Suggestion:Have a look at the voltage regulator.Does it say 6 or 12 volt?Pull a couple of small bulbs-taillight or front headlamp.6 or 12 volt?Somebody has played with this car.Just because the battery is wrong and in wrong doesn't mean the rest of the car has been changed!Regards Mark(up north in sunny Canada!)

  

If this car has been converted to 6 volts, it needs to be changed back to 12 volt.  12 volt wiring is smaller than 6 volt, may not be capable of delivering enough amps at 6 volts.

John in Selma, IN 

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

ohh.i'm sorry.. said that wrong..it's a 12 volt system, but he has the polarity backwards..gotta go fix it

William



1957 Ford Fairlane 500

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chuck

what you were told is true we never imported 57 or 58's into aus we still had enough 55-56 bodys left over for another 2 years we did keep importing engines though it was the first time ford australia was out of step with ford usa & canada.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

it is 12v for sure... My appologeeeeze. Wne tthru it when i was doin an alternator conversion.

William



1957 Ford Fairlane 500

292 Bored .30 over

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Hello Moz,Thanks for that answer.I sold a neutral switch to a fellow in your part of the world last month.I asked him to email me a picture of his 57 Customline.When I got it was I ever surprised.It is almost identical in color and body and exterior trim to my 56 Fairlane.Interesting to see the steering wheel on the opposite side.He told me he bought in the mid 70's and it was one of 500 produced  special edition with a "blackstripe" on the rear quarter panel.Nice looking car.Now I know why its a 57.He also told me that 2-doors were never available in  "Ozzy" but many have been  imported afterwards by buyers.Thanks Mark

  

my pleasure mark

yes it is true we got 4door sedans only no vickys or club coupes, customlines & our coupe utility which we called mainline.

our 57's came in 1 or 2 colors & some with a black stripe on the quarters & our 58-59's came in 1-2or 3 colors (all different) untill mid 59 when we got the tank fairlane.

interestingly our f100's were all the same as usa & canada but we didnt get the y-block untill 55 & it was the 272 only our f100's had the 292 as did our thunderbird's.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Hello Moz,The Y-block was not available in Canada in the cars until 1955 either.We got to use the flathead for one more year.272's same as yours.Never did get the 239 Y-Block here.Regards Mark

  

mark

that explains why we never got them all our stuff came from canada henry wouldnt export to australia for some reason, yet in 1933 when lewis badt designed our coupe utes he went to america in 1935 so henry could meet the man who designed as he called it "the kangaroo chaser".

i met lewis bandt once he came in for petrol at the service station i worked at, he had 3 cars which he designed that he owned one of which was his 1934 ute, he drove it every day sadly at the age of 76 while driving his ute home from making a tv documentry about it he was killed in a head on collision with a 5 tonne tip truck. he gave ford australia some amazing vehicles. he was also the person to change the customline's into  coupe ute mainlines as you can see mine in my signature.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Moz: Ford of Canada was formed If I recall correctly, in 1904. And was given exclusive rights to export to certain areas, including Australia. Hence since we didn't get the Y-block into production until 1955, you didn't get them until then either.

Paul