Hot Rods 57 FORD Build #2... Glutton for Punishment.

Nice progress Jeff. I'm about to embark on the same build of my 56 so all your pics give me more of a push. Floor pans and a couple floor braces on the way from down south. My build will be very similar to yours as far as the sleeper angle goes but I will be painting my car as the green has to go. I will be following along!

 

I always get a kick out of the looks on peoples faces when I mention that Ford outsold Chevrolet in '57. They usually think I'm kidding or nuts and go with the argument about always seeing the '57 Chevy at shows but hardly ever seeing '57 Fords there. I just say look it up if you don't believe me.

 

..I had an Uncle who spent 31 years on the Los Angeles Ford assembly line. He used to love reminding us of that fact.

 

Beautiful gauges!
It's amazing how the right gauges & steering wheel can make a nice interior awesome,
while the wrong gauges or steering wheel can ruin an otherwise nice interior.

 

I love the tach Jeff.

 

Ford outsold Chevy?!?! Why would you spread such rumors, especially about the glorious tri fives?!?!?
I love em all so it really doesn't matter as far as I'm concerned. Of course I own a 56 Chevy and am a Chevy guy. That's why my Ford coupe has a 409 in it!

 

The fact remains....... 50% of tri-five Chevys produced are still around.
Purely a guess, I just pulled that number out of my ass

 

Who cares who sold the most…57-59 Chrysler products are the best looking!

Now, back to Jeff’s outstanding build.

 

AH a Farina Tach you are keeping good company they came with the Original Thunder Bolts.

 

That tach !

 

Nice work Jeff.

 

Faria tachs I saw a lot of them in boats and actually have one, rated at 5000 RPMs. Would be perfect for a Ford application... I'll see myself out...

 

@Jeff Norwell Thank you for all your kind words, Jeff! You have a great build and it's fun to watch it all come together via this thread. 57 Fords are fantastic and have such nice body lines. I am glad I can help with the gauges and no doubt we'll get the rest over the next several months. It was great talking to you on the phone. Your enthusiasm for old school cars is awesome. I have the wiring schematic for the Faria as well and I'll get that to you. Those are quite particular in how they need to be wired, so you'll be in good shape now.

I was able to talk to Jeff on the phone, what a super nice guy that you could easily talk to for hours like you've know each other forever. The HAMB is such a wonderful place with down to earth people.

 

leave it to a crazy Albertan to make such claims...

 

hey!! I resemble that remark!!!

 

This thing isn’t done yet? Hahaha!!!! Looks good Jeff.

 

the area where my gas pedal is rusted away, i saw you had more rust than i did there, where does the pedal originally mount?

 

...Yupp...Ya have to Floor it before you can Floor It!!!



It's a rust belt thing...

Looking good Jeff...
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