Bought our best 1956 yet

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  1. Smokinbill

    Smokinbill Active Member

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    Original owner, Calif car, numbers matching 265/powerglide, Unreal 78k original miles, Frame up restoration with original colors.[​IMG]
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    Man that's high miles! Mine has 12,077! JK nice ride man!
     
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    Absolutely SPECTACULAR!
     
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  4. OrthmannJ

    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    Man, that is beautiful! Congratulations.
    Is this the only wagon you have, now that you passed the 58 along? Or does this one get to share the garage with another?
     
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  5. ModelT1

    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    I slobbered again!:1st::1st:

    Can I live in your garage? I promise not to touch the cars and clean up bread crumbs.;)
     
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    Was the electric wiper mechanism an easy swap? If so, from which model did it originate?:

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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    Very sharp.
     
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    The electric wipers were an option in 56. My dad had them on his 4 door hardtop with a padded dash!
     
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    I drove around all those years with vacuum wipres, because I didn't even know they were an option. The padded dash either. Oh, well.
     
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    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    My '55 Chevy wagon had the electric wiper which replaced the original vacuum which sucked!:rofl2:
     
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    Poison_Ivy Dogzilla Fan

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    ...vacuum which sucked?! Okay, Sir. I get the pun.
     
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    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    I remember my first two cars and some antique cars with vacuum wipers. Just when I really needed them, to climb a hill or pass, they'd stop sucking. That really sucked.
    But when on a car that wasn't used for years those vacuum wipers were easy to reseal.
    I remember buying '57 Chevy electric wiper motors for under $10 at swap meats. Last I read they are several hundred now.
    My '55 wagon does not have the old cable system anymore. We replaced it with modern under dash motor and rods.
     
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