It is true that this 1957 Plymouth Belvedere in white and with the large red stripe, which widens as it extends to the rear, will catch anyone's attention! Those rear lights on the fins in the shape of, as they call them, "Rabbit Ears", for me it is a compliment, since they attract a lot of attention. Also the huge chrome bumper with the shape of fins in the corners and the large windshield with that curved style, especially at the top. Nice interior with those black, white and red upholstery, along with its chrome trim indicators and unique speedometer. The final walk was calm and relaxing; It's like going back in time to the 50's. Congratulations to Mr. Hackleman for this magnificent restoration! Best regards, Lou!
Hi Bat Man lives, Happy to read "Just love the style !!!" :-) Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
What a great looking Belvedere! Those tail lamps are just fine for my tastes and the interior looks fantastic, too. Mr. Hackleman definitely finshed the restoration in style, especially with the dual quad set up under the hood. Thanks, Lou!
When I was young the late-50's "Forward Look" Plymouths with their big fins and tons of chrome were everywhere. All us young people wanted Mustangs and Camaro's. The old Plymouths were used up, rusted out and thrown away. Now they are rare birds and very cool. Thanks Jay Hackleman for preserving this piece of history, thanks Lou Costable for the video.
Hi William, Happy to read this car brings back memories :-) Glad to share this "rare bird" with you. Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou
When I was 7 our neighbor had a very similar car that she would drive us to school and to various other places as my mother didn’t drive and Dad took our car to his job. She had a lead foot and I thought that’s how everyone drove. Great memories as usual from Lou.
Beautiful Plymouth. You can't beat the 50s when comes to styling. It was such an innovative period for the automobile industry both from styling and features. And I agree with Jay when he said it screams 1950s, it sure does, especially with those fins! Great video Lou!
Great to see another Exner-penned Forward Look beauty featured! First year for its great handling front torsion bar suspension and its advanced 3-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission. Also first year for its large multi-curved 'bubble windshield' seen on the '57-'59 Plymouths and Dodges - curved out from the windshield header as well as the "A" pillars, to offer much greater visibility than the competition. Also note that the gold grille and tail emblems are a modernized impression of the earlier Plymouths' sailing ship emblems - connecting the heritage Plymouth name to Christopher Columbus' landing at Plymouth Rock on his Mayflower. Thanks for featuriing Jay's sweet Plymouth!
A 57 Ply Fury was one of the first cars I looked at to buy right out of HS in 75'. He wanted $50 for it but the engine seized up when he was trying to start it. Some other cars I looked at was a 69' Charger, a 66' T-Bird, a 66; Buick Riviera with a stock dual quad setup just to name a few. Ended up with a 69' Road Runner,
Thanks for posting Lou. My dad had a '57 Plymouth. It was a four door sedan. It was a "plain Jane' Plaza model. No frills, nuthin!! Not even power steering. It was gold and very reliable. Those beautiful forward look MOPARS were prone to rusting and so many were built I must say the build quality was sub-standard. Rattles,squeaks and rust...Thanks for posting Lou! Have a blessed day!
Hi Gerry, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Dads car :-) Blessings received. God bless your day too. Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou
My first car a gold 57 convert rebuilt by Arley Fitzwater of ophir, utah. I was 17 in the navy, drove that plymouth from utah to san diego where i was stationed in 1965. A great guy, Arley.
Build quality wasn't Chrysler Corporation's strong suit at the time. I'm guessing they were too eager to build and sell as many as they could. That's why they're so rare and so hard to find now.
Beautiful Exner Forward Look car! I had one, a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere 2-door hardtop, in 1965. It was my parents' senior graduation gift to me that year. Mine had the 318-V8 with Torqueflite, PS/PB, R&H, and was two-tone beige and yellow with a two-tone beige and gold interior like the Fury. I loved it! Wonderful car.
Nice 1957 Plymouth - the car was designed for (4) head lights so for 1958 they could put the (4) head light system. Dual head lights were only legal in a few states in 1957 but, in 1958 all states. The lower grille below bumper - for 1957 go vertical and the one that is in there is for a 1958. Cleaner looking that way. Thank you for sharing your video - LOU!
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This is the car the New Yorker cartoonists used when they drew cars. The men wore a hat and the ladies wore head scarfs when shown. Wonderful example here. Thanks for the trip back in time!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Lou. Love those Mopars. As kids we called the '57-'58 Plymouths Crusader Rabbit and Bugs Bunny for the "ears". I had an Uncle who's two brothers owned a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership, so he always had the COOLEST CARS!! LOVED THE FORWARD LOOK CARS!!
