I LOVE 57 Fords ... :)

A picture of mine at the OCCA Cruise

 

All these wagons are Blown 312s

 

oh boy.....

 

I'm really a 57 Chevy guy but here's a Ford in the early 70's.

 

Good for you, leaves us the less belly****on cl***ic Ford iron.

Tim

 

Who Cares????

 

I OWN a 57 Chevy, and still LOVE to see these! In fact, there's a couple on here i'd like to have myself to keep my Chevy company.
Like the black one in the first post by Deuce Roadster..........
What a PERFECT example of a 57 Ford sleeper!

Keep 'em coming!

Tony

 

My '57 and my b***...


Before I lowered her...


To everyone who hates 4 doors...

 

I don't hate Fordors...Good supply of cheap parts for my Tudor...

 

A friend of mine (and master fabricator) had this a few years ago- loved it..

 

Anyone have any details on this drivetrain ??

Todd

 

are the 57s much shorter than 59s?

 

As per the link posted earlier 1957ford.com: "This is what all little Y-BLOCKS want to be when they grow-up. "312 SUPERCHARGED 300 HP" Looks similar anyway. In the gallery on the 4th page.

 

**Edit** Looks like ModelAhotrod beat me to it....
That appears to be the rare factory supercharged 312 Y-block option, also available in the T-birds, I believe.
You may be able to find more info here:
http://www.1957ford.com/asp/gallery.aspx?catmstrid=7&catdetid=30
and here:
http://www.vs57.com/links.htm
and here:
http://www.y-blocksforever.com/

The '57 and '58 Ford Custom and Custom 300 models were the shorter wheelbase and shorter bodied models. So, yes, those are shorter than the '59s.
The '57 and '58 Fairlane and Fairlane 500 models were the longer wheelbase and longer bodied models. The quarter panels on the Fairlanes are quite long.

Malcolm

 

How 'bout the one i drew for Zipper-z???

 

To give you some #'s for your 57 to 59 size differences;
57 Custom
116" wheel base
210.7" long
57,2" high

57 Wagons
116" wheel base
203.5" long
58.7" high

57 Hardtops
118" wheel base
207.1" long
56.5" high

Just for reference;
57 Chevy
115" wheel base
200" long
60.4" high

Not counting Thunderbirds, Ford had 24 different models that year. Pretty amazing compared to Brand X, or even the 1956 model year. If only the headlites didn't rot out of most of them by 1958..heh,heh.

 

What about the white pearl? My grandfather worked on this car back when it was new. His friend eventually sold it to Gene Pitney. I've got pics of this car at Frank Marratta's in 58 and 59

 

Here's my contribution...

Lots of hardtops, but not too many retractables...this one is a recent build...

R -

Rear view-



front view-



And a friend's Ranch-a-roo...

 

Are you sure about this? You listed the Custom (210.7") as being longer, overall, than the Fairlane (207.1").

 

Sorry, typo. 201.7"

 

I love this car, but that van contintental kit trim ring sticks out like a sore thumb. That really hurts the car's look IMHO. This obviously wasn't a cheap build, why skimp on something like that?

 

The Blue&White 57 Custom had a 3 speed o/d,9",with 4.11 gears.The story I got this was a Little ole Lady car from Ill.Was orginally a Custom,not a Custom 300.She didn't care for the 2 tone without the Custom 300 trim,so had the dealer install.Car was low milage,and all orginal do***ents came with the car.......Asking price 57K,had I had the 57K it was on it's way back to Texas

 

My friend John Gambill of 1957ford.com owned and built this car from an original 6 cyl 3 speed 14000 mile car. John built the 312 Y with all OEM parts, but used the new MSD distrib for the Y, plus converted over to C4 ******. Car would go. John just joined here not long before I did, goes by jegsr...John sold this car to Tom Kitchen in Florida. Look John up and ask him what he did to it.

 

Just a couple of questions. I recently purchased a Fairlane 2 door hardtop and would like to change the side trim to Fairlane 500. Is that possible? And, if so, where can I get a nice set of the trim?

Jack

 

What a great thread

 

I wish I didn't see this post. Now I want one.

Deluxe

 

Found these on the internet

 

.., and one more

 

This 57 300 series 2 door ( no back seat ... from the factory ) just closed out on that famous auction site @ $22,500 and did not sell

I quit at around 20 grand ...
I want a 57 Ford 300 2 door post ... but 22 and a half for one with a Y-block is kind of crazy ...
and that was not enough