name. I don't want to go through that again. I had a very understanding fellow at Canada Customs and it probably helped that he owns a 70 Road Runner.
Finally coming home:


More:

I even got a broadcast sheet!


Factory dual exhaust:



This is what makes it special. Kind of like finding an SD Beaumont:


The 500 designates the amount Dodge had to build to qualify for NASCAR

The downside- the interior was vandalized. The perfect interior was slashed with a knife. The windshield has a big hole in it (seller gave me a replacement)
There's a couple of weak spots in the floors. He doesn't know this but Gus will be recruited to perform apply his welding art to repair them. It also needs exhaust etc. It's a project and a pretty good investment.
Needless to say, it's pretty tight in the garage right now!


All the stress of yesterday has caught up with me. I'm now sick as a dog with some sort of stomach bug and a killer migraine. I'm going back to bed now..
Todd

Sweet Score Todd !

Here is the run down on the 59 NASCAR season. NO Dodges and one Pontiac winner.

Number	Date	Site	Race Winner	Car	Speed
1	11/09/58	Fayetteville, NC	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	56.001
2	2/20/59	Daytona Beach, FL	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	143.198
3	2/22/59	Daytona Beach, FL	Lee Petty	Olds	135.521
4	3/01/59	Hillsboro, NC	Curtis Turner	T-Bird	81.612
5	3/08/59	Concord, NC	Curtis Turner	T-Bird	59.239
6	3/22/59	Atlanta, GA	Johnny Beauchamp	T-Bird	75.172
7	3/29/59	Wilson, NC	Junior Johnson	Ford	50.300
8	3/30/59	Winston-Salem, NC	Jim Reed	Ford	43.562
9	4/04/59	Columbia, SC	Jack Smith	Chevrolet	57.343
10	4/05/59	N. Wilkesboro, NC	Lee Petty	Olds	71.985
11	4/26/59	Reading, PA	Junior Johnson	Ford	53.011
12	5/02/59	Hickory, NC	Junior Johnson	Ford	62.165
13	5/03/59	Martinsville, VA	Lee Petty	Olds	59.512
14	5/17/59	Trenton, NJ	Tom Piston	T-Bird	87.350
15	5/22/59	Charlotte, NC	Lee Petty	Olds	55.300
16	5/24/59	Nashville, TN	Rex White	Chevrolet	71.006
17	5/30/59	Los Angeles, CA	Parnelli Jones	Ford	50.982
18	6/05/59	Spartanburg, SC	Jack Smith	Chevrolet	55.547
19	6/13/59	Greenville, SC	Junior Johnson	Ford	51.480
20	6/14/59	Atlanta, GA	Lee Petty	Plymouth	58.499
21	6/18/59	Columbia, SC	Lee Petty	Plymouth	58.726
22	6/20/59	Wilson, NC	Junior Johnson	Ford	58.065
23	6/21/59	Richmond, VA	Tom Pistone	T-Bird	56.881
24	6/27/59	Winston-Salem, NC	Rex White	Chevrolet	41.228
25	6/28/59	Weaverville, NC	Rex White	Chevrolet	72.934
26	7/04/59	Daytona Beach, FL	Fireball Roberts	Pontiac	140.581
27	7/21/59	Pittsburgh, PA	Jim Reed	Chevrolet	45.000
28	7/26/59	Charlotte, NC	jack Smith	Chevrolet	49.533
29	8/01/59	Myrtle Beach, SC	Ned Jarrett	Ford	52.941
30	8/02/59	Charlotte, NC	Ned Jarrett	Ford	52.794
31	8/09/59	Nashville, TN	Joe Lee Johnson	Chevrolet	63.343
32	8/16/59	Weaverville, NC	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	71.833
33	8/21/59	Winston-Salem, NC	Rex White	Chevrolet	44.085
34	8/22/59	Greenville, SC	Buck Baker	Chevrolet	58.055
35	8/29/59	Columbia, SC	Lee Petty	Plymouth	48.264
36	9/07/59	Darlington, SC	Jim Reed	Chevrolet	111.836
37	9/11/59	Hickory, NC	Lee Petty	Plymouth	63.380
38	9/13/59	Richmond, VA	Cotton Owens	T-Bird	60.382
39	9/13/59	Sacramento, CA	Eddie Gray	Ford	54.753
40	9/20/59	Hillsboro, NC	Lee Petty	Plymouth	77.868
41	9/27/59	Martinsville, VA	Rex White	Chevrolet	60.500
42	10/11/59	Weaverville, NC	Lee Petty	Plymouth	76.433
43	10/18/59	N. Wilkesboro, NC	Lee Petty	Plymouth	74.829
44	10/25/59	Concord, NC	Jack Smith	Chevrolet	54.005

I think you better start a new thread in the "new member, dark side" section.....

I'm sure that car has a very interesting history Todd, when you feel better, you will have to tell us more.  How did you even find out about it, or have you known about this car for a long time and finally the right moment just came up to buy it?

PS love the interior rear view mirror on the dash - what were those Chrysler engineers thinking?

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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I think you better start a new thread in the "new member, dark side" section.....

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          When Todd is feeling better   He should start a new Nascar post and show off the big Goat!    Many will miss it  stuck on the drag race article   my 2 cents   I like the big car!   My Dad worked at CN, and told me of his boss taking him for a ride in his 57 Chrysler..  All I remember was him saying it had 2 carbs and would go 135mph   that was in the 60's

 

The engine isn't much to look at. The valve covers look to have been replaced with later ones-the orig are either silver or red depending on who you ask. They should also have D500 plates or decals (again depending on who you ask)


My headache finally broke so I decided to hook a battery up to the car. The headlights, one tail light, plate bulb, dome lights (two of em on each side-fancy!) , glove box light worked. Radio inop. Heater controls stuck. Horn works! Wipers work! I enjoy working on the electrical bits and pieces-getting the radio, gauges, heater etc working again. I did a quick starter engagement and that works too.
Luckily the headliner is mint as they are damn near impossible to find-they are a cardboard material:


Underneath:

The rear suspension has 5 leafs.





That yellow drum is the parking brake- it's on the back of the transmission.

Todd



-- Edited by 69Laurentian on Tuesday 6th of October 2009 06:05:29 PM

It's really cool looking at that dash mounted mirror and seeing two big fins behind you!

Article written by my friend Diego, who was the announcer at the event:

http://www.examiner.com/x-16064-NY-American-Muscle-Car-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Pure-Stock-Musclecar-Drag-Race-the-best-musclecar-show-in-America

427carl wrote:

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427carl wrot

 

 

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Hahaha, are you deteriorating, Carl???   427 carl wrot????????