Station wagons are a uniquely desirable vehicle amongst automotive enthusiasts. While they are not everyone’s favorite, a wagon is still cool, especially one of this age. For sale is this 1957 Dodge Sierra Spectator station wagon. The asking price is $1,000. It is located in Myerstown, Pennsylvania and the title is listed as salvage. Thank you Levi A. for the tip. You can view the listing here on Craigslist.
Under the hood is a rusty mess. It could be a 325 cubic inch V8. The transmission is listed as an automatic and based on the pictures of the dashboard, it looks to be a push-button TorqueFlite. In one of the photos, you can see the radiator hose is severed. It is hard to determine if it is free and could start. Engines have been in worse looking condition and fired to life. This one could be no exception.
Inside the car is a healthy dosage of rust. The floors have holes for Flintstone moving capability. The headliner is missing on the back portion of the car and that roof even on the inside is rusting. Both front doors have rust on them and the passenger door interior trim is peeling away. The front bench seat seems to be the only safe spot of the whole interior. A restoration would quickly change that though.
The car does have many extra parts that are included and shown in some of the photos. They are not of anything specific, mostly just boxes of things. While that is a good sales pitch, it is best to keep focused on what the car is currently, rather than a box of trinkets it comes with. Although, it is cool to see that the car has a tow hitch. One can only imagine the road trips this wagon went on back in the day.
I always wonder what some of these cars looked liked when they were parked. This one might have been pretty nice.
Something like this….
this 1957 Dodge Sierra Wagon in Myerstown, Pennsylvania for a 1000,00
Has i 318 big block in it .
ive has a few of them and at the time my wagon looked like new. i had put a 4 speed trans in it . coolest handling auto but you’ll need 8 ply radials on it Or it leaves the a 30 mph curve at 70 mph over a 8ft bluff . a safe ride .
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Is this still for sale would like to buy it juan 602-422-1946
Finally a car that is really rare in the sense you don’t see one very often, if ever. Pretty crusty but if you have the welding skills and time I would think it would be worth taking on, but man what a mess. Another car left to rot until someone decided there was a buck to made on it…too bad
Shame it is so rusty, such a cool car! in my price range and in my state.
Aside from the neglect / stupidity …..the worst part about a car like this is finding the missing parts. You could go with a mild custom and start deleting trim OR airbrushing it on…..either way….this is going to be a very high price project and will be done for the love of the car because it will most likely never sell for what needs to be invested into it. Good luck.
This one will call for a donor, for sure. Not sure if anyone re-stamps the floor pans, but at one time, someone was offering patch panels for the lower quarter panels on Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler wagons `57-`59. It’s not so far gone that it isn’t worthy of restoring, but you WILL be sinking a considerable amount in it to do so. The taillamps lenses alone are nearly impossible to find, and this car has complete units I see. I think it begs for the right buyer to do a total frame-off; you’ll have one unique Dodge when done!!
To far gone.
To bad. Would be a nice show piece
Now if it was a 59….
Jim – no it’s a 315/325 poly…..look at the bottom of the valve covers by the plugs – see the scallops ? Although maybe not a builder – at a grand……there’s twice that in just parts. There are big wagon fans are all over the globe !
Yep, a 315/325 poly, always got a kick out of the fair sized runners with the little single barrel carb. Looks like with good vacuum it could suck the whole carb down one of those runners, lol.
I am intimately familiar with the 57 Dodge line and this car is really only suitable for parts. There is way too much rust to deal with not to mention mechanics and upholstery. If you absolutely have to have a 57 wagon, wait till one shows up from the western states. I bought one in Denver a few years back that had no rust at all for 500.00
Make it safe to drive, then DRIVE it! It just looks SO COOL as it is.
I grew up in Michigan and cars like this were considered to look pretty good. As long as nothing was falling off it was a solid car. Some sheet metal and epoxy would take care of those floors for at least one winter. What do you expect for a grand?
Not every car has to be a complete restoration, Bucky. You can drive them and enjoy them without having to worry about being “upside down” financially.
Maybe literally upside down, though. Which just adds to the adventure. Be sure to install seat belts…
If it wasn’t close to Christmas, I’d seriously look into it. Make it a grocery getter for the wife. I’m sure she would love it.
Parts car. Glass alone worth a mint