'57 Olds Illustration

Does anyone happen to have Thom Taylor's illustration from the Dec. 08 Street Rodder Magazine of a black 57 Olds 2 door post? My buddy has one he plans to rebuild soon and we were thinking about that illustration. Thanks, Rodshop

 

It is laying around your living room somewhere....... a quick scan would help us out. We ordered a back issue, but that is supposed to take weeks. Thanks! Rodshop

 

Rodshop, here's the picture you wanted. Bob

 

Here are a couple of pictures of my '57 sedan. I sold it exactly 50 years ago! These two pix are also in the new SRM, responding to Thom's illustration.

 

Love it.

 

Thanks- got to love these cars. My buddy had his in black and great flames in the early '90's but it unfortunately bent a light pole with it- so he is thinking about getting it back on the road soon. Appreciate any more pics, and thanks for the help!
Rodshop

 

I've been jonesing for a '57 Olds sedan since I saw that picture in the magazine a week ago. Very good looking car!! I'll even take mine in gold. Do you have a bigger pic you could e-mail?

 

Here are two more pictures of the car. Sorry, none of them are large; these were scanned from 50-year-old snapshots.

 

Sorry Tony, hate to inform you, but that car is NOT era-correct. No red wheels.



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Have you ever owned a car that was maybe just "so so" or were they all pure killer cars? That is a sweet looking Olds!

I drove a Super 88 Holiday coupe in the 70s. It was a nice driver but not as sweet as your 88 sedan.

Was the J-1 your idea?

 

Haha! Did you notice that they were actually factory-painted in body color? I think people have forgotten that they used to do that at the factory. When I ran the dogdish hubcaps, I added a white pinstripe like an earlier model. The hubcaps were off in that picture because we were just taking off on a 3000-mile cross-country trip, and for some reason I was afraid they'd fall off.

Thanks. Yeah, there were a lot of "in between" years that I drove some pretty bland stuff. There's an album on my profile page that shows 20 that I thought were worth photographing over a 53-year period.

Sure. I was disappointed when the J-2 came out, because mine was built before that option was available. I didn't have the cash available to upgrade it.

 

Not an illustration, but here are picture of my 57 Super 88 Door Hardtop.

 

More pics

 

more pics

 

Very nice resto!

 

Man, that's just beautiful!

 

very nice job on the Olds - I like CLEAN - and that is WAAAAAAAAY Clean

not bad for a FNG!!!!!

dj

 

Hey 57 Olds...I can't stop looking at your car! Total perfection.

 

Thank you greatly appreciated!

 

Mine's different, its a mordor and it's a kustom but I like it. It and I are both too old to change now.

 

Here is an old shot of my buddys '57 taken in Peoria at the second Americruise next to my panel truck-

 

That would have been in '94-

Rodshop

 

57 Olds...Fantastic,fantastic,fantastic!!.........