The guys like photos but I'm sure you will find help here.

Welcome aboard fellow 57 Pontiac lover. I hate to correct you right off the bat, but your car is a Pathfinder not a Pathfinder Deluxe. Your car would be the entry level, the Deluxe is the middle of the line. Please keep your 57 Pontiac  original, thank you very much. Your car seems to be very solid but if you require sheet metal panels for under neath they are the same as 57 Chev and very readily available. If you do not know this yet, many parts as the same as 57 Chev. Including all mechanical components, many sheet metal panels and much of the interior. This makes it easier to restore than the American counterpart 57 Pontiac. In my opinion you are far better off keeping the cars original integrity and restoring it original. This not that hard to do because of all the many 57 Chev parts that are available. On the other hand there are some parts that are specific to the Canadian 57 Pontiac and those take more work to find. Very important to remember is that because there are a lot of differences between Canadian and American 57 Pontiacs to not get burned buying parts that will not fit your Canadian car. For example front hood and fenders on your car are shorter than the American car. As far as the drive train goes, you did not mention what is in the car. If it has the original 261 six or 283 V-8 keep them. Your car will be worth more keeping either original motor in it. Please resist putting in a common belly button motor in there. Also my personal opinion  is to get rid of that yellow paint and paint the car one of the many fabulous original type colors. If you ever wanted to sell the car, good luck with that yellow paint on there. It looks like you are starting with a really good solid car there brother. All the best of luck with your resto of your fine ride. Please check out the photos of my 57 Pontiac in members photos under "My 57 Ride". Cheers. George.

Welcome aboard. Very nice 57 if you need any info on it I have all the book and trim charts. If you post a pic of the cowl tag we can tell you what motor it came with and the factory color.

Thank you for your reply, I ckecked the numbers with GM about 20 years ago, an they said it was a deluxe.  What is the differerence?

Thank you, I have only seen original 4 dr pathfinders(not restored). And they were all the same pastel green. Same as my cars original colour. 

I didn't tell you  about the motor. The block is a 63-64 2bolt 327. The heads are 64-65 corvette small chamber fuely heads shaved. About a 1000 miles on the fresh rebuild . Cheers

Hello Pete, to answer your question about the difference between a club coupe and a 2 door sedan is as follows. The club coupe has a two tone all vinyl interior. The regular 2 door sedan has the cloth insert and vinyl interior. Chevrolet in those years called their model the Delray Club Coupe. Back in the late 70's early 80's i owned a 1955 Chev Delray Club  Coupe. Black and white all vinyl interior. This car looked just like a regular 210 2 door sedan on the outside. On the inside the interior was very very different. With the 57 Pontiac i guess the confusion is that they never named it something different. With Chev it was a Delray. Hope this helps. Cheers. George.

How ever you decide to do the car keep us posted with pics of progress.

I asume that the deluxe has a chrome stripe down the side.

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If the 57 pathfinder deluxe has the chrome strip along the side, then, I like the cheaper cleaner version, thank you very much!

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the cowl tag will tell for shure

Hi,

Great car. Looking forward to see your progress.

I have a lot of parts for 57 pontiacs, so if you need anything just let me know.

Cheers
Steve