RARE 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Review & Test- Drive
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- What we've got on hand here is an absolute beauty of a car, which is an extreme understatement. Here at Coyote Classics, it's suddenly 1960! Sitting on the showroom floor is this exquisite 1957 Plymouth Belvedere, a piece of art with four doors and four wheels. Evoking the shape of the infamously evil 1958 Plymouth Fury in Stephen King's "Christine", this 1957 Belvedere sedan calls to mind the same car, with a gorgeous two-tone red over white paintjob.
Designed under the leadership of visionary automotive designer Virgil Exner, the 1957 Plymouth and sister Chrysler Corporation models were unlike anything else on the market. The ads trumpeted: "Suddenly - It's 1960!" If the marketing was to be believed, the new Plymouths sitting in showrooms were originally intended to be 1960 models. In an unprecedented move, Chrysler Corporation had completely redesigned all five of its car lines, discontinuing the new 1955 bodies after only two years. What the corporation walked out in its place were Virgil Exner's best designs ever, not just catching up with yearly styling giant General Motors, but leaving both the General and the Blue Oval far behind. The effect of the new Plymouth sent shock waves through the design halls of both GM and Ford. One story tells of GM styling boss Harley Earl walking into the office of Chevrolet exterior designer C.J. MacKichan, throwing a 1957 Plymouth catalog on his desk and asking bitterly, "Why don't you quit?"
This example is powered by the optional 301 C.I. V8 with a 2-barrel carburetor, a step below the 318 V8 but above the 277 V8. That combination is sure to provide for some smooth cruising! Additionally, the three-speed "Torqueflite" automatic transmission made its debut in 1957, using a rather unconventional shifting layout: a button. Most cars of the time used a standard shifter, while Chrysler brought the "pushbutton" automatic into the mainstream, a feature that is still used on most cars today. Saying this car is beautiful is a drastic minimization. The "Forward Look" styling of this Plymouth takes inspiration from the space age, from the chrome headlights, unobstructed greenhouse to the smooth clean sculptured sides, the idea of an earthbound space vehicle was everywhere. The low front fenders and hood, gently sloped windshield, a razor thin flat roof with tapered rear window, and rising fins created a "leaping" effect, as though the car was in motion even while standing still. The red and white exterior paint is incredibly striking, being buffed to a brilliant shine. It has a couple spots of surface rust here and there, but overall, it presents very nicely. The interior is just as nice, with an eye-catching tri-tone color scheme in black, white, and red. The bench seats front and rear are also in outstanding shape! Features on this beautiful '57 Plymouth include power steering, newer speakers, an updated Pioneer AM/FM/CD stereo system (the original AM pushbutton radio remains in the dash!), dual forward-mounted mirrors, and a sweet-sounding dual exhaust system. The car rides on a classic set of B.F. Goodrich "Silvertown" whitewall tires with factory-spec 1957 Plymouth steel wheels and hubcaps for a factory-fresh look.
This '57 Plymouth is a shining example of a different era, when style reigned over all else. With outlandishly styled fins and sweeping chrome ornamentation, the 1957 Plymouths look like nothing that ever came before or since. This Belvedere is ready to go at the touch of the gas pedal, and all it needs is a new driver. If you're looking to own a beautiful, unique classic that is a rolling tribute to the glory days of automotive styling, then what better example to look for than this 1957 Plymouth Belvedere? - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Trip down Memory Ln. for me. My parents had one. It was a Belvedere convertable, white with light blue interior. I loved that car. I used to call it "Mr. Plymouth".
These cars still look amazing 64-65 years later. Beautiful
The Plymouth was a state of the art back in 1957.
Only flaw they had was rust
I am 66 years old and down here in Georgia. My mother and dad had one. I have rode a menu miles from Georgia to Louisville Kentucky in one of those cars very comfortable.
I recall going down to gas pump when Ethyl Premium was put into tank of my mom's and dad's 57 Plymouth to trip from Dimmitt, Tx to Tucumcari, NM. It was a push button on dash, had the large fins on back and was four door white. Even thou my dad enjoyed a GM product he strongly relied on Mopar build. Very dependable ride.
Growing up my dad was a rabbid mopar man, as was I.
We had these and many similar models in the family.
In the 80s I had a customer with a 57 Desoto. Black with flames. It was gorgeous! My sister's first car was a 59 Dodge with swivel front seats. When cars were cars and men were men.
sweet car & something you do not see everyday
This is true
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Two comments on the dash. There's a closeup at 6:33 showing two small lights above the speedometer on the left and right. I remember that the left light was the turn indicator whether the driver signaled turning left or right, and the light on the right illuminated when the high beams were on,
Not shown to the left of the instruments is the push-button cluster. These buttons were about 1 1/2' long, and then attached using a plastic clip to the actual device which was connected to the transmission. On my family's '57 these buttons had a tendency to disengage and fall into the cluster. My mother primarily drove the Plymouth and kept a Phillips head screwdriver in the glovebox, and became quite adept at unscrewing the cluster's faceplate, reconnecting the button, and reassembling the parts. Not shabby.
