’57 Chrysler trip to Belgium
Took a nice trip to Belgium today with my ’57 Chrysler to pick up a left rearfender repairpanel for my ’73 Dodge Dart. The weather was nice so it was a perfect day for the [more … ]
Windsor
’57 Chrysler at All American Sunday at Zandvoort
Took a trip to Zandvoort today to attend the ‘All American Sunday’-event. The event is held at the racecircuit at Zandvoort and hosts various kinds of car-related activities. www.AmericanSunday.nl
’57 Chrysler front swaybar
Re-installed a factory style front swaybar on the ’57 Chrysler today. Although the car did not lean excessively in corners without it, the addition of the anti-swaybar still helped noticably with keeping the car more [more … ]
Custom bullet grille for the ’57 Chrysler
Some time ago I bought 5 bullet-cones from Wirth Automotive and mounted them in the grille opening. I thought it looked ‘ok’ from an angle, but downright silly when viewed head-on. The bullets were just [more … ]
Vintage Chrysler Fenderskirts
I received a pair of fenderskirts from a good fellow from Florida recently. I wanted to know how they would look on the ’57 Chrysler. I think they’re allright once they’ve been painted and mounted [more … ]
SaturdayNightCruise April 2010
Last saturday evening we had our first US-car meeting of the year here in town, so I was able to bring the ’57 Chrysler for it’s first meeting-outing. A friend from the east of the [more … ]
Chrome bumpers for the 57 Chrysler
I had ordered a pair of bumpers for the ’57 Chrysler a while ago from “Big M’s Salvage yard” in California, to replace the painted ones on the car at the moment. Chroming my own [more … ]
1957 Chrysler engine tuning
Finally had some time to further tune the 354ci engine of the ’57 Chrysler. Since it was still a cold but dry day, I took the car out for a little testdrive and shot a [more … ]
Carburation upgrade on the ’57 Chrysler Windsor
After the trip to the RDW (local DMW) I had found the engine of the ’57 Windsor didn’t pull at all. Although the 354ci Polyspheric engine revved nicely in neutral, it lacked major power during [more … ]
Different wheels for the ’57 Windsor
Decided to put the Astro Supremes wheels with custom made dual pin-stripe tires from DiamondBack tires on the car to see how they look. Looks OK, although I think some wider widewalls would be better [more … ]
DMV-day (RDW) for the ’57 Chrysler Windsor
Today I had to get up waaaaaay too early for my liking to drive my ’57 Chrysler Windsor to the local DMV station for it’s Dutch title application. It was a chilly and rainy morning [more … ]