NumberDummy, we may not agree on alot, but we do as far as 57 fords being fast, we do. The first car I remember us having was a 57 ford fairlane with the 312 thunder bird special, that car would fly. I know every car seems fast when your just a kid, but the motor still lives yet today in my uncles old 56 ford pulpwood truck. The truck just sets now, but even as a teenager I helped my uncle in the woods. That truck would bury the speedo at 90 mph with a load. Everyone I've mentioned our old 57 ford to would say, "yeah, I remember that old ford your dad had, that car would run like a scolded dog". The 312 out lasted the car, a 54 pulpwood truck and is still running in a 56 pulpwood truck, that we no longer use of course. It had a set of rings put into the motor in the mid 70's, thats the only thing ever done to that engine other than oil and tune up's. It has a holley 4 barrel, but didn't some of those 312's have 3 2-barre's or trips as they call it? I was thinking that some of the 312's in the T-bird could have been purchased with tri-power, I was thinking even a super charger was available for the 312. It's been a long time since I've given the old Y blocks any thought and my memory isn't as good as it once was hee hee. The one thing I do remember is that car was fast and would burn the tires. It was faster than a chevy small block in 57 as my dad tells me he stomped a few when I wasn't in the car with him.

 

Buick and Dodge had pink cars, marketed to women, like the Mary Kay Cadillacs of today. My third grade teacher drove a pink, white and black '57 or '58 Dodge. I was smitten by both.

Jim

 

My Dad had an old 58 Dodge that was pink but he didn't like the color (and the big rust holes). We patched it up that $75 car and painted it 65 Chevrolet Lavender. It wasn't as bad as the MOPAR Plumb Purple. We were teenagers with access to a body shop.