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.
What is a "RHT" I know 2drht, 4drht, ????? Bob
Retractable Hard Top, I think even the rear bumpers are different than the rest of the Fairlane 500's
Quote from: alvin stadel on 2017-06-13 21:29
...I hate going backwards.
I am completely with you there!!! Good luck with that RHT, those are pretty cool cars.
Duh! it just wouldn't come to me. "Retractable" Bob
The rear bumper is drilled for the tag lights also.
Ron.
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.