Oh no ...

[SpiderGearsMan]

saw a blue 57 hardtop was driving through teaneck the other day

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my brother's birthday yesterday , I could not make it ..richie grabbed my engine crane , engine stand and some more jack stands out of my dad's barn/tool crib
he also retrieved a 2.5 ton floor jack I loaned to frank sr in 1998 ..so this project is a good thing

[SpiderGearsMan]

just tried diagnosing a pertronix install over the phone ..he can't get spark , he ordered another unit

[SpiderGearsMan]

Finally got to work on the car today





the motor was locked up , so it got soaked in marval mystery oil , then he couldn't get it started , the second petronix was shit ..install a 57 corvette dist he bought at a swap meet 20 years ago , all the valves were too tight , not timed right , firing order wrong
1 trip to hawthorne auto parts
carb was a bit lean , rebuilt the 4 jet but got running , added 2 quats of dexron V and it rolled
YA click on photo for video

[SpiderGearsMan]

looks like camshaft #7 lobe is wiped out . very hot today

[Huskinhano]

Looks like a PO rebuilt the 283 or something? Too tight valves and wrong firing order.

[Scott Liggett]

Cool to see it running and driving. I drove a '57 Chevy 210 2 dr wagon as well. That one was a bit noisier.

[Darren N.]

Man, that's effin' cool. Looking good!

[Huskinhano]

The clips don't work for me.

[1931s/x]

id love to find one of those that is affordable.

[SpiderGearsMan]

believe me , you could have bought a NICE F body or mustang for what this desert nomad cost with a locked up motor

[Huskinhano]

Hey Jim, is Tones Auto body still around the corner from you? I remember a guy who rented space there many years ago had a 57 sedan delivery then moved to close to where the Target is where Packard Bambergers was.