THE GIFT ! 1956 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer D500 D-500 315 CI Hemi on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou

Young people today have no idea what a showpiece this was in 1956. The fins were on it's way ! My favorite Dodge was the 1957-1959. They really had the best fins around.

Just four words, Lou. A WORK OF ART. Thank you so much!

I'm happy Mr Cirino is preserving this beautiful "Forward Look" Dodge in absolute pristine condition. To me this car is near museum quality. Simply beautiful! Thanks for posting Lou! Be blessed our God!!.....Always!

Красиве авто! Цікава історія придбання його. Чудові кольори! Дякую!

Good on you Louise. You have a heart bigger than that Hemi! Thanks for this feature Lou.

Beautiful car I love the color combination. The styling is amazing. Nothing like today’s cars . They all look alike. Back then you knew right away from blocks away the year, make, and model.

What a gorgeous and rare car! As fantastically done as the interior is, I was still blown away by the record player, too. There is just so much to see and admire in Mr. Cerino's Dodge. Thanks, Lou!

A Rare Fantastic Triple Tone Car that was made when people enjoyed the freedom of choice. Thanks Louise, Jack (RIP), Frank, and Lou for presenting such a fab icon.

Wow, what a beauty. I remember those triple tone Dodges. Somebody in town had one, I think it was white, yellow, and black. Those mint condition brochures are incredible! I was always puzzled by the "O" in the middle of the Dodge logo.

🙋‍♂️ THANKS LOU , FRANK,FOR SHARING A BEAUTIFUL STORY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL CAR ,LOVE ❤️THE COLORS AND INTERIOR… 😂 got a chuckle about a car equipped with a heater as an option 🤗💚💚💚

My Dad had the same car when I was very young... I pulled the E brake and it rolled back out into the street... LOL Push Button Drive has no Park position... Great Ride... Thanks for posting Lou !

Lou, imho one of THEE COOLEST CARS you have featured. Congratulations to the owner for his stewardship. The car appears to be impeccable. I may have missed it, but is that the original paint? I realize that the colors are authentic, but man, the condition and finish of that paint is gorgeous! Good on you for sniffing this one out Lou. Chrysler Corp. sure had it going on at this time.

Beautiful car, the cars from the 50s are always fabulous and amazing. It really brings back memories of a golden age. Thanks Lou, you do such a great job!

What a beautiful and rare car with a great selection of colors and options.

Beautiful and stunning no hard plastics detected here definitely a show stopper great shoot as well ✅💯

I looked at many of these Lancers, they are a fantastic design - totally fifties. I am a fan of the design and this custom is the finest 1956 Lancer I've ever seen. As the owner is a Aeronica fan it's all the better. This fully optioned car is one of only a handful to survive.

What a fabulous ride, I'm 74 and my uncle had one of these custom 56 dodge Lancer D 500, I've rode in it different times, love the 3 tone and push button drive hardtop, it's always been my dream car to have, it's gorgeous! Thanka for presenting the all new 1956 dodge royal Lancer!!!!

¡Una verdadera joya este Dodge Custom Royal Lancer de 1956! Los tres colores, blanco, rosa y granate, combinan armoniosamente para resaltar, aún más, todas sus líneas y adornos en cromado (como esa preciosa tapa de combustible). Un interior muy bonito y elegante; con hermosos tapizados en los asientos y ese espectacular panel de instrumentos, junto al volante, repleto de detalles cromados (mención especial, para el tocadiscos de 16 RPM). Me gustó, además, la publicidad de ese folleto de la época que decía: "Nacido para desafiar al futuro!". Sin lugar a dudas, que el Sr. Cirino es un hombre afortunado; gracias a que, al final, la viuda de su difunto amigo se lo terminó de obsequiar! ¡Saludos cordiales, Lou!

First, Louise, you are an “Auto Angel” for giving this car to your friend. It will be well taken care of in the future. I did not know about these “500” models. What a beauty from the days when Mopar made superb autos. Hugs To Louise❤❤❤!!!

That's truly a rare one.

Every car should look like that

Automobile designers of this era were artists. This Lancer is a masterpiece!

Sure is gorgeous and wow what a beautiful gift!

Another great car and story, from what looks to be a fabulous show! As beautiful as the Dodge is, my eyes kept drifting over to the Kaiser Darren and the '57 Merc convertible, and trying to see what else is there! If I know Lou's video style, I think we'll be seeing more of the cars at this show in the next few episodes 😊

Cars like that are amazing just the badges are a work of art

Who wouldn't want to drive a Custom Royal Lancer D500. The name alone makes you feel special. 🙂

I love cars with fender skirts

Wow, this car truly is a treasure. It can't replace the loss of his friend, but wow

I called an ad for one of these in 1982. It was $500 and in New Jersey. The guy said it was very rusty, and basically saved me from buying something I’d never get running as I was 17 at the time. I still remember 315 CI and D500 in the ad. 😀 Very beautiful car there. I hope the one I didn’t buy was able to supply some parts for another one. 🙂

I haven’t been to Iola in 15 years but remember it as a really great time with an extensive swap meet.