@@loucostabile That one sure does, great memories. I still remember my Aunt complaining about one of Uncle Bob's fast Plymouths with 2 four-barrel carbs and saying "It will pass anything on the road... except a gas station!" That was 23 cents a gallon gas she was complaining about! 🤯
Hello Again, Lou! This time, you covered something you don't see too many of today. A '57 Plymouth, and a Belvedere ragtop at that! It's really wonderful to see a '57 Plymouth today, after so many Tri-Five Chevys. You still see quite a few of those Chevys today. But a Plymouth? Hardly ever! It's a shame so many of them rusted away to the point where their owners had no choice but to junk them. I believe those Mopars of that era were inveterate rust traps. And this example sounded rather tinny. That must been a Chrysler trait back then. I saw a '58 Dodge at a car show a few years ago, and when its owner closed the hood, I could hear that metal rattling, like a garbage can. This is a refreshing change from another '57 Chevy or Ford, I can tell you that! By the way, the top model in the '57 Plymouth lineup was the Fury. Then Belvedere, Savoy, and Plaza. The Belvedere was the only ragtop in the Plymouth line, and 9,866 were made. Chevrolet made 47,562 Bel Air convertibles in '57. The convertible sales champ in the low-priced field? The Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner, at 77,726! Ford convertible production beat Plymouth _and_ Chevrolet! Anybody who wants a '57 Plymouth, get one, and make sure it's a good one, and not too rusty. Thanks again, Lou, for another exciting video. I'll be looking for more, as I always do!
Thanks for sharing, learned to drive on a 58 Belvedere. You might know that the back bumper on the featured car is from a 58. In the bottom/middle of the bumper is a hole for the backup light that came on the 58. That, obviously was not on 57s. Same for the lower front grill insert. The 58 insert was much more attractive. Enjoy.
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Thanks, for mentioning… We kind of MOPAR FAMILY, Uncle had these ,etc. Interestingly, I had to drive a 1959 CORONET 9 Zpass STATION WAGON( V8, unsure which now) in 1962 for awhile ( DAD found me a 1954 FORD 2D/ V8, with ‘57 ENGINE 289 /4 BBL/ DUAL EXH/ mild Customization!!).. Anyways, lot of “1957 parts “in, & on it; HUB CAPS, CARB,Emb,ems etc.
Another first Lou, I didn't know about the convertible windshield, it's beautiful. The emblem on the grille reminds me of a sailing ship, like a clipper, schooner, or frigate. Door handles by Kelvinator? 😊 I really thought I would get to hear those quads sound off. 😢 Grandpa was a Chrysler dealer, he drove a '57-58 Fury-Belvedere, all I remember are the fins and the mirror standing up on the dash. ... and we ran out of gas once.
Hi Mark, Thanks for sharing the details you notice. Glad to read this car brings back memories of your Grandpa's car dealership :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
I ran out of gas once in my 57 Ford . I was young . I thought about it and remembered I had a tractor battery in it . I put it in first gear and turned the key . It brought me a mile and a half home and suffered no damage . You can't do that today
Jay has a Fantastic Finned Forward-look Beauty. Thanks Lou. Not all States in the US would allow Quad headlights in 1957 so Plymouth and Dodge didn't offer them.
Plymouth tricked you and many Americans. Look at the video again. There is a large single headlight on each side with a smaller parking/turn signal next to the headlight. In 1958 all fifty states allowed dual quads, so the Belvedere had the quads, with a small turn signal light between/above the headlights.
The Plymouth Fury was the top of the line in 1956, 1957, and 1958, then the Sport Fury in 1959. The 1957 and 1958 Fury was a two-door hardtop and offered in white/gold, buff/gold for 1958.
This car screams 50s's! Fro the first moment of this clip I was already smiling. You gotta smile when you see this car. I'm impartial to the 1958, which was slightly updated from this car. It just did not look like anything else from 1957 or 1958. All the GM's looked similar to each other. Loved the color choice here. Beautiful. Were the door handles really from refridgerators? I'm not a pro by any means, but I believe the lower grill on the 1957 Plymouth's was verticial. The horizontal grill was used in 1958. I'm sure there is someone here who can verify that. Love this car's interior. I'm a big fan of the dashboard with the aluminum on it and the 1950's seat patterns. Love it.
