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Passion, History, and Humor: The Journey of Larry Reynolds' '57 Ford Fairlane
Passion, History, and Humor: The Journey of Larry Reynolds' '57 Ford Fairlane
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About this episode
Larry Reynolds shares the story behind his stunning 1957 Ford Fairlane, a car that has been a labor of love since he purchased it in 2018. With a unique black and red color scheme and a powerful SVT crate engine, Larry discusses the modifications he's made, including a new interior and suspension upgrades. He reflects on the car's history, his father's influence on his automotive passion, and the challenges of finding parts for this classic. The episode is filled with humor and insights into the car culture, making it a delightful listen for enthusiasts.
Topics:
1957 ford fairlane
car modifications
svt crate engine
car history
car culture
automotive passion
finding parts
car shows
reliability
personal stories
Ever wondered why a 1957 Ford Fairlane could be compared to the infamous "Christine"? Join us at Hewlett Park in Granbury, Texas, for the Lone Star Street Rod Association's 49th Annual State Run. We catch up with Larry Reynolds, who shares the sentimental story behind his stunning black and red '57 Fairlane, featuring a 4.6 Mustang Cobra motor and updates he's made since its purchase on Christmas Eve 2018. Learn about the car's transformation from airbag suspension to coilovers, and the exceptional craftsmanship from Larry's friend's now-retired upholstery business.
But that's not all! We dive into the camaraderie and shared experiences within the car enthusiast community. From reminiscing about past scorching temperatures to the excitement of new showcases like Temple's Ribs and Rods Show, it's a celebration of passion for classic Fords. Discover why the 1957 Ford outsold its Chevrolet counterpart, the challenges of finding parts today, and the pride of seeing a '57 Ford honored by Street Rodder Magazine at the Cruising the Coast event in Biloxi. Plus, a surprising light-hearted detour into mosquito bites and car donation stories adds a delightful twist to the conversation. Don't miss this episode filled with humor, history, and heartfelt stories!
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Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast, a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning 8 to 11 am.
Central.
Welcome to the Hewlett Park in Granbury, texas, and the Lone Star Street Rot Association's 49th Annual State.
Run.
I think we're going to put a little fader in there or something.
I think what we're going to do is we're going to do without that that.
I'll tell you why in just a second.
But welcome to the show everybody.
49th annual state run from the low star street rod association.
This is the in-wheel time car talk show and just ahead, more attendees from this weekend's big show, plus our regular features, including new car reviews, jeff's weekly unique feature.
What is it?
What makes it unique this week?
um, what am I doing this?
Oh how, uh, that's what how you can you look like an idiot when you drive because of your features in your car?
Perfect, put it that way.
I I can relate.
Don't be an idiot uh, we got upcoming events, racing calendar, auto history all that more on today's in real time car talk show.
Howdy, along with mike, out of this world.
Mars King Con, I'm sorry, we need more Jeff Zekin.
There, you go.
Old habits die hard.
We have with us today our chief engineer and bottle washer, david Ainsley.
I'm Don Armstrong, glad you could join us today.
Listen, there's a lot going through.
what used to be a brain.
It's been a rough week.
It has been a rough week.
Absolutely yeah, it's just one of those kind of deals but, it's okay at any rate.
Thank you very much for joining us today.
Hewlett park, beautiful place and beautiful cars here, mr mars yes, and joining us now is mr lurie reynolds, and he has got this black and red 57 shift.
Uh, ford, there, it is my bad, you can hit me ford fairlane sitting over here and I'm not sure why I said that.
I want you to know that I parked next to that car last night at the hotel and I said to Leslie I said my God, I'm not a Ford man, but that car is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you, you have done an excellent job on that and it rumbles, the color combination, the way it's painted the black and the red everything just everything, it, just it, just it pops.
Appreciate it.
Works good for me.
I can tell you that.
So it's an honor to be with you because you did, you do all that work yourself.
No, sir, this car was started back in 2010.
A gentleman by the name of troy prump, three out of miami, florida, uh it's a miami car talking about miami and he came up with the concept and went from there.
I bought the car on Christmas Eve 2018.
Was that your?
Christmas present that was my Christmas present.
My dad had bought a brand new 57 Ford on Christmas Eve.
And what year is this?
one that's a 57.
57.
And my dad bought a brand new one on Christmas Eve 56, because they'd come out in October.
Same body style, same car, gotcha and I was six months old at the time, a brand new one on christmas eve 56, because they'd come out in october.
Same body style, same same car and, uh, I was six months old at the time.
