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'57 QUAD HEADLIGHT CONVERSION-REVERSED!

Started by CobraJoe, 2020-06-03 15:16

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mustang6984

#135
2020-06-28 18:26
Nice sign in the background here... :006:
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker

CobraJoe

#136
2020-06-28 18:37
I've got one of the old building signs in my garage at home too....

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded at how much he had learned in the last seven years!

'96 Bronco,
'39 Ford Coupe,
'57 Fairlane,
'68 Torino GT
'15 F150,
'17 Escape,

mustang6984

#137
2020-06-28 18:47
So...was Nor'East you? Were you building for FFC buyers? Once I get settled in MO I'd like to buy one, build it, sell it then start building for FFC buyers who have no idea how. I went to the build school in MI back in '06.
Of course they weren't building the '34's then...which is what I would like to have for myself.  :002:
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker

CobraJoe

#138
2020-06-28 19:07 Last Edit: 2020-06-28 19:14 by CobraJoe
Yes, I built around 52 total. Dave and Marc Smith were good friends and I used to spend a lot of time in their shop and Dave used to hang out at my shop also.

A pic of me and my partner:



I built and owned the prototype Daytona Coupe and also built the prototype Spec racer, the one that appeared in Car & Driver.



Me:



Some pics at my shop:















When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded at how much he had learned in the last seven years!

'96 Bronco,
'39 Ford Coupe,
'57 Fairlane,
'68 Torino GT
'15 F150,
'17 Escape,

mustang6984

#139
2020-06-28 19:10
SWEET! I'd be happy to build one or two a year. Come summer...I wanna drive...a LOT!
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker

mustang6984

#140
2020-06-28 20:04
This is what you get when a bunch of guys get together for a couple of days in shop full of tools and car parts!  :003:
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker

CobraJoe

#141
2020-07-02 05:05
Holes drilled; anxiously waiting for my emblem to show up:



Dennis Carpenter shipped it out on the 24th and I still haven't received it yet. Tracking number shows it moving at a snail's pace, no wonder the US Postal Service can't survive.

June 24, 2020, 11:27 am
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
CONCORD, NC 28027

June 26, 2020, 8:22 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
SPRINGFIELD MA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER  (90 miles from my home, in my state)

June 30, 2020, 3:18 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
PROVIDENCE RI DISTRIBUTION CENTER  (30 miles from my home, in the next state)

June 30, 2020, 8:52 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
PROVIDENCE RI DISTRIBUTION CENTER

July 1, 2020
In Transit to Next Facility
Your package is moving within the USPS network and is on track to be delivered to its final destination. It is currently in transit to the next facility.


Hopefully, if this one ever arrives, it is in one piece.    :deadhorse:


When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded at how much he had learned in the last seven years!

'96 Bronco,
'39 Ford Coupe,
'57 Fairlane,
'68 Torino GT
'15 F150,
'17 Escape,

lalessi1

#142
2020-07-02 06:47
I bought an item on eBay on 6/9. It shipped USPS on the 15th from Houston to Baton Rouge, less than 300 miles on I10. The package went to Dallas, Memphis, Oxford, MS, finally into Baton Rouge. That took until 6/24. Now 17 texts later that usually say "in transit to the next facility", I STILL do not have the package. The last text was 6/27 "in transit to the next facility". Original scheduled delivery date 6/18.

GOOD LUCK!
Lynn

fdlrc

#143
2020-07-02 08:03
Joe, those are great looking cars you build, must be a labor of love.
Other- Original owner of 1974 Bronco

Jeff Norwell

#144
2020-07-02 14:32
Oh Joe.. a Daytona Coupe..... so lovely.
"Don't get Scared now little Fella"

1957 Ford Custom-428-4 speed
1957 Ford Custom 300-410-4 speed


http://www.norwell-equipped.com

CobraJoe

#145
2020-07-02 14:53 Last Edit: 2020-07-02 14:54 by CobraJoe
Thanks Les & Jeff; the Roadster and the Coupe outside my shop were mine. I built a 427 w/ Webers for the roadster and a nice zero clearance 347 Stroker for the coupe.
I also built my own molds and made rear quarter panels for the roadsters to make the FFR's more closely resemble the originals.








When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded at how much he had learned in the last seven years!

'96 Bronco,
'39 Ford Coupe,
'57 Fairlane,
'68 Torino GT
'15 F150,
'17 Escape,

CobraJoe

#146
2020-07-02 15:26 Last Edit: 2020-07-02 19:43 by CobraJoe
Well, my trunk emblem finally showed up today and,  it survived the trip. I just threw it on and I like it, and I know Rosie definitely does.
Thanks again DJ!!!!

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded at how much he had learned in the last seven years!

'96 Bronco,
'39 Ford Coupe,
'57 Fairlane,
'68 Torino GT
'15 F150,
'17 Escape,

djfordmanjack

#147
2020-07-02 16:44
Hurrrah !!! Finally!!!!!!  :001:

Don't forget to put the sealed nuts on, or next time you go out for a trip, you need to start looking for a another new emblem again.... :003:

CobraJoe

#148
2020-07-02 17:23
Yeah, I put some Dum-Dum on the threads.   :iamwithstupid:
When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded at how much he had learned in the last seven years!

'96 Bronco,
'39 Ford Coupe,
'57 Fairlane,
'68 Torino GT
'15 F150,
'17 Escape,

mustang6984

#149
2020-07-02 19:30
The Lady looks real fine with all her baubles in place Joe!  :003:
Nothing is impossible...
The word it's self says I'M POSSIBLE  (Audrey Hepburn)
2 '57 Ford Couriers AND '57 Fairlane
3 Mustangs, '69 fastback-'84 SVO-'88 Saleen Convertible
'49 Ford P/U
'50 Dodge P/U
'82 RX-7
'65 Chrysler New Yorker
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