I noticed that right away Brian, and mentioned it to Lou. I did NOY like the lower vertical 'slats' on the '57---at all, and apparently the car buying public then didn't either. I'm thinking this guy somehow switched his out for the '58, OR... it may have been a later '57 model produced where they 'fixed' that by using the lower grill of the upcoming '58. Either way, it made a huge difference for the better on what was/is an otherwise outstanding Plymouth design.
@@bobpierce115 Hey Bob, thanks for getting back to me. I didn't like the vertical slats either. They cleaned it up a lot for 1958 and I've always been partial to the '58. My sister had a black 1958 Plymouth Belvedere. I loved that car and I wished she would have kept it until I learned how to drive. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Thanks for letting me know.
Thanks Brian. The lower grill was really the main thing 'off' on the '57. I know the quad headlights were uniformed on the '58, but the ones on the '57 still looked good. I also didn't like the headlight treatment on the '57 Ford, feeling it was 'bug-eyed' or the rear window divisions on the '57 Oldsmobile and Buick. @@brianmoore6306
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Yeah, Daniel's right. I always thought the '57 lower grille with those vertical louvers was funny looking, and yes, Fury was TOL. This is such a beautiful car; I was only 2 years old when this came out, but that would've been a tough call between the all-new Ford, the all-new Plymouth, and the restyled Chevrolet.
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She’s a beautiful car. I’m confused by the front end. Correct me if I’m wrong but the ‘57 had a vertical theme in the lower center section. ‘58 switched over to a horizontal theme in this area.
Hi, Lou! With its fancily finned 1957 models, Plymouth had something that was so fresh, new and advanced that its advertisements blared, "Suddenly it's 1960!" That got some people confused, including the feds, and to clarify while still getting the message across, Plymouth adjusted the slogan to "The 1957 Plymouth, three full years ahead!". About the turn signal lenses juxtaposed with the headlights, most states by '57 were permitting four-headlamp systems, but a few still were not yet, so Plymouth made it look like it had four headlights while still satisfying everyone. Dodge had a similar idea, while DeSoto, Chrysler and Imperial made some cars with two headlamps and some with four. All states were unanimous by the time the '58s rolled in, so everyone got on the trend for that year. There is one thing I find curious about Jay's car, and that is the lower grille like the '58s had, instead of the vertical slots that the '57s usually had. I'm guessing maybe that was part of the restoration job. The Belvedere was the top series, and from 1956-1958 the Fury came as a single two-door hardtop that served as a halo car and performance leader. The Fury became a full series in 1959 that became its new top of the line, as the Impala had also become at Chevrolet that same year. All the five Mopar brands were masterpieces in 1957, and Chrysler was very fortunate to have had Virgil Exner as its chief stylist. Many thanks to you and Jay for taking us all along for some top-down fun!
Lou, this car is spectacular. I wanted to ask you about the lower grill on it. All the '57s I know/have seen. had those vertical 'slats' that were the only styling feature a lot of the car buying public didn't like. I was born in '57, but must agree. To my eye this one was perfected with the '58. Let me know if I'm right. The only other thing I can think of is maybe it was a later '57 where they fixed it per the complaints?
When I was a kid about 12 years old, my dad bought a 58 Plymouth Belvedere convertible and as long as I was with him he would always let me drive it so that was only the second car I had ever driven before I got my drivers license. I thought I was bad to the bone Specially when we had the top down❤ the main differences between this one, and my dad’s was where of the red backlight was that was an aluminum piece on my dad’s and on the front end instead of the turn signal inbound it had to duel headlights
It's a HYBRID!! That's a '58 Plymouth front lower valance panel he's trying to sneak by us, as we all know 57's had wide vertical slats in the lower valance that were immediately recalled because they caught rocks and pebbles and sucked 'em up into the engine so they replaced it with what is more common the vertical PAIRS of slats that cut the air input down. Also he is missing the PLYMOUTH letters that spread across the hood front and cut your fingers if you polish too fast with a thin cloth. They were called "wingettes" the gurney flaps on the bumpers - our '57 wagon had them and most '58s had them standard. 👀
It looks more like a 1958 than 57. The headlights are from 1957, but the grill and lower grill is a 1958. The dash and steering wheel also looks like a 1958. As far as the interior is clearly after market. Non-original of course, but nice.
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Never liked the look of these Plymouths...they weren't very reliable, and yes...were prone to becoming rust buckets. Of that era I liked the '58 Chevy Impala coupe.
Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou
It is true that this 1957 Plymouth Belvedere in white and with the large red stripe, which widens as it extends to the rear, will catch anyone's attention! Those rear lights on the fins in the shape of, as they call them, "Rabbit Ears", for me it is a compliment, since they attract a lot of attention. Also the huge chrome bumper with the shape of fins in the corners and the large windshield with that curved style, especially at the top. Nice interior with those black, white and red upholstery, along with its chrome trim indicators and unique speedometer. The final walk was calm and relaxing; It's like going back in time to the 50's. Congratulations to Mr. Hackleman for this magnificent restoration! Best regards, Lou!
Hi Jaime, Happy to take you back to the 1950's in this car :-) Glad to read the details you highlight and notice, Lou
As always Lou another good one thanks for putting it on ❗️🇺🇸
Hi Ralph, Happy to read you enjoy this one :-) Lou
Big beautiful convertible, I love it!
Happy to read you "love it!" :-)
These old girls are still stunning nearly 70 years later
Just love the style !!!
Hi Bat Man lives, Happy to read "Just love the style !!!" :-) Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
What a great looking Belvedere! Those tail lamps are just fine for my tastes and the interior looks fantastic, too. Mr. Hackleman definitely finshed the restoration in style, especially with the dual quad set up under the hood. Thanks, Lou!
Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) You're welcome, Lou
My Dad had a 1957 DeSoto. Never saw it run. It sat in our driveway until I was about 8 years old
Happy to read this brings back memories of your Dads car :-)
When I was young the late-50's "Forward Look" Plymouths with their big fins and tons of chrome were everywhere. All us young people wanted Mustangs and Camaro's. The old Plymouths were used up, rusted out and thrown away. Now they are rare birds and very cool. Thanks Jay Hackleman for preserving this piece of history, thanks Lou Costable for the video.
Hi William, Happy to read this car brings back memories :-) Glad to share this "rare bird" with you. Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou
Beautiful car....in Brazil...only rich people had a car like that....
Happy to read you enjoy this "Beautiful car" :-) Hope you see many more car on the Channel you enjoy.
When I was 7 our neighbor had a very similar car that she would drive us to school and to various other places as my mother didn’t drive and Dad took our car to his job. She had a lead foot and I thought that’s how everyone drove. Great memories as usual from Lou.
Hi Richard, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your neighbors car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Beautiful Belvedere 😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!
Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) You're welcome motorTranz!
Love this car. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for showing this beautiful car guys.
Happy to read "Love this car" :-) You're welcome Donald the truth seeker.
Beautiful Plymouth. You can't beat the 50s when comes to styling. It was such an innovative period for the automobile industry both from styling and features. And I agree with Jay when he said it screams 1950s, it sure does, especially with those fins! Great video Lou!
Hi Zach, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Fins on cars sure are fun to look at. Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
"That interesting badge there..." is a stylized sailing ship. Like the Mayflower. That landed at PLYMOUTH... 😁
"Like the Mayflower. That landed at PLYMOUTH" Good point.
Great to see another Exner-penned Forward Look beauty featured! First year for its great handling front torsion bar suspension and its advanced 3-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission. Also first year for its large multi-curved 'bubble windshield' seen on the '57-'59 Plymouths and Dodges - curved out from the windshield header as well as the "A" pillars, to offer much greater visibility than the competition.
Also note that the gold grille and tail emblems are a modernized impression of the earlier Plymouths' sailing ship emblems - connecting the heritage Plymouth name to Christopher Columbus' landing at Plymouth Rock on his Mayflower.
Thanks for featuriing Jay's sweet Plymouth!
Hi Noel, Thanks for sharing your knowledge. My pleasure sharing with you. You're welcome, Lou
A 57 Ply Fury was one of the first cars I looked at to buy right out of HS in 75'. He wanted $50 for it but the engine seized up when he was trying to start it. Some other cars I looked at was a 69' Charger, a 66' T-Bird, a 66; Buick Riviera with a stock dual quad setup just to name a few. Ended up with a 69' Road Runner,
Hi Nicky, Happy to read this car brings back memories of the 1st car you almost bought :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Suddenly it's 1960! So beautiful Plymouth ship🌊🌊🌊
Happy to share this "beautiful Plymouth ship" with you :-)
Cars of this era were art. Hat's off to the people who designed them and whomever agreed & wrote the check.
Hi RJ, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you enjoy, Lou
Thanks for posting Lou. My dad had a '57 Plymouth. It was a four door sedan. It was a "plain Jane' Plaza model. No frills, nuthin!! Not even power steering. It was gold and very reliable. Those beautiful forward look MOPARS were prone to rusting and so many were built I must say the build quality was sub-standard. Rattles,squeaks and rust...Thanks for posting Lou! Have a blessed day!
