Great find! Congrats! You have something that is very very worthy of your time put in it! I’d make it a dependable daily driver and enjoy it.
Thanks! He would have loved to have seen the progress.
Here’s some floor pan photos and one of the inner rocker.Just from what I can tell from your pics, if there was ever a candidate for a frame off resto, this car would definitely be in the club. I'm thinking of the completeness of original parts, lack of cancer rust and general straightness of the metal here.
Hopefully the inner parts of all the panels still have paint coating to protect, but I'd want to get that "patina" slowed down. Your clear coat plan would go a long ways towards that if the inner surface isn't doing the same thing. But dust/dirt absorbs moisture and nature does what nature does, so I got my doubts. What does the underside and floor panels look like?
But it's still a heckuva find in that condition. It's even a 2 door!
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Man I'd get that thing on a lift, blast everything I could possibly hit and then throw a thick coat of bedliner on everything! That old girl is in great shape!
Does it have the oil filter accessory? Since I presume its the original 265.
I sur miss my 55 hardtop.
I sur miss my 55 hardtop.
Somewhere along the line the 265 was replaced with an early 283. Has the oil filter.
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My grandparents had a '57 with a 283. It was my grandmother's favorite car. My dad had a '55 Crown Vic when he married my mom. He was an aircraft mechanic in the Air Force. It started burning some oil so he sold it. 
Great find , thank you for taking the time to share the story .
What a great find! I understand your desire to keep it stock, but it would be an easy decision to drop a 350 in the engine compartment with some mods. 
I'd build the Powerglide or a Turbo 350 and bolt it to a LS crate engine with a Painless wiring harness. It's the easy button to pinning you to the seat back and/or shredding tires.What a great find! I understand your desire to keep it stock, but it would be an easy decision to drop a 350 in the engine compartment with some mods.
ETA: But on the other hand this car would be cool as hell just as it is. Not many this original.
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