never to old to learn

[alvin stadel]

I'm doing my last 57 resto. Its a 57 RHT, why I'm not sure i guess it's because I had 3 of them setting here and thought a restored one  would look good with the rest of my 57's.  I thought that all Fairlane 500's were about the same as far as running gears are concerned. Now this is what I learned today. I'v about got all the parts cleaned straightened and painted except the rear bumper. I,v had a nice set of rear bumper brackets cleaned and painted hanging on my wall for a long time.  I thought these would work and save me a bunch of time and just bolt right in place. Wrong. As I was looking at them I noticed a difference in width, so got out the tape and measured the frame width outside to outside. The RHT is 36 5/8 and my 2DHT is 45in. To me this was a big lesson, so will clean and prep the  right brackets. I allways like to have have all my parts ready to put on when I start assemble.  I like learning new things as long as it isn't in the middle of a project. I hate going backwards.

[Contibob]

What is a "RHT" I know 2drht, 4drht, ?? Bob

[2drhrdtp57]

Retractable Hard Top, I think even the rear bumpers are different than the rest of the Fairlane 500's

[billd5string]

...I hate going backwards.

I am completely with you there!!! Good luck with that RHT, those are pretty cool cars.

[Contibob]

Duh! it just wouldn't come to me. "Retractable" Bob

[SkylinerRon]

The rear bumper is drilled for the tag lights also.

Ron.

[Limey57]

This made me smile, I had what I believed was a complete set of front & rear bumper brackets for my Ranchero, after shot blasting & painting I discovered I was the proud of owner of two sets of rear bumper brackets and still needed some front ones.