Customs Images of tri-five Ford's...

Sears lot Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh was a popular place to drag race. I heard the big wigs at Sears were okay with it until people started bringing dragsters and other full time race cars there..

 

Some really nice 55-56-57 Ford's here! I seem to remember the Ford's had more rust issues back-in-the-day than their Chevrolet counterparts had, and probably why there are still more Tri-Five Chevrolet's are out there now. It surely is't because they're not as good looking cars! I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

I remember the windshields rusting right out of them and the tops of the front fenders turning into swiss cheese after a couple winters.. The ones that made it were oiled every fall. They used to spray used motor oil in all the inner fenders, rockers and window sills with a bug sprayer.. The back bumper exhaust ports used to turn to rust if not cleaned and oiled regularly... They were real nice cars though..

 

Had a 55 in my senior year . 272/3 speed O.D. In the late 90s a buddy had this black 55 as a parts car. I bought it before he robbed very many parts off it. It was also a 272/3 speed but no O.D. The black one had a rusted front crossmember., a common problem in the east/midwest.

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/iconic-1955-ford-customs.1022331/

 

Couple of my 57s.....

 

My 57'

 

Here's mine. Top pic earlier this year in Colorado Springs, second pic parked by the NO PEEING sign at Lake Texoma in OK. It gets driven.....42k miles in 4 years.

 

My old Ranchero

 

55’s and 56’s are closely related to the 52-54’s that preceded them. Right?
57-59 are fundamentally the same design. 57 and 58 especially. It’s a shame the 59 is so ugly.

 

That two-tone green was always my favorite color scheme on these.... The dark green looked really good on single-color cars too.