:canada:Hi guys, I actually joined this board last year, figured I should introduce myself. I live in British Columbia Canada, about 1/2 hour from the US border, 3 hours North of Seattle. I have always loved 57 Fords, I have owned 3. My first 2 were Sedan Deliveries, origionally equipped with 272 Y blocks and 3 speed standards. Although these were badged as "Couriers" in the US, up here in Canada, they had "Sedan Delivery" emblems on the front fenders. I bought first delivery in 1973 for $50.00, and made my first dragstrip passes at Mission Raceway with it in 74. The following year I bought my 2nd delivery ($175. for that 1), and swapped in a FE and C6, and drove it daily from 76 thru 1986, this vehicle is still around, in a local Ford racers collection. Around this same time, I also owned a 57 Custom 4 door sedan, also 272 3 speed. My first taste of late 50s Fords came in 1966, when my father bought a 58 Ford 2 door Ranch Wagon (223 auto), when I was 9 years old. I loved that car. Before the 57s, my dad bought me a 59 4 door Country Sedan wagon around 1971, as a "educational toy", before my 16th birthday, I had swapped out the 223 auto for a 312 and 3 speed standard, but once I found the first 57 Delivery, the 59 had to go. I haven`t owned a 57 since 1986, but hope to find a Custom or Custom 300 2 door sedan one day. I do have a 59 Meteor 2 door sedan (332 FE auto), but my 40 years of drag racing has kept me from doing much with it.Maybe one day.......
Welcome aboard. If you've been lurking you know what a store house of info this place is.......
Welcome to the site. We have a lot of intelligent and experienced members here that are willing to share what they know , and also a few from Canada.
Jay in Mass.
Welcome!
Welcome from much hated Ontario.
Well I'll give you half a welcome, only because you have been a member since last year....which reminds me, I don't remember getting a welcome from anyone....Hmmmm I'll have to go back to the beginning and check.
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-02-02 18:22
Well I'll give you half a welcome, only because you have been a member since last year....which reminds me, I don't remember getting a welcome from anyone....Hmmmm I'll have to go back to the beginning and check.
ha ha ha
Nope! Just finished checkin out all the old posts, and not one welcome! I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MYSELF TO THIS SITE! HRD
I am gonna get lynched by other members for bring you here Donnie.
LOL
Quote from: Jeff Norwell on 2014-02-02 19:13
I am gonna get lynched by other members for bring you here Donnie.
LOL
I'm toast if there's a vote! Not many sites left.
Sorry! (NO HIJACKING THREADS) forgot.
Welcome to a felow Canuckistan!
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-02-02 18:34
Nope! Just finished checkin out all the old posts, and not one welcome! I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MYSELF TO THIS SITE! HRD
no welcome and no negative karma points, how do you manage....
Zap- :unitedstates:
Welcome.
Welcome to the site.
Welcome. Why do all of our across the border members come from the north side? No hot rodders in Mexico?I know of at least one Ford over there that the owner would like to get back on this side.....Welcome again, I like Meteors.
I was at Cub Foods today, and in the Magazine section, they had a Canadian Hot rod mag. You ever see it 59meteor?
Quote from: sprink88 on 2014-02-05 19:46
I was at Cub Foods today, and in the Magazine section, they had a Canadian Hot rod mag. You ever see it 59meteor?
Yes, I have been a subscriber to Canadian ot Rods for several years now. You can often see a lot of 57 Ford coverage, as Terry the editor, has a 57 Ford 2 door station Wagon drag car, and his father raced a 57 Ford Sedan Delivery decades ago. I think its a pretty good magazine, as it has quite a wide variety of subject vehicles, from Hot Rods, show cars, rat rods, muscle cars, race cars, as well as show/event coverage.
I think it was last months issue had a 57 custom 300 gasser, two tone green and white powered by a 427 SOHC. I'm sure it was from back east.
My 57 was in Canadian Hotrod back in Aug/Sept 2o11 volume 6 issue 6 under the section, What's in your garage. That's when it was at this stage.
Dang, now you guys make me want to go back and buy it!
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-02-06 19:41
My 57 was in Canadian Hotrod back in Aug/Sept 2o11 volume 6 issue 6 under the section, What's in your garage. That's when it was at this stage.
Oh come on now Donnie.. We all know that you started with "a nice pristine low mileage car" with original paint and interior.. That picture was taken after you took that nice car apart and started making it into a Gasser.
Jeff told me that you bought that car from an old lady that bought it new. It was always garaged, and never driven it in the snow. OH...... I forgot the old lady only drove it to church on Sundays if it was a nice day.
LOL! I think I would be deleted from this site if I gasserized a car in that condition, plus Zap would strip me of my HRD name tag.
59 Meteor... How long have you owned your car? Did I understand that it has been 40 years? Keep on looking those customs do turn up every so often. Please do not think that I'm picking on guys from Canada when I do so to HRD. We just need to keep our eyes on him.
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-02-07 21:26
LOL! I think I would be deleted from this site if I gasserized a car in that condition, plus Zap would strip me of my HRD name tag.
HRD I'm really not convinced that you didn't "gasserize" a virgin car. So that means you are still on probation. I hope that you do well with the indoor car show and put an extra return spring on your accelerator linkage.. Jay
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-02-07 21:26
LOL! I think I would be deleted from this site if I gasserized a car in that condition, plus Zap would strip me of my HRD name tag.
Nope on both counts am of belief that everyone should start with as good a car as possible whether its a 100% or a gasser build. On the name, HRD you are and HRD you shall remain.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Quote from: Ecode70D on 2014-02-08 10:16
59 Meteor... How long have you owned your car? Did I understand that it has been 40 years? Keep on looking those customs do turn up every so often. Please do not think that I'm picking on guys from Canada when I do so to HRD. We just need to keep our eyes on him.
No, I have been drag racing for 40 years, I have only owned my 59 for 12 years.
59 Meteor
What's it going to take to get that Meteor up and running? I'm glad that you like Fords. You sound like a person who needs to have a nice old Ford that he can jump into and go someplace in the summer. I had a nice 59 Ford Y block 2dr hard top that I drove for years until someone someone made me a crazy offer for it.
Post some pictures of it. I never saw a 59 Meteor and we like pictures.
Jay
Yeah, ditto on the Meteor!