57 PONTIAC STAR CHIEF 2-DOOR HARTOP COUPE SHAVED LOWERED

57 PONTIAC STAR CHIEF 2-DOOR HARDTOP COUPE

This '57 Pontiac belonged to my dad, US Marine who died last October. It is being sold to help my stepmom raise some $$$ to pay bills. He didn't have any money or insurance and left some debt behind. He was always a Pontiac guy at heart.

The car is a really cool start for someone desiring to take it to completion. It has all of the components to make it a great hotrod or cruiser with a little more TLC that my dad will not be able to give it now that he's gone. Before he died, drove him around for short errands to the Amish fruit-n-veggie market or the hardware store for supplies. It was kind of like driving Miss Daisy, ut some really great memories that I will cherish forever. We would love to see it go to a loving home and brought up to its full potential. We would really like to keep it and make it into a cherished ride, ut with not one, ut two boys just starting college, hat just isn't in the cards for us.

Here are a few things it includes:

• Engine: 400 V8

• Pontiac Tri-Power Intake and Carbs

• 2-door Coupe Hardtop (no "B" pillar when windows are rolled down)

• Electric Fuel Pump

• 3spd 350 Turbo Automatic Transmission

• Custom dual exhaust to rear bumper

• Chrome tailpipes

• Lowered Rear Suspension

• Shaved door handles - remote electric solenoid door release with emergency open feature

• Shaved front hood

• Dual "A" pillar search lights

• Some completed paint (black with white side stripe)

• Rear light and fin inserts

• A pile of chrome side molding is included

• A "continental-style" spare tire cover

Here are some things it needs:

• Interior completion

• Transmission rear seal(car has been sitting)

• Steering gearbox

• Carb gaskets (see note below)

• Rear chrome bumper cones

• Finish painting body

Here are a few notes:

• Rear wheel studs are reverse-thread on this year car (one on drivers side is missing). A whole new set of right-hand thread studs is in the glove box ready to be installed.

• Speedometer reads about double actual speed

• Odometer and gas gauge are not accurate

• Actual mileage is unknown. Odometerreads 76K.

• A stack of chrome side molding is included. It should all be there, ut it isn't guaranteed to be every piece since it is off of the car.

CONDITION - BODY: My dad was working on restoring the car a little at a time. He had it lowered giving it a cool boulevard-cruiser stance. The door handles were shaved and if you look at a picture of a 57 Star Chief, ou'll see that he also had thechrome circle on the front of the hood shaved. New inserts in the taillight fins. Recently, quality rebuilder looked the car over from top to bottom and reported that the car is very solid, specially considering that it isalmost 60 years old! The interior had not been worked onyet, o it is completely needing restored. No carpet on the floor, mall hole in the floor, eats have original cracks, nd so on. The body is quite solid, nd some of the car is still in black primer. Even though some of the paint was completed, t will need full paint in order to match and remove any imperfections. I used to help my dad paint cars many years ago, nd if I bought this car, 'd want to strip it down to metal and repaint. The stainless chrome that is on the car looks great, ut the steel chrome around the windows has pits. So the body is solid, ooks good, ut isn't perfect as you would expect with a "pre-restoration" vehicle.

