1957 Ford Thunderbird

[ModelcarJR]

This is a four day quick box stock build. Body work and paint on Thursday/Friday and rubbing out the body, foiling, and building on Saturday/Sunday. Everything is from the box except for the hood scoop decal which came from the Jaguar XK-E that I had recently finished (a complete coincidence).  the paint is Tamiya Coral Blue inside and out with white seat inserts and hardtop. No mirrors, no turn signal indicator lever, no wiring. Now its on to the next project! Thanks for looking! ?

 

 

 

[Rattlecan Dan]

It's pretty enough that's for sure. Man, that's a fast build.

[Tom99]

Nice!

[ncbuckeye67]

Beautiful Bird, in a classic color combination! I know a local man who has a real one exactly like that!

[espo]

Great looking '50's color and finish. Like the interior. The kits provided hardtop is a '55 issue T-Bird roof with no side portholes. When these were new the 1on1 owners sometimes sought out a '55 roof not wanting the portholes since they didn't really offer much in the way of additional sight lines. 

[ewetwo]

That is beautiful.

[Yeah Nah]

Amazes me how you guys get such good results in short build times! 

[charger74]

Very nice 

[Dave Darby]

21 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking '50's color and finish. Like the interior. The kits provided hardtop is a '55 issue T-Bird roof with no side portholes. When these were new the 1on1 owners sometimes sought out a '55 roof not wanting the portholes since they didn't really offer much in the way of additional sight lines. 

Non porthole hardtops were available all three years. 

[KWT]

Very nicely done. Color definitely suits that era

[slusher]

Beautiful Thunderbird, John!