£94,435
1959 Dodge Custom Royal D-500 Convertible
RM Sotheby's • US • 1 Dec 2012
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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£94,435
1959 Dodge Custom Royal D-500 Convertible
US • 1 Dec 2012
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1959 Dodge Custom Royal D-500 Convertible is a rare, low-production example with a Super D-500 383 engine and dual Carter carbs. Restored in Poppy and Pearl, it features swivel seats, power steering, power brakes, and Kelsey-Hayes chrome wire wheels.
Condition
8
The car is described as being in outstanding, overall condition with excellent contours and paint. The listing notes slight scratches on some of the brightwork. The engine compartment is clean and well detailed, and the undercarriage is clean and serviceable but not extensively detailed.
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Automatic
LHD
United States
M352107882
1959
Auction
£94,435
1959 Dodge Custom Royal D-500 Convertible
RM Sotheby's • US • 1 Dec 2012
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
Track live values and receive listing alerts
Description
A rare, low production example in outstanding, overall condition Model MD3-H.
345 bhp, 383 cu. in.
OHV V-8 engine, three-speed Torqueflite automatic transmission, torsion bar independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.
Wheelbase: 126.0 in.
Chrysler Corporation entered the 1957 model year with the mantra, “Suddenly it’s 1960.” Suddenly it seemed like it was.
All five lines of cars had tall, iconic fins, giving them a wedge-shaped profile.
General Motors’ spies saw the new cars over the fence and immediately redesigned their 1959 line; they were that far behind.
Dodge was unique among the 1957 Chrysler with the treatments of the fins.
Rather than use the simple wedge profile, their stylists perched separate, triangular fins atop rounded rear fenders.
By giving the fins chrome outlines, they had created the perfect device for innovative two-tone schemes, then de rigeur for American cars.
The industry was lar...
Price Analysis vs Other Custom Royal D500s
£18,133
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£37,508
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£136,794
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