Protouring style 1966 Ford Fairlane

[preston]

yeah I think its a bit of overkill to worry about that main diagonal landing point being right on the node. But not that much effort to put it in there. Of course when I say "not much effort" that still means an extra hour of fitting and time is your money at a shop.

I'm kind of blown away by the bracing on that rear end. that's not all .120 wall plate is it ?

speaking of nodes I always enjoy posting this picture:

[Tyler D]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I was wondering that exact same thing. My next car is going to be all about eliminating anything that weighs anything that isn't required.

So I weighed the car a couple of years ago before quite a few mods. It was around 31xx pounds. Since then, I have taken out most of the interior, went from 17x7/8 wheels -> 18x10, went to wilwood brakes in the front, 8" to 8.8 rear, 289 -> 351 with alum heads, ditched the stock steering for abs power steering and finally replaced the bumpers, hood, front fenders, and trunk with fiber glass. I'll try to see how much the car weighs when I get it out of the shop.

[Tyler D]

I got some updates yesterday. They bent up some sheet metal to cover the gaping hole in the back.

[GregWeld]

Looks great!


Amazing what some simple sheet metal, a bead roller, and a brake can do in the right hands.

[SSLance]

Very nicely done!!

[MX145]

Very nice!

[torino420]

Nice Fairlane! Great work.

By the way, what fuel tank is that? Looks like a tanks inc but they don't make one for a Fairlane that I'm aware of?

[Tyler D]

Originally Posted by torino420

Nice Fairlane! Great work.

By the way, what fuel tank is that? Looks like a tanks inc but they don't make one for a Fairlane that I'm aware of?

It's from tanks inc for the mustang. It's quite bit smaller but a little deeper. I picked up a efi tank with the baffling in it. It seemed like a really easy way to hook up the fuel fittings and keep a lot of stuff from underneath the car.

Thanks everyone for the comments! I am really excited about the way things are progressing and I can't wait to get my car back.

[angrybird]

Nice car, keep up the good work!
What color is that, please post some more pics

[Tyler D]

The paint color is fire mist red. The pictures dont really capture it too well.
So I finally got my car back. I have actually had it back for a couple of weeks now. I took it over to a local shop that does more motor related business. The owner Paul, walked me around while I was there. It was the first time I have seen 6 second dragsters in person. He had one of his motors apart and I was floored. The block looked like it was CNC'ed! It was crazy.
Anyways, here is the car when I am picking it up from Paul's 4x4.



And here it is in hover mode.



I have a couple of more things to do before I can actually take it out. I have been having trouble sealing the thrermostat housing. I'm not sure if it was the intake or the housing itself but one of the bypass tube didn't line up. It could be a bad copy or not all ford sbf thermostat housings are the same. I ended up putting some jb weld in the housing to make the bypass hole smaller. I forgot to take pictures but hopefully it will work.

Also, coming up in March, the local NASA is going to start racing up at Miller Motorsports. I am going to try to get the car out there for some track time. Hopefully everything goes well.