Hi folks. My father-in-law died a few years back and gave my son his 57 skyliner! This car has sat undriven for at least 12 years that I know of. We are just now getting into turning it into a driver. We don't have the funds for a full on restoration. It is in real rough shape. The interior is completely shot, the engine runs but the carb has some broken/frozen parts. The paint is bad and there are some signs of minor accidents and bondo.

Took the brakes apart today and found all the big retaining springs broken! Drums look serviceable as are the shoes. Water leaking from several unknown areas around the water pump. Trunk lid came up slightly and now will not go back down. Replaced the ignition switch key tumbler. Didn't have the old key so drilled out the soft brass pin.

Question: How do we tell what engine it has? It has a 4bbl carb and three in the tree tranny,

All in all, not a bad first day working on her! I will post a photo tomorrow.