Look and cry

jeffcat · Mar 10, 2015

Went and did a little junk yardin today. Didn't go in too far cause the mud was over nine inches deep in the trail ways! Did see this over by the side and hid behind a tree to take the picture. Some yards don't want pictures. How sad! I would guess that there is not a single bolt that would be usefull any more.

DeltaRed · Mar 10, 2015

You would be surprised what they can do...All that is really needed is the SN/vin tag.A freind restored a 64 1/2 Mustang that was much worse than that!Lots of parts were missing when he drug it our of a swanp.

Bruce from Can. · Mar 10, 2015

If it can still cast a shadow , it can be restored. But will it be worth the bother?

DeltaRed · Mar 10, 2015

It is/has to be a labor of love.No way it could ever be "profitable".But isn't that the real reason we do what we do???????

smash59 · Mar 10, 2015

looks like a perfect candidate for an all out custom or resto mod. given the right builder there could be money made on that car.I have seen cars that look like that sell for over 200 grand when done

Dick L · Mar 10, 2015

This one is not quite that bad
Five Minute Pix Overview

big fred · Mar 10, 2015

You can buy a brand new repro 57 hardtop like that for a lot less than you would have in the bodywork.
Real Deal Steel 57 Chevy hardtop body

bison · Mar 10, 2015

What's there to cry about??,..I don't see nothing but junk.

Dick L · Mar 10, 2015

Here
Watch How they Build It

notjustair · Mar 10, 2015

I thought you were talking about the 1974 or older Blue Bird body. The best thing they did in '75 was make opening back side windows. You could hardly keep the windows defogged without them.

jd318 · Mar 10, 2015

Is that a big block?

CenTex Farmall · Mar 10, 2015

A shame, but appears to be a dirt car body at this point.

ShadetreeRet · Mar 10, 2015

Looks like one of those "old school"junk yards where all they care about is a quick buck. It's hard to believe that what looks like a set of Keystones is still on it. Most yards around here strip everything such as wheels and tires, batteries, engine and trans, tag and warehouse them. While I personally detest them, that seems to be prime material for a rat rod.

NCWayne · Mar 10, 2015

Back in the 80's there used to be a couple of junk yards that were full of old Chevys. In one I saw a nice, '56 2dr hardtop be brought in one day. The body on the car was flawless. The next week I was back in the same yard, and they had set another car on it and made a mess out of the top.

When the yard was sold, I'm told, they had someone from another yard that came in and bought all of the really old, collectible stuff instead of having it crushed.

Those cars fared better than the ones in another yard I knew of. There was nothing in that yard newer than two 60's Corvairs. I remember several 40 Ford Coupes, a 55 210 Handyman wagon that was bumper to bumper complete and in good shape, as well as a '57 Chevy 4 door, hardtop (ie-no post), something you don't see many of. The last couple of times I went by the yard, the gate was locked, so I wasn't able to get in. I found out a year or so later that the old man that owned the place had passed away, and his brother had a crusher come in and get rid of EVERYTHING. Now that made me SICK.

JOB · Mar 11, 2015

That looks like a very backward way to build an automobile body. Before automation Ford Motor company would build the complete body side. Then send it to the floor pan where it was clamped to the floor pan and the upper back and the cowl. The piece between the quarter panels and below the deck lid was installed and it was all spot welded together. It was sent down the line where more welds were put in before the roof was installed and seam welded in the drip rails.and back lite and windshield opening. It continued down the line where a lot more welds were put in with spot guns. There was a lot more to it beyond that point.

jimg.allentown · Mar 11, 2015

To put this all in perspective....
GM must have made MILLIONS of 1957 Chevrolets. They were a lower end working man's car. Nothing special, nothing fancy. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, they were as common as dirt. Can't save them all.

1130Leo · Mar 11, 2015

Thanks for the link. I currently have a 55 chevy sitting in the barn waiting on restoration. I may just opt for buying a new body and using my frame and vin.... That looks alot stronger and better than what is left of the body on mine now. $17k would likely be less than what I would have to get it to that shape in time and money.

ss55 · Mar 11, 2015

'57 Chevys are talked up a lot as hotrods, but they were not popular where I grew up. '56 Chevys sold well but in '57 the new Fords and new Plymouths made the Chevy look old. Maybe that's why they were popular with hotroders, by the '60s they were pretty inexpensive.

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