Morning coffee

[lalessi1]

I had a road trip planned for Saturday but when I backed the Ranchero from the garage I noticed a big puddle of oil on the floor  so that ended my plans. Jacket it up to look under and found the oil pressure switch leaking badly. Damn crap parts they make these days.

Yes, I went through 4 of them in a very short time. I did a lot of searching and found one that was slightly different, (the Bakelite top is a squared top cylinder). It hasn't leaked after a couple of years. Unfortunately I killed the brain cells that remembered where I found it. I will try to look again...

Try Rock Auto, Standard Motors Product PS10. It has a metal top and appears to have a gasket, { not what I have but it looks better).

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,1957,custom,4.4l+272cid+v8,1435641,electrical-switch+&+relay,oil+pressure+sender+/+switch,4588

[hiball3985]

Yes, I went through 4 of them in a very short time. I did a lot of searching and found one that was slightly different, (the Bakelite top is a squared top cylinder). It hasn't leaked after a couple of years. Unfortunately I killed the brain cells that remembered where I found it. I will try to look again...

Try Rock Auto, Standard Motors Product PS10. It has a metal top and appears to have a gasket, { not what I have buy it looks better).

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,1957,custom,4.4l+272cid+v8,1435641,electrical-switch+&+relay,oil+pressure+sender+/+switch,4588

Thanks Lynn, It was the black type PS10T that went bad. I bought the better PS10, it has a blue top yesterday at the auto parts store.

[djfordmanjack]

How about some good ole C&W music ?

Certainly not everybody's taste but I come back to liking it again and again....
Just got back from a music festival in Croatia, and just another fantastic young roots music band showed up to everybody's surprise. The Rattlestrings from Italy just gathered from members of the Same Olde Shoes.
These boys are barely 30 yo, they have studied the old records well and I just can't believe how 'American' they sound. After all, these are still Italian guys....

They also played this old tune, and it brought a few tears to my eyes, really...

[djfordmanjack]

This year I did not bring my 57 CS, and I don't regret it ( it was way cheaper in my 95 Fiesta), but certainly  next year I want to drive there in my 57!

And here's a fantastic pure Rockabilly trio from Southern Germany. They play like the Memphis cat in '54. This is too good to be true imho. I haven't heard something like that in years or decades. Great guys to be around with as well.

[djfordmanjack]

What about a bit of Maple Leaf Rag ? 

These guys are fantastic. Can you believe it. This is 2023. I thought that music was lost to time forever in the home countries. It is so good to see a new young generation again performing the original style.

[Jeff Norwell]

Killer G!!!!!!

The boys from Saskatchewan are killing it!... Love it!!!!!!

[rmk57]

   My late dad would have loved that! I love it, great stuff!

[FiveSevenLiter]

You missed the boat Randy, he played in Penticton last night, coming through Abbotsford today to play at the Biltmore tonight.  I will be in Chilliwack or I would be there.
Terry
 

[RICH MUISE]

Getting ready to head up to Canyon City, Colorado for the weekend in the '57. I'm doing the Abbey car show there. I've been as a spectator, never as an entry. Looking forward to it. It's usually put aside in favor of the NSRA show in Pueblo (the following weekend this year), but heck, I may go up there two weekends in a row. This weekend, I'm gonna do a lot of mountain pass driving and avoid the freeway once I hit Colorado. 

[Fairlane62]

Getting ready to head up to Canyon City, Colorado for the weekend in the '57. I'm doing the Abbey car show there. I've been as a spectator, never as an entry. Looking forward to it. It's usually put aside in favor of the NSRA show in Pueblo (the following weekend this year), but heck, I may go up there two weekends in a row. This weekend, I'm gonna do a lot of mountain pass driving and avoid the freeway once I hit Colorado. 

Rich, have fun and be safe.

[hiball3985]

Great music, thanks G..

[hiball3985]

Have a good trip Rich, we'll be waiting for the pixs

[rmk57]

You missed the boat Randy, he played in Penticton last night, coming through Abbotsford today to play at the Biltmore tonight.  I will be in Chilliwack or I would be there.
Terry
 

   Too bad we have plans this Sunday, he's playing in Kelowna that night.

[djfordmanjack]

Here's another mountain music band for your listening pleasure ( hope it's not too much for ya), Can you believe these guys are from Italy, of all places.... this sounds so much 1950s Flatt&Scruggs or Osborne Brothers, it's unreal.

[RICH MUISE]

Speaking of mountain music.......went to Colorado in the '57 again. I did the NSRA show in Pueblo. I was #1803, signing up Friday afternoon, so I'm sure 2k+ cars. The car ran great, and I did a bit more mountain driving, but just back to Cripple Creek (......speaking of music).  I'm at about 3k miles in the past month. Mileage @ 20.5 pg.
It was in the mid '90s, so too hot to do much thin-air walking around. For as many cars as there were, most were sitting in whatever shade they could find, not too many walking around. There were 4 '57 Fords, mine, a ranchero (also from Amarillo), a Sunliner, and a Del Rio that was at the Canyon City Abbey car show two weeks ago. I do have pics of that one. I parked across from a yellow '33 coupe, probably the most perfect car I've ever seen.
Funny, when I parked, I coincidentally parked next to 3 cars from Weatherford, Ok., where I did a car show with them last weekend!