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Chicago Auto Show, 1957 Ford Exhibit, I was there.[ATTACH]
George Chaltin's 57 Ford Skyliner was runner up at the 59 NHRA Nationals in Detroit. The rules changes and the weight of the Skyliner dropped the...
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I was at Soldier Field in 56, I remember Bryan Palmer raced Buicks. Mayor Daley rode around the track after the race with a beauty queen in a...
Our club, The TACH-MASTERS, formed in 1957.[ATTACH]
I belonged to a car club in the West suburban Chicago area, the TACH-MASTERS, We were an NHRA chartered club, and also belonged to the ICCA,...
The Tachmasters Car Club was located in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The plaques said Broadview, IL. It was formed around 1957/58 and was...
Here's the Sun tach I have in my 57 Ford. I had this tach in a car back in the sixties.
There are built Y Blocks in full size cars, normally aspirated, turning in the 11's. Picture is the E Code engine in my 57, a California...
The only stock 4 speed 57 Chevy Fuelie was a Corvette. I am not anti Chevy, I owned and raced a 59 Corvette FI car.
This Caddy has a manual trans. and big flathead.
I remember seeing Brandy's Chariot at show at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. I think it won Best in Show. I hadn't heard about it...
I attended the Nationals at IRP several years. In 1963 I went with Lee Sturtevant, of P.A. Sturtevant Co. They made torque wrenches and supplied...
Great thread, I will spend more time looking at more footage. The good old days were really great, I lived through them.
There was a car show on Navy Pier around 64 that our car club, the Tach-Masters, did a club display, maybe 2 years. We also did shows at the...
Well, the last post on this thread was quite a while ago. I lived through the mid 50's through the mid 60's. We used to hang out at Skip's a...
Here is my 57 E Code survivor. I bought it in S. Cal from the 2nd owner who had owned it since 1958. I bought it in 2005. The picture at the...
One thing to remember about the old dealer metal scripts is that they screwed on and made holes in your trunk. I have the original dealer...
A 54 Hudson with Twin H won it's class, L/S ?, at the NHRA Nationals, a few times I think. It was a Hornet Coupe with Hydramatic and ran in the...
Nice cars. One of my car club friends special ordered a 64 Fairlane Sport Coupe, it had bucket seats and a Hi Perf. 289 4 speed, it was dark...
I have researched T10's and can't find what I'm looking for. I have a cast iron T10B-1 and the tailshaft housing is marked T-10B-7, both numbers...
Great find, talk a out timely. What is the first letter of the VIN code?
The FE's first model year was 1958. Dual Quads were available as a factory option on 57 Fords and T Birds, they are known as E Code cars. The...
I saw Ivo at Speed Craft, a speed shop in Maywood, IL in 1960. He was running the twin Buicks in a V configuration. He had a curly headed kid...
If I had a truck, I'd find a pair of Rams Horn manifolds.
I bought a new 62 Ford Galaxy 500XL convert late in the model year with a 406 4 speed. I took out the original trans and the dealer repaired it...
Hi Tod, Welcome, enjoy the site. Paul in IL
It is 1957 again. You just graduated from High School and your rich uncle will buy you any new car you want :). You can special order the car...
Wildman1, yah, they made Fords in 57, they outsold Chevrolet, were NASCAR Champions, won the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and the 56 Fords won the NASCAR...
The D501 had the 56 300B 354" engine. There were very few made, probably less than 100. I haven't been to Garlits museum for several years, it's...
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