Hi Gerry, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Dads car :-) Blessings received. God bless your day too. Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou
My first car a gold 57 convert rebuilt by Arley Fitzwater of ophir, utah. I was 17 in the navy, drove that plymouth from utah to san diego where i was stationed in 1965. A great guy, Arley.
Build quality wasn't Chrysler Corporation's strong suit at the time. I'm guessing they were too eager to build and sell as many as they could. That's why they're so rare and so hard to find now.
🙋♂️ THANKS LOU,JAY…FOR TREATING US TO THIS COOL 😎 CONVERTIBLE,AND THE RIDE ALONG 🤗💚💚💚
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One of the most striking side profiles of any car of the era.
Stunning!
High praise.
Beautiful Exner Forward Look car! I had one, a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere 2-door hardtop, in 1965. It was my parents' senior graduation gift to me that year. Mine had the 318-V8 with Torqueflite, PS/PB, R&H, and was two-tone beige and yellow with a two-tone beige and gold interior like the Fury. I loved it! Wonderful car.
Hi Donald, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Nice 1957 Plymouth - the car was designed for (4) head lights so for 1958 they could put the (4) head light system. Dual head lights were only legal in a few states in 1957 but, in 1958 all states. The lower grille below bumper - for 1957 go vertical and the one that is in there is for a 1958. Cleaner looking that way. Thank you for sharing your video - LOU!
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@@loucostabile LOU - I will - you have the best reviews! Thank you again and have a good day!
Thanks, I really liked this car, extraordinaire in all ways, a gem!
Happy to share this "gem" with you :-) You're welcome Michael.
This is the car the New Yorker cartoonists used when they drew cars. The men wore a hat and the ladies wore head scarfs when shown.
Wonderful example here. Thanks for the trip back in time!
Hi M A, Happy to share this wonderful example with you :-) You're welcome, Lou
Great job Lou, but I like it when the owner lets You drive! You are “the Man.” 👍😎✌️💚⭐️🔥
Hi Gary, Driving them when asked is fun, and riding along is fun too :-) Lou
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Lou. Love those Mopars. As kids we called the '57-'58 Plymouths Crusader Rabbit and Bugs Bunny for the "ears". I had an Uncle who's two brothers owned a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership, so he always had the COOLEST CARS!! LOVED THE FORWARD LOOK CARS!!
You're welcome P & J Poston. Happy to read this car brings back fun memories :-) Lou
@@loucostabile That one sure does, great memories. I still remember my Aunt complaining about one of Uncle Bob's fast Plymouths with 2 four-barrel carbs and saying "It will pass anything on the road... except a gas station!" That was 23 cents a gallon gas she was complaining about! 🤯
Our next door neighbor was a cab driver and had one of these that doubled as a cab and the family car which was common practice back then.
Hi Nicky, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your neighbors car / cab :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Nice car Lou. I love your channel.
Hi malik, Happy to read you enjoy this nice car :-) Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
Simply to the Max!
Hi Chris, Thanks you for sharing. Lou
Hello Again, Lou! This time, you covered something you don't see too many of today. A '57 Plymouth, and a Belvedere ragtop at that! It's really wonderful to see a '57 Plymouth today, after so many Tri-Five Chevys. You still see quite a few of those Chevys today. But a Plymouth? Hardly ever! It's a shame so many of them rusted away to the point where their owners had no choice but to junk them. I believe those Mopars of that era were inveterate rust traps. And this example sounded rather tinny. That must been a Chrysler trait back then. I saw a '58 Dodge at a car show a few years ago, and when its owner closed the hood, I could hear that metal rattling, like a garbage can. This is a refreshing change from another '57 Chevy or Ford, I can tell you that! By the way, the top model in the '57 Plymouth lineup was the Fury. Then Belvedere, Savoy, and Plaza. The Belvedere was the only ragtop in the Plymouth line, and 9,866 were made. Chevrolet made 47,562 Bel Air convertibles in '57. The convertible sales champ in the low-priced field? The Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner, at 77,726! Ford convertible production beat Plymouth _and_ Chevrolet! Anybody who wants a '57 Plymouth, get one, and make sure it's a good one, and not too rusty.
Thanks again, Lou, for another exciting video. I'll be looking for more, as I always do!
Hello Know Bodies Full, You're right, you don't see to many of these today. My pleasure sharing this car with you. Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
This is a great example of The Forward Look!
Spectacular condition and a real icon.
Thanks Lou!
Hi Jeff, Happy to share this one with you, and a drop top too :-) You're welcome, Lou
Never heard the term on the taillights before.
