1957 Ford Fairlane

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1957 Ford Fairlane 500 2 HT V-8 312 with 3 deuces Light Blue/White, Power steering, power brakes, town and country radio, dual exhaust, wide whitewall tires, only 58,000 actual miles, with original factory keys. In the late 80’s I started looking for a 57 Hard Top because I had a 57 in the early 60’s and it was my favorite car. I decided to start looking for a 2 door like I previously had blue and white with a 312 engine automatic. I looked for over two years and never had the time to go look any further. I told my son I would give him $300.00 if he found me the right car that I wanted to buy. It had to be a factory Blue/White with a 312. My son spent many nights at the library looking at out of state newspapers and this is how it was located. He found this car located in LA from the original owners. When my son called me I was in the Kansas City area, I traveled for a living. I called the owner and made arrangements the next day and flew from Kansas City straight to Los Angeles to look at the 57. I purchased the car from two daughters of the owner. The reason they were selling it was that their father, Albert was ill. Albert knick named the 57 Blue Swirl. The original owner had the 57 repainted to the original colors back in the early 80’s by his local Ford garage where he purchased it. My son did receive his $300.00. These personal plates will not come with the sale of the 57. When they opened up the garage door I was just amazed. After inspecting the car I opened up the trunk and there was three deuces sitting in the trunk. I have pictures of the car sitting on Hollywood Ave in Los Angles. I was really surprised how clean the 57 was and being rust free, in fact I was almost going to drive it home but it was at the wrong time of the year so I hired a transport to bring it back to Lincoln, Nebraska. After driving and showing the 57 for 5 years I decided to start a complete restoration. I pulled the motor and had a machine shop completely rebuild it. The transmission is completely rebuilt and painted. The car has been completely rewired with Ford harness. The fuel pump, water pump, hoses, belts have all been replaced. The whole power steering system was sent off to Chicago to be rebuilt. The radiator was completely restored. The exhaust is in excellent shape and the mufflers are cherries. Almost every nut and bolt has been replaced on the entire car. The gas tank was completely redone and boiled out with all new lines. I sent the 3 deuces for a complete rebuilt to Phoenix, AZ. Underneath the hood is better than factory. I dropped the front end off and completely powder coated everything that could be powder coated. For example, the radiator and support, all tie rod links, idler arms, tranny lines, inner fender wheels, valve covers, hood hinges, rear end, leaf springs, drive shaft, gas tank straps, upper & lower A-frames, front stabilizer bar, frame cross member, coil springs, oil fill cap, battery tray, heater fan box, pulleys and radiator fan, power steering fluid reservoir, carb linkage bracket, brake fluid cylinder. I even went as far as doing the drive shaft. We sanded the frame and painted it black. The differential was taken apart and has been completely gone through; everything was replaced plus all bearings. It has all new brakes and brake lines. I took all the old undercoating off and replaced it with new undercoating. It currently has a steering wheel but the original steering wheel is still in the box since it was completely restored by a steering wheel restoration shop. Then it went to the suspension shop. It had new coils, new springs and shocks put in by InLine Suspension. Next it went to the frame machine to be checked; after that it went for alignment and any adjustments. In it’s continuing journey since it was a rust free car I took it to a body shop and had them sand blast the floors and put white rust coating preventer completely on the entire floor and trunk . After that I pulled the dash and sent it off to Massachusetts for a complete restoration, it took over seven months to get it back and it is beautiful, this is still in the crate. They replaced all the instruments, the glass, chrome, and restored the radio. The dash was repainted back to the factory color. The cost of this journey was $4,977.43. The interior is not done but the entire seat springs are powder coated. The reason why I have not done the upholstery work is that I could not make up my mind if I wanted it restored as factory or tuck and roll, like my first 57 which was done by a local shop in 1962 in Wahoo, NE. I kept putting it off and time went by. Now I have decided to sell the 57 and let the new owners decide what type of interior they want. CURRENT CONDITION OF BODY: Please look closely at the pictures of all the original bumpers, grill, stainless steel, tail lights, windshield, rear window and all windows and hubcaps; can you imagine that this is all ORIGINAL! If you rated the paint from one to ten, it is a nine with eight small nicks that have been touched up with the original color. I feel this 57 is probably the only 57 in the United States that is RUST FREE! I feel the reason why is it has always been in a heated garage all its life. It has never been driven in rain or snow and was properly maintained. The body is as straight as an arrow. The car is 100% complete and no altering. Whoever purchases this 57 will have a car with a lot of history! I always had a dream to drive it to Los Angles and cruise Hollywood Avenue. I have worked on this car for 25 years and anything that I have done has been first class all the way. I have spent $28,000.00 plus on restoration also that is not counting the purchase of the car in the late 80’s which I paid $15,000.00 plus delivery charge, this totals over $43,000. I have many of the receipts for the restoration but over the years I have misplaced some of the receipts, for example some of the powder coating bills, rebuilding the transmission and some odds and ends. A copy of the receipts go with the sale of the car and it is possible I can get copies of the receipts that have been lost. If anyone would like to see copies of the receipts before the bidding is over, please email me and I will send them to you by email. If you started this restoration in 2011 it would probably cost you over 40% more than what I have invested. If you have any questions or if you want to discuss the 57 please call me at 402-890-2726 Dave Please bid on this exceptional 57 only if you are confident that you will be able to keep it in its proper condition and shape that it richly deserves. I know of an individual that is in the delivery business that can deliver this 57 at a reasonable price. On May-11-11 at 10:34:58 PDT, seller added the following information: We received some questions concerning the rear end being powder coated. Yes it was taken out of the car, completely rebuilt and powder coated. Concerning the 3 Deuces, those are genuine Ford carburetors.