If a collector could only have one car, this car would be a great choice.

I thought my favorites were 1956 Chevy and 1957 Ford until I saw this beauty !

What a car! Brings me back to my beat up 56 Dodge I had in high school in the 60s. Those push-buttons kept falling in! Drove it over icy hills of NJ fast with bunches of kids in it and tried to get it to fly.

I had two neighbors back in the 1970's who had the same type of car. One was the tri-tone with white top, dark green saddle, and lighter leaf green body. The other had a white top, black saddle, and salmon pink lower body. I was fascinated by the push button automatic transmission.

Yes - Very Rare Car( Very Fast) and was my Dad's Favorite Car. 1956 Dodge D500 with 315 Hemi - Why. My Dad was a California Highway Patrolman 1951 to 1978. In 1956 the CHP got their First Dodge Patrol Car - 1956 dodge 2dr Sedan D500 with the 315 Hemi performance package. My Dad was stationed in Oroville Ca. in 1956 to 58. A small Station of about 18 Officer's. So my Dad and another Officer had 1 car assigned to them with they traded off from day shift to night shift and kept at their homes back then in smaller Stations. This D500 with that Hemi was Very Fast - would peg the needle at the 120 mph on Spedometer and still go a few mph more. This is the only Hemi ever put in any of the CHP Dodge Patrol Cars and was my Dad's Favorite - took me for a ride several times and got on it - Wow !! couldn't do that today. The CHP Dodge's of the 1960's had 413 & 440 wedges. And You have an original D500 56 Royal Lancer - Thank You for a good overview and for starting it up - bring's many good memories from 1956 -57 when I was 11 yrs old.

YEP, I'd certainly be happy with one of those! Beautiful!

Beautiful Example of a 1956 Dodge. You might see others, but this is a D500 and we don't see many of these. Great colores! Great detail as usual. Long name for a car! The 1957-1959 Dodge's were so iconic that these are sometimes loverlooked. Dodge kind of lost its way in the early 60's, especially the unattractive 1961. But this 1956 is a real beauty - love the colors and their name - White, Chinese Rose and Garnet Red! Who couldn't love that? Thanks for the video, Lou.

Absolutely Beautiful!!!!! Looks like it was just driven out of the showroom !!!!

The neighbor across the street had a brand new 1956 DeSoto. I'm sure it's the same 2 tone color as this. Absolutely spectacular!

Born to challenge the future....yeah I'll take this over what passes for cars now!

That's One Incredibly Beauuutiful Car!💕

Wow. Hard to believe the art work you used to be able to buy!! Great car.

That is a rare one. When I was a kid you would still see 56 Ford's and Chevy's on the road but never one like this. Chryslers of that era had the most fabulous dash design's.

6:56 My dad is an Indian man born in the 60s so he was unfamiliar with American cars of this era. He refused to believe that cars from this time had things like push button transmissions and auto dimming headlights, right until I managed to show him! These cars really were ahead of their time, shame about cars today, a lot of them don't have an ounce of the style of cars from the 50s and 60s.

Fantastic car & story. Thanks Lou.

I had those Fridge Door handles on my '64 Fargo pickup truck. The unique thing about those latches was that if you wanted to be quiet, you could pull the door handle with one hand while carefully shutting the door with your other hand and when you let go of the handle, there'd be no noise. If you did it like that you'd hear no latch clicks whatsoever. But what an awesome car and so incredibly rare. I've never seen one before. And whenever you hear a hemi flash up when is it not exciting?!? Thanks Lou, you're the best!

One of the things I really like about the older model cars And especially with the Chryslers the large trunk!

What a beautiful classic car, Lou! Love it! Great video! Cheers!😁👍🛠️🔧

Seems MOPAR has always had some great paint colors and schemes, among many other cool things. Wow just wow!

Insanely gorgeous car and the story is amazing!!! wow. I was born in '57 so grew up with classic cars but don't recall ever seeing one of these. I dig it from the toothy grill to the tail fins :) wow...

Beautiful condition Dodge and super rare. Nice! Thanks for video guys 👍

Class!

What a beauty ! The Dodge Custom Royal was sold here in England 57/58/59 with right hand steering, (As in Australia and South Africa). I wonder if any survived in UK.

😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!

Very cool! Love it - thanks Lou!

