The red and white paint on this 1958 Dodge Coronet makes it a real head-turner. The seller describes it as a turn-key and ready for cruise nights. It can be found for sale here on here on eBay with a current bid of $13,700. Located in Everest, Kansas, there isn’t a lot of information in the ad regarding the history of the car or how long they have had it. Take a closer look at this unique ride.
It is obvious from the photos that this car is an older restoration. It still looks great from a distance, but you can see some minor flaws when you get up close. The interior could use a little bit of a freshening up. The upholstery has some rips and tears and it really dusty. If the foam and springs are in good shape, new seat covers would do this car wonders.
Like the interior, you can tell the engine compartment probably shined brightly once upon a time. The powerplant is a 325 cubic inch V8 mated to a push-button automatic transmission. The ad doesn’t say how the car runs, but the seller does say the car is ready for cruising.
There are a couple of up-close photos of the rear fenders which show some paint bubbles. It is a little hard to tell how extensive the rust is, but the buyer had better be prepared to address it in the next year or two. Perhaps a full restoration/customization is in order. What do you think? If you have to replace some sheet metal anyways, would you do a full repaint?
As stated before, this car looks great from a distance. Hopefully, the new owner will be able to fix some of the small issues and keep this car looking good for years to come.
I wouldn’t worry about the rust. I am pretty sure these can fix themselves. I saw it in a movie once.
I was a bit too young to drive when these were in the showrooms, but I sure loved them. This one is a beauty. Used to kick a lot of tires in dealerships with Dad in those days. We did it to pass the time, but also because many dealers bribed you into the showrooms with free food on the weekends. Our local Dodge dealer usually had hot dogs and chips on Saturdays. (grilled in the summer and boiled in the cooler months) Man, do I miss the days of old. What happened to the cool country we used to inhabit?
No politics but I think I know what you mean.
Politics’? I talked about hotdogs on a Saturday afternoon.
The way things are, hot dogs on a Sat. afternoon probably offends someone,,,
I started bidding on this one as it’s not far from me but with the above mentioned rust, bottoms of the rear wheel houses extensively rotted, the trunk floor being covered with rust stained cardboard and who knows what surprise awaits under the carpet I dropped out early.
That’s a discussion of the way of life in the 1950’s including when the new models came out and some dealers would line the showroom windows to hide them until the big reveal. There was a series written by a dealer’s son on Allpar.com, describing the beginning of the 1957 sales year. It was a big deal.
My first car in 1965 was a 1957 Dodge very similar to this example, also a 2 dr ht, and same drive train. It was green where this one is red. I went to Sears, they had seat covers to fit the 1/3, 2/3 backrest on the front seat. They were on sale, but the only color was green.
My father had a new 1958 Plymouth. The build quality of my 1957 Dodge was much higher. His 1960 Dodge Phoenix was the lowest of the three. His next car, a 1962 Pontiac Catalina, was by far the best.
When cars and life was a joy! I remember those day with local stock car races on weekends. I use to hang around a garage where the owner ran three stock cars on weekends. He ran 327 Covrette engines, one with three carbs and the other with Enderle Fuel Injection. The third car had a 401nail head Buick engine with a 6 carbs on a cross feed Edelbrock manifold. Fun times!
Fair price, beautiful ride, but first must buy a house with a longer garage. 😀
Pretty sure the Coronet was the same car as the wonderful Dodge La Femme. Would love to have a La Femme with all the accessories. 💕
La Femmes were 55/56 only. All had the same bodies, the only differences between the various Dodge models was trim and interior.
Needs Lancers!
It used to be a given, in the life of a car salesman, you kept them fed and you would get more work out of them. In Tucson, we cooked burgers, hot dogs ( Nathan’s), chips and soda or water, every weekend from Memorial Day to Labor Day. It did get t a point that some customers abused it, but we felt bad for them if they needed it. Beautiful looking car,Virgil knew his stuff, the price of this car seems fair, the tu-tone really makes this ride pop.
My folks had a ’57 Coronet 2-door post.
Even though it was a sedan, it still looked
sharp with it’s cream over bronze paint
scheme. It too had the 325 V-8 and torque
flight tranny. Dad wound up trading it for
a ’59 Caddy 2-door HT in ’65 or ’66. Sure was great to be a motorhead back then.
Today’s cars, you’ve seen one, you’ve seen
’em all.
Black walls look wrong with hubcaps.
I am fairly certain the base motor was a 350. The 325 was a 57 motor.
According to my 1960 Motors manual the 325 was still available in the 58 Coronet