After being removed from its underground vault after 50 years and subsequently unveiled to a crowd of thousands last week, the 1957 Plymouth Miss Belvedere finally has its first owner. Check out who won this rusty relic at: www.oldcarsweekly.com
If he is still alive I'm guessing he will lie low, at 82 years old I can't imagine he would want the Plymouth dropped off in his driveway.
i`d like to have that car and fix it up and drive it, people fix up cars that are in that kind of shape all the time, i sold a 57 chevy that was really bad off but complete, now the guy who owns it now has put about 15 grand into to it and it looks great.
maybe..but how many cars do people "fix up" that have had 50 years worth of flood damage ? even if you gut the car, and interior to restore it, that nasty flood smell will always be there. it'll be stinky long after it's been restored.
Bob Schmidt from the '57 Museum in Branson had a great idea. He'd like to get his hands on the car and clean, not restore, but clean one side of the car and leave the other au natural. Trust me. having been up close and personal with this car last weekend, there isn't much left to restore. I'll admit that Boyd and his boys were able to shine a coupe of spots on the bumper, but the skin on the trunk lid completely seperated when they pried the lid open. Basically, you have a large nick-knack that will either take up your entire garage forever or you will have to spend your entire life dusting it as it sits on a giant shelf somewhere. because this car isn't moving on its own unless some cat has a ton 'o cash. And even then you wouldn't end up with the same finned cruiser, it would be a whole new car.
The winner of the '57 Plymouth Belvedere died back in 1979 at the fitting age of "57". Check out the rest of the story at www.oldcarsweekly.com
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