PARTS SOURCES & LINKSRestored 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan - Sold
The car's restoration required many new generic, new reproduction, new-old-stock (NOS) and
new-old-reproduction-stock (NORS) from the following companies:
UNITED STATES
Concours Parts & Accessories, www.concoursparts.com, (the most 50s Ford restoration parts available)
Dennis Carpenter Ford Reproductions, www.dennis-carpenter.com, (another great source for 50s Ford parts)
Tee-Bird Products Inc., www.tee-bird.com, (lots of specialty parts the other guys don't have for T-birds and Fords)
Thunderbirds Southwest, www.thunderbirdsouthwest.com, (a good selection of T-bird and Ford parts)
Burton Antique Auto Parts, www.burtonantiqueautoparts.com, (front fender ornaments and other trim parts)
LeBaron Bonney Company, www.lebaronbonney.com, (the classic car upholstery place)
Roadster™ Whire Wheels, www.roadsterwirewheel.com, (only-the-best wire wheels)
Diamond Back Classic Radials, www.dbtires.com, (the whitest wide white-wall tires on the planet)
The Clock Works, www.clockwks.com, (make your classic car clock like new, again)
Speedway Motors, Inc., www.speedwaymotors.com, (the best old-time hot rod parts shop around)
Kanter Auto Products, www.kanter.com, (a long-time supplier of classic car parts)
MAC's Antique Auto Parts, www.macsautoparts.com, (parts for many classic cars)
New Port Engineering, www.newportwipers.com, (wiper electric motors)
Bob's Classic Auto Glass, www.bobsclassicautoglass.com, (supplied a like-original rare no-tint windshield)
Inline Tube, www.inlinetube.com, (brake lines, brakes, exhausts and other stuff)
Pertronix, Inc., www.pertronix.com, (seem to have electronic ignition for every car ever made)
NAPA Auto Parts, www.napaonline.com, (big chain store with lots of old Ford wear-item parts), and
B&W Antique Auto Parts Inc., www.bwautoparts.com, (specialty parts).
CANADA
NAPA Auto Parts, www.napaonlinecanada.com,
B&W Antique Auto Parts Inc., Cobble Hill, B.C., www.bwautoparts.com,
B&W Metal Cleaners, Coquitlam, B.C.,
California Rod and Custom, Langley, B.C., www.californiatire.com,
Clark Transmissions / Mr. Clutch Inc., Burnaby, B.C., (now retired)
Fairlaneacres, Revelstoke, B.C., email, (a bone-yard of parts in the mountains of central BC)
Kool Coat Ceramic Coating Ltd., Langley, B.C., www.koolcoatceramiccoatings.com,
Kinetic Powder Coating, Courtenay, B.C.,
Lordco Auto Parts, www.lordco.com,
Larry's Cars & Parts, Courtenay, B.C., www.larryscarsparts.com,
Muffler-Tech Performance Ltd., Port Coquitlam, B.C., www.muffler-tech.com,
National Tire Wholsale, Delta, B.C., www.nationaltirewholesale.com,
Rainbow Powder Coating, Coquitlam, B.C.,
The Old Car Centre, Langley, B.C., www.oldcarcentre.com,
Wood Radios.com, Surrey, B.C., www.woodradios.com, and
21st Century Alignment, Burnaby, B.C., email.
OTHER COOL CAR WEBSITE LINKS
Custom Car Covers, www.customcarcovers.com.
Ford and Y-Block Reference Websites
1957Ford.com, www.1957ford.com,
Antique Automatic Transmission Parts, www.autotran.us/index.html,
Answers.com, Ford Y-block Engine, www.answers.com/topic/ford-y-block-engine,
John Mummert's Ford V8 Website, www.ford-y-block.com,
LOVEfords - Info for Ford, Mercury, Edsel, Lincoln, www.lovefords.org,
Rod & Custom, Y-Block Revisited, www.rodandcustommagazine.com/tipstricks/74739,
Red´s Headers, Speed Equipment for Old Fords, www.reds-headers.com/html/y-blocks.html,
The Carburetor Shop / Ford Applications, www.thecarburetorshop.com/Kford.htm,
The Classic Ford, www.theclassicford.com/1956_Ford.htm,
The Old Car Manual Project, www.oldcarmanualproject.com,
Timmy's Y Block Ford V8 Page, m571.com/yblock,
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Y-block_engine, and
Y-Blocks Forever, www.y-blocksforever.com.