my car as found by the previous owner in 2008.

This is how she looked when the previous owner found her in a garage in 2008. i Bought her in the same condition in june of this year.
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=21334&start=1

 

I just saw this last night on FB as I was about to hit the sack, read the whole thread on my iphone, I was glued! That is a kick*** story and looks like one hell of a car bud, enjoy!

 

Thanks man! It's at Fury Jim's place as he is the master of the 57/58 plymouths.

 

that is a awesome car and the story is just as cool. I love wagons. hope to see you/it at a car show some time so i can get a real look at it.

 

seats are done.

 

Well, that's close to how we had hoped that Ms Belvedere would look. Didn't turn out so well. Congrats! Really great lookin' car.

 

progress pics here

http://s969.photobucket.com/albums/ae171/58ss/wagon/

 

great wagon and a cool story, I'm still thinking I need a 57 Olds wagon in that condition if anyone stumbles across one....

 

Very nice wagon. Hard to believe its so intact and nice. Congrats!

 

Made my MoPar alarm go off big time. Man what a cool rig, congrats bro. ~Sololobo~

 

Idle clip.

413 with a comp thumpr cam. I know that tach isn't vintage, but it's what i had lying around. It'll have the factory interior, factory color, and body color steelies with do dishes. Should be in for paint in two weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvUCDeT60TI

 

Nice, she's gotta have a name?

 

Her name is penny. The factory color is Copper glow, it'll look like a giant penny going down the road.

 

Nice tach....

 

Penny huh, has she killed anyone yet?
Sorry I just can't help it, I just love her sister in that movie.

 

roof's painted.

 

in primer.

 

I was just thinking "man, that's a lot of seat, then I saw the roof pics, man that's a lot of roof", looks awesome, neat story too

 

PAINT! as close to the original color as we could get with modern paint. The original paint actually used crushed gl*** to get the metallic.

 

That is going to be so cool when it's done!

 

Damn.......now thats what I'm talkin about.......

 

wetsanding ****s. 600, 1200, 1500 then 2000.

Should be buffed out and ready for trim and interior this weekend.

 

Very cool find! Can't wait to see it back together.

 

Great looking car! What a find!

 

That roof is sick!

 

That's wicked! Can't wait to see more!

 

That is the exact model of wagon we had when I was a kid. Dad bought it brand new in Indiana and drove the family out to Cali in it. Every one in the family drove it at one time or another. My brother drove it back and forth to Oregon when he was going to school. He drove it to the junkyard about 1977 when he couldn't get brake arts for it. Ours was all white and we called it the "White Elephant". Nice find, great car!

Kurt O.