Here are some of our other Fords. Our 1965 Cobra Replica during construction. Assembled by my father and I over 4 years, it's a Contemporary kit powered by a 428 CJ. Here's what it looks like all finished. Our 1968 Mercury Montego convertible. powered by a Ford 390. Here's a shot at the drag strip. It ran a 16.10 @ 89 MPH (totally stock), the ET suffered because traction was a major problem. Heres the car with new whees. |
Here are some pictures of the Fairlane. I'll get some sounds of the 289 up as soon as I can. |
Here are a few of my favorite links: Woody's 62 to 71 Fairlane Site - Lots of information, the best Fairlane site I have found 1964 Thunderbolt Page - Another great page, lots of pictures and information, this one dedicated entirely to Ford Fairlane Thunderbolts MustangWorld Sounds Page - A great collection of car sounds The Muscle Car Database - A listing of just about every muscle car horsepower ratings and quarter mile times Crites Restoration - Everything you need to make a Thunderbolt clone 64 Fairlanes and 63 Galaxies - Lots of informaton, also shows a detailed restoration. Inertia's Home Page - support your local music scene and check out Inertia, a band featuring myself and two friends. |
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This is a 1964 Fairlane 500 sports coupe. The car spent most of its life in California, and from what i can tell was in Utah for most of the 1990's. I found the car, or maybe I'll say the car found me through a wanted ad online. Someone responded to the ad saying "I found another ad that looks like what youre trying to find". I checked out the ad and through phone calls, emails, and many pictures the car was purchased sight unseen. It arrived on a car carrier to our home in Pennsylvania in late Feburary 2001. We were naturally nervous never having seen the car in person before, but we were very pleased to find that the body was very straight and the entire car was very free of rust (something almost unheard of in an unrestored Pennsylvania car). The previous owner had also rebuilt the 289 shortly before we bought the car, and it turned out to be fun driver. Our eventual plans are to build a Thunderbolt clone. We are accumulating parts to put a 500HP 428 together now, and we will install a roll bar as well as a race prepped c6 and 9 inch rear when the time for the engine swap comes. I'll keep this site up to date with pictures as we go through the project. |
Here is some information on the car: -1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe -Light Blue wih dark blue interior / bucket seats -C4 transmission -289 bored .030 over -Lunati camshaft / 230 duration @ .050 / .512 lift -9:1 compression -Carter AFB 600 cfm carb -Edelbrock performer 289 intake -Hooker super comp headers -Dr. Gas X pipe with 2 1/2 inch duals -Flowmaster 40 Series Delta Flow Mufflers -8 inch rear w/ 3.50 gears |
Here are a few of my favorite links: Woody's 62 to 71 Fairlane Site - Lots of information, the best Fairlane site I have found 1964 Thunderbolt Page - Another great page, lots of pictures and information, this one dedicated entirely to Ford Fairlane Thunderbolts MustangWorld Sounds Page - A great collection of car sounds The Muscle Car Database - A listing of just about every muscle car horsepower ratings and quarter mile times Crites Restoration - Everything you need to make a Thunderbolt clone 64 Fairlanes and 63 Galaxies - Lots of informaton, also shows a detailed restoration. Inertia's Home Page - support your local music scene and check out Inertia, a band featuring myself and two friends. |
Here are some pictures of the Fairlane. I'll get some sounds of the 289 up as soon as I can. |
This section is currently under construction, but I'm going to post pictures and descriptions of any projects or tune ups that anyone might find useful. We are planning to paint the car soon and in the future i will post any developments about the 428 engine swap. |
Here are some of our other Fords. Our 1965 Cobra Replica during construction. Assembled by my father and I over 4 years, it's a Contemporary kit powered by a 428 CJ. Here's what it looks like all finished. Our 1968 Mercury Montego convertible. powered by a Ford 390. Here's a shot at the drag strip. It ran a 16.10 @ 89 MPH (totally stock), the ET suffered because traction was a major problem. Heres the car with new whees. |
