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1964 Ford Fairlane
Well, I botched this all up. Somewhere I lost a bunch of pictures of the car going back together.
The car in question is a 1964 Ford Fairlane that I picked up for $125. It had a 200 in-line six w/ a 3 speed manual.
The floor had rotted away, and the previous owner attempted ot bolt the trans support to the floor pan somehow and gave up on it.
So I towed it to my brother's house thinking we could get it up and running fairly quickly, but my ambition got the better of me.
The six had a bad carb, and although it turned over, I decided to drop in a 302. It had drum brakes, so I decided to swap a set of granada spindles
on it, and switch to disk brakes up front. Well, life caught up to me, so the car was put into storage for a bit, which ended up being 4 years or so.
The car is currently parked in my garage, but due to the fire, getting a workshop going to play with cars hasn't been my top priority.
The only pics I can find are of when we cut out the shock towers (here).
Here's what's been done so far.
- Driver's side floor cut out to install new floor pans
- Shock towers cut out w/ the kit from Crites
- New front end for disk brakes installed - kit from Crites
- Lower control arms boxed and reinforced for a bigger sway bar
- At the time I had a '70 Galaxie that blew it's 351. I built up the 302 for the Fairlane, and stuck it in the Galaxie. The Galaxie is gone now, but the 302 is ready for the Fairlane.
- 302 details:
- Bored .30 over
- New crank
- Windsor Jr. heads
- Performer intake
- Holley 4 barrel carb
- New cam, can't find the specs
- Pertronix ignition
- Hooker headers
I've got all the parts, just have to find some time now. Another interesting note, I was looking into modifying a couple of engine stands to make a rotisseree, as I don't relish the thought of welding in the new floor pans on my back.
I inquired in a forum if anyone had ever heard of anyone doing this before. Instead I get an offer from a guy who wanted to know if I wanted to buy the one he made for his '64 Fairlane for $200. I said sure, but found out he lived in Alabama (I live in Chicago).
He tells me that he has relatives in Tennesee that he was planning on visiting, and I met him at a truck stop in southern Illinois and bought it off of him. When I get that far, I'll make sure to post some pics. For now, it's probably going to be at least until spring before it gets going again.
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