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Ford Fairlane 500 Thunderbolt rear view Modified, street-driven, 1964 Fairlane Thunderbolt. Based on the standard two door post sedan Fairlane and named for a factory experimental Fairlane of 1963, the Thunderbolt combined the light weight of Ford's intermediate-sized body introduced in 1962 with a "high rise" 427 cu in (7.0 L) V8 engine with dual 4-barrel Holley carburetors intended for use ...
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This 1961 Ford Gyron, which reminds some auto enthusiasts of "The Jetsons" cartoon that aired in 1962-63, is among 100 concept vehicle images that Ford Motor Co. just added to its online archive site.
1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt. As the muscle car market took shape, Ford built a small number of Fairlane two door hard tops prepared for drag racing during the 1963 season. [citation needed] These cars were running the 289 and were set up at Dearborn Steel Tubing that built the special cars for Ford special vehicle operations .
The Ford Fairlane and LTD are full-sized luxury vehicles [1] produced in a series of models by Ford Australia between 1959 (with the LTD commencing production in 1973) and 2007. From 1959 to 1964, the Fairlane was a locally assembled version of the American Ford Fairlane , which had taken its name from Henry Ford 's estate, Fair Lane , near ...
The 427 cu in (7.0 L) engine was used in 50 lightweight fiberglass-equipped cars for drag racing. These competed in North America but were still too heavy and Ford introduced the lightweight Fairlane Thunderbolt. The Ford Country Squire station wagon, while wearing "Country Squire" badging, was actually part of the Galaxie 500 line.
It was in the Thunderbolt, as part of the Bill Waters Ford Racing Team in 1964, that Ronda won Super Stock at the first Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races, in Riverside, California. [2] He was also a member of the Ford factory drag racing team, running one of their 427-powered Fairlane Thunderbolts. [4]