'57 Ford R&C 1970

[427TJ]

Found this killer '57 Ford in the June 1970 Rod & Custom. This car would knock'em dead today!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/57FordGasser.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/57FordGasser2.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/57FordGasser3.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/57FordGasser4.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/57FordGasser5.jpg

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

That car is really cool!One MEAN looking SOB!I would love to have something like that myself,I love those 57 Ford sedans.I hope my little 67 Dodge Dart has a stance similar to that when all finished up!I am going to radius my rear fenderwells like the 68 Hemi dart.I have a copy of the Factory template to get them correct.

[markjohnson]

Now that is one bad-ass lookin' car with one of the prettiest engines FoMoCo ever put out.

[Dog427435]

I thought I was the only one left who loved that look!!

Now just pull off that front bumper and it's perfect!

[427TJ]

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Here's a thread on '55 gassers on the HAMB. Several to-die-for cars.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228888&highlight=

[novarichie]

that car would be in the class called BITCHIN!!!!

[ORIGLS6]

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I thought I was the only one left who loved that look!!

Now just pull off that front bumper and it's perfect!

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You're definitely not alone Glenn. Here's a couple of shots of an old racer that used to run at our strip in the late 60s/early 70s. Leroy Moss is the owner and actually bought the car new in '55. He proudly displays the original paperwork in the trunk. He converted it to a gasser in the early 70s, then retired the car just a few years later. Last year he was contacted by Bob Gibson to attend a reunion of the old 'Drag City' strip that was located just East of Springfield, IL. Leroy had such a good time reliving memories that he went home and started to work on the '55. He brought it back to Bob's gathering in September of '07 in all her original glory and delighted the crowd. Leroy's wife told us she credited this old car with giving Leroy the spark to live. (He's battling cancer,.............. and winning! ) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

Cool old car.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0032-4.jpg

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http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0023-1.jpg

And here's what it looked like 'in the day'.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0004-1.jpg

[novarichie]

looks like a 56? richie...........

[mockingbird812]

Bill/Dennis,

I can hear the rumble! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif



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[TDW]

I just bought a 55 Nomad that I am thinking about doing a straight axel, 427 4 speed gasser style to. It is up on blocks with me stareing at it now.

[olredalert]

------Richie,,,It says he bought it new in 55. Im guessing that might mean that he got the car soon after opening day before Jan 1st 1965.......Bill S

[budnate]

original owner...cooooooool!! sure is a clean gasser guy does really nice work. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[427TJ]

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Those front wheels look like VW? Maybe the front axle setup came out of a v-dub? What does the factory Ford model script above the door V say?

[olredalert]

-----Hey Bill,,,It looks like it says "Tom Landry",,,,but Im fairly sure that isnt it!!! Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!Bill S

[Dog427435]

That is a wild Ford - what a great story - I hope the car and Leroy keep each other going for a long time!

It does appear to have '56 side trim. As I remember '55's had a narrow spear and narrow trim on the quarter. The '56's had the wider spear and wider quarter trim ending in that checker board design.
The model designation was on the quarter panel above the trim and a Ford crest was above the spear on all the '55 Fairlanes.
The '56's had the model designation above the spear as this one does. It looks like it may say Club Sedan, I can't think of another model name that would fit.
The only thing I remember that was definitely different between the years were the dash board and the parking lights. This car has neither.

Anyway you look at it though, that is a great car with some fantastic history.
Best of luck Leroy!!

[novarichie]

hey bill,he must have ordered it in like sept.of 55,but it is a 56,and dog your right it is a club sedan,one other thing it has 56 tail lights and the ribed side mouldings,maybe he put 56 side trim and 56 tail lights on it, really nice car...... richie

[427TJ]

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-----Hey Bill,,,It looks like it says "Tom Landry",,,,but Im fairly sure that isnt it!!! Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!Bill S

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http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif Tom Landry! Don't tell me, he had a Ford dealer in Dallas!

[ORIGLS6]

Sorry guys, the car is in fact a '56. (Check the rear license plate.) Leroy DID buy the car in late '55 like I said and I typoed (?) '55 later in my posting.

The front wheels are early, early Ford items. Strangely, we noticed them as well and recalled they were the same as the ones on Danny Lomelino's car pictured below. We're thinking they're late 20's Ford items, but the ones on Leroy's '56 have been plated.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0116-1.jpg

[427TJ]

Yes, 1936 Ford spider wheels! Probably a dime-a-dozen back in those days.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/spider.jpg

[Verne_Frantz]

Yep, '56 Club Sedan. That's the very same body style as my first car. But mine was no where near as cool as this one!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[novarichie]

those wheels are also called wide five,ford put them on cars up until early 39