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Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? #1131336 12/10/11 08:43 PM 12/10/11 08:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Can anyone help out...what year is this Dodge...'58 or '59 or so ?

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: OzHemi] #1131337 12/10/11 09:00 PM 12/10/11 09:00 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 95 Ohio R ralphie361 member
ralphie361 member R Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 95 Ohio	I'm pretty sure its a '59 from the fins.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: ralphie361] #1131338 12/10/11 09:09 PM 12/10/11 09:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Thank you

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: ralphie361] #1131339 12/10/11 09:09 PM 12/10/11 09:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Quote: I'm pretty sure its a '59 from the fins. yep 1959. Nice boat for the day. 57/58/59 shared a lot of the looks but were yet a lot different. IMO the 59 was by far the nicest.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: MoparforLife] #1131340 12/10/11 09:10 PM 12/10/11 09:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Thanks guys....now I just have to figure out whose it is..

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: OzHemi] #1131341 12/10/11 09:24 PM 12/10/11 09:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,543 chicagoland,usa B buildanother I Live Here
buildanother I Live Here B Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,543 chicagoland,usa	That's one of them cars that you need to see that speedometer in action. It does something weird IIRC, changes colors or some such thing.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: buildanother] #1131342 12/10/11 09:26 PM 12/10/11 09:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	This one won't do anything...car does not run...no brakes...etc.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: OzHemi] #1131343 12/10/11 09:32 PM 12/10/11 09:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	speedo is ribbon type that does change. Conversely, the all-new tri-color speedometer for 1959 could prove to be somewhat troublesome for colorblind drivers. With no hand to follow, the gauge is divided into three segments and speed is indicated by color in each segment. Specifically, green is displayed to indicate speeds from 0 to 30 mph; it then changes to yellow until the vehicle hits 50 mph, when the indicator changes to red. Motor Trend's March 1959 test stated that, after dusk, the gauge is difficult to read. 59 Buick had the similar type as did some others.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: OzHemi] #1131344 12/10/11 09:33 PM 12/10/11 09:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,813 A collage of whims topside Too Many Posts
topside Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,813 A collage of whims	Definitely '59. One year only styling, and my favorite early Dodge. Great colors, too.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: MoparforLife] #1131345 12/10/11 09:38 PM 12/10/11 09:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	I did take a quick picture of the inside..but doesn't show the speedometer all that great.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: topside] #1131346 12/10/11 10:17 PM 12/10/11 10:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Quote: Definitely '59. One year only styling, and my favorite early Dodge. Great colors, too. Not true - 57/58/59 shared body styling with the fin concept. 57 used a single head light arrangement with the inner being the turn signal, 58/59 used the quad headlights. the 3 years used different tail lights and bezels. 57 front 57 rear 58 59 - front Rear As you can see they are of very similar body.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: OzHemi] #1131347 12/11/11 06:26 PM 12/11/11 06:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,861 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,861 Rio Linda, CA	The M334 on the fender tag ID's it as a Los Angeles built '59 Coronet Royal. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: John_Kunkel] #1131348 12/11/11 06:38 PM 12/11/11 06:38 PM
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MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	I guess that I am showing my age but I really like the fin Dodges. The ones starting in 56 and ending in 59. more than the 60 and up ones. Probably my favorite is the 56's that were kind of the start of the fin Dodges.

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: John_Kunkel] #1131349 12/11/11 07:02 PM 12/11/11 07:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,861 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,861 Rio Linda, CA	Here's a pic of a '59 Coronet I started building years ago and never finished, my friend Sid bought it and finished very nicely. 6962261-Sids59(Small).jpg (32 downloads)

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: John_Kunkel] #1131350 12/11/11 07:09 PM 12/11/11 07:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi OP Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Quote: The M334 on the fender tag ID's it as a Los Angeles built '59 Coronet Royal. Interesting to know...thanks John

Re: Help ID the year of this.... late 50's I think? [Re: OzHemi] #1131351 12/11/11 08:22 PM 12/11/11 08:22 PM
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 28 Mississippi B bcr member
bcr member B Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 28 Mississippi	The late 50s Dodge had the term "Swept wing Dodge" in their tv ads. I liked the chrome and pretty much all makes in the late 50s. Chrysler Corp. had the tri color speedometer in 1948 I know for sure. 48 Plymouth coupe I had, the speedo was a normal clear light, changed to an amber up to about 55 and gradually started turning red getting more red the faster you got. Car would run 88-90 mph with the little flathead singing a song. This car was WAY ahead of Ford and Chev. of that time. Better ride, better driving, better brakes, quieter and most times as fast or faster that the ford V8 and defintly the chev with all being in stock form. Wish I could return to that day and time for a while.

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