My mom was mad.
Oh, she was mad because they didn't have money to put food on the table.
A new kid and dad goes by his new car, of course.
One other thing.
What else do you do, right?
but uh uh, the car.
The car was basically like it is now.
When I bought it I changed the whole interior, the whole interior idea and the trunk area.
It originally had airbags on the front.
I took that off and put coilovers all over at all four corners.
How hard was that.
It wasn't bad.
It wasn't bad.
It's got a fat man front end, which is engineered for the car.
Uh, it's got a 4.6
mustang cobra motor and, uh, the reason it doesn't have a coyote motor is because the coyote motor hadn't come out yet so this was so.
In other words, this is on your christmas list now the Coyote, there you go, so it's the same, except it's different.
It's the same, but it's different.
That is actually an SVT motor.
It did not come out of a car, it was a leftover crate motor.
Now you said you bought it in pretty much the condition it's in right now.
Yes, so what have you done to it personally?
What are the spoilers?
You just said that A gentleman that I went to high school with his parents had an upholstery business from the time I was in high school, which was a long time ago, up until recently, and then, after the mom and dad retired, he kept the business going and so he was a real good friend of mine and I came up with the idea.
I told him what I wanted and he said no problem.
And uh he, he did it out of his shop and uh, he's now retired too.
But uh, he does remarkable work and some so reasonable on the price because he's a one-man operation what's the name of his shop, because upholsters are hard to find yeah, but he's retired, now.
oh he, never mind he retired last year.
Neither one of y'all are paying attention, apparently.
Well, I just missed the retired.
I heard him talk about that.
But the name of the business was Poor Boys Enterprises.
The information isn't flowing down as far as we know, yeah, it's the wind blowing it back.
The car is kind of like a Christine Seems, like every time I go somewhere in it something breaks.
Did something break on it this trip.
It did what?
I've got a bad brake caliper on the rear and I had to stop once and throw water on it to cool it off where it would unlock.
Oh wow.
So it's hanging up, it's hanging up, so that's got to be addressed when we get back to the house.
What kind of calipers have gone on it?
They're four-wheel disc.
Is it a Wilwoods?
It's not Wilwoods, it's just.
I'm not real sure.
To be honest with you, I don't think they're an aftermarket actually.
Really.
Yeah.
So how far did you drive it?
It was probably let's see 100 miles here.
Okay, it was probably.
Let's see 100 miles here.
Okay, where are you from?
Garland, texas, where Garland, that's not far?
Yeah, and I've driven.
You know I don't own a trailer, so everywhere I go I drive the car.
I've been to Oklahoma City in it, been to Mena, arkansas Street, rod made up there in it, so it's relatively reliable.
Yes, does it have an AC in it?
Of course there in it, so it's relatively reliable.
Yes, does it have ac in it?
Of course it's texas.
Yeah, yeah, you got vintage air in it, it's vintage air.
It works very well.
It's got, uh, five speed trammock, so it's got the overdrive, and with the modern motor I get 20 miles a gallon on the highway.
Very nice.
So premium premium, yes, oh boy, oh boy.
So where did you find an SVT crate engine?
Like I said, troy built the car.
He found the motor somewhere.
I don't know, went to a dealership or had some connections with Ford or whatever, but he came up with the motor.
Because you don't hear of those sitting anywhere anymore especially in a parts department of a Ford Motor Company dealership.
Right, you know, and those motors are hand-built.
They've got the big seminar where the guy assigned it actually built the motor, so it's reliable.
I sure hope our tent doesn't blow away.
We've got a pretty good breeze blowing here.
I have to tell you, nice, I'll take the breeze.
You know exactly Because you've been coming in Lone Star Street Rod.
Association remember for a while.
Yes, I think two years ago it was 105, 110 out here.
Oh, at least 150 is what I'm thinking.
Yeah, I left about 11 that morning.
I said I've had a heat stroke before.
I can't do this Right.
Yeah, it was warm.
It's a beautiful morning here, it absolutely truly is Right.
So what do you plan on gaining on today's show New friends?
Always.
You know, I wouldn't have any friends if it wasn't for the cars Sure, car people.
Yep, well, and do you get trophied a lot?
Every now and then.
Just every now and then.
Just every now and then.
It depends on what show you put it in.
It just depends on the judges.
I mean, you know if you've got young judges or old judges or a lot of this day and time.
A lot of the shows are participant judging, so all the car clubs get to vote and they vote on each other's car Sure.
