1957 Ford Country Sedan mocha silver V8 4dr wagon

[djfordmanjack]

looks ok.
next will be the C pillar panels. original construction of leatherette over cardboard, sheetmetal and pressboard has disintegrated beyond repair

[RICH MUISE]

Your usual great job, Guenter. They have a nice clean fresh look to them. What are the plans for replacing the rotted sheetmetal stuff?

[lalessi1]

I have found that ABS has a waxy feeling surface that doesn't like glue or paint... is it just me or am I missing something?

[Ecode70D]

Guenter
   The panels look great.   Now you don't have to worry about them warping.  I like the surface texture also.    Jay

[SkylinerRon]

Re; Dayglow paint
Don't paint your gauges. The weight of the paint will make the gauges inaccurate.
MagicMarkers will work.

Ron.

[hiball3985]

Great looking panels Guenter. Many years ago I did something similar from a material that was used for the interior of an airplane rebuild, I got the left overs. Very flexible, had a nice texture and held up well with heat and moisture.

[Mavaholic]

I used the same stuff to make all the interior panels for my Country Sedan. I like it.

[djfordmanjack]

Very cool! I plan to do exactly that on some of the door panels, that are all original and saveable. 3 of them will do for now but pssgr front pressboard is totally warped and lower cardboard falls to pieces. In spring I will pull the the og stamped vinyl from the old panel and try putting it on the new straight ABS panel.
@Lynn, there are many different types of plastic and some the glue won't stick to. I have had no problems with these ASA/ABS sheets but I ordered a special type ABS contact glue for the door panel repair. so that'll be ok hopefully. obviously Mavaholic had no problem upholstering his door panels.
@Rich: I will probably ommit the reinforcement sheet metal for the C pillars. The ABS board seems stiff enough.
@Jay and Jim. I don't usually like plastic, but this is really a nice material to work with and the texture looks much better in reality than on digital pics. I have been using it in 1934 Fords (firewall, kick panels) as well and it doesn't look out of place

@Ron: weight of paint on gauges is worth considering, thx. It doesn't really matter on the clock pointers though. I only used thin layers.

[djfordmanjack]

c pillar panels done. Now I am just waiting for it to get a little warmer so I can finally start on the floorboards.

[mustang6984]

Looking good!

[Jeff Norwell]

Outstanding G.

[Limey57]

Excellent work.

[djfordmanjack]

Thanx guys! Been a bit lazy lately, a few small things achieved.
vertical vent wing seals replaced and put some natural rubber foam seal around the perimeter of the air cleaner cover. seems the og filter element had a lip that covered the ring gap.
BTW does anybody know the meaning of the 'SY' letters to the rear of the cleaner housing ?

[djfordmanjack]

I still have to think about how to attack the floorboard repair, so I started with a 'little' project, like fixing the rusted out headlight dipswitch cover 

[mustang6984]

Nice work on the switch cover! Looks good as new!

No idea what the "SY" means...someone ought to know...I would think. Sorry.