'57's are one of my favorite Ford's, too! But, (there are always "but's" online
) on '57's, the front bumper enhances there look so much. I think it would look much better with a fiberglass bumper. I could live with the lack of a bumper on the rear.
I like the radius wheel well, it was common in my day and MUCH easier to get the big tires on and off. The 385, not so much but, a Cammer, hell yes!!
In my day, there were lots of A/G and A/GS type cars, driven or towed on the street (SoCal) and weekly street racing. It was the class that everyone watched the results in. One of the most fun classes to watch at the drags, was AA/A and AA/FA (in those days, AA stud for AWFUL AWFUL
)
This is my best friends '32 that we later put my LR in. We street raced it often.