Do you take it to new events that haven't seen the car yet?
Yes, Actually I'm planning on going to Temple in October.
They've got a big meet down there.
We have a friend of ours that lives there by the name of George Skelton, and George, if you're listening, he's coming to see you.
It's the Ribs and Rods Show down there in October and last time I went I think they drew 600 or 700 cars.
It's a huge park.
That would be a great place for us to get invited to yes.
Yes, it would yeah, so pull your strings.
I don't have any strings.
No strings over there.
I'm the oddball, I drive a Ford.
That's true.
A 57 Ford Well, it is stunningly beautiful.
And did you know?
Ford outsold Chevrolet in 57?
.
No, I did not know that.
Yes, Ford outsold Chevrolet.
That's interesting, especially with the iconic 57 Chevrolet.
And what amazed me.
I had a real good friend.
He's passed away now.
But and what amazed me, I had a real good friend.
He's passed away now.
But he worked at a Chevrolet dealership in 56.
And when the 57 come out, the owner tried to find every 56 he could find, Because nobody liked it, he could sell them.
and nobody liked the tail fins.
Yeah, nobody liked the 57.
I'll be darned, but just you know, remarkable, you know you see one Ford out of 100 Chevrolets now.
If you think about it long enough, that was such a radical design.
The 57 Chevrolet with the tail fins on it Right, exactly Nobody had ever seen anything like that before and I think it took a while for that to catch on, or not, because they changed it completely.
That's a one-year model only.
It's not a 55 or a 56 like behind you Right.
The 57 is a one-year only model and the 58 completely changed Right Went back to the regular tail end on it.
Yeah Right, quad headlights and things, yeah.
And 58s didn't sell that well because the economy wasn't doing that well.
Right and lights and things yeah, and 58s didn't sell that well because the economy wasn't doing that well, right so, and it was a one-year car.
Yeah, how hard are parts to find for a 57 ford very hard.
There's a couple of uh reproduction companies, uh carpenters one of them.
Uh, he has a lot of stuff for the fords, but not they're, they're not well, you don't see that many of them, no, no.
And and with you telling us that that ford outsold the 57 chevrolet, you would think that there would be a market, an aftermarket for parts for that car, but apparently not well, I'm, I'm assuming the Fords rusted real bad and Ford just wasn't as popular as Chevrolet.
Well, and I think maybe the engine, because you think about it.
A lot of these, like these 32s and these 27s that are sitting over here, a lot of them run Chevrolet power plants, Right.
So the small block Chevy was really powerful.
Oh yeah.
And not too many guys are going to put a small block chevy in a ford like that, exactly so that that is a no-go for me.
Well, that's what I'm saying I'm sorry.
So if it's a ford, better have a ford engine, that's the popularity in it right kind of kind of loses some because of the power.
I think that's the reason I think they weren't so popular.
Buy.
Buy another car, don't put another engine in.
No, no.
That's why I'm saying they didn't and that's the reason it's not popular.
I mean, what was it?
312s 272s and 312s.
Yeah, and it just.
You know the performance market.
Look at you.
Mars.
How did you know about that?
I had one.
Did you?
I had Ford.
No, actually I was trying to put it into a 65 Mustang instead of a 289.
I thought bigger cubic inch and more Anyway no, that's a different story.
But either way.
Yeah, speaking of Ford in a Ford, it reminded me in 2019, I took this car to cruising the coast in Biloxi.
I probably heard about that, oh yeah.
And Street Rotter Magazine picked that car best for it in a Ford and I got a real nice jacket and it was going to be in Street Rotter Magazine but the month it was supposed to be in is when Motor Trend bought out all the magazines.
Yeah, and so it didn't make the magazine.
Killed it.
Killed it but.
I got the article anyway.
Well, that's good for you, because I was on the end when I was doing some freelance work.
I had three magazines that Interstellar bought and just shut them down one day.
They just said oh, no more.
And Street Rider was one of the most popular magazines out there.
Oh yeah, I just didn't get it at all.
I just didn't get it at all.
It was bean counters.
That's all I'm going to say.
Well, the whole TV thing is all jacked up now too, because there's no more Motor Trend TV, Discovery Plus.
Discovery Plus.
That Plus kills you, what?
Yeah, you've got to stream everything.
Yeah.
It'll get you yeah.
Let's see how we can scam everybody out of every last nickel that they can possibly make.
Well, guess what?
I ain't watching anymore.
I ain't either, I bet you, everybody else the same way.
If it don't come on my dish, I don't get it.
