Need Advice on Fox Body FE Project

[Rory428]

Jay, that Futura does look pretty decent, and it is even not ridiculously far away from you.  Be interesting to see what the final price is .

[TomP]

So how was the trip to Missoula , Jay?

 The Falcon Mene Gene posted would be perfect for Drag Week, a wedge head FE ought to keep up with Bailey in Unlimited class.

[jayb]

Thanks to djburton for posting that link, the car was just what I wanted.  Managed to get it for $2K.  Good start to the next race car...

[Rory428]

Awesome Jay! Welcome to the "Fine Fraternity of Ford Fairmont Fanciers"!

[machoneman]

Go Jay! Nice that you found such a clean car and so cheap too. Must give us all progress reports and pics. Will this be a FE with your new heads? Hey, while I'm at it, maybe a run down on drivetrain, cage, car color too?

[jayb]

Bob, I am planning to run my top end package with the RE exhaust ports in this car, and take it to Drag Week at some point, probably 2024.  First it is going to a friend of mine in Idaho, who is fairly close to the car and will be picking it up and bringing it back to his shop.  He will be doing bodywork and paint.  The paint job will either be a love it or hate it thing for most people, I think.  For a long time I've wanted to paint a car to reflect a World War II aircraft paint scheme, so I'm going to do that on this car.  I'm looking at two different paint schemes, either from an Avro Lancaster in the RAF, or a P-51 Mustang from the USAAF.  Pictures I'm looking at are below.  The Mustang scheme would be really gaudy, maybe too "out there" with a black and white checkerboard dominating the front half of the car.  But it looks cool, so I don't know.  I could replace all the swastikas shown under the cockpit with Chevy bowties on the door, but I'm liable to get beat up if I do that  I like the Lancaster because with the lower half black, it would really show off some nose art (which I have some good ideas for, think Vargas girls...).  The top half camouflaged paint is something I like too.  I'm going to be thinking about this for a while.  By the way, if anybody else has a WW2 aircraft paint job that they think would look good on a car, post a picture!  I've got some time to decide...

[Rory428]

Hmmm, and here I was thinking a factory "old man" beige with butterscotch interior would be cool. I guess a "going for the throat" look would get some attention for sure. Regardless , we can never have too many "FEarmonts"  out there. Looking for progress reports on here, please.

[1964Fastback]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hells_Angels,_Flying_Tigers_1942.jpg

[WConley]

I vote for the Lanc color scheme with the roundels.  You've already got one of the colors on the car!

[mike7570]

On a Fairmont, wow your braver than I am. Not sure it will work with that body style. Maybe something like this .......... 

[frnkeore]

Don't forget the P38 Lightning and F4U Corsair (the prefix is great, too). They are the 2 fastest piston engine, fighters of WWII. I also like the P40 Flying Tigers, like 1964fastback does.

Don't forget to add "The whole Nine Yards" to it somewhere, too. As well as MoPar kills, to go with the Bowties.

[mbrunson427]

Jay, I was looking at that car all weekend....price never went up and I was like shoot that's a deal. I have some family in Bozeman I was going to have scoop it up. I'm glad you got it.

[MRadke]

This is only my opinion, but I would only go with that sort of paint scheme if you have military service in your backround. 

[XR7]

Congrats Jay. I grew up in Missoula, and Polson MT, still have friends there, I live about 175 miles away in Idaho now. Where in Idaho is your friend?

[jayb]

He's about a half hour south of Boise.