1957 Country Seday restoration

[cokefirst]

My son and I are working on a restoration project on a very tired and unloved 1957 Country Sedan.  I want to post the photos here, but when I have posted photos in the past, they seem too large.  My tech skills are limited (I learned typing on a manual typewriter).  How do I reduce the size as to not take up too much space when posting?  I expect this to take about 3 years. 

[RICH MUISE]

If your pics are in your computer, use "paint" to reduce. Try right clicking on a photo you want to post. A menu should pop up with "open with". click on it, and a list of choices should pop up with "paint" hopefully being one of them If so, when it opens in paint, if I recall correctly, there should be a reducing option in the top left. I usually do 50%, but you can play with it. When exiting chose saveif you want to save ONLY the newly reduced sized pic. If you want to keep the original sizing as well as the new, selec "SAVE AS"
If you're transfering pics from your phone, I have no clue.

[mustang6984]

"If you're transfering pics from your phone, I have no clue."
Send the pics to your computer via text or e-mail.
When "Saving As"...change the name slightly...I add a "-2" and that way the two pics (original and reduced) are kept together.

[abe_lugo]

When you go to choose the pics on an iPhone. You go to the lower left options button and it will give you an option of the pic size.
Usually it will only let you have like 4 pics

[djfordmanjack]

Looking forward to seeing pics of the new project wagon !

Abe, that is a real sweet photo !

[1930artdeco]

Welcome and yeah another country sedan!!!!

Mike

[cokefirst]

Here is almost the start,  we had removed the glass and one fender before the photo was taken.  This is the first photo of many.  I bought this car 50 years ago when no one wanted a wagon.  I only bought it because it had a 312 engine that I was going to use, but never did.  I finally decided that it would make a cool project.  SO my son and I started by tearing it down. 

[cokefirst]

Here is some photos of the left side.  You can see this car did not receive a lot of love.

[1930artdeco]

What is the color scheme for your car? It looks like white/yellow which is what mine is.

Mike

[djfordmanjack]

with the green dash and interior, I think it's Cumberland Green/Colonial white. That is a very nice color combo to restore to. 312 makes it even better !

[cokefirst]

with the green dash and interior, I think it's Cumberland Green/Colonial white. That is a very nice color combo to restore to. 312 makes it even better !

The door tag says that the exterior is Willow Green roof and bottom with Colonial white in the middle.  The interior is Cumberland green.  We are in the early stages, with repairing the cancer in the floor.  I purchased EMS floor pan sections and my son is doing a wonderful job cutting and fitting the pieces to strengthen the floor and repair the rot in the right rocker panels.  More photos to follow.  I am going to be looking for good used parts to replace the things I cannot get new.

[1930artdeco]

I am doing that right now.

Mike

[cokefirst]

Some progress over the past week or so.  My son did a terrific job of welding in the patch panels to the floor and rocker.  I am very happy with the quality of his work.  I help, but he is the talent.  We now have the patch panels welded into the car and have removed the body from the frame.  Here are the photos of the progress.

[cokefirst]

more photos of the progress.

[cokefirst]

Last photos for now.  body is off the frame and we are stripping the frame and taking a boat load of things to the powder coater. Stay tuned!