'64 Fairlane Build

[curleysracecars]

Hey everyone,
First off, thanks to everyone who contributes to this forum! It is an absolute wealth of knowledge and experience. Ive spent countless late nights reading through threads, not realizing how late it really was and that I needed to go to work in a few hours.

This started as a personal project for myself. Customers stuff is nice, and it pays, but it was starting to get difficult doing all the work then watching it leave and having someone else enjoy the end result. This was suppose to be a back burner type project when I was slow with customers stuff. That meant I didnt touch it for most of the first year I had it. Fast forward to now and I am solely working on it, trying to get it to a sellable state as my wife and I are planning on moving out of state and I dont really want to take it along with me.

I wont say too much and instead let the pictures speak for themselves. Basic plans for the car was to make a pretty nice street cruiser...that maybe could handle well? List of modifications include:

*Custom Front Crossmember w/ Removable Center Section
*Custom SLA Front Suspension Using MII Spindle
*TCP Early Mustang Leaf Springs Using Adjustable Front Mount (I could never get a definite answer on whether a tunable front mount would be beneficial specifically in regards to roll steer...so I went ahead and did it)
*Carbureted 302 w/ Ported Iron Heads (.030 Over)
*C4 Automatic
*9" Rear with 3.50 Center Section and Adjustable Shock Mounts for Future Coilovers if so desired
*4-Wheel Disc Brakes (all Ford stuff)

I have tried to think ahead and make accomodations for someone to change things up in the future if they want. Engine mounts welded to the crossmember are easily adaptable, rear shock mounts would accept a coilover no problem, front adjustable leaf spring mounts could easily be used with a 3-link or TA setup, etc.

I am lucky enough to use Solidworks often for modeling, and have access to lasers, press brakes, CNC machines, etc.

[curleysracecars]

Trying not to be too picture heavy but heres a few more.

[curleysracecars]

Wheels I chose. 17" up front, 18" in rear.

[curleysracecars]

Not a ton of progress. I have been up in the air on whether to paint it or not since I plan to sell it real soon (coming few months). I think a primered car with boxes of chrome trim will turn away some potential buyers. I have a list of things to complete in order to get it ready for paint. Wimbledon White it is.

I did receive hardware for the front and rear suspension. $160 worth of stuff pictured. I hate fasteners with the wrong grip length, so I tend to order AN hardware for most everything I do. Expensive but worth it in my opinion.

I also completed the steering column this evening. I didnt need the column shift any longer, and hated all the uglyness that came through the firewall into the engine bay. I machined bushings from Acetal, to adapt the stock column down to 3/4" steering shaft. I then shortened the entire column so that all of the column itself stays inside the cabin and doesnt go through the firewall. The only part coming through the firewall will be the steering shaft itself.

I should be able to close up the huge factory hole in the firewall and then poke a new small hole in it by the end of the week.

[jarhead]

Allot of nice details, The white will look nice!

[Flash68]

Wow. Cool project !

[curleysracecars]

Thanks for the kind words fellas. This thing is officially for sale. My wife starts her new job out of state April 24th, and this will be sold before we leave. Should have it in primer in a week or so, then decide if I want to paint it, or let the next guy pick his own color.

I was able to finalize all the steering setup, and made stainless steel straps to hold the aluminum fuel cell in the stock location. Even hemmed the ends of the straps like the factory, and put the same bend profile on the one end that registers in the body.

[zz430droptop67rs]

Very cool project!

I knew a guy with a 64 T-Bolt back in the day and thought I would follow your build. Nice work!

[Build-It-Break-it]

I wish you where able to finish this build but I'm sure the new buyer will appreciate the talent that went into it.

[curleysracecars]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I wish I could finish it as well...a lot of time invested in this deal.