Nice Plymouth.
Hi Gary, Happy to share this "Nice Plymouth" with you :-) Lou
Thanks for sharing, learned to drive on a 58 Belvedere. You might know that the back bumper on the featured car is from a 58. In the bottom/middle of the bumper is a hole for the backup light that came on the 58. That, obviously was not on 57s. Same for the lower front grill insert. The 58 insert was much more attractive. Enjoy.
Hi Eugene, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car you learned to drive on :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Thanks, for mentioning… We kind of MOPAR FAMILY, Uncle had these ,etc. Interestingly, I had to drive a 1959 CORONET 9 Zpass STATION WAGON( V8, unsure which now) in 1962 for awhile ( DAD found me a 1954 FORD 2D/ V8, with ‘57 ENGINE 289 /4 BBL/ DUAL EXH/ mild Customization!!).. Anyways, lot of “1957 parts “in, & on it; HUB CAPS, CARB,Emb,ems etc.
Nice car Lou. Love it. A MOPAR fan.
Happy to read you "Love it" Ollie :-)
😍Beautiful Plymouth! 🤜🤛
Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this Plymouth THROTTLE POWER.
A beautiful Belvedere Jay and Lou! Thanks 😊
Hi Randy, Happy to share the Big Fun Fins with you :-) You're welcome, Lou
Beautiful old car Lou thanks..
You're welcome Leroy.
Only the Belvedere came in soft-top form for '57. Thanks to you both
Thank you for sharing. You're welcome.
You are 100% spot on only model you could get the convertible in. You couldn’t even get a fury in a convertible.
Another first Lou, I didn't know about the convertible windshield, it's beautiful. The emblem on the grille reminds me of a sailing ship, like a clipper, schooner, or frigate. Door handles by Kelvinator? 😊 I really thought I would get to hear those quads sound off. 😢 Grandpa was a Chrysler dealer, he drove a '57-58 Fury-Belvedere, all I remember are the fins and the mirror standing up on the dash. ... and we ran out of gas once.
Hi Mark, Thanks for sharing the details you notice. Glad to read this car brings back memories of your Grandpa's car dealership :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
I ran out of gas once in my 57 Ford . I was young . I thought about it and remembered I had a tractor battery in it . I put it in first gear and turned the key . It brought me a mile and a half home and suffered no damage . You can't do that today
I see both of your fun meters pegged ear to ear in that one Lou 😁 Another great drop top and car story. Thanks Lou, keep'em coming 👍👍
Hi Pat, Happy to read the "fun meter is pegged" and it shows :-) You're welcome. Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
Lou, very fun Belvedere ragtop! Thanks man!
You're welcome Oldblue’s HHR channel!
Those fins sure are crazy big 😀
....just the way we like them :-)
That's right Lou! @@loucostabile
Jay has a Fantastic Finned Forward-look Beauty. Thanks Lou. Not all States in the US would allow Quad headlights in 1957 so Plymouth and Dodge didn't offer them.
HI CJ Design, Happy to read you enjoy this "Fantastic Finned Forward-look Beauty." :-) You're welcome, Lou
Very sharp Plymouth. Very cool with the dual quads. Thanks Lou!
Happy to read you enjoy this "Very sharp" :-) You're welcome John!
Plymouth tricked you and many Americans. Look at the video again. There is a large single headlight on each side with a smaller parking/turn signal next to the headlight. In 1958 all fifty states allowed dual quads, so the Belvedere had the quads, with a small turn signal light between/above the headlights.
The gold grille badge is a symbol of a sailing boat - easier to see in older models!❤
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You always do such a nice job on reviewing these classics! Nice smooth video and just the right tempo. Archive quality. Thanks Lou. ~ David
H David, Thank you for sharing the details you enjoy watching the videos :-) That helps. You're welcome, Lou
The Plymouth Fury was the top of the line in 1956, 1957, and 1958, then the Sport Fury in 1959. The 1957 and 1958 Fury was a two-door hardtop and offered in white/gold, buff/gold for 1958.
Hi James, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou
Got to love those fins. . . :>/
I agree :-)
It reminds me of the Belvedere that was put in the time capsule (at the time it was put in).
Thank you for sharing.
What an amazing restoration, great job Jay! Thanks Lou, nice video on a beautiful classic Plymouth!
Hi Bruce H., Happy to read you appreciate the work on this car :-) My pleasure sharing this car with you. You're welcome, Lou
Nice Plymouth Lou! Thanks for sharing!
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My pleasure sharing this Plymouth with you Terry :-) You're welcome!
