morfing a 58 custom into a 57 custom 300

[ragtop]

1956 ford pickup rings works grate L-brackets on head light bucket cut fender like a pie bend tabs around 65.00 and 2hr your done

[RICH MUISE]

ragtop: I really like the clean-lines look you have on your front end...nice job.
'57imposter: how about posting some pics of what you've got so far.

[Ford Blue blood]

ragtop not sure I understand what you did....having a little trouble visualizing....

[frosty]

Hi Guys

Well I started to french mine headlights, but changed my mind. I tunneled mine about 2 inches, I cut the pie in mind an then welded a ring of metal then used 56 f 100 buckets. For the outer ring i used early cordoba  rings, squared the back of them off even. Little more work an time but they are different.

[ragtop]

will try to pull trim ring and photo with it off this weekend and post also have other car I did on 1957ford.com one in convertible pages around page 17 ?

[Zapato]

looks great, did you build the grille?

Zap-

[ragtop]

the grill is a old JC-Whitney head light pics.

[Ford Blue blood]

Thanks much ragtop!  I now see..... .....good job!

[57 imposter]

Does anyone know what Ford used to get the wiring out of the door and Thur the A post on power window equipped cars? I know there are many aftermarket solutions but the construction of the A post and the inner liner of the door look to make them quite project to install. I am thinking that maybe they had a carrier that held the wires and took them stright into the large oval hole in the door jam.

[Ford Blue blood]

I will post pics from the wiring manual, will be Saturday before I can get them up.  Yes, it goes through the large hole in the door jam with a curved "thingy" to hold the wires.

[Zapato]

Here we are! Just what the doctor ordered...........  found the link searching Google.

Zap-                                        

[57 imposter]

Today I hung front sheet metal. god what a miserable job it is. I learned long ago when disassembling a car to drill 1/8 inch holes througheverything so at reassembly time you just put a piece of welding rod through the holes and everything goes right back where it was. however doing this conversion I am not reusing any of the original sheet metal so everything is going on from scratch. very slow irrigating process. I won't give up. But, for today, I quit!!

[Ecode70D]

so everything is going on from scratch. very slow irrigating process. I won't give up. But, for today, I quit!!

Don't give up.   Keep working on it and don't be afraid to ask questions.  there is lots of help on this site. 

[hotroddonnie]

Are you doing it with fresh paint? If you are, I was just there. My brother and I did it together, we just made sure we both had nothing on are plates for the day, put on the tunes, lots of lights, shook hands and It went very well but took the day, and even then I was hours on my own till I got it to where I was happy. Good luck! HRD   

[57 imposter]

It is  actually just a pre fit. the parts aren't even primed yet. just need to see if anything needs massaging before jamming and final assembly. The sad part is knowing that right after everything is fit properly, it all has to come right back apart.