They are true beauties, and can be every bit as fast as the vaunted tri-five Chevys. Unknown to many is the fact that the 55 was a face-lifted 54, not an all new car. Ford sure made it LOOK new though!
Good find , well done . The full length side moulding is the same as Aus assembled 57's , the 55-6 body style was retained for 57-8 . All 55-6-7's had the 55 style dash while the Aus 58 had dash similar to US 56 along with 55 Canadian Meteor grill . 🇦🇺
Since you just got this car, here are some pointers about that Y block engine. To fix the infamous rocker oiling problem, machine a groove in the center cam journal so that the rockers receive a constant, instead of intermittent, supply of oil, or if you have to replace it, use one that has a grooved center journal. Next, plug that oil overflow tube coming from the one of the rocker brackets, so that the rocker shafts are pressurized. That way, they are less likely to plug up. Third, be aware that the center cam bearing has THREE, rather than one or two, oil holes. All three must be indexed with the holes in the bearing web. ALL THREE. Next, make sure that the rocker oil passages, (one for the left head, one for the right head), properly index with the portion of those passages in the blocks. Some do not. You can dress them to match if the don't. Last of all, MAKE SURE THAT THE CAM BEARINGS FIT T I G H T L Y in their bores. Some do not, with the result that they turn, which shuts off the oiling to them and, if center bearing, to the rocker shafts as well. Take care of these matters, and you will enjoy a rugged trouble-free engine for a long long time, and remember, fixing these issues is easy. Fixing the present generation Chrysler HEMI is much harder.
good info, last Y block for me was in early eighties (restored 57 Ranchero) . another thing to do would be to align bore the crank and cam journals. The engine may be a 312 but with a stick probably not. KEEP IT STOCK! The old Trico vacuum w/wiper motor is easy to replace with an electric ona and is a bolt in. The kids will learn a lot!😎
I didn't even see any holes in the floor or trunk. When I was a kid, a neighbor down the street had a two tone blue version of the same car. It's a big project but you've got at least two things going for you that I don't have to do a restoration. You've got family support and you've got lots of space to take a car apart. I'd offer to sell you a set of hubcaps but I can see that you don't even need them.
I had a 56 two door custom line that had like 5 cars worth of chrome trim inside it. Trim from the custom line, Fairlane and crown Vic. Sometimes i wonder what happened to that thing.
Actually the original license plates were yellow with black numbers and letters. Starting in 1963 for some reason California swithed over to black and yellow plates and most were turned into the DMV for the newer plates.
@Fixin' Two Oops. I'm sorry. I thought that was a black and yellow California plate. Anyway, I really like how you have your sons in the videos, making it a father sons project. My dad had a 1966 Chevrolet pickup way back when I was a kid, and I remember it fondly. Six cylinder, three speed, and nothing else. I have subscribed and look forward to more of your videos on your new old Ford.
Ford 1956 3 speed on the column or as they used to say," Three on the tree" My dad got one that was with the small V8, 3 spd. tranny. The small V8 still had solid lifters in it. My dad had them adjusted on Saturday by a local curb mechanic. By Sunday I would have driven the car on Saturday night. The valve lifters were noisy again. haha. That thing would wind up to very fast speed in first and second gears.
good choice most people dont realize that oiling problem was caused by non detergent oil long oil change intervals old and cadillac used much silmilar systems the first 1955 chevy 265 v8 had a similar problem with the raer cam brg/
That, and the fact that the oil supply to the rockers was intermittent. Later Y blocks had a grooved center cam shaft journal, so the oil was constant.
@@fixintwo123 Machine a groove in the center cam bearing journal, plug that oil tube that comes out of a rocker shaft bracket and dumps oil out, make sure that the rocker oil passages in the blocks and heads properly index with each other, (some don't), be aware that the center cam bearing has THREE oil holes, and ALL THREE must index with the three oil holes in that bearing web, and lastly, make sure that the cam bearings are TIGHT in their bores. Some are not, and can turn, shutting off the oil supply to the cam bearing in question, and if that is the center cam bearing, it will also shut off oil to the rockers. These issues are easy to fix with the engine disassembled, and after the fixes, you will have a rugged long lasting enjoyable engine capable of high revs - solid valve lifters can't pump up at high revs the way hydraulics can.
👍👍. I had a 56 club sedan my dad left it to me. It was real n white 312 lake pipes fender skirts dummy spot lites. Miss it every day had to sell when ma needed cancer treatment n had no ins. Sure wish.....
For me, the '55-'56 Fords were the companies last cars that they really hit the mark with styling. The '57 was an okay design, but it really went downhill after that. They looked like "grandpa's car" after that.
I like the 57 very much, and I think the 58 Fairlane 500 would have turned out much better if it had the same side trim as the same year Custom 300. The side trim that the Fairlane did have conflicted with the curves of the fins as they emerged from the quarters.
@@michaelbenardo5695 I too like the '57, but I still am not 100% with the bug-eye headlights. '56 and back, Ford didn't make one questionable line in and out. Then the '58 onward were stodgy looking cars. I'm not saying bad looking cars. I'd love to have one. Just not near as pleasing/sporty as GM's line-up.
Like more of this, you guys getting hold of a solid old car and getting it running and driving - maybe sell it and buy the next, etc. etc. And show us at least some of everything you do, even just washing the car or getting air into the tires, whatever.
You're going to have to find all new rubber for that car for the windows The Doors paint the rooftop white a set of hella six and a half inch round headlights, LED bulbs for the tail lights have to take all them apart and repaint the buckets with chrome paint. Free Chrome the bumpers the colors are awesome, a set of radial tires and I like to use bed liner after restoring my steel wheels it holds up better than paint. They say go back with hydraulic shocks and it has a smoother ride then gas shocks. The fuel tank might be saved with red k o t e they make inner liner liquid and red and the outside of the tank you'll cope with bed lighter..
