Hello, I am looking for a 57 1 piece front clip.
Thanks!
If my memory serves me correctly, there is a FORUM member by the name of Rick , that lives in Ft.Worth that had one some years ago. I saw it at his home, when I purchased a '57 part from him.
Anyone on the FORUM know Rick?
John
Check with L & L Classic Auto Parts, Gooding Idaho, (208) 536-6607. I saw a complete clip sitting on a trailer a little ways inside the gate. They also had 3 or 4 complete cars. Be sure to be sitting down when you call them as they're not cheap.
"front clip" means different things to different people. One piece? What EXACTLY are you looking for? Frame or sheetmetal?
I read "1 piece" to mean just that. A fiberglass one piece front end as used on gassers.
When I purchased a part from "Rick" in Ft.Worth, he had a 1 piece fiberglass front end. He has been on the FORUM in the past.
That's exactly what came to mind at first, but the fact that they are so rare, and the quick responses, made me wonder if he meant something else. I always assumed front clip was referring to the frame from firewall forward. Just another old age moment, or not, never mind, lol.
Front clip sheet metal from the windshield to the grill with hood.
On the Home page of the FORUM, go down to the fourth listing, Service Parts etc.Open it.
Then you see a site for Salvage Yards. I suggest you contact, Roger in Kansas, Rob in Minnesota, and Trenton in Texas. I've bought parts from all three of them. Roger says he has 50 + '57's,Rob has a few '57's and Trenton has some '57's as I've seen them in person.
Good luck
John
Thanks for the leads everyone :023:
I was unable to figure out who Rick is but I will call some of the yards listed. And yes I am looking for a gasser style front fenders/hood/grill 1 piece.
Thanks, Martin
I made my own welded hood to fenders made inner frame to hold fenders and hood made small strips for hood fender gap and built the tip had to cut bottom of the rear fenders mounted the sold to car or they would fub on doors I wood give pics. only have a few if I could find out how to post them ??? I put some pics. on project builds I looked for 6 years for a glass front end only seen 2 in the 50+ years of building 57 fords was a guy in FL. was building them but was a fly by night did not trust him
Quote from: MT on 2026-02-15 11:03Thanks for the leads everyone :023:
I was unable to figure out who Rick is but I will call some of the yards listed. And yes I am looking for a gasser style front fenders/hood/grill 1 piece.
Thanks, Martin
Martin, ......... Check your P.M. (Private Messages) Upper Left hand corner of the Home Page. Click on the Icon, LEFT of the Bell Icon.
If anyone is interested there's a 57 two door project with a one piece steel tilt front end on Craigslist in lake havasu Arizona listed for 1875.00
I sent Martin a pm 3 weeks ago but it's still listed.
Must not be what he's looking for.
It's not mine and I know nothing about it just thought someone on here might be interested.
It's listed under cars and trucks
Ray
I have tried to contact the guy in Arizona with no success.
Quote from: ragtop on 2026-03-11 00:27I made my own welded hood to fenders made inner frame to hold fenders and hood made small strips for hood fender gap and built the tip had to cut bottom of the rear fenders mounted the sold to car or they would fub on doors I wood give pics. only have a few if I could find out how to post them ??? I put some pics. on project builds I looked for 6 years for a glass front end only seen 2 in the 50+ years of building 57 fords was a guy in FL. was building them but was a fly by night did not trust him
Sent a PM... :003:
try sun cast fiberglass think its out of FL. they had a mold for one I seen it 4 years ago I think it was around 1000.00 + shipping the guy in south or north Dakota with all the 1957 in a field sold a car on E-BAY 3 4 years ago he may have had more someone on hear may know how to get in touch with him about one
Quote from: ragtop on 2026-03-16 17:02try sun cast fiberglass think its out of FL. they had a mold for one I seen it 4 years ago I think it was around 1000.00 + shipping the guy in south or north Dakota with all the 1957 in a field sold a car on E-BAY 3 4 years ago he may have had more someone on hear may know how to get in touch with him about one
I think Suncoast is the "fly by night" guy mentioned above. When I last spoke to them, it was $1000 plus $1000 freight. That was ten years ago. I have tried contacting them many times since then with no luck. Probably a blessing in disguise. There were some really sketchy reviews online.
I will probably build a steel 1-piece front. Unfortunately, my fenders are fiber glass so I will have to get some steel ones.
if you look at project cars I have some pic from the one i built just make Sher you give a gap from hood to fender so fenders clear cowl and if you cut bottom of fenders as i did mount the to car worked out grate if you don't you have to have 2 people to open have to pull fenders away from doors on your fiberglass fenders find a glass hood build a steel frame and glass it together that may work also
seen a good start to one on E-BAY today did a search on fiberglass fenders and it came up