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“Fairlane GT”1966 Ford Fairlane

90 photos documented since 2005 3 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

Bought the Fairlane in Feb 1993 from Bob Flora, a gentleman who restored the car to excellent shape. I drove the Fairlane daily for 10 years.

Then Sep 2005 is when big changes started, beginning with Duffee Motorsports installing a Baer disc brake system. Duffee and his crew also built the 484 engine.

Bob Flora installed the Painless Wire Harness (which wasn't so painless LOL poor guy), I just held the wires together while he soldered. He also made the custom subframe connectors, custom insrument panel with Stewart Warner guages, modified the clutch linkage with heim joints, rebuilt and narrowed the rear end, installed the new gas tank and fuel line.

Together, Bob Flora and I installed the 484, Toploader, and CalTracs. He also started the 484 on it's first time. We got the Fairlane back on the road in April 2007.



A HUGE THANK YOU goes to Bob Flora for helping me get my Fairlane back together. He did alot of work on the car and graciously allowed me to use his shop, his tools, and his experience and resourcefulness.

The 24 pictures of the Baer disc brakes install were taken by Jeremy at Duffee Motorsports. Thank you Jeremy. — ezgoing

Day one vs. today

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1966 Ford Fairlane in 2008
1966 Ford Fairlane in 2005
2005 2008

Photo history

90 photos across 4 years — drag the dot to travel through this vehicle’s life. Captions are the owner’s; where there isn’t one, the AI caption fills in.

2005

2005

24 photos added — showing 8

1966 Ford Fairlane - The old 14 inch wheels before the install. Nice, but they won't work with the big 13 inch Baer rotor and caliper. Bear recommends at least… 1966 Ford Fairlane - 17x7 Cragar S/S on the front with 4 inch backspace and 225/40 Nitto tires. No clearance problems with the fender or the subframe. I like th… 1966 Ford Fairlane - 13 inch rotors on the front and 12 inch rotors on the rear. Awesome! 1966 Ford Fairlane - The old, single reservoir, master cylinder. Thank you Lord that it never failed on me during all those years of daily driving. 1966 Ford Fairlane - The new master cylinder. It puts the brake lines a bit close to the valve covers, because the ports are on right side, but it works just fi… 1966 Ford Fairlane - Old front drum. Good bye sluggish brakes. 1966 Ford Fairlane - Down to the spindle. You can see the old hub in the blue tub. 1966 Ford Fairlane - The Baer hub and caliper bracket which will go on the front spindle.

2006

58 photos added — showing 8

1966 Ford Fairlane - Now you see what the crate looks like, which David Kee uses. Before I took this picture, I had already taken out all the bolts which go aro… 1966 Ford Fairlane - You can see how the toploader is secured inside the crate. Those two black collars are removable. On the front collar there are two big bol… 1966 Ford Fairlane - I had David Kee install big input and big output shafts. He also replaced second and third gears, synchro assemblies, bearings, speedo gear… 1966 Ford Fairlane - Genesis 427 Side Oiler block. Bored and stroked to 484ci. Built by Duffee Motorsports in Phoenix Arizona. Yes, that is the same shop which… 1966 Ford Fairlane - That valve train looks bullet proof. :) T&D rocker shafts, Comp Cams solid roller lifters. 1966 Ford Fairlane - I love that GENESIS 427 foundry stamp. You can see the Comp Cams solid roller lifters. 1966 Ford Fairlane - Duffee Motorsports ported the heads and intake. 1966 Ford Fairlane - Man that looks nice.

2007

6 photos added

1966 Ford Fairlane - Here is a picture of the custom made aluminum instrument panel. Bob did a great job. The missing guage in this picture was attached to the… 1966 Ford Fairlane - Bob eventually made a custom wire harness for the back of the instrument panel with a 12 pin quick disconnect. 1966 Ford Fairlane - The new custom instrument panel. I like it. These mechanical guages are so much more informative than the factory idiot lights. This pictur… 1966 Ford Fairlane - DONE. The 484 is home and all hooked up. What a beast. This picture was taken on the Fairlane's first day back on the streets, April 13 200… 1966 Ford Fairlane - My 484ci 66 Fairlane GT with 17 inch Cragar SS Wheels and Baer disc brakes. The 40 series tires are a little too ricer-ish for my taste. Ne… 1966 Ford Fairlane - Most recent picture, taken near Lake Pleasant on May 5, 2007. Baer recommended 17 inch wheels to clear the calipers of the 13 inch rotors.…

2008

2 photos added

1966 Ford Fairlane - This picture was taken before I left Glendale, Arizona and headed out to Wes' house in Klamath Falls, Oregon to meet with other FE big bloc… 1966 Ford Fairlane - You can see the chain restraint Bob made to keep the engine from ripping the left side motor mount apart. It goes from the Edelbrock head t…
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