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1957 Convertible, excellent condition thruout . Vin tag, cowl tag look correct. Engine appears to be a period correct V8 but the engine pad numbers are illegible. I am assuming its a NOM and trying to figure its impact on the value
 
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1957 Convertible, excellent condition thruout PS,PB,PW. Vin tag, cowl tag look correct. Engine appears to be a period correct V8 but the engine pad numbers are illegible due to filing or grinding. I am assuming it is a NOM and am trying to get an idea of the NOM's impact on the value. Car is at an auction and owner is not around. thanks
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If you want a museum piece, forget it, although you could probably find a correct date coded engine that would make it appear original, IF the engine is the only inconsistancy. If you want something to drive, enjoy, and use it for it's intended purpose, buy it.
 
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Please explain NOM to us who are illegitimate.
 
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This is the least value to the car if all else is correct and in good USABLE CONDITION

you can spend way more on a missing set of convertible interior side panels, seats and rear armrests than a complete 57 power pack motor will cost.

Just the complete set of front windshield trim for a convertible is around 2000.00 today USED IN RESTORABLE CONDITION.
 
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55wagoncrazy said:
This is the least value to the car if all else is correct and in good USABLE CONDITION

you can spend way more on a missing set of convertible interior side panels, seats and rear armrests than a complete 57 power pack motor will cost.

Just the complete set of front windshield trim for a convertible is around 2000.00 today USED IN RESTORABLE CONDITION.
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Good point. I have spent years on the Corvette forum and there is high impact to values due to "NOM" issues with Corvettes
 
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Most collectors want to drive their cars.

So the question,

Would you prefer to have a 1950's design engine that may or may not have been rebuilt 2 or 3 times, or a late model engine that is much stronger and brand new that looks like the original?

I can't understand why someone would rebuild a low HP engine at a cost of more than a brand new one. :confused0006: :confused0024:

Although I must confess that I have a 57 283 in my 50's style 32 roadster that does not have the side engine mounts.
(And I have a spare in case of problems.)
 
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Tri Fives mean different things to different people. To those of us that were alive back then and we remember how life was back then. Some of us want our cars to be original as a remembrance of that time. Those cars were so popular back then that they carried over into the race car scene and are representative of that era of the 1960's Some people want their cars to represent that period in time. I think it's the combination of both is what makes these cars so popular even today.
 
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Drive it the way it is .If you are lucky enough to find a date code engine later great. If not enjoy . Mike Mike
 
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Do you plan on going to shows where originality is judged? Is this car more for investment than driving?

They only made 8 billion 57's. One more with a NOM isn't going to be appreciably less - heck, a lot of guys here don't know what NOM means, that should tell you a lot right there.
 
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Dragsix said:
Stop hanging around the corvette guys. No fun at all, lol. One little bolt out of place, one little discrepancy with the gas tank build sheet and poof, your booted out of the in crowd, lol. Hang out here. It's more fun.
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Now this post was too funny an made me bust out laughing,:sign0020:. I have always wondered about those vette guys an clubs, and add me to the list of having no clue as to what NOM stood for. I thought it was a typo, :sign0020:
 
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