Project Update!!!!

[97nukeford]

If I had the 67 F100 sold, I'd take a hard look at it, especially since it's already set up for a big block. I think my wife would NOT be happy if I bought another car right now!!LOL!

[cowboywanabe]

Don't want to hijack the thread, but is the Fairlane smaller than the Galaxy? It can't be much smaller or it'd be a Mustang!

[jseim44]

Pat, I agree on the big block thing.......that's what really caught my eye. Imagine my 390 in that car........

Rob, I'm not sure. I always thought the Galaxy's and Fairlane's were the same.......but looking at the one I think the roof line is a little different.......I have no idea though, I could be way wrong.....

-Jake

[cowboywanabe]

I know what you mean... Ford seemed to have a lot of overlap in the models in the 60's - 70's... Fairlane, Galaxy, Torino, Elite, LTD they all seemed to be so similar in size.

[jseim44]

I think the Fairlane/Galaxy/Custom/LTD were all the same car in the 60's.........just different names and different badges, etc. Pretty sure they all had the same engine/tranny combos, etc.......

-Jake

[husker]

From an old geezer that was 17 years old in 1966, the Fairlane was Fords intermediate size car. There were 3 general body sizes at Ford. The Falcon was the compact, the Fairlane was the intermediate(same general size as chebby malibu, and dodge coronet), and the Galaxy was the full sized. The first Mustangs were closest to the Falcon in size and components. Hope this helps with the history lesson. I would have loved to have had a Falcon Sprint back in the day with a V8.

[jseim44]

Well there you have it. He was my age when these cars came out so you bet as a good young gearhead does, he knew his stuff!!!! I can't wait for the 09 Challenger......opps.....did that slip out? Oh well. They should prove to be some really bad cars.......by bad I mean wicked........

-Jake

[97nukeford]

Oh, you are soooo busted Jake! 09 challenger....okay, so I want to see the 09 challenger too.

[husker]

Thanks for the compliment Jake, but I wasn't much of a gearhead then, but at that age you can name just about any car that is on the road and what engine etc. that might have been available.

The local Ford dealer in '65 had a red two door hardtop Falcon Sprint with a 265 V8 and a 4 speed. I really wanted that car, but couldn't afford it. The neighbor down the road bought if for his daughter. What a waste. For you youngins a two door hardtop means there were no "posts" between the front windows on the doors and back windows, so when the windows were all rolled down the profile was similar to a convertable with the top up. If the car had the posts, then we usually called the car a sedan. No posts and we called it a hardtop.

[The_SnowMan710]

oooo that fairlane get's my blood pumping! i was almost the proud owner of a galaxy 500 for a project car a while back, buuut unfortunately that fell thru...o well, i'm a truck guy anyway, which speaking of trucks, got me a new sterio wired up in the 81, now i need some speakers....got a friend that's gonna give me a set of infinity's out of his dudge so i'm thinkin that'll do the trick! now if only i could get the heater to work...and the valve to quit ticking...

jake, a challenger? tisk tisk,

NEBRAKSA CHAPTER!!!!! jake's got a bad case of mopar...i think i smell intervention in the breeze...

[97nukeford]

I'm a little worried about him myself...He says his brothers getting married the day of the meet this month....there isn't a mopar show somewhere that he's sneaking off to that day, is there???

[The_SnowMan710]

lol not that i'm aware, but we b keepin a close eye on him in hastings!

[97nukeford]

Do that Kenny!! If he starts showing up wearing mopar shirts, we're going to have to have an intervention!!LOL!

[husker]

Maybe we could all chip in and buy him a 84 reliant to drive for a month to try to effect an adversion cure.

[jseim44]

Hahaha........so no one's seen the new Challengers? They're pretty good lookin and pumpin' pumpin some pretty good numbers out of that 6.1L HEMI. At least I didn't say I wanted a new Camaro!!!!

-Jake