There you go.
What a shame.
So do you plan any other changes other than your break issue?
Do you have any other changes in store?
No, not really.
I'm pretty satisfied, I mean.
It seems to be, like you said, real, reliable, dependable.
Yeah, one of the main things I get out of a car.
If, when I get out of that car and I turn around and look at it again, I know that's the car, because I just I love.
You still have that feel for it, yeah.
You know, there's nothing I don't like about the car.
I mean, I love the color, I love the stance, uh, you know I do too, and I'm not a ford guy, right, but I like it too and I had a uh, when I was in autorama a few years ago.
Uh, the guy that judged my car which it won't do that well in autorama because it does have road, you road, you know a couple, it's a driver, it's a driver.
So it's not an Autorama car.
But um, the judge came around he said you know, I'm not a Ford guy, but I love this car.
I do too, you know Well, like I said in the parking lot last night I didn't know you nothing.
Nothing about the car Right car right I just thought wow, what a beautiful car that is it really is right, yeah, I'll have to agree I want to know how you found.
Did you find it on the internet in miami for sale?
ebay no shut up yes, ebay back in uh 2018 on ebay and uh.
I called the guy and made him an offer and he said okay.
And it was a one-family-owned car.
He sold that to build the 4040 he had and I said I would have never sold it if this was my parents' car.
Really yeah, it just didn't make sense to me.
So that means it's a two-owner.
You're the second owner.
Yeah, I was second owner.
Yeah, it just didn't make sense.
So that means it's a two-owner.
You're the second owner.
Oh it is yeah.
Yeah, I was second owner.
Wow, well, you've been holding back on us.
You didn't tell us that, yeah.
And a good custodian, obviously yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm glad you drive it yeah.
You, yeah, you know I've had a show car and I appreciate show cars.
You know trailered cars, I've been down that road.
I do appreciate it because it takes it to another level.
But at this point in my life today I like driving my car.
Right.
Absolutely, and I think that there's a lot to be said for that, and it looks as though that most of the people here do the same thing and have the same feeling about it.
That's what this organization is about, you know.
They say, if it's trailered, it's stolen.
That's good Something to be said for that Right.
Well, yeah, I'm looking at what looks like.
Another is that a Ford over there, that convertible?
that.
I see there that blue.
Yeah, it is Galaxy 63.
63 Galaxy.
You know him.
No, you need to know him.
Well, you all obviously have a Ford thing going.
Right, you know I like all cars.
I appreciate them all.
I've had over 100 cars in my lifetime and I grew up Mopar 68 Roadrunner was my.
Everybody kind of goes through the mopar phase.
Well, my family was mopar and and, but I was the lone ranger again in high school because I was the only one with a mopar.
I had the 68 roadrunner.
I was 15 years old, which wasn't a good idea, but but well, you're still with us.
It's a matter of perspective.
You didn't wrap it around a tree well, I did, uh.
My dad had a service station at time and he had a 66 sport fury with a full 40, actually from the factory with full 40, and me and him uh raced one night coming home from work and I said well, at least if I get thrown into family.
Family goes to jail together, stays together I said you know I can't get in trouble because dad's going to jail with me.
That's a family plan.
Yeah, I like them all.
I don't care if it's a Rambler.
So would you say that your dad was the one that kind of got you going into the love of cars?
Oh yeah, definitely.
He started taking me to drag races when I was like five years old and there was a drag strip not many people remember in dallas called the the circle uh, just a little outlaw track and uh, if I remember correctly, you had to run across the track to get to the concession stand.
So, and uh, at the end of the track there was a pond down there and if you wasn't on the brakes hard you was going in water.
You were going to stop.
You were going to stop, Wasn't there?
Also was it Green Valley.
Raceway Green Valley.
I was there many times.
I raced there a lot in high school.
Where was that?
Smithfield, Texas.
It's over in the Fort Worth area.
Gotcha.
And it was a great facility, yeah, and they had a road race course also there.
What is it, holmes?
Now you know over there they've got where Green Valley was.
They've got Green Valley Elementary School.
You can go in in Albertsons and there's a poster Green Valley Raceway.
There they really kind of remember their history even though it's not there.
That's good.
Well, it's great to talk to you.
It's a pleasure to meet you and we love your car.
What else do you want?
Money now.
Good health is all I want, oh.
I'm into that.
Yeah, we all do.
Well, good luck on your jaunt over to Temple in the fall.
Thank you.
Thank you for having me.
It was a pleasure being here.
Well, you bet yeah.
And we hope to see you again.
I hope so.
See you at Temple.
We'll see you at the hotel.
Yeah, the hotel.
I'll be there tonight too.
Well, you know, we're leaving this afternoon, yeah.
Unfortunately.
We.
We'll say good words to the hotel owner.
Okay, great.
Hopefully we'll see you all in Temple.
Okay, well, that's a thought I wrote it down.
And we'll see you next year, if we don't.
Yeah, Ribs and Rods is on Facebook, so you can contact them like that.
Sounds good.
Time now for a quick break here on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show, and I don't guess we're going to, because something's happened here and it's all gone away.
David, it says Owner, sign in.
And oh well, there it is, but it's not.
It went to sleep.
That's a Mars thing.
Now Mars is up.
He sleeps a lot, he's wide awake.
Time now for a quick break here on the In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show from the Lone Star Street Rod Association 49th annual state run.
We're out here at Hewlett Park and we hope that you'll stay with us.
We'll be back after this.
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This has been a mess.
This morning my computer blew up.
The camera blew over.
Camera blew over.
I'm on the wrong format.
Everything is not what it's supposed to be, but apparently it is what it's supposed to be.
It's going to be a good day.
Huh, it's going to be a good day.
Yeah, well.
I like it as soon as we figure this out.
What are you doing over there?
Are you trying to get some video up?
Yeah, I'm trying to get this all went away from it.
I think that, besides the mosquitoes that are here in the park, that were earlier.
They're not even a good bit.
David.
Well, David's got that odor about him.
Well, you know, it's only the female mosquito that bites Mmm.
Really.
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Well, that's what's wrong with me Getting all chewed up?
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We got a picture.
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So the Andretti saga continues in the Formula One controversy and the controversy this is Mafia.
How do you pronounce that Mafay?
Mafay versus Andretti?
I've never heard of Maffei.
Maffei.
The controversy stems from a decision made by the Colorado businessman, greg Maffei, who is the CEO of Liberty Media, which owns Formula One.
Check that out.
They wanted to shut down the efforts of General Motors and the Andretti family to become the next F1 dynasty.
As a result, lawmakers In our government they're filing an anti-competitive conduct against that gentleman.
He's facing serious backlash.
Among other details surfaced recently, they warned him that the legend Mario Andretti, that he told him in his own power, in his best power, to stop whatever efforts he had to get into Formula One.
So that blew everything up.
Now Formula One has experienced other things with Red Bull.
They've got things with female employees, inappropriate messages and things.
It's very, very nasty for them.
I am again on the Andretti side.
We're going to support Michael and his team and Andretti Global.
I'm on their team.
So we'll see what happens in the next go-round.
So that's it, yeah, all right, okay, there you go, thank you.
Are we back on?
I don't know.
Are we?
Didn't know we were off, all right.
I didn't either.
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I think that's a hand cleaner, isn't it?
It is.
It's kind of an orangey, very aromatic.
No, that's orange, that's another, that's another brand.
Oh, but does the same thing?
Very uh yeah very pumicey, pumicey.
Yeah, somebody, somebody's got uh an air wrench going on there behind us apparently they're air wrenching they're air wrenching over there, okay, well, there's.
Is that like air?
drumming.
It is kind of like that.
It's making sure.
Toyota Motor Company, still reeling from a rash of misconduct at group companies, is embroiled in a new scandal and will halt sales of three models in the home market, japan, after the automaker found that it had conducted inadequate vehicle verification, including for safety tests.
Mazda, honda, suzuki, yamaha were also caught in similar certification testing missteps under review prompted by Japan's Ministry of Transportation.
So the homeboys are over there slapping wrists apparently going you can't be doing none of that.
Okay, well, that's just fine.
Things are coming to light.
A lot of stuff's been behind the scenes and secret.
No more, apparently so, but who was to know?
Yeah, we didn't Pardon me.
Transparency.
Transparency.
Well, according to the story, I've got a feeling that they didn't mean to do it.
They just didn't know they were doing it.
But how do you have a bajillion-dollar company and go oh I didn't know we weren't supposed to do that, or I didn't know that we were supposed to do that?
Don't you pay people a lot of money to know that?
information.
Well, that's what I was going to say.
At the CEO level, you've got 100,000 employees under you.
Somebody gets paid to do that.
You don't necessarily have to do all that.
I bet you they ain't getting paid.
No more, no more.
No more.
no more Because they are in trouble and they're going away.
You're fired, sir.
Okay.
I think he did Well.
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