High priced son of a...

[6cyl57]

Well it seems to be I am to high on price for my 57  , so I will being doing something with it this summer.
  If I got a dollar  for ever picture I sent out I probably would have doubled my money.
I must be too  honest with the description when people call on it. I'm not complaining I wont mind keeping it a little longer. I will probably be doing some body and paint work to it .maybe a V8
swap. I like the car a lot   and I like the community and help on this web site. It wont be a full resto,
just an update to it and keep driving it.
So stay tuned and if do something I will start a "build post".
  I may have found a few pictures I haven't posted here yet, if so I will post them up.

thanks .

[rmk57]

Is this the Custom with the lettering on the side? Going to do a y-block swap?

[6cyl57]

Yes this one . Probably not a y block

[6cyl57]

One of things will be taking the lettering off.
Here is a pic of the bottom with the original paint still on it

[suede57ford]

That is clean underneath. 

[rmk57]

It does look really clean on the bottom, but on the other picture it looks like the rockers are shot. Mine was the opposite, floors so-so but solid rockers.
Any idea what your going to use for a running gear?

[6cyl57]

Very clean and solid underneath . The worst of it is the rockers. But I do
have new ones for it.
Not sure yet about the engine and trans yet. At the moment just keeping an
eye out for something that comes my way.
Here is a picture from the day I bought it .

[hiball3985]

I wish I could justify another car, I would love to have a 6 cylinder stick model.

[Jeff Norwell]

Your car is VERY well priced... so much so..If I could,I would snap it up in a minute.Rocker replacement is nothing.
Keep it...I would not sell... but a nice FE or maintain the current motivation(or a sweet Y-Block)
I hope to see it when I visit Streator over Labor day this coming year.....Myself and my pals are planning a visit with Randy Schmidt at some event in your town.

Keep the car.

[6cyl57]

Jeff, I missed you when you were in town recently ,Glad you got to see  Randy and Ryan's places.
Truly something to see. They are some friends of mine. After I heard you were here , I thought
should have got a hold of you. Bet you would have taken it back with if you had the room for another.
  The 6 does run good no issues with it, just under powered .
This would be the easiest resto I ever did if I do it.

even though its white , it is the black sheep of my cars. The other 4 are  Rocket powered....'49-'71 Olds.
at least they are not the "C" word right?.

The Labor Day weekend here is huge event looking forward to seeing you then.

[hiball3985]

Is it under powered for a six or just compared to a V8? One issue with the 223 is the distributor is it only has vacuum advance, no mechanical, and if the vacuum advance isn't working it will make them a dog...

[6cyl57]

I think its just the 6cyl power. I will look into the distributor. It mechanically runs really good.
thanks guys.

[Ecode70D]

I hope that you can keep that car and not sell it.  If I had it, I would just replace the lower panels and drive it.   

[Ecode70D]

    I personally have nothing against the 6 cylinder engine.   I would  drive it around to the local cruises and try to confuse the OHOH society and tell them that it is my same old white custom with a 6 cylinder engine.
    With the scarcity of 57 Fords in my area, most people don't know the difference between a custom and a custom 300
anyways.  Sometimes it feels like I'm living in chxxy country.   
   

[6cyl57]

Ecode that's most likely what I will do . But what is OHOH ?
The 6 in the car is excellent condition , it runs great no oil burning . Being the gear head I am, I might do a little to it.
Like make a 2bbl adapter, maybe a small turbo and exhaust/header.
  Definitely doing the rocker panel replace. Its always a head turner when I drive it around and many thumbs up ,from all
ages of men and women.

I really like these 57s in black , thought about doing that. But it just looks so cool in white and the body doesn't have to be
arrow straight. So most likely it will stay white.