64 Custom Fairlane 500

Looks nice!

 

It has bags on it, in 91 I got tired of ripping off the exhaust and put hydraulics on it. I had fun with those, but now I have kids and bags are way safer. Plus it rides like a dream.

 

Nice.
Why remove the anodizing, and what does that leave you with?
Thats not a judgement, just want to know, not familiar with that treatment.

 

If you had told me what you were going to do with this car before you started I'd have said that it wasn't going to work.....and I'd have been wrong. I wouldn't have thought that this car would have worked as a mild custom but it really turned out pretty cool.

Doc

 

How is the rear set up? Did it have coils or leaves?

 

No not a troublemaker, just trying new things, I helped build my best friends 64, his is a racecar, and a nice one. We go to all the shows together. I just had to set them apart

 

It has a custom mono leaf a local spring company made me, I did a bridge in the truck when it had hydraulics with coil overs. It left me plenty of room to install the bags.They are sitting on top the rear.

 

The anodizing is a REALLY tough factory coating that prevents the metal from corrosion. After 40 yrs. It turns yellow and gets milky. Cant be polished. If you remove it, it can be polished again. It really made a difference, The acid used to remove it is nasty stuff though.

 

Thanks Doc, my father gave me some serious S%&# over it, but he really likes it now its finished

 

Cool thanks. I'm getting ready to bag my '62 Mercury and I'm looking for ideas.

 

If you need picks, p.m. me your email and I can send you pics front and back. No problem

 

Cool man, Thanks.

 

Its a real nice car you get there. Like it

 

Cool car! A buddy had a 64 back in the day that was pure bad ass. Always liked those cars. Love the tail light treatment. Did about the same thing on a 56 Ford I had and used Fairlane taillights.

 

I like it. I've never seen one done that way.
Mine is a 63 done in a more conventional style

 

I really like it. Little iffy on the console as well, but I'm not a big fan of consoles to begin with, and, it's not my car. Haha

Good job, have fun cruisin' it.

 

Nicely done.

 

I love the fins on the 63's

 

Nice car.

I want a '64 2 door sedan to make into a street strip car. The bubble hood kind.

 

I am very aware of the bubble hood kind...lol, I had one at one time and never put it on. This is my Griswald Family truckster now. I do have a 10 second Mustang for tension releases..

 

68olds98, That is a killer car in your avatar, I never seen one before. I love the bodylines....Sweet

 

Love the ingenuity that went into the design of the center console. Well done sir!
I keep coming back to this thread and the pics. The car is well thought out, designed, and built. Good Job!!!!

 

Love those tail lights, I may have to steal your idea! and I'll take full credit for it of course. hehe Just kidding.

 

Thats finished up as a really slick ride, I like the rear view nice...

 

THANKS ALOT FELLAS, When I was doing things, My father and a couple friends where giving me a hard time about alot of the things I was doing. They changed their minds once it was done.

 

Nice execution! Everything blends to make for good eye, the tail lights are tops. I also haven't got my brain wrapped around the console but the only guy YOU have to IMPRESS is YOU, the rest of us can bite it.

I'm going the other way. I just bought an Econoline beam axle and will probably do a hole in hood instead of a bulge.

My car came with an 87 302/C-4 and the EFI has been removed. Do you know if that was the first year for roller motors? Is there an easy way to tell besides taking the intake off?

New to Fords but learning,

Don

 

I am pretty sure its a roller, and I believe it also has forged pistons, 93 I know they went to hyperutectic pistons. Thanks man

 

Oakmickinley, steel away man. They should of been stock like that.