1958 Dodge 2 Door Lancer

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Well, here is the story. I fell in love with my Dodge when I found it about 15 years ago at a rundown used car lot in Chattanooga. Every time I look at this car I fall in love again, however I think I'm now ready to move on to either a Desoto or Imperial. That point was made recently when a white and green '58 Fireflite was on Ebay. So over the past 15 years of being the caretaker of this car, pretty much everything has been done, including all mechanicals, cosmetics and wiring. Each year, I tackled a new project on the car; for example year one was the chrome on the front, year two the suspension, year three the brown exterior, year four the interior, dash and trim, year five the engine rebuild, year six .... Next year's project was to reclean and correctly detail the engine compartment The car has a 325 which I converted to a 4 barrel and used a new Edlebrock carb. I still have the original 2 barrel intake, carb and air cleaner which goes with the car. It has power steering, manual disc brakes, Jiffy Jet that is disconnected, brake light warning light, radio delete, back-up lights, Solex tinted windows and torqueflite. The car has about 70K miles, which I believe is original. About three years ago, I started to get small amounts of rust in the rocker panels and rear wheel arch, which was than cut out and new metal welded in. Otherwise the car is completely rust free including the floor boards, fenders and headlight buckets. There are some problems with the car, but I <b>...</b>

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dodge, coronet, chrysler, plymouth, desoto, mopar, 1957, 1958, 1959

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