It might have been mentioned, but I think this was the Car that King said Christine actually was in His novel. She was changed to the coupe for Carpenter’s version.
Bloopers in King's book. His 4dr in the book was first available in 1959 on the base Fury.
1956-58 Fury was a special model available onlo as a 2dr hardtop in the vein of the Chrysler 300-C and similar models from Dodge/DeSoto.
The trans was a TorqueFlite, not a Hydra-Matic.
MoPars like this are push-button shift. A console shift lever first appeared in the '64 Sport Fury and the column shift lever first appeared in '65.
I love the 57-59 Plymouth Belvedere and Fury models. I prefer the taillights of the 1957 the best, but the 1958 front-end and valance are much nicer than the 1957. All 1956 Chryslers/DeSoto/Dodge/Plymouth and Imperials had both the Powerflight and Torqueflight 2 and 3-speed pushbutton automatics respectively.
Man that's absolutely clean happy new year by the way
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Actually the fins were to add mass to the rear of the car since the front ends were considerably longer, they had nothing at all to do with forward/rearward coming winds. They were so the car wouldn't yaw in the side winds hence making the car more stable with the winds pushing the side of the car more evenly front and back. If you've ever actually driven cars on bias ply tires this should make sense.
Put that nice 1957 Plymouth Beldevere on the road. That classic needs some miles of great rides and a prowd (rich) owner!
Nice car
In Canada, the Belvedere was also called a Dodge Mayfair, which was a rebadged Plymouth, a Plymodge.
Us Canadians got a blend of strange combinations. Gm sold us Acadians which a mix of Pontiac's and Chevy's
The "pushbutton" automatic came out in the 56 models. There were 301's with 1 4-barrel carburetor. The 318's had 2 4-barrel carburetors and was the only engine available in the Fury. The 318 was available in other models.
The 301 had a 2 barrel carb in 57 with a 4 barrel optional on the 58. I have one.
Wow!
Not to pick on this car, but in case anyone is looking for a “factory original” car or for reference, some thing I noticed: window garnish mouldings should be body color. The dash could be black or a Matt version of the body color. The interior trim dots and rings around the instruments and warning lights would be gold, but they’ve all faded on almost every car by now. Headliner should be pierced cloth or a kind of felt stuff, not vinyl. Under hood should be green/grey, like the trunk interior and back of the wheels, and there should be a hood pad. That doesn’t make it a bad car at all - mine has lots of inaccuracies too but I like to know what they are!
Steering wheel should have ivory hand grips, I like the added gauge where the clock should be - I have some spare clocks and they’re hard to keep working! Radio face plate should be chrome too.
In the book Christine,the 58 Plymouth was actually a four door sedan.
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carro muito lindo , igual ao do filme cristhine o carro assassino 1983
The car actually could have been called Clarence, because in the book, the guy named Buddy Repperton, his name according to Stephen King was Clarence Buddy Repperton
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IT'S CHRISTINE Stephen king's John carpenter car
1983 but it was the killer car but it's a movie car
When when I first got married in California. We had a 57 and it was white With blue fins.
I would of owned my '57 plymouth for 38 years this coming April but 1 night back in April of 1987 some idiot pulled out infront of me and caused me to cream her and boy I was POed . The other party is very lucky I did not see or get my hands on her if you get my drift . Their insurance company totaled the car that is because my parents let them do this if I handled it and they told me they were going to total it I would said the word attorney to the insurance agent
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Fins were a gimmick, they actually slow a car down if you went fast enough to make them a factor which of course you couldn't do. This '57 has the revised front valence panel with smaller vertical slits and some paint on them - most were just brushed steel look. They look so much better with front and rear bumper wingettes, our '57 wagon had them you have to wonder why the owner didn't order 'em. In 58 they were standard on Belvederes and Furys. Sedan is a downgrade too - should be the two door "sports roof" to be ultra cool. Even the 4 door hardtop was cooler. Heck, a lowly Savoy with Sports Roof looks cooler. Still to not be rusted (our '57 rusted before '58 came - Chicago weather and notoriously bad build quality) WHAT A CLEAN EXAMPLE !!! I remember the rear view mirror on these '57-'59s was HORRIBLE as it SHOOK LIKE MAD being mounted to the dash!! LOL 👀
Beautiful 57. I own one also, mine is Factory black , original low mileage car. What's going on with the exhaust? The mufflers are different sizes. Engine wouldn't like that.
Not sure i did not do the exhaust. Its is a sweet car and has had a ton of interest. Sounds like they are great property.
@@CoyoteClassics it definitely is beautiful. I would be getting the exhaust fixed. It would help the engine breath and sound better. I say the Rh side is still original as these had only single exhaust on the 301. And someone had the lh side fitted.