PROJECT CAR:
1956 Ford Fairlane
Club Sedan
STATS:
This car was purchased at Family
Classic Cars in San Juan Capistrano. It has
a 390 with Mallory Ignition, 4bbl Holley Carb
sitting on an Edelbrock manifold aboveGT
Heads, HD Springs, leaded seats, Chet Herbert
Cam, Mallory Balanced Crank pushing
through custom headers, dual exhaust out the
rear. keeping it's cool is a 4-line re-cored
radiator. It moves with a C6 tranny, a B&M
Quicksilver Shifter and 9inch rear. The interior
is a really clean black tweed and leather 50/50
bench seat and "Business Coupe" rear
"seat". Ididit Column and polished
aluminum wheel, and moon gauges. American Racing
Torq Thrust wheels wrapped with Firestone Firehawk
rubbers. The exterior is painted and sanded
smooth PPG Black and PPG 95 Corvette Cloisenette
Blue top. Engine work is done at Jerry's Performance
Engines in Garden Grove.
DAILY DRIVER:
This project car will be documented in coming
months about the trials and tribulations of
making this "Show Car" into a "Go
Car". The effort is to make a dependable
driver out of this running beast. H.D.
A SQUEAL:
We noticed it when we test drove the car. Each
time we went around a corner there was a slight
squeal in the rear. Upon closer inspection we
found the outside wall of the rear tires were
rubbing on the fender. New rims with a deeper
inset would do it. Other alternatives include
stiffining up the suspension and adding a sway
bar to keep the body from rolling.
WISH LIST ITEMS:
Power Booster for the brakes
Stereo System (replace '70s cassette deck)
Trunk Carpet Kit
Barefoot Gas Pedal
Electric Wiper Motor
Re-Chrome the Hood Ornament
New Tint on the Windows
New Front Turn Signal Lens (Dennis Carpenter)
New Rear Lens.
Front Bushings
Items in Red are completed items |