{"id":76295,"date":"2020-10-29T16:31:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=76295"},"modified":"2020-11-09T07:42:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:42:30","slug":"pandemic-project-1957-ford-fairlane-hardtop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/pandemic-project-1957-ford-fairlane-hardtop\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Project: 1957 Ford Fairlane Hardtop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-76295-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/DSC_0591-min-scaled-e1604014271251.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;76297&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Pandemic Project: 1957 Ford Fairlane Hardtop&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\nLast year, Dennis Gorder and his wife decided to maybe do one last car project.\\u00a0 \\u201cWe had wanted a collector car in the 1955-1957 range,\\u201d said Dennis, former national president of a Model T Ford club.\\u00a0 \\u201cIn the spring of 2019, we heard of a 1957 Ford Fairlane two-door hardtop project car. It had been a father\\\/son project started in 1999 that was never completed. However, the asking price was more than we were willing to spend.\\u201d\\n\\nIn November 2019, the price was lowered. \\u201cWe negotiated,\\u201d Gorder explained. \\u201cIn late November, we picked up the baby blue 1957 Ford.\\u201d According to Dennis, the body had been done and painted. The chassis had also been painted and a 390 V-8 of unknown origin had been installed. It also had bucket seats, a console and a tilt steering column.\\u00a0 A new wiring harness, purchased in 1999, had been installed.\\n\\n\\u201cSome paperwork was included,\\u201d Gorder explained. \\u201cIt showed that parts had been ordered in 1999.\\u201d Needing completion were the wiring, carpeting, brakes, all heater cables and the inside windshield trim. Most of the windows would not go up and down. The seats had new covers, but no padding. Once Dennis got the car home, he found more things that needed replacement. The tires looked like new, but had 2002 date codes. The fuel lines were not safely routed.\\n\\n\\u201cI worked on the car over winter and then during the COVID-19 isolation period,\\u201d Gorder told Racing Junk. \\u201cBeing retired I had a lot of time to work on a car,\\u201d he said. \\u201cI estimate I worked at least three days a week for about six hours per day on this project.\\u201d The Ford-specific parts houses Dennis worked with were still taking orders.\\u00a0 For standard parts, he found that the local NAPA store remained open. \\u201cI actually liked ordering online and having parts delivered to our house,\\u201d he noted. \\u201cThere no big delays or issues.\\u201d\\n\\nMany of the car part suppliers Gorder used were offering free shipping. \\u201cI did not noticed any shipping delays,\\u201d he advised. \\u201cI have noticed that response time is sometimes longer than usual, which makes me believe they are working from home and perhaps on a limited basis. The CJ Pony company\\u2019s showroom was closed, but their shipments seemed to go out right after ordering. Questions took a day or two to get answered.\\u201d\\n\\nDennis has a shop behind his garage.\\u00a0 It is heated, has internet and satellite TV.\\u00a0 There is also a refrigerator in case refreshments are needed. Although the \\u201957 Ford was purchased before the pandemic, COVID-19 did affect his project. \\u201cWe originally planned to have it done by Fall, maybe for the \\u2018Cruising the Coast\\u2019 show,\\u201d he pointed out. \\u201cBut it was on the road by mid-May.\\u201d The virus actually helped him completing the car ahead of schedule. \\u201cWith no virus we\\u2019d have been concentrating on our completed cars to get ready for cruising and car shows,\\u201d he explained. \\u201cBut when the virus started, there was no need to get the other cars ready, no shows to go to. 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