1957 Ford Country Sedan mocha silver V8 4dr wagon

[mustang6984]

Looks good! Once it's covered with mat and carpet...it'll look like factory original! LOL!!! If it's solid...then no worries...and I suspect it IS solid...given what I have seen of your other work!

[Marc]

Nice work!

[Limey57]

Excellent work!

[RICH MUISE]

Very Nice! Progressing right along.

[Ecode70D]

Günter
    The way that you cleaned up and painted the inner parts / top of the braces is very important.  That
will give them some protection. 
     You put a lot of time into those floor panels and it looks great. 
      Keep up the good work and continue to keep us posted.  We like pictures.
Jay

[djfordmanjack]

Thanx guys, I appreciate your compliments as this is a different route for me this time in not restoring it to OEM specs but making quite simple repairs to get this car streetlegal.
I had previously made a factory correct ribbed patch panel for the rear floor pan for the Del Rio, but decided it was going to take too long to make both and deep dished repair panels for the CS, especially since the repair area needed is tunnel to rocker width.
came up with an easier solution and now have patterns already for the right side.welds still need dressed.

[djfordmanjack]

made sure all the deeply rusted tin was removed and made the patch from 2 parts, making it easier to fit. This car is going to get used with Cruising 5 or 6 people so I wanted to have recessed rear feetwells instead of just making flat patches.

[Lgcustom]

It's really gratifying to see such meticulous craftsmanship. Just amazing!

[RICH MUISE]

Great approach. I'm wondering why the footwell area on the wagons are shaped so much different than my 2 dr sedan. I'm talking about the area between the footwell and the door that widens as it goes back making the footwell narrower. My sedan goes pretty much straight back there, but I'll take a look to verify what I said.

[hiball3985]

Great approach. I'm wondering why the footwell area on the wagons are shaped so much different than my 2 dr sedan. I'm talking about the area between the footwell and the door that widens as it goes back making the footwell narrower. My sedan goes pretty much straight back there, but I'll take a look to verify what I said.

I noticed the same thing and wondered why. May be a difference between 2 door and 4 door models? In the one picture before the panel is installed it looks like the frame curves inward in that area?

[Ecode70D]

   I have the same question about that and am going to take a look at mine today because they are original with no repairs.  I'm sure that Günter will explain that.  It does look like his frame slopes inward
at that point making the back wells for  the feet more narrow. 
     Günter  are you sure that you didn't install one of those no name brand X frames under that nice car when we were not looking?    We are waiting for a report. 

[hiball3985]

I need to do the rears on mine also ( thats what I said last year and the year before  ). The previous owner did them but it's a home made mess. I already have the replacement sections and there is no angle like that.

[Limey57]

On mine I used VW Beetle floor pan panels as the recessed shape is similar to the Ford one.

[Limey57]

made sure all the deeply rusted tin was removed and made the patch from 2 parts, making it easier to fit. This car is going to get used with Cruising 5 or 6 people so I wanted to have recessed rear feetwells instead of just making flat patches.

Now that looks neat!

[RICH MUISE]

It really does....like I said in an earlier post, it makes me almost want to do another car. I really miss the cutting and welding stuff.