Anybody into the 57 Ford......

I don't know, I did full 2.5" duals on a 390GT engine in one a few years ago. Had a 4 spd. Not one spot touched anywhere. Factory manifolds fit just fine. They put FE's in the 58-up which is pretty much the same. They fit just fine without any mods. Certainly not an "easy" exhaust to bend, but if you know what your doing, it isn't bad at all.

I've owned about 10 '57s, none too nice, mostly parts cars. I still have three out back and a nice project in coming in from a friend soon. Two '57 Customs, one Fairlane Victoria and a Country Squire Wagon left.

 

As far as exhaust IMO they should all have headers anyway. The flat manifolds
suck .

 

Okay, now I remember this car! She will be a beauty!

 

57 Fords rule. Here are a couple pics, stolen off here over the years, of some cool ones.

 

Some pics from my Grandfather's car album

 

GM48 Cool pics!! Is that your grandfather and his cars??
CC.. Nice 57!! Very cool!! John

 

VERY COOL! We want to see more from that album!!

 

That's his black 57. The white one is the 'White Pearl' pretty famous east coast custom that he worked on. Was later owned by Gene Pitney. Check my profile. I started three threads based on his car albums. Good stuff

 

Sweet! Where'd you find it?

 

How did this one get missed?

 

very nice club victoria id own it

 

Aint that the truth, that is a very rare car nowadays, meteor rideau 500 convertble... WOW...

 

Here is my 57 ranchero

 

I have always absolutely loved them....

 

one of the best years for Ford.

 

That black ranchero is pretty slick. Just the way I want to build one. Wife hates rancheros so much, I compromised and bought a Ranch Wagon. instead. More family friendly.

It is actually torn apart now. I am going to go ahead and paint it. In the pics is flat black primer.


1957 Ford Ranch Wagon by iamflashman, on Flickr


1957 Ford Ranch Wagon by iamflashman, on Flickr

 

Just rescanning through and don't know how I missed this one! That is a gorgeous '57!

 

I am loving this thread. Keep the pictures coming!

 

I agree with her... I love wagons... I had a Courier with windows that looked a lot like yours but my Country Sedan has and still is my all time favorite... Ford sold over 120K wagons in 57 so they were appreciated for there design and function

 

57's are cool! Had a '57 ranchwagon for a while, now I have the following 57s, but they're all projects: skyliner retractable, ranchero, ranchwagon-4door, fairlane 500. would love to have them all going but I think I may sell them.

 

vonpahrkur i live in bakersfield too and have a 58 ford, if you end up selling one of those fairlanes please let me know! i'd be interested for sure!!!

 

I have two, a 300 to rebuild and a 500 driver, both need a lot of work, but I love them. had two 58's in my teens, a lot older now. Gess I'm just re living.

 

57's have always been my favorite. I've owned my 2dr vic since about 1976. I'm in the process of restoring it now. Has alot more rust than I thought so it's going to be a long time before it's done. I especially like the pic of the 2 tone green one.
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57 fairlane 500 vic 390 tri-power, t1 4spd

 

I love the 57s myself,I built this for the wife.It has 5.0 HO efi out of a Mustang with the AOD I put a rack in it and four wheel disc brakes and a vintage air super cooler.The thing is a joy to drive!!!Plus I kepted the Y block for a future hotrod project.
Joe
The 56 pickup is my buddys

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I learned to drive on a 57 ford. After 45 yrs still has a warm spot in my heart. Great summer me and all the neighborhood kids had !!!!!!!

 

camping with my wagon.


next project


building for my son.

and another "girl with car pic" must be the car!!

Even just a y-block gets the girls going!!

 

Going in for body and paint next week, should be back end of July,

 

I had a 57 2 door club sedan, but someone wanted it more then I did. I like 56's too. Have a 2 door mainline I'll get to some day. Its gotta go gasser though.

 

There's more that I expected out there