Car of the Week: 1958 Dodge Royal Lancer

[dodgechargerfan]

Fins have always been “in” for Chris Cutts.

Every car guy has their weak spot, and for the Wild Rose, Wis., resident, it’s big fins.
Huge, gaudy, MoPar fins. Cutts can’t help himself, and it’s an affliction that’s been with him for years.

“I was into these cars before it was cool, even before my wife [Beth] liked them,” he laughs. “It would have been mid-’80s I started driving a four-door sedan, a 1960 Chrysler Windsor and, of course, everybody else had Camaros and stuff, and in high school I had this great big 21-foot-long Chrysler!”

That one Chrysler multiplied into a fleet of cars in various states of need. Some of them Cutts restored. Some of them he kept for a while and sold, and some he scavenged for parts. For quite a few years, fins were popping up all over his property, but eventually, only one of the cars was left: his 1958 Dodge Royal Lancer two-door hardtop. Even Cutts admits it’s a bit of an unusual choice to have hung onto and put so much time and effort into, but he and the beautiful pink-and-gray coupe are stuck with each other.

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[thrashingcows]

Nice car...but I have never really liked the Dodge front end treatment. The Chrysler's and Desoto's really work for me though.

 

[restoman]

My Grandmother had a '59 Custom Royal 4 dr, salmon with a red top and red interior.
I just barely remember it - it died in 1969 and sat in the Co-op parking lot for a few days until Dad told her it was a goner.
I remember the colour combo and those humongous fins...

 

[68R/T]

Pink & charcoal don't really sound like a good color combo, but on that car it WORKS.

Whether you like or don't like the style, fins, size or whatever, you have to admit, it's beautiful. :2thumbs:

 

[MOPAR MARV]

Back in the early seventies I had a '57 Chrysler Windsor that was exactly the same color. I thought it was pink until I washed and waxed it. :bwuhaha: