Great find! Before you commit to Chassis Engineering parts, you might want look at some others. A friend has their 35-40 dual leaf kit which is 3-4" too high (36 phaeton, maybe too light), and the Center Tunnel Clearance and Transmission Mounting Kit (36 cabriolet), on which the holes weren't even close. Of course, as with all our old cars, YMMV. You are close enough to Zigs and So-CalNW.
I can't find anything on the '64 Fairlane's rear end width, from outside to outside, but 58" is the magic number. The spring pads, on each of the 8" Fords that I have used have been in the correct spot, too. I used the TCI spring setup, in the back of the '37 sedan that I had and used 3" blocks to get it to where I wanted it to sit.
What tailshaft housing do I need to use with a turbo 350 and the C.E. trans tunnel? 6" or 9"? Has anyone found a junkyard driveshaft that will fit? As popular as this stuff is, someone must have been through this before. I'm just looking for some tips and tricks before I go off chasing wild geese.
Some updates. I have been busy with the chassis these past several months. As busy as an old Grandpa can be, that is. Yesterday I deemed it complete enough to set the body back on and today I did just that. All by myself. I guess I could have used a little help, but everything came together pretty well. Now I'm figuring out where all those Bob Drake body bolts go. Here's som pix.
You've come that far since April !!!!! WOW!!!! That is a lot of progress in 4 months. Looks great too. Don
Just to let you all know that I haven't croaked yet and that things are progressing. I had to wait about a month to get my 327 back from the builder. These pix are about 6 wks old. All that I need to do is fluids (gas, water, tranny) and I'm ready to turn the key. The tires are a little premature, but I just couldn't wait. After I got them mounted up it was a great morale booster. Now I waste a lot of time just standing there and staring at it. Anybody ever do that? Ha! Ha! I'll get some more pix soon, but for now I'll say that motor looks just like it was pulled from a freshly wrecked '64 Vette.
[QUOTE="wutnxt, post: 10699765, member: 8860Now I waste a lot of time just standing there and staring at it. Anybody ever do that? Ha! Ha![/QUOTE] No, I sit down and stare at em, ha ha. Very cool, you have done very well.
Maiden voyage I've had it fired about a month ago but today is the first day it moved under it's own power. I drove it from the hoist that's inside the side rollup door, around to the front door and into the shop. No problems arose during the journey and now I'm going to hang the doors, put the seat in temporarily, a little tuning and then off to the DMV and insurance office. From April last year to today, things went pretty well. What do you guys think?
That little car is about as perfect as you are gonna get. Maybe a little pinstriping on the firewall before you set the hood on? Nice work, -Abone.
Your car looks great,love the firewall treatment and your approach with your engine detailing. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Know where you are. Worked on the Woodburn mall when it was being built. Have an uncle in Tigard who is into cars. Nice area and climate. Used to be restaurant in town that had the best berry pies and a monster burger. If you could eat it,it was free. Was there about 4 mos.
Guys,Thanks a lot for all the kind comments. I had thoughts of a total bottom to top redo, but I just couldn't bring myself to cover up that real 1968 era patina. Besides, I'm 69 this year and I wanna drive this thing before I get too old or ????? The wheels are actually factory Ford LTD wheels, 6's in front and 6.5 in back. Very affordable. I'm thinking about some of those full moon caps or the old standby, baby moons and caps. I will have a nice simple upholstery job in the future but for now it's just going to be shakedown to see if there are any bugs. Again, thanks for all the great comments and for all the help from fellow HAMB'rs. Couldnt have done it without y'all.
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