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'57 QUAD HEADLIGHT CONVERSION-REVERSED!

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

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CobraJoe

#75
2020-06-11 16:36 Last Edit: 2020-06-11 16:39 by CobraJoe
Well, at least something went right, went I got home, I had a package from UPS. I opened it and it was an OG horn emblem that I had ordered a while back.



I had bought it to replace my "custom" horn emblem:



It was a chrome bullet cut down to fit the outside diameter of the raised center on my Master Guide Power Steering Horn Ring:



It looks nice and keeps getting me one step closer to what it should look like.



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,

RICH MUISE

#76
2020-06-11 17:13
Steering wheel looks much better. I don't like a lot of the 50's and 60's "custom" stuff. Bullets, spinners, and 59Cad bullet tailights are some of the stuff I don't like.
I'm confused with your hood ornament statement. What is it exactly you're calling a "custom" hood ornament. Are you meaning Ford's hood ornament for the Custom models, or was there something else on there?
If that guy was as slow as most shops, I'd be more upset about his painting the hood, lol.........some shops I'd be thinking, crap, there's another 3 months.
I can do this, I can do this, I, well, maybe

mustang6984

#77
2020-06-11 17:26
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-06-11 17:13

If that guy was as slow as most shops, I'd be more upset about his painting the hood, lol.........some shops I'd be thinking, crap, there's another 3 months.

That's why I am going to paint my own. I am slow...but still faster than most shops. And I work a heck of a lot cheaper too! LOL!!!
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

#78
2020-06-11 17:35 Last Edit: 2020-06-11 17:41 by CobraJoe
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2020-06-11 17:13

I'm confused with your hood ornament statement. What is it exactly you're calling a "custom" hood ornament. Are you meaning Ford's hood ornament for the Custom models, or was there something else on there?
If that guy was as slow as most shops, I'd be more upset about his painting the hood, lol.........some shops I'd be thinking, crap, there's another 3 months.

Rich, this "thing" :



....and if everything goes right, might be painted tomorrow. the reason i say might, is he has a few guys taking the day off tomorrow, so it could be tight. Fingers crossed.
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

#79
2020-06-11 17:41
UGH! The original part looks much better indeed! Nice choice to switch!   :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

#80
2020-06-13 11:55
Well, the good news is that my buddy painted the hood, bad news is that the painted lifted in one spot, so he needs to refinish it. So I decided to take the car to my shop last night and them walk a mile back to his shop to get my truck, God knows i need the exercise.
I started on it first thing this morning and got the grill installed:



Then I ran up to Lowe's to get some Speed Clips for the headlight doors so I could screw the headlight buckets
in the same way the factory did. These things aren't at the local body supply places anymore because no one uses them, I happened to find them at Lowe's one day while looking for some hardware.



Once you slide them over the headlight doors, you can screw the buckets in place, quick and easy:



Then I snaked the harness through the hole into the fender and over to the junction box.



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

#81
2020-06-13 11:59
I was lucky, the harness had the factory grommet and it was still in good shape. Then I plugged in the sealed beam and installed the retainer and the trim ring.







Now i can drive it up there Monday and hopefully install the hood.
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

#82
2020-06-13 12:00
I also installed my horn ring, much better look with the original emblem IMO.

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

#83
2020-06-13 13:42
Ah...she looks more lady-like now! And yes...the horn looks MUCH better! Congrats!   :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

RICH MUISE

#84
2020-06-13 15:43
First class, Joe!
I can do this, I can do this, I, well, maybe

CobraJoe

#85
2020-06-14 06:23
Thanks guys! Anxious to get the hood back on and the eyebrows installed and drive it.
At least I have the '39 so I'm not Jonesing too bad.  :025:
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,

Ford Blue blood

#86
2020-06-14 07:28
Very nice Joe!  Looking like it should.
Certfied Ford nut, Bill
2016 F150 XLT Sport
2016 Focus (wife's car)
2008 Shelby GT500
57 Ranchero
36 Chevy 351C/FMX/8"/M II

CobraJoe

#87
2020-06-16 15:03
Worked late last night, so I didn't have a chance to get up to the shop to put my hood back on.



Got out a little early today and got her done:



We got the the "eyebrows" in place, just need to let the urethane dry over night and shes done. I'll pick her up tomorrow. This job involves a lot of walking back and forth to each others shop. :walk:
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

#88
2020-06-16 15:09
WOW! Just plain WOW!   :blob3:
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

djfordmanjack

#89
2020-06-16 16:02
Those are fantastic gaps around the hood, Joe ! Obviously well worth all the work you put into it !
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