Morning coffee

[mustang6984]

Abe...your situation...sounds disturbingly familiar! 

[djfordmanjack]

Abe, if you find the time, can you show us more of the quad headlight treatment on the Hardtop 57 ?

Between all the stress of work, family obligations and our exhausting hobby ( yes, it is tiring to maintain or build several cars at a time), I find it important to keep or make things more relaxed again with old cars. I need to take time to get projects done, and some projects ( like the Merc and Linc) I just want to have around and never intend to be 'finishing' ( ie  expensive paint, chrome and such) from the beginning.

Think of them as just huge toy cars, Abe ! 

[Jeff Norwell]

[Jeff Norwell]

I like to go for a ride.. if it ever stops raining!
This summer has been wet.... and not hot at all.

[Jeff Norwell]

That Merc G will be a vision of Beauty when you get it finished... a super solid starting point.... and a 2 door!!!!!!!!!

[Jeff Norwell]

Sorry guys..I have a hard time uploading or sharing small vids.. anyways. It did stop raining 2 weeks ago...
Today is not raining.. so I might be to go out for a ramble.... but my schedule is heavy.. so .. maybe not. Tomorrow is going to Rain.... again.
hahaha

And yes,....I am drinking my morning coffee.

[RICH MUISE]

This weekend is the "Summer's Last Blast" in Vernon, Tx. Had reservations at a nearby hotel/casino til I found out last Monday expected temps for the weekend were 108, so I cancelled. Next to nothing for shade in Vernon. I double-checked this morning, and they are now expecting record highs of 110 every day for the next week. Been hot here.

I took my Subaru out for a long drive last Tuesday to Taos, NM. 675 mile round trip. Lots of rain, actually enjoyed that. Just north of Tuchamcari, it was 97. Gotta love A/C! three hours later I was going thru the mountain pass leading into Taos, heavy rain, temp dropped to 48 !! gotta love heaters, lol.!

Nice video, Jeff. Hope to get to see it in person some day.

[abe_lugo]

Gunther, I'll try to take some pics, my quads are done really crudely years ago by myself. There are more setback causing the trim to have to be shorter on the side fender.

Look up Ludovic58ranch on IG, he did a much clean job on his, I think it was a pro shop. Fly By Knights CC out of France.
But I dont think his bezels are frenched into the fender.
I'll get pics later.

[djfordmanjack]

Jeff, your 57s are just..... the cream of the crop....nice ! Seems your porch and pool are flooded....

here is something for you guys. Hoping not to get political, but all about the weather and nonsense.
I just recently read a very scientific article, and they were talking about the reknown El Nino weather effect, and about a huge underwater vulcano erruption in 2022. It is said to have increased the stratosphere moisture by 15 %, thus causing all the peculiar clouds, rain and stupid weather we are experiencing. such a vulcano erruption and it's follow up consequences is said to last at least 2-5 years. Historically correct, there are many incidents, which DEFINITELY caused the weather to change for years.

This has been the most credible explanation to me in years. everything else is just....

[djfordmanjack]

NICE, Jeff. Love Aretha and Duane Allman.... the Weight !

Sorry guys..I have a hard time uploading or sharing small vids.. anyways. It did stop raining 2 weeks ago...
Today is not raining.. so I might be to go out for a ramble.... but my schedule is heavy.. so .. maybe not. Tomorrow is going to Rain.... again.
hahaha

And yes,....I am drinking my morning coffee.

[djfordmanjack]

Interesting, unfortunately I am not on IG. his name sounds familiar to me, maybe a HAMB member ? I have seen some quad conversions that look neat. I liked Joe's and got his reworked units, when he changed back to 57 single headlights. I am wondering if a conversion can be done, using 1957 fender tips (the fender tip sheet metal and potmetal strip) and all make it fit to them, without having to cut into the fenders. I am thinking of a bolt in conversion, but not the ugly looking aftermarket things from the 1950s.

Gunther, I'll try to take some pics, my quads are done really crudely years ago by myself. There are more setback causing the trim to have to be shorter on the side fender.

Look up Ludovic58ranch on IG, he did a much clean job on his, I think it was a pro shop. Fly By Knights CC out of France.
But I dont think his bezels are frenched into the fender.
I'll get pics later.

[abe_lugo]

I would say there might be a way of creating bolt-in plates by using replacement headlight repair sheetmetal.
I think Ludvic used the whole front portion of a 57-59 desoto fender to figure out the correct placement.

Here are pics for you to look at of his car.  Note that the molded the header panel and rounded the hood corners.

[RICH MUISE]

That's a nice clean look. Flows well. When I was in planning stages of my car 20 years ago, I was trying to come up with ways to customize it. For me at least, I discovered it is a hard car to customize without screwing up the whole package. One idea I played around with was quads, but vertically! I was going to use an extra set of fenders chopped up so the added right fender addition was actually a left fender section upside down.
Glad I didn't, lol, but the idea still intrigues me.

[CobraJoe]

If you look back at my change back to single lights Guenther, you'll see they used the original sheet metal lip and added material on the bottom to accept the '58 lights and '58 eyebrows.

[djfordmanjack]

Thank you very much, Abe, the Desoto quad conversion on that 57 Ford does look very nice. These headlights looked great on the og Chrysler cars as well !
Thx for the additional pics Joe. I am hoping to move the lamp units a bit upwards so I can eliminate having to cut into the lower 57 fender tip molding. I would love to completely retain the 57 perimeter. I am not doing this on my 57CS survivor car, only dreaming of customizing on my Del Rio project.
another possibility would be single 7" headlamps with a smaller second set of 5 -3/8 driving lamps, much as the 57 Dodge had.

edit, btw this is my friend Robert's 57 Hemi wagon. He lives only 1/4 mile from me. He is the guy I bought the 49 Merc from.