Love the dual antenna

This Dodge is amazingly beautiful!!!! Looks like it just came from the showroom!!!! Thanks Lou!!!! PS - Nice Kaiser Darrin parked nearby!! I took a few pix of that car or it’s doppelgänger parked at my local deli in August 2015.

Tri color beauty. All the exterior badging slants backwards, so you could call it the pre Forward Look. That hi-fi record player must’ve gotten a good workout with all the Elvis hits of 1956. Sandwiched between a Mercury rag top and a Darrin, this Lancer is in good company!

Beautiful car. Thanks for sharing this video with us.

That is a fantastic raving beauty!!!

I remember when these were on the road, I never paid much attention to them but this looks pretty good with the skirts on it. I was never a fan of Virgil Exner. Ironically one of the first cars I looked at to buy was a 57' Plymouth right out of HS in the mid 70s. I passed do to mechanical problems. Out of all the 50s Chrysler products the 57 Plymouth is most popular. Lots of them were on the road back then, it was a totally new design featuring the forward look.

My Dad's 1st new car was a 1956 Coronet two toned black and white with those dual antennas.

Great gift a great car id love to receive one

i am not easily impressed but this is very impressive indeed , my condolences on the loss of your wonderful friend ...........

My dad bought one of these from his dealership in 1956 before he and his partner sold it. I learned to drive in it. They didn’t do well in the road salt of western NY.

Another different one. Awesome

Wow!! Beautiful car!!

😍Nice!!!!!!👍👍

Good afternoon, what a beautiful car. Steve from Nb Canada

Holy crap!! A 57 Chevy before the 57 Chevy!

Cool Merc in the background, too

Absolutely Beautiful!

This car is newer than factory new.👏

Hi LOU ,TOM from England 🇬🇧, 1,000,0000 wow,s .

Beautiful car. My Mom's car was a 55 or 56 Dodge with 3 colors when I was a Sr in high school. It was a 318 and had a 2 speed shift lever on the dash. It would do about 70 in low gear and had dual Walker continentals which sounded great, but it wasn't fast. Memories.

Sweet car

If I win the lottery, I would own so many old cars, especially this pretty Dodge.

Hi Lou, what a great looking dodge, i would like that one, that is for sure, that guy has great taste, great show,👍👍.

Absolutely gorgeous ❤

That’s a real cool car Lou with the three tone colors. It seems much nicer than the ’57 that replaced it.

Oh wow!!!

What a great car! It is gorgeous!

WOW!!!

My Roommate did owned a 1956 Dodge Coronet 4-Door Sedan with Three On The Tree & 230 CID Flat Head 6, He own it from 1987-97

Lou, I'm sure you are aware of 56 Dodge LaFemme, a one year special intended to attract the ladies. Tri tone very similar to this two tone beauty!

Great car and video Lou

The Dodge that rivaled the '57 Chevy for style--and likely even, SHAPED its design! Superior on every level--and I'm a Chevy guy!

I am in awe! Spectacula r

Beautiful

In 57 both Ford and Chrysler had the lower leaner bodies but the drawback was less leg room on the bigger hump for those who sat in the middle.

Lou what a very special and beautiful car. I wish you would have done a more thorough job of videoing the cruise in information board that was in the trunk. It was mentioned that the D-500 was a rare option but you didn't follow up with questions about it. I will continue watching your show because of rare finds like this. My hope is that important details, in future My Car Stories, will be included.

Over the top gorgeous!!!

excellent

What I call pristine!

Lou, you forgot to mention the obligatory "Fuzzy Dice"....lol.

rolling art back then

I owned a 1956d 500 the d500 was specially built to compete in NASCAR also it was the first pure stock car to exceed 100 mph in the quarter mile. The Dodge D500 would have been dominant in NASCAR in 1956 if it was not for the Chrysler C300 which had 39 more cubic inches.

Lou presents a lot of variety in these beautiful classics he brings us _, This '56 D-500 joins the group sitting at the top of the list, for me anyways, and how about those checkered flag emblems. . . :>/

Wow, thanks ! A 1956 , a realmBeauty & Classic! THAT high Performance D500, & Chinese Rose is as Rare as ……..**We all,heard about these (* D500,etc): and lots of great stuff in 1956 ( many Tbirds, Chryslers,Pontiac : carbs, supercharging, cams, F , j Codes,etc.) … I did ,get “ Lucky”, finding a **Florida Car, 1956** FORD ,🤣Fairlaine/;4/DOOR/ ps/ PB (*?)loaded/ **TBIRD ENGINE,ETC/ BLue Deluxe😁* Int(?, FORD ExPerts?)with Skirts/dual EXH@/FAIRLY MINT COND.,Low* miles/: UNFORTUNATELY, a freak wreck totalLed in couple months, I had JUST STARTED TO build up)."😂😂