This car was given to me by a friend of my family in the spring of 2005. Here's a short history on it.
It was bought used in 1967 by her grandparents. Her dad then took the car and used it and it was passed down to his daughters. Our friend got the car and after she was done using it, stored it in her garage until 2005 when she needed to get rid of it because of lack of space.



The seats were redone sometime in the 80's so they're not accurate for the car but they're okay. The only unfortunate thing is that since this car was stored in the country, mice decided to invade. The seats will have to be redone and the headliner will need to be replaced. No biggie though. The carpet was put on the dash by her father, for what reason, I don't know.


Under the hood looks pretty rough however all of the wiring is intact and in great shape. The car does run thanks to it being properly stored.


I have many ideas rolling around in my head as to what I want to do to this Fairlane but I'm always open to suggestions.
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Fred
'64 Fairlane 500 4-Door - Stock Auto 260
'88 Cougar XR-7 - 5.0HO, ported heads, cobra intake, 65mm TB, cold air, maf conversion, Flowmasters on dual exhaust with headers.

A lot of people way back when I was thinner, younger and had hair put carpet on the dash to save the dash from the suns rays and to prevent cracking and fading. Just thought you may want to know.

Mike
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1966 500XL 390 C6 Mostly stock at the moment.

i'm a 66/67 guy, but out of the generation 1 bodystyle the 64 was my favorite. my dad has a 64 stationwagon in his salvage yard that's a whole car, i've debated on pulling her out and fixing her. i love the side chrome on that year.
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NMCB 28 Seabee Battalion

The '64 is my favorite of them too. I would have loved for it to have been a wagon. I really like them for some reason. Too bad it's not a two door, but hey it was free.

Thanks for the input Mike. I spoke with the woman who I got the car from and she said the carpet was put on because the pad was cracked. I'll be pulling it off to have a look. Its really old and nasty too so it will definitely be coming off.

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Originally posted by 5.0willgo:
The '64 is my favorite of them too. I would have loved for it to have been a wagon. I really like them for some reason. Too bad it's not a two door, but hey it was free.

Thanks for the input Mike. I spoke with the woman who I got the car from and she said the carpet was put on because the pad was cracked. I'll be pulling it off to have a look. Its really old and nasty too so it will definitely be coming off.

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30 here and would not have a car younger than myself...ladies are another story... Don't tell my wife I said that
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67 Fairlane 500 Convertible
Mild 289, 4-Speed Wide Ratio Toploader
Color: Dark Shadow Grey Metallic
Custom Pin Striping By Von Hot Rod
Lots of Vintage Cal Custom Accessories

34 here and cars younger than me are for daily drivers to get to and from work, and to go shopping with so if they get dinged it not a major concern. H ave to agree with ceral69 about the ladies.
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66 hardtop downunder