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Plymouth Belvedere Habdtop - 1957-1958 | 
| If you bought the publicity, then the 1957 plymouths had been given the bodystyles planned for i960 almost three years early. They certainly carried some of the most eye-catching lines of any american car from that extravagant era, with the tallest tailfins and the biggest windshields | Specifications performance
Top speed of 100 mph engine typedisplacement: Water cooled, overhead-valve, polyspherical-head v8
displacement 4,932 cc (4.93 l) power rating 215 hp
transmission 3-speed torque-flight automatic
chassis: Pressed-steel frame; Front independent suspension by anti-drive torsion bars and wishbones; Rear suspension by semielliptic leaf springs; 4-wheel drum brakes; 3,520 lbs.
price: $2,900 in 1957 |
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The long, low look
the plymouths were also the lowest-built cars of their day, an effect that was exaggerated by a flat hood, stretched wheelbase and a large glazed area. Their bodywork was also distinguished by a full-width grille, the pronounced eyebrows over the double headlights and the full-length side flash. Remarkably, all these diverse elements were combined into a stylish whole.
sport sedan
the hardtop also known as the sports sedan was a nearly pillarless two-door coupe that looked light but actually weighed more than the sedan because its body had to be reinforced to compensate for the thinness of the roof pillars. The hardtop was included in the belvedere and savoy model lines, and the hardtop body was used in conjunction with the specially tuned
290hp fury engine. Aesthetically and mechanically; The plymouths of the late fifties certainly captured attention.
its pretty and it goes, said the press of the 1957 plymouth belvedere, whose torsion-bar suspension made its low-bit ill elega n ce possible. |
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