Hot Rods BARN FIND: 1957 Chevy D/Gas. Sitting since 1974. Max Wedge powered.

Another member here (vintagespeed) found this car and purchased it. Sitting since 1974. Max Wedge tunnel rammed motor, B&M torqueflight, 8-3/4" rear. Ran D/Gas at Numidia Dragway. Called "Surprise Package".


Check out the link for more pics.

http://s75.beta.photobucket.com/use... gasser?&_suid=136071007997007147976839422896

 

That is cool, kinda rare Bel Air post car.

 

Wow....! What a COOL and oddball car. I would definitely get that baby running and drive it as is.

 

BADASS!!! Any more detail on the history of the car?

 

very cool.Theres more max-wedge powered chevies out there than people might think.

 

Lovin' that, cool '57 Chevy with a thumpin Mother MoPar drivetrain in it.

 

That is way cool. Congrats on the purchase.

 

In your photobucket pics. The Oldsmobile pictured is Elbert Stegmier's car ( from Tamaqua Pa). Looks like you picked up the car near Numidia. Would be like being on top of the world for a south Jersey guy. Burns & Yost were sponser of that car. They were running top fuel car at that time.

 

just checked my barn again ---nothing but that same two owner chevelle---damn---great find

 

Congrats on your find. Good Karma coming your way if you get it going like it is with safety in mind. Gives me some incentive to finish mine.

Good Luck, Pat

 

Big block Mopar under the hood? That just became my favorite '57 Chevy.

Congrats on the awesome score! Looks like it needs to be cleaned up and that's about it. What are the plans?

 

So it ran in the slow class, huh?

 

That's a good score. Any chance you could post some pis of the motor mounts. I have a 440 wedge that I'm going to put in my 57 chev wagon

 

hey, I dont even have a barn to check.

 

That's a good score. Would you post some pics of how the engine is mounted. I have a 440 big block Chrysler that I want to drop in my 57 chev wagon.

 

Awesome find, I love 57 gassers !!!!


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Oh man I want it!!!! lol
That's always been what I wanted to do....a '57 gasser with a big block Mopar....

 

WOW! what a great find....

 

Extremely cool car. Would love to see those vintage photos as nice quality scans.

I have to say... I get it when people leave these cars covered in dust. It seems a lot of these finds are showing up even at the high end auctions that way.

For me though, I wouldn't have made it home without stopping at the car wash and I think I would have had the buffer running as soon as she dried off.

Regardless, I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes!

 

Engine is mounted with some home made diamond plate mounts.

 

That....Is....Awesome. Congrats on the find

 

Yeah I remember seeing it run it in that class, then they put the Mopar in it......Got to run in a Fast class after that......

 

Cool car. If that thing was running D/G it must weight two tons!

 

Jeez-I don't even have a barn to find stuff in-but if I did I would wish for something like that-cool car!

 

I talked to this guy about two years ago. He told me all about the car. A lot of work and one of parts on this car. They even narrowed the front wheels. Didn't want to get side tracked from my project. And really couldn't come up with the extra money. Lost his number. Really glad someone found it.

 

I hope you can come up with some pictures for us..........

 

A photobucket link is posted with all the photos in the first post.

 

But in all seriousness it had to have weighed two tons haha. Sweet find

 

Cool find I like it just like it is

 

Damn about sums it up, what a love story with a happy ending.