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1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon Revell USA Thunderbird 312 1/25 RMX4548 14548 85-4548 854548

1957 Ford Del Rio Wagon Restomod 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build How to Assemble Paint Two Tone Interior

The 1957 Fords wore fresh styling, and they were arguably the best-looking cars to come out of Dearborn during the Fifties. Ford’s ’57 station wagons were longer and lower than ever, and the style leader of the bunch was the two-door Del Rio Ranch Wagon. Revell has painstakingly designed this highly detailed kit to allow the builder to choose a factory-stock Del Rio or a California-style street machine.

Features
Newly tooled street machine parts include large-diameter custom wheels, a custom tube grille, smooth bumpers, and a selection of period-perfect chrome engine dress-up parts.
The highly detailed 312-cube V-8 can be built three ways. Options include single or dual carbs, along with the factory’s rare Thunderbird Special supercharger set up.
Builder’s choice of stock or lowered suspension.
Intricately detailed chassis includes a separately molded frame.
All-new decal sheet with factory-correct details.
Choice of stock wheels and tires with separate dog-dish caps or contemporary custom wheels wearing low-profile tires.
Molded in white, transparent red and clear with chrome plated parts and soft black tires.

The Ford Del Rio is a full-size, six-passenger[4] station wagon[3] that was produced by Ford in the United States for model years 1957 and 1958. The model was also marketed under the name Del Rio Ranch Wagon.

The impetus for the creation of the Del Rio was Ford's desire to remain in the two-door sport wagon market started by the Chevrolet Nomad and Pontiac Safari and the decision to discontinue the company's original attempt at a sport wagon, the premium Parklane, which failed to entice buyers during 1956, its only year in production. Four-way power seats were available.[5]

While the Nomad was Chevrolet's most expensive model, offering a premium vehicle with a show car-inspired body style, the Del Rio was strictly based on an existing product, the utilitarian two-door Ranch Wagon, Ford's least expensive station wagon, as part of the Custom 300 series.[2]

Beginning with the basic body, buyers of the Del Rio were offered a unique two-tone paint scheme (optional), better quality interior and exterior brightwork (including gold anodized aluminum accents) and a higher grade vinyl upholstery. Del Rio buyers also had their choice of either Ford's “Mileage Maker” 144 hp six or its “Thunderbird” 215 hp, 312 cubic inch (5.1 litre) displacement Y-Block V-8. The Del Rio was equipped with 11-inch front drum brakes.[1]

Like all other Ford station wagons at that time, the Del Rio used a two-piece tailgate – a feature that dealers emphasized was an advantage over GM's steeply raked rear gate and self-storing window, which were known for water leaks in heavy rains.

While the Ford sold more Del Rios in 1957 (46,105) than Chevrolet did with its Nomad in its three years of production, Ford terminated the Del Rio program at the end of the 1958 model year after selling only 12,687 of its "sport wagons".

Ford didn't entirely abandon the concept of a two-door station wagon, and used a smaller version with the all-new Ford Falcon in 1960, offered in multiple bodystyles, including a two-door station wagon.
Class Full-size Ford
Body style 2-door station wagon
Layout FR layout
Platform 1957 Ford
Related Ford Fairlane
Ford Ranchero
Mercury Commuter
Powertrain
Engine 3.7 L (223 cu in) "Mileage Maker" I6 145hp[1]
5.4 L (332 cu in) FE V8 240-265hp [1]
5.8 L (352 cu in) FE/Thunderbird V8 300hp [1]
Transmission 3-speed Cruise-O-Matic automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 116 in (2,946.4 mm)[2]
Length 202.7 in (5,148.6 mm)[3]
Chronology
Predecessor Ford Parklane