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Old 02-14-2014, 09:47 PM
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Just brought home another 57-pontiac.
It's a 4-door cheiften sedan 2-barrel.
I took a few pictures for ya guy's.
I put an old battery in it and every thing works, The heater, horn, lights, radio
and even both license plate lites. One light in the front bumpers out, Bad bulb
or bad ground maybe. Motor is set up I hope not to bad though. Will see.
This car was parked 37 years ago inside it's faired pretty well and I think it
will clean up pretty good. Enjoy!!!

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Old 02-14-2014, 09:50 PM
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Old 02-14-2014, 09:52 PM
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And a couple more.

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Old 02-14-2014, 11:02 PM
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Cool ChieftAIn!

Why does it seem that the '50s cars always lack the air cleaner when they are found??

Looks like cross-country road trip material to this guy!

Keep us posted!!

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Old 02-14-2014, 11:16 PM
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The breather is in the trunk and I did have to go cross country to get it. Kinda
It was a ways out in the country in a barn at an old dairy farm.
exlrate found it on craigs list and told me about it and here it is.
Todds got to quit finding these great finds for me. LOL

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Old 02-14-2014, 11:18 PM
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Oh and the cars only got 75704 miles on it and the headliners in good shape too.

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Old 02-14-2014, 11:43 PM
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Can't wait to go for a ride! Let's do some dough nuts in the snow for a finders fee :-)

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Old 02-16-2014, 12:44 AM
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Well I worked on the barn find most of the day today.
It's set up pretty good. I saturated all the cylinders and I'm going to let it
set for a while and see if I can get it to free up but it's not looking good.!!
I might be putting the 287 motor in the 4-door and with the extra347-motor
I might be able to put one together out of the two and get the wagon together.
I did do some cleaning on the body of the 4-door and was amazed at how well
it cleans up so that's what I'll be doing tomorrow. I'll get some more pics up
After the cleaning. One way or another I'll be driving one of them if not both
This summer.

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Old 02-17-2014, 03:00 PM
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I got the motor free and turning over good.
First thing I did was drain the oil I used a propane torch to heat the oil pan
to loosen the sludge at the bottom of the pan. Worked pretty good.
Put some fresh oil in it and rolled it over till the gage read good pressure.
Then took some 1000-grit sand paper to the points cleaned a set of plugs
and gave it a shot of either and give it a spin. It didn't start butt it did fire
A bunch of times so I know it will start. I unhooked the fuel line so it
wouldn't pull any thing from the tank until I can address that situation.
When I get time I'll use a gas can to the fuel pump and see how this
thing runs.

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Old 02-17-2014, 04:23 PM
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Nice find. One of my 55's I found sat for over 10 years, it had 29k on the odometer. I rebuilt the carb and once I realized the point were stuck together fires up and had it running and drove it for about 1/2 mile. I wish I had it the same time as the 41 it would have made a good doner for the 41 since it was in a bad wreck.

If that was mine i'd leave the body alone and just drive it.

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Old 02-17-2014, 05:11 PM
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Be aware of the rubber components in the fuel lines and carburetor. Today's ethanol will eat them alive. Very cool ride for sure. I agree, clean it up and enjoy it as is/found. Well done.

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Old 02-18-2014, 01:35 AM
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Almost looks to me that the air cleaner may have been in place for much of its storage time?
Did the carb take much for the throttle to work freely?
Looks like a heck of a "find"! All the glass as good as what I can see? Hydramatic?

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Old 02-18-2014, 02:06 AM
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Yes this is gona be a driver for me this summer.
Just going to do a little clean up, The chrome even looks good on this thing.
The breather was on it for the most. I think he was going to try and get it
running that's why the breather was off and then it being set-up he decided
to sell it whitch I'm glad he did. It almost fired up tonight, It's getting close.
I just can't believe how nice of shape this car is in. Even the interior.
I set my super duty scoop on there for a look. What a ya think??

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Old 02-18-2014, 02:07 AM
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Old 02-18-2014, 12:11 PM
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I set my super duty scoop on there for a look. What a ya think??
I vote no scoop, but the best part of that car is that it's yours - make it so!

Question about the box under the dash: Is that the radio speaker or a heater duct?

If it's a speaker box, are all '57s with a radio like that?

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Old 02-18-2014, 03:50 PM
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Looks like our 1957 Chieftains share the same grey interior. Very nice. Let me know if you need ideas for the interior. I was able to find a NOS 1958 front rubber floor mat, which kinda sort fit. Still looking for the rest.

Yes, in 1957 the speaker is under the dash bolted to the floor.

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Old 02-20-2014, 11:48 AM
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In the early 60's when I was working for the government in DC, a co-worker had an EXACT copy of this car. I have fond memories of riding in that car with him. Those rides were with several co-workers on lunch-hour short rides (off government property) to local bars or phone booths where he (and some of the others) would place bets on the numbers. That individual had "close" ties to the "mob" and he got very good pay-off odds on his bets compared to ordinary players.

A funny tale about the car is that at work, where we pulled up to park at work, the parking lot was sloped up against the building. One day he came out and found his car missing-apparently stolen. Next day the car was found about 300 feet away opposite the parking area over a slight bank in a wooded area. The car had rolled off the parking lot into the woods. It wasn't damaged.

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Old 02-21-2014, 08:47 PM
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Well I did some deeper digging into the motor and found two stuck vavles.
Both of them were stuck closed and I got them both free so maybe I'll be
Able to get this thing running yet. I'm hoping if I get it running things will
free up, I have my doubts though.

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Old 02-21-2014, 10:32 PM
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Please don't put the scoop on your car.
Nice clean find.
I'm kinda partial to '57's
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Old 02-22-2014, 04:32 AM
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I dought that I'll put the scoop on but if I did I would use two sided tape.
No holes in the hood never. I don't think it fits the car anyways.
I'm just gona clean it up a bit and drive it this summer.
It's gona be a blast. I've got one valve that's not freeing up like I
thought it wood. Might have to pull the head on the drivers side.

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