Comments on: 1957 Chrysler Windsor

By: Marvin

Marvin — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:47:10 +0000

I need a 57 poly two barrel carb. What type and condition do you have? Complete with choke?

By: BigBlockMopar

BigBlockMopar — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:44:29 +0000

Hi Ryan,

I couldn’t tell you exactly what color this is as it was already on the car when I bought it.
I do know there’s a hint of red metallic in it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:44:33 +0000

What’s the color on this car? I’ve been trying to find a match to a 60’s era dragster and this looks really close.

By: BigBlockMopar

BigBlockMopar — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:05:43 +0000

Hi Kevin,

With a large amount of lowering you have to understand the car will mostly be riding on the bumpstops, so make sure you check these often as they have a tendency to tear/crack open and fail. You don’t want metal to metal contact here.

Thanks for showing the photo.

grts.
BBM

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:42:54 +0000

Thank you for all your replies, it really helped be to lower my front end, here’s a picture of my car which I just lowered of about 2.5 inches.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201897842110380&set=a.3454921294459.2171312.1313630874&type=1&theater

Kevin.

By: BigBlockMopar

BigBlockMopar — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:59:08 +0000

The wheels don’t hit the fenders when turning. Not even when taking a corner fast.
I still need to re-install the front swaybar on the car, but because it is lowered already, it doesn’t really roll that much in the corners anyway.
I think that’s also because the chassis is touching the bumpstop on the lower control arm then.

The Chrysler already had Wilwood discbrakes on it when I bought it. The ventilated brakerotors are 11.75″ in diameter and stop the car very well.
The Wilwood brakes was one of the reasons I actually bought the car.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:47:18 +0000

Hi, like you said it was easy but I was wondering, when you turn your wheels to they rub on the fenders?
And do you have dics brakes on your chrysler?

Thanks, Kevin.

By: BigBlockMopar

BigBlockMopar — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:33:06 +0000

Hi Kevin,

The front of the car is easily lowered by turning down the torsionbar adjusters in the transmission crossmember. Do about 2-4 turns at a time. Set the car back on it’s wheels in between, roll it back and forth a few feet and look at the stance.
(Take the weight of the front first while turning the adjusters to save the threads of the adjusters.) Turn both adjusters an equal amount.

The rear of the car can be lowered by installing lowering blocks between the rearaxle and the springs.
Summit sells 2″ or 3″ lowering kits for a later model Dodge Pickup which work nicely if you slightly change the diameter of the locating pin/nub on the blocks.

grts.
BBM

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:44:46 +0000

Hi, could you explain me how you managed to drop the front and rear suspension on your chrysler? I want to drop my 1957 Windsor has well.
Thanks, Kevin.

By: BigBlockMopar

BigBlockMopar — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:37:09 +0000

Hello Heikki,

Nice progress on your car there! Good work.
I can’t help you with the parts but I’m sure you should be able to find them at Big M’s salvage yard for instance.

grts,
Herman