57 custom 300

MT · 2014-12-16 14:10

Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-12-14 07:53
Your in luck and just in time for Christmas!!!!! $60.000.00 CASH!

That car has been my screen saver for a few months. I just started my 57 gasser project by buying some fenderwell headers. I have to ask though, what is the reason for the disparity in the lower quarter panels?

hotroddonnie · 2014-12-16 15:54

Guys would radius the rear quarters to make room for a wider tire, and it was easier to change from street tires to race tires if you drove to the strip. HRD

Limey57 · 2014-12-16 16:05

I've seen so many cars over the years that have had badly done radiused arches, either done using (badly fitted) wheel arch repair panels from a different car or cut out with a kind of rounded off-square shape. Not many get it "right" but yours sure is.

RICH MUISE · 2014-12-16 20:17

Agreed.

hotroddonnie · 2014-12-16 20:28

Thanks!

MT · 2014-12-17 10:23

Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2014-12-16 15:54
Guys would radius the rear quarters to make room for a wider tire, and it was easier to change from street tires to race tires if you drove to the strip. HRD

I agree those are about the nicest radiused arches I have seen on a 57 Ford, but I'm taking about the behind the wheel. Each side is different, but it looks like it was done with a purpose in mind.

hotroddonnie · 2014-12-18 05:53

Maybe Henry Ford knows that answer! HRD

ragtop · 2014-12-18 13:39

I think I saw one on the h.a.m.b. a black one for 11 in oregon

PALMO57 · 2014-12-18 16:00

MT, what kind of fenderwell headers are you buying? Are they prefabricated, (off the shelf) or will they have to be custom made? I am really thinking about making my 57 Ranchero into a Gasser as I grew up in the 60's and still love that Gasser look.

djfordmanjack · 2014-12-18 18:47

palmo57, do you know Jeff Kottenbrook ? I bought my Del Rio from him , he's from Yuma. beautiful scenery!

gasman826 · 2014-12-18 20:07

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Ford-Fairlane-272ci-V8-Three-Speed-Unmolested-Survivor-Car-Daily-Driver-/321620450052?pt=Salvage_Parts_Cars&hash=item4ae2129b04&vxp=mtr

hiball3985 · 2014-12-18 21:27

Guy doesn't know the difference between a Custom 300 and a Fairlane. I thought it was a lot of rust for a California car then saw the Missouri license plates.. Looks exactly like my first 57 in 1966..

Jeff Norwell · 2014-12-19 05:36

Ah c'mon Jim,That's Patina!
hahahaha

gasman826 · 2014-12-19 07:39

MAX EFFORT on that trunk lid patina.

hiball3985 · 2014-12-19 07:39

Just needs a good clear coat to preserve it

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