Well it seems to be I am to high on price for my 57 , so I will being doing something with it this summer.
If I got a dollar for ever picture I sent out I probably would have doubled my money.
I must be too honest with the description when people call on it. I'm not complaining I wont mind keeping it a little longer. I will probably be doing some body and paint work to it .maybe a V8
swap. I like the car a lot and I like the community and help on this web site. It wont be a full resto,
just an update to it and keep driving it.
So stay tuned and if do something I will start a "build post".
I may have found a few pictures I haven't posted here yet, if so I will post them up.
thanks .
Is this the Custom with the lettering on the side? Going to do a y-block swap?
Yes this one . Probably not a y block
One of things will be taking the lettering off.
Here is a pic of the bottom with the original paint still on it
That is clean underneath.
It does look really clean on the bottom, but on the other picture it looks like the rockers are shot. Mine was the opposite, floors so-so but solid rockers.
Any idea what your going to use for a running gear?
Very clean and solid underneath . The worst of it is the rockers. But I do
have new ones for it.
Not sure yet about the engine and trans yet. At the moment just keeping an
eye out for something that comes my way.
Here is a picture from the day I bought it .
I wish I could justify another car, I would love to have a 6 cylinder stick model.
Your car is VERY well priced... so much so..If I could,I would snap it up in a minute.Rocker replacement is nothing.
Keep it...I would not sell... but a nice FE or maintain the current motivation(or a sweet Y-Block)
I hope to see it when I visit Streator over Labor day this coming year.....Myself and my pals are planning a visit with Randy Schmidt at some event in your town.
Keep the car.
Jeff, I missed you when you were in town recently ,Glad you got to see Randy and Ryan's places.
Truly something to see. They are some friends of mine. After I heard you were here , I thought
should have got a hold of you. Bet you would have taken it back with if you had the room for another.
The 6 does run good no issues with it, just under powered .
This would be the easiest resto I ever did if I do it.
even though its white , it is the black sheep of my cars. The other 4 are Rocket powered....'49-'71 Olds.
at least they are not the "C" word right?.
The Labor Day weekend here is huge event looking forward to seeing you then.
Is it under powered for a six or just compared to a V8? One issue with the 223 is the distributor is it only has vacuum advance, no mechanical, and if the vacuum advance isn't working it will make them a dog...
I think its just the 6cyl power. I will look into the distributor. It mechanically runs really good.
thanks guys.
I hope that you can keep that car and not sell it. If I had it, I would just replace the lower panels and drive it.
I personally have nothing against the 6 cylinder engine. I would drive it around to the local cruises and try to confuse the OHOH society and tell them that it is my same old white custom with a 6 cylinder engine.
With the scarcity of 57 Fords in my area, most people don't know the difference between a custom and a custom 300
anyways. Sometimes it feels like I'm living in chxxy country.
Ecode that's most likely what I will do . But what is OHOH ?
The 6 in the car is excellent condition , it runs great no oil burning . Being the gear head I am, I might do a little to it.
Like make a 2bbl adapter, maybe a small turbo and exhaust/header.
Definitely doing the rocker panel replace. Its always a head turner when I drive it around and many thumbs up ,from all
ages of men and women.
I really like these 57s in black , thought about doing that. But it just looks so cool in white and the body doesn't have to be
arrow straight. So most likely it will stay white.
The OHOH society is what I call the self appointed experts that go around to car cruises and car shows and walk around nice cars looking for something to complain about. They usually stop and point at whatever it is that they don't like and holler out nice and loud OHOH look at this ,while calling as many people over to see it. Most times they say. "Whose car is this? Does he know that there is a run in the paint under the rocker panel?"
I'm just trying to be polite. Some people have other names for those experts. Usually they don't even have an old car of their own and have no idea how much time that we put into our cars. ..
Ha ha .. yea Jay...your being extremely polite.....
I totally agree Jay, and I have a list of better names :003: It's one of the reasons I don't go to car shows. The other reason is my car is happier burning up hiway on the weekend then sitting in a parking lot looking trying to look pretty..
Agreed, I do go to cruise-ins and auctions just to see where I stand with respect fit, finish, and detailing. My comments are kept to my self as they are strictly opinions and we all know what they are like!
Jay.......JMHO,but that's exactly the attitude of 1/2 the NE population and why I moved away 50 years ago. LOL...about the only time I ran into it in California or Colorado (each 20ish years) or Texas was from a NE or NY transplant. Of course, none of that 1/2 population I mentioned are anybody I know or am related to.
The worst I've gotten so far at a car show was a fella asking why in the world I would put Hankook tires on an American made car. My reply was...where are Goodyear, Firestone, Michelin, made nowadays?? He just replied back "Good point" and walked away. Funny, I have no idea where the brands I mentioned are made, but I'm guessing he didn't either 'cause it sure shut him up quick.
The 2016 F150 I just got has Hankook tires on it! Guess I should throw them away?
I got them on the front of my 57! hahahaha
I watched an older gentleman at a show kick an mouthy individual right in the hiney as he was on his hands and knees making disparaging remarks about the mans car(looking underneath it)... it was classic and awesome.....
I had to put on some far east tires when I first got the car on the road, no American company was making 14". Then last October B F Goodrich made a run of 14" Radial T/A's so I grabbed a set. I did the swap just because of the bad reviews on the other tires..
I'm not a fan of doing car shows either, rather be out driving them. Don't need them telling me where the flaws are.
like most of you ,I had a hard time finding 14" black wall tires. I found some at a Wall-Mart.
I have been looking around on the web about Clifford and others on parts for the I6. I think I will keep it a six cyl.
Kind of something a little different. Looks like there is a better distributor for these now also.
thanks .
Awesome!..... if you ever really want to stick with 6 pistons of power. keep your eye out for a 300 c.i Ford ....Awesome power plant with a ton of potential.....