Lou, you'd lose your mind at the Back to the 50's car show in St Paul Minnesota.
RJ, Sounds like a fun show!
@@loucostabile I'm biased at 46 yrs old and it's my local show once a year. You'd enjoy it.
Super cool man!
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Christine is the first thing that comes to mind … Love it !!
Happy to read "Love it !!" :-)
I have heard those type taillights called "Cathedral."
Thank you for viewing and sharing.
This car screams 50s's! Fro the first moment of this clip I was already smiling. You gotta smile when you see this car. I'm impartial to the 1958, which was slightly updated from this car. It just did not look like anything else from 1957 or 1958. All the GM's looked similar to each other. Loved the color choice here. Beautiful. Were the door handles really from refridgerators? I'm not a pro by any means, but I believe the lower grill on the 1957 Plymouth's was verticial. The horizontal grill was used in 1958. I'm sure there is someone here who can verify that. Love this car's interior. I'm a big fan of the dashboard with the aluminum on it and the 1950's seat patterns. Love it.
Hi Brian, Happy to read "I was already smiling" :-) Goal # 1 of fun...accomplished. Glad to read "Love it", Lou
I noticed that right away Brian, and mentioned it to Lou. I did NOY like the lower vertical 'slats' on the '57---at all, and apparently the car buying public then didn't either. I'm thinking this guy somehow switched his out for the '58, OR... it may have been a later '57 model produced where they 'fixed' that by using the lower grill of the upcoming '58. Either way, it made a huge difference for the better on what was/is an otherwise outstanding Plymouth design.
@@bobpierce115 Hey Bob, thanks for getting back to me. I didn't like the vertical slats either. They cleaned it up a lot for 1958 and I've always been partial to the '58. My sister had a black 1958 Plymouth Belvedere. I loved that car and I wished she would have kept it until I learned how to drive. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Thanks for letting me know.
Thanks Brian. The lower grill was really the main thing 'off' on the '57. I know the quad headlights were uniformed on the '58, but the ones on the '57 still looked good. I also didn't like the headlight treatment on the '57 Ford, feeling it was 'bug-eyed' or the rear window divisions on the '57 Oldsmobile and Buick. @@brianmoore6306
Great car Lou!
Happy to read you enjoy this "Great car" Jeffrey!
Nice 😊
Happy to read "Nice" :-)
They designed the front to accommodate quad headlights, but they weren’t legal yet, so they put the parking lights there.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Jim.
Que auto LOu Aqui en uruguay habia muchos hoy dia no se ve ni uno Que pena Los que estaban mejores marcharon hacia Brasil en manos de coleccionistas Saluda a su dueño por este Cristinita
Hi Juan, You don't see them up in the USA either :-) My pleasure being able to share this one with you, Lou
The Fury was part of the Belvedere line from 56-58.
Thank you for sharing.
Very nice car from the 1950's.I am a Knight Rider fan, can you do a video on KITT, it would be very interesting.
Hi Brian, Here you go, Lou ua-cam.com/video/iP7vqUMhC_8/v-deo.html
Had refrigerator door handles because the doors were as thick as 1950s era refrig doors.
Nice :-)
Very nice!
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Nice car, BUT lower grille panel and rear lower bumper piece are 1958. Fury WAS a step up from Belvedere and top of the line.
Hi Daniel, Thanks for viewing and sharing what you noticed, Lou
Yeah, Daniel's right. I always thought the '57 lower grille with those vertical louvers was funny looking, and yes, Fury was TOL. This is such a beautiful car; I was only 2 years old when this came out, but that would've been a tough call between the all-new Ford, the all-new Plymouth, and the restyled Chevrolet.
I also thought Fury was top of the line.
Nineteen fifty-seven Plymouth with a '58 lower grille section . . . possibly a repair job done back in the day?
Looked much nicer than the ugly 57 inserts. I would have also changed it.@@knowbodiesfull5768
I never knew a convertible version of Christine exists.
The Topless Sister?
That's Christine's older sister, Cassandra!
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In Canada, the Plymouth Belvedere, was also called a Dodge Mayfair, just a rebadged Plymouth, with a Dodge grill.
Hi Paul, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Your welcome, Lou.@@loucostabile
She’s a beautiful car. I’m confused by the front end. Correct me if I’m wrong but the ‘57 had a vertical theme in the lower center section. ‘58 switched over to a horizontal theme in this area.
