On my sill plates is there a left and right? My real question is, where should the ford stamp be, at the front or the back? By reversing from one side to the other changes the ford stamp from front to back! Thanks HRD.
HRD
Those sill plates are all wrong. Send them to me and I'll get rid of them for you.
Jay
Well Jay I was wondering if they're right or not. I don't see any ford stamped on any images that I found.
Mine have F O R D as well as the crest. They are reproductions..Dennis Carpenter. Never paid attention to where they were suppose to go...didn't really care....one of the advantages of not doing an original restoration. LOL..just put the left one on the driver's side. I think that's right, but left to you to decide.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2013-12-30 21:16
Mine have F O R D as well as the crest. They are reproductions..Dennis Carpenter. Never paid attention to where they were suppose to go...didn't really care....one of the advantages of not doing an original restoration. LOL..just put the left one on the driver's side. I think that's right, but left to you to decide.
I'm not sure if you helped me or not Rich, but I'm gonna thank you anyway....Thanks!
I would love to put my sill plates on this year and I've only got 16hrs left and counting, 9 of those hours I have to be at work. 42 hits on my thread and a big fat zero! What is this world coming to?
"Body, trim, and sealant manual" page 7-1217. scuff plates are shown with the Ford logo towards the front of the vehicle. Thanks Donnie, I now know mine are on backwards.
I guess Rich found the answer. I found this picture that shows them toward the rear and I assumed this car was done by some purist nit picker :003: So there are more then a few people who have them backwards..
A scan of the page...
Edit... Guess I need to credit Osborn productions for the diagram.
Gonna be a lot of work to fix...gotta jack up the sill plates and rotate the car 180 degrees...think I'll just leave them.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2013-12-31 08:56
Gonna be a lot of work to fix...gotta jack up the sill plates and rotate the car 180 degrees...think I'll just leave them.
:laughing4: :occasion14:
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2013-12-31 08:56
Gonna be a lot of work to fix...gotta jack up the sill plates and rotate the car 180 degrees...think I'll just leave them.
LMAO! Thanks guys! Happy Newyears! HRD
The Ranchero interior in the picture has the seat backs on installed the wrong side. Thecolored insert on the the seat backs should point outward toward the doors. I see alot of Ranchero with the correct & super nice ABC/Lebony interior kit, butthe upholstry shop intalls the upper seat cover on the incorrect side, becuase they can be installed either way of of the box. I think '58 Fords had the insertspointing together in the middle like the one in the picture. Too bad for what looks like a really nice Ranchero.
Quote from: suede57ford on 2013-12-31 19:53
The Ranchero interior in the picture has the seat backs on installed the wrong side. Thecolored insert on the the seat backs should point outward toward the doors. I see alot of Ranchero with the correct & super nice ABC/Lebony interior kit, butthe upholstry shop intalls the upper seat cover on the incorrect side, becuase they can be installed either way of of the box. I think '58 Fords had the insertspointing together in the middle like the one in the picture. Too bad for what looks like a really nice Ranchero.
Having said all that, and what a keen eye! How's them sill (scuff) plates?
These were done by guess work. When I bought the car, the front seat was missing and, there were no cars around here to look at .
I seriously hope that they're not backwards.
Sorry HRD... Looks like I"m always hijacking your threads
Quote from: Ecode70D on 2014-01-01 10:55
These were done by guess work. When I bought the car, the front seat was missing and, there were no cars around here to look at .
I seriously hope that they're not backwards.
Sorry HRD... Looks like I"m always hijacking your threads
Nope.. they are correct.. Please stop Hijacking everyones threads hahaha
I'm glad to hear that.
There was a 50% chance that It would be OK.
:001:
How do I know that the picture is real and not some of your fancy art work?
We need to talk.
Dang it
The 70A/70D seat covers pictured are correct and look great. They are exactly like mine and I used several original 70A's for pattterns.
I was commenting on the Blue/White Ranchero interior. I see backwards covers on some nice looking rancheros on ebay. I'm sure it is just how the person putting the covers on thought they should go on. Shame to put such a quality cover set on wrong. It can happen, as these cars have been around awhile and good originals examples are getting scarce.
Sorry to hijack the sill plate question, just figured it was a good time to bring up the ranchero covers since one was pictured.
Quote from: suede57ford on 2014-01-01 22:11
The 70A/70D seat covers pictured are correct and look great. They are exactly like mine and I used several original 70A's for patterns.
Suede57 Thank you for your kind comment. If they were wrong, I would have had to carefully reverse them and hope for the best.
I can't trust Jeff because I think that he and Donnie are partners in crime. Jay
Quote from: Ecode70D on 2014-01-02 15:04
Suede57 Thank you for your kind comment. If they were wrong, I would have had to carefully reverse them and hope for the best.
I can't trust Jeff because I think that he and Donnie are partners in crime. Jay
Curses!Foiled Again!.Donnie..Plan B!
Sad part is Jay I still have no clue which way the sill plates go on, and my good buddy already took his off or never had any on. From the pictures that I have been able to see on the internet, it looks like the Ford emblem is towards the back on both sides.
I'm confused.....I posted a page from the manual showing the positioning of the logo..did you not see it?
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-01-02 18:34
Sad part is Jay I still have no clue which way the sill plates go on, and my good buddy already took his off or never had any on. From the pictures that I have been able to see on the internet, it looks like the Ford emblem is towards the back on both sides.
Donnie
I told you before that your sill plates that you have are no good. Just send them to me and I'll take care of them.
All kidding aside....
Left (driver side) sill plate should have the logo forward toward the left A Post.
Right (passanger side) sill plate should have the logo forward toward the right A Post
Jay
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2014-01-02 19:33
I'm confused.....I posted a page from the manual showing the positioning of the logo..did you not see it?
Rich
I saw your page from the manual and it's clear to me. The truth of the matter is that I was wondering about this same question before Donnie posted it. Now I know that the logo is forward on both sill plates. Jay
Sorry Rich. I did see your post but with all the pictures on the web I second guessed it, yes I know how could I second guess something you went out of your way to post for me? I don't know man I just did! Anyway, there are a lot of sill plates on backwards out there. I will be putting mine on the way it shows in your post. Thanks HRD.
I guess mine are backward also! Lol! But they seemed so right!
Thanks,
Tim
It's the area you see first when you open the door. I think the back location is the best.
gonna try and find some good old Edsel ones, just to mess with you guys.
Zap- :unitedstates:
The Edsel sill plates have no logo on them at all so if you find a good set for a 2dr let me know...they are not re-poped either!
Bill, call Craig 503-883-1147 he parts out Edsels all the time, reasonable on prices. I bought a complete dash from him a while back for $75-, and I do mean complete radio etc... thinking of using it in my 57. Would do it in a heartbeat if I can find , at a reasonable price , the accessory tach. Just don't care for the blank gauge pod.
I thought the Edsel sill plates weren't totally blank, just say EDSEL on them.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Zap thanks for the info. The tach is not too bad...the distributor is the costly item! Been thinking about getting a picture of the tach, a clock and sending them off to one of the instrument builders and say....here make this an electronic tach and make the face look like this for my 58 Edsel Pacer. Have not priced it out yet but I do believe it would be less then the stock setup.
Pic of the sill plate in my 58 Pacer.