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By lovefordgalaxie - 13 Years Ago
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Hi,
I'm into building model cars, the plastic kit kind, and I'm building a AMT 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria. The car is already painted Raven Black, and will have the light gray/dark gray interior. The only part I'm in doubt are the floor pans. All cars I saw had black floor pans, some were flat, and some were gloss. I want to build an accurate model, so I think the correct would be to paint the floor pan red oxide primer, and add some body color overspray on the sides, rear wheel wels, and trunk floor, then to paint the frame semi gloss black. Can anyone say if the car really came this way? I believe it should be the way I just told, becausemany other FoMoCo cars of the period were fabricated this way, and I really doubt Ford would have had the trouble of painting the floor pans of the cars black, but I'm not 100% sure. Any help, ore even somepictures would be great!!
Here are some of my built models if you got curious about them:
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Thanks!!
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By Y block Billy - 13 Years Ago
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Are you talking the floorpans inside the car or on the underneath? Most inside pans were the color of the car, underneath they used mostly the color of the car but also used up a lot of their leftover stock from an article I read a while ago, so it could be a blend of things under there.
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By lovefordgalaxie - 13 Years Ago
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yep, I'm talking about the underside of the floor pans.
I couln't find any text on the subject, something from Ford would be pefect. The most incredible it could be, I found material on the '58 Edsel when I was building one, but not on the Fairlane!!
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By slumlord444 - 13 Years Ago
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Not sure about the passenger cars but the T-Birds were the same color as the outside of the car, BUT they sometimes used whatever was handy including a dukes mixture of whatever was left over. I have heard of some olive drab floorpans. I would paint them the same as the outside of the car.
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By PF Arcand - 13 Years Ago
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Yes, my 57 has the "olive drab" floor pans as described earlier. I've looked for some time for kits or models of 57 Fords. Usually the only models or kits that come up, are for Retractible Hardtops. Where do you get an AMT or other model or kit for a 57 Victoria?? Thanks.
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By lovefordgalaxie - 13 Years Ago
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I bought mine at a hobby shop, but are lots of them on e-Bay
The AMT reference for my kit is 8028.
The model is of a Fairlane 500 Club Victoria, but the box only says 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. I have other editions of this kit, and they also say 1957 Ford Hardtop, or even just 1957 Ford, but they are all the same car. The model has oppening doors and hood, a 312 Y, with a Paxton supercharger as an option.
I'm building mine factory stock. I can post pictures of it when finished.
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By Ol Ford Guy - 13 Years Ago
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I think the interior/upholstery should be black and white, not black and grey. Go to 1957ford.com and you will find the interior colors taken from the Ford dealer sales books.
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By Larry D - 13 Years Ago
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On my '57 Club Victoria, the underside floor pans were painted blue and green. Up top it's Inca Gold and Raven Black. The factory used whatever paint was leftover in the guns before they were cleaned. Some cars had three or even four colors underneath.
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By lovefordgalaxie - 13 Years Ago
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I'm using colors to simulate the colonial vinyl and gray cloth. The colonial vinyl was not a perfect white (I saw some pictures of restored cars) and looked more like a very very light gray tone. On a picture of a original car, it even looked a little green-ish gray, what I think is due to be 50+ years old.
I sent a e-mail to the 57ford.com, and got an answer from Mr. John Gambill Sr, and he told me the northern built cars had the undersides painted, to help sealing against rust, and the southern built cars had only primer, with the eventual paint overspray.
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By lovefordgalaxie - 13 Years Ago
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For the one that got curious, here is the finished product, a 1/25 scale Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria.
I decided to go with the southern built style, and just prime the underside, and add some body color overspray.
Hope I did the car justice.
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By pegleg - 13 Years Ago
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You did, almost looks real in the photos.
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By MoonShadow - 13 Years Ago
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When I was younger I got my car passion from building and customising car kits. I don't think any of mine ever looked as good as yours. Great job! Chuck
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By bird55 - 13 Years Ago
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That looks sweet! My bird from the factory, still has metallic med. blue sprayed up into the trans tunnel and some of the floor. Mostly covered by dealer undercoat. UGH!
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