1956 Ford safety features

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/56_ford2.html  

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/56ford.html

Kenneth

Fredricksburg, Texas

Ditto on Newport Engineering and painting the backside a light color. I have three cars with Newport's conversion and never had any problems with them.



AS far as the back of the dash, I did this to my 56 Bird and 54 Victoria and it makes it much easier to work behind there.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

I always like to paint the flip side with a light color of paint. Any light color will help you to see and navigate once you are back together and reinstalling everything. Last time I did this I used some silver I had left over.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

The one on my 56 is from Newport engineering bought from Tee-Bird.Com.I just  went to the Newport site and they sell direct.Its great because you use the stock mounting bracket and arms.Happy with mine

  

If you are going to drive it a lot I would definitely do it. I converted mine just because I didnt want vacuum wipers. Get a copy of Street Rodder magazine in the back ther is an ad for wiper conversion. Price is dependent on who you contact. Around $150-200. Well worth the price. 

55Birdman  Hickory NC

Thanks all! Great forum full of good stuff! These later Fords are sure are allot more complicated than the Model T's and A's I'm used to working on! =-)



I guess while I have the dash out, it would be a great time to replace the vacuum wiper motor with an electric (previous post). I am planning on buying a conversion kit from one of the vendors...



Anybody have an thoughts on the electric wiper conversion, pro or con?



Thanks!

Geo. - Ore. w/56 Town Sedan

The first thing to do is remove the front seat so you can have plenty of room to work. There is a lot of things to disconnect, take your time and label everything. Take some pics of the underneath before disconnecting anything so you have a reference point. Easier to take pics with the seat out.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Here is a link regarding the 56 dash

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic32075-4-1.aspx?Highlight=dashes

marv

I just got the new Carpenter catalogue.He has the padded dash only for 57 Ford.Hello Rusty!You and I are working on the same model.Nice to have another Town sedan.

  

I replace the cover on a 56 convert. just cleaning surface good and then appling some weather strip glue and bunje cording it in place using shims on the enges