Quote from: geraldchainsaw on Yesterday at 21:24hi,  just saw  your msg,     don't know why used 20 wt either,  I'll goback an change what I have  for some 10-30,  or 5-30 syn,  thanks

You may have used 20W because thats what the owners and shop manual call for. I use 10-30 conventional

hi,  just saw  your msg,     don't know why used 20 wt either,  I'll goback an change what I have  for some 10-30,  or 5-30 syn,  thanks

I'll not be using SMS. Local upholstery shops can do good work. Not interested at 71 in waiting 1-2-3-4 years for work to be done. There is no excuse.

Found a good video of the Portland Transmission car show, it shows a good variety of what was there. Go to YouTube and search Portland's secret car show.

You are preaching to the choir.  I waited almost 3 years for the seat covers for my 1956 F100 restoration.  They were very close, I was going crazy since they make you pay in full up front.  When you are the only game in town, that is the price you pay.  I do have the 1957 Ford soft trim book that has color photos of the upholstery material.  It does not show the whole seat, just a maybe 1 1/2" square print of the material.

Gary..that radiator itself looks identical to my Auto City Classic radiator except I think maybe his outlet is on the passenger side??. Don't know what the fan/shroud is from.

hi,  like the rancher,     if thats your car, , do you remember where you got the radiator?

 

Thanks, I've been dealing with SMS for this. Got their samples, picked out the materials I wanted and ended up ordering what I'd need to redo the seats.
I decided to have the seats stitched up locally though, rather than waiting for SMS to do it. A few years ago I ordered door panels from them and at the time they said it would be a 6-month wait. That ended up being 2 years. Not willing to wait that long for seat covers.
They would not share their patterns though, which makes things a little tougher. That's why I'm looking for pics of original seats. The seats I have were recovered many years ago by the last owner, and look to have been done using the original pattern but not the original materials. I'm just trying to give my upholstery shop as much info as possible to remove any doubts about how these should go together.

Let me see if I can sort this out for everyone.  The two piece caps that were mentioned above, were not the turbine but the 1955-56 simulated wire wheel caps.  They used the poverty caps (red center in 55, white center in 56) then there was a simulated wire wheel cap that was held on with spring clips.  They were an option on the Thunderbird or passenger car.  They are also for the 15" wheels used prior to 1957.

The Turbine wheel cover was the cap you would received stock on your 1957 Thunderbird if you ordered it with full wheel covers.  The star burst cap was the cap you would have on your 1957 Ford passenger car is your ordered it with full wheel covers.  The turbine was available for the 1957 passenger models as an over the counter purchase.