1957 Roadmaster

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-car...ue/1369190950?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

 

This doesn't look like a bad deal; - it's a Roadie with some options, which makes up for the extra doors. Still, once done, this would be a nice looking roadable car. The 57's lines are more conducive to a 4 door anyway, the car is in better proportion than the coupe.

 

Love the crazy Blue tint on the windows. Does that make it an A/C car? or was the tint available as a separate option?

 

No, it's not an A/C car and it doesn't look like it ever was. The tint might be a product of old age and sunlight, but I've seen a lot of old cars that either have a slight blue or green tint from that era.

 

The bumper ends even look good on that car. I bought a set of rechromed ones and a pair of NOS exhaust ends when I had my 57’s. I took the NOS bumper ends off the century before I sold it and never installed the NOS tail pipe ends, a 57 century convertible is on the bucket list so saving them In case I fill my bucket. This Roadnaster needs proper width whitewalls on it badly, it would really dress it up

 

Looks like a nice car. I agree on the whitewalls. Here in sunny SW Florida, a car that would possibly actually be driven a bit needs AC. If I still lived in MA I might give the seller a call, but here in FL no AC would be a deal breaker. The four doors would not. The '57 four-door hardtops looked just about as good as the two-doors.

 

… the factory designers reduced the width of the sidewall designs and tire mfr 's compiled for 57 …. factory Buicks shipped with a 2 1/2 inch sidewall … this was and attempt to getting away from the wider 3 and even older 4 inch white walls and have read that according to the designers s narrower white wall helped to esensuate the design of the wheel arches and overall belt line appearance and body line flow …. Cadillac did the same as well starting with model 57.