/CCG/ Classic Car General: '57 Pontiac Acronym Edition

>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions.
>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is classic or not, it's not.
>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.
>US, Euro, Jap, or whatever.
>Post your classic, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.
>Any and all discussion about classics welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.
>Period correct performance > cosmetics.
>Metal > plastic.
>Classic shitbox > modern shitbox.
>JBweld and RTV can fix anything
>If you see rust there is more.
>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.
>Electrical work is difficult until you stop reading forum posts and buy a multimeter.
>Low oil pressure? Worn mains and rod bearings. Use lucas and 15W40 until you afford a rebuild.
>PEEPEEPOOPOO
>Do NOT buy a classic and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will go broke.
>You will spend twice your budget, unless you have years of experience. If the salty old hands agree, it's true.
>No one cares about your MPG
>If you can't tune a carb you might literally be retarded
>Nothing is as easy as it seems
>OP is DEFINITELY a fag

Previous thread: >>28116073>>28157393
Ford really dropped the ball with the '57's headlight buckets. The rest of the car is gorgeous, though.>>28157367
>Its the everything else that's the bastard on those cars aka hydropneumatic suspension
Yeah, this was exactly my thought.

>I have this hunch that they aren't even that expensive parts wise its just the all the work
Right on the money, the parts aren't really hard to find or all the expensive, it's just that no normal garage will work on them, and becuase of that, can specialists charge out of the arse.

My biggest concern is the transmission, if that's the case. That TH400 is quite popular, but I have no idea what manual trans would match the same bolt pattern. Don't even care of it comes out of a truck, as long as its at least a 4 speed.>>28157529
the toploader is a pretty ubiquitous 4 speed, ford made it but GM also used it. T10 is another GM option, but perhaps at your experience level you should just leverage the TH400 already being in the car.>>28157593
The T-10 was shared by Ford and GM, not the toploader. Toploader was uniquely Ford and GM went on to do their Muncie and Saginaws.