A really nice 58 Fairlane 500 with factory AC parked beside me at the “Pageant of the Thunderbird” in Anaheim last Saturday.
My dad had one... but less the ***y wheels. He totaled it out in 1963 just before Xmas, got clobbered by someone running a red light. Same color too.
Here's a nice article on a e-code Custom...... https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/e-code-encounter-1957-ford-custom
Too bad the “over the parts counter” 1956 version which never received a code didn’t get the same ink or respect today .