Hi L4sleeko, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) There might be a bit of year connecting with this front of car, Lou
Hi, Lou! With its fancily finned 1957 models, Plymouth had something that was so fresh, new and advanced that its advertisements blared, "Suddenly it's 1960!" That got some people confused, including the feds, and to clarify while still getting the message across, Plymouth adjusted the slogan to "The 1957 Plymouth, three full years ahead!". About the turn signal lenses juxtaposed with the headlights, most states by '57 were permitting four-headlamp systems, but a few still were not yet, so Plymouth made it look like it had four headlights while still satisfying everyone. Dodge had a similar idea, while DeSoto, Chrysler and Imperial made some cars with two headlamps and some with four. All states were unanimous by the time the '58s rolled in, so everyone got on the trend for that year. There is one thing I find curious about Jay's car, and that is the lower grille like the '58s had, instead of the vertical slots that the '57s usually had. I'm guessing maybe that was part of the restoration job.
The Belvedere was the top series, and from 1956-1958 the Fury came as a single two-door hardtop that served as a halo car and performance leader. The Fury became a full series in 1959 that became its new top of the line, as the Impala had also become at Chevrolet that same year.
All the five Mopar brands were masterpieces in 1957, and Chrysler was very fortunate to have had Virgil Exner as its chief stylist. Many thanks to you and Jay for taking us all along for some top-down fun!
Hi iswc27, Thanks for sharing your knowledge, My pleasure sharing this "fancily finned" car with you. You're welcome, Lou
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Lou, this car is spectacular. I wanted to ask you about the lower grill on it. All the '57s I know/have seen. had those vertical 'slats' that were the only styling feature a lot of the car buying public didn't like. I was born in '57, but must agree. To my eye this one was perfected with the '58. Let me know if I'm right. The only other thing I can think of is maybe it was a later '57 where they fixed it per the complaints?
Bob, I'm not the Expert, however I believe you're right per the comments from other Viewers, Lou
Definitely noticed 58 grille insert lower front, 57 totally different vertical style
Thank you for viewing and sharing what you notice.
Цікаве авто! Дякую!
Hi Сергій, Happy to share this interesting car with you :-) You're welcome, Lou
When I was a kid about 12 years old, my dad bought a 58 Plymouth Belvedere convertible and as long as I was with him he would always let me drive it so that was only the second car I had ever driven before I got my drivers license. I thought I was bad to the bone Specially when we had the top down❤ the main differences between this one, and my dad’s was where of the red backlight was that was an aluminum piece on my dad’s and on the front end instead of the turn signal inbound it had to duel headlights
Hi James, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Dads car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
It's a HYBRID!! That's a '58 Plymouth front lower valance panel he's trying to sneak by us, as we all know 57's had wide vertical slats in the lower valance that were immediately recalled because they caught rocks and pebbles and sucked 'em up into the engine so they replaced it with what is more common the vertical PAIRS of slats that cut the air input down. Also he is missing the PLYMOUTH letters that spread across the hood front and cut your fingers if you polish too fast with a thin cloth. They were called "wingettes" the gurney flaps on the bumpers - our '57 wagon had them and most '58s had them standard. 👀
Hi cuda426hemi, Thank you for sharing what you notice. Lou
Dual headlamps were not allowed until 1958.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Corn fields forever!
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It looks more like a 1958 than 57. The headlights are from 1957, but the grill and lower grill is a 1958. The dash and steering wheel also looks like a 1958. As far as the interior is clearly after market. Non-original of course, but nice.
Hi Gary, Thank you for sharing what you notice. Lou
Hey man its got a 1958 lower grille
Thank you for sharing what you notice.
Isn’t this the same model they buried in a time capsule?
Hmmm, not sure.
56 Ply was the first car with the Big fins and we all know the old saying..."Plymouth did it first in 56'...Chevy did it right in 57'.
Thank you for sharing.
You are wrong about Belvedere being the top car. It went plaza savoy Belvedere Fury ,Fury being top of the line in 57 ,same in 58 .
Hi Dean, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Glad to see he didn't reverse the colors and make a christene clone I can see it's a AZ car the Midwest eat them alive
Hi Larry, Thanks for viewing and sharing, Lou
The guy said this was a frame off restoration?? It is a nice looking car but many dents in chrome trim to be a frame off restoration.
I'm sure it's still in process.
Never liked the look of these Plymouths...they weren't very reliable, and yes...were prone to becoming rust buckets. Of that era I liked the '58 Chevy Impala coupe.
Hi Bill, Clearly this one is not for you :-( Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you'll enjoy :-) Lou
....if you type into UA-cam search "My Car Story with Lou 1958 Impala" I believe you'll see some you enjoy :-)