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05-03-2019, 06:30 PM | #1 |
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57 T Bird non porthole top
Did any 57 T Birds come through with non porthole hard tops?
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05-03-2019, 08:03 PM | #2 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
I recently heard somewhere (can't remember where) that you could get a non-porthole hart top if you wanted it in 1957. I don't have any proof of that. Just something I heard.
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05-03-2019, 08:33 PM | #3 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
I heard that they could be deleted in 56 and 57. If so, you got an emblem at about the same spot the 55 top had it. Different emblem for 57, I think 56 was the same as 55. I added the “dealer option” portholes to my 55, blind as hell without them. But this is more urban legend information than the real stuff. CTCI info probably has it right.
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05-04-2019, 12:12 AM | #4 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
Porthole window hardtops were optional in '56 & '57, but they were popular and more were ordered than the non-porthole tops.
'55 and '57 non-porthole tops had year specific emblems. (photos below) '55 = Ford Crest. '57 = round T-Bird emblem, '56 non-porthole tops had no emblem. There's a couple paragraphs about them on the lower right corner of the page at this link... http://www.portholeauthority.com/thu...tbirddesc.html Last edited by dmsfrr; 05-11-2019 at 02:45 PM. Reason: add photo |
05-04-2019, 12:27 AM | #5 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
It has been a long time but I remember hearing that port hole or not was a no cost option. I have had '57's both with and without the port hole tops. You really need the port holes for visibility.
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05-04-2019, 12:44 AM | #6 |
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05-04-2019, 11:05 AM | #7 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
I cannot say for sure but I do know the tops will fit all three years the only difference is the rear clamps and clamping plates. As far as I know you could get a hard top and after mid1956 you had to specify whether porthole or non-port hole. Porthole tops were not available before mid 1956.
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05-04-2019, 12:40 PM | #8 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
I have a non porthole 57 top. It came with my 55 bird. I had it since 1967, when I bought the car. At the time I didn't know the difference. Later on, after doing different kinds of work to it I figured it out. sanding it revealed (among other things) that it had at one time the round tbird medallion on it originally.
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05-11-2019, 02:41 AM | #9 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
They existed. My mom bought a '57 T-bird new with no portholes. She had a choice of several but she wanted that car because it had a 312, 3-speed manual with an overdrive. I inherited it and eventually and sold the car to a collector who was looking for a port hole delete car. When I told people I had a '57 T-bird they would always say, "that's the ones with the portholes". Then I had to say, "all of them except mine". They have a little round emblem on each side of the top that the porthole cars do not have.
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05-11-2019, 02:43 AM | #10 |
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Re: 57 T Bird non porthole top
They existed. My mom bought a '57 T-bird new with no portholes. She had a choice of several but she wanted that car because it had a 312, 3-speed manual with an overdrive. I inherited it and eventually and sold the car to a collector who was looking for a port hole delete car. Really nice original paint car. When I told people I had a '57 T-bird they would always say, "that's the ones with the portholes". Then I had to say, "all of them except mine".
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