CONDITION - ENGINE ANDDRIVE TRAIN: The engine is a 400ci Pontiac V8. Details on the internalsare unknown. Not sure what cam setup or any other details. If you are considering a restoration on this car, ou would be pulling it to inspect and tighten up the seals anyhow (I see a few oil drips). The oil and filter were recently changed. The car satinthe garage as my dad was getting too ill to drive. In his final months, got it running again for him. It has a highly desirable tri-power intake and three carbs. He doesn't have a choke on the carbs so it currently has to be warmed up manually. From last year until just recently, he engine would start easily and purr like a kitten for as long as you let it. Now Ethanol has done a number on the carb gaskets and they are leaking so it won't keep running without your foot on the gas. We have found a gas station in our small town that is selling non-Ethanol gas, o we got some,but too late for the carbs. They need new gaskets. He installed an electric fuel pump, nd no return line to the tank. The exhaust soundsgood and strong but not obnoxious at all. The transmission works fine butwill need new seals. He had replaced all four tires a number of years ago, o even though he didn't put hardly anymiles on them, hey show small dry-rot cracking from sitting. There is an "emergency" electric door release under the hood for the drivers door solenoid, nd since you can open these old hoods from outside the car, ou always have a way to get in. The doors open with solenoids from the key ring remote (the remote needs new batteries,it worked fine before they died). The steering gearbox is really loose, eaning you have to move the steering wheel quite a bit in the turns before it starts turning the car. It will need rebuilt or replaced. The brakes were ok when we were driving dad around last summer, ut they've gotten super-grabby from sitting too much.

CONDITION - SUMMARY: This car could go at least two ways. For little money, omeone with the right mechanical skills (or a good mechanic) could fix a few things, uch as the steering box, arb gaskets, tc.,restore the interior and have a decent little 57 in solid pre-restoration condition. Or, omeone with the sense of how to take it from current condition to sweet little ride - seems like resto-mod would be the thing (drive train updated to current but body looking stock) - could have a good starting point. Although we have driven it aroundsome, ven recently, t is not currently in roadable condition without some work. It can be started and driven onto a trailer for hauling, r it could be driven a short distance for inspection, ut it would not be a good idea to go any further.

DISCLAIMER: AS WITH MOST COLLECTOR-TYPE CARS, THIS CAR IS BEING SOLD AS-IS, HERE-IS WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, NCLUDING SUITABILITY FOR INTENDED PURPOSE. IT IS THE BUYER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PERFORMTHEIR DUE DILLIGENCE, NSPECTIONS, ESEARCH, ND ASK ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE SALE.

We will try to answer any questions you may have, nd we want to disclose anything we know about the condition of the car. However, y dad knew the most about it and he is gone now. So please don't make ANY assumptions. If it isn't covered in this ad, r you don't ask, ssume that it isn't part of the sale. It is your complete and total responsibility to determine if the car is what you want. We would very much prefer that you find a way to look at the car in-person so we feel confident that you know exactly what you are buying. If you need specific pictures or videos of something or have more questions, lease ask! The listing only allows 24 pics, ut we have more available if you need to see interior better, lusa short video.

Current location of the car is Central Ohio, ortheast of Columbus, H. Payment after successful auction end is $500 NON-REFUNDABLE Deposit within 48 hours through cash or PayPal. Full payment can then be made through cash or bank wire transfer within7 days. Buyer is responsible for all shipping arrangements and costs and taxes or other fees/costs. We will assist in anyway we can. We can get the car to a shipping dock if needed for an additional fee. The car has clear title for easy transfer. If you have 5 or less feedback or less than 99%, mail to let us know who you are.

OFFERS: We will entertain reasonable offers. This car is worth the asking price and thegoalis to raise money for my dad's widow, y stepmom. So we don't want to wholesale it and this isn't a distress sale. So don't insult us with bottom-feeder offers. But we would also like to get it sold and into the hands of someone who will appreciate it. I do have a possible little deal-sweetener. If you are interested, ust ask. With all that said, lease make reasonable offers.

Ok, e've tried to list the condition as honestly as possible including most but probably not all defects, ut there could be more that we don't know about. On the good side, t is a good looking car and you feel kind of special cruising around in it. It wouldn't take too much to get it into peak condition. The Pontiac Tri-Power intake and carbs are, f course, ighly desirable and worth selling alone, o we are considering selling that separately. Wesaw a beautifully restored and pristine57 ragtop Star Chief sell for $59,000! We're not saying this one is worth that much, ut it is a special car and worth someone's time and money to get it to completion. Are you the right person for this car?