66 Fairlane Reborn

[Jb427]

Hi all I am still pretty new to this forum and people on here have been very helpful with question's

around 2 years ago now i imported my 1966 fairlane hardtop to Australia. It was a 390 4b c6 car drum brakes all round.
First thing done was changing the brakes. I use Australia xf front brakes and stub axles and the steering tie rods to new Australia Xr falcon ones along with a remote brake booster mounted on the left hand side inner Wheel well.

That gave me vented front discs car was then lowered front and rear quite abit from stock diff was narrowed to fit 10/15 with 265 50 bf goodrich rubber and 8/15 225 50 fronts
fiberglass hood came shortly after that it did get it painted blue but i have lost the photo's of that.

Overall car looked pretty solid some slight bubbling of paint around the rear wheel well along with stress cracks at the top of the rear quarters and start of the C pillar.

[Jb427]

The car then got sand blasted back to bear metal to start fresh here is what was found.
Apart from what is shown in the pic's the left hand rear tail light was almost 100% gone and held in place with some welding if you can all it that 
fun started here first i ordered 2 half quarters but that was soon scraped 7 foot long quarter panel's are scary for me to weld something like that quite along time went buy but i ordered 2 new auto metal direct rear quarter panels and 2 new inner taillight mounting brackets and 2 new outer inner wheel wells.

The Auto Metal Direct parts are great the normal pushing pulling and tweaking here and there but over all a very pain free install highly recommended for the panels i bought.

[Jb427]

Car then went off for final prep and paint. Colour is Australian falcon colour Teal Glow
I have had the car back for around 2 months now
New wheels are fitted Torq thrust D 10/15 3/ 3/4" backspace and 8.5/15 3/ 3/4 fronts
Front and rear glass is back in just finished fitting the frontend. I am also using a malwoods under dash clutch master cyllinder and hydraulic throwout bearing for the bullnose toploader wide ratio big in and out shafts Malwoods also supplied my clutch billet flywheel and pressure plate. Rear diff is still std 28 spline 3.5 ratio upgrades to come on that yet.

Powering my fairlane will be a healthy 482 BBM block heads intake engine more info and pic's on that soon camshaft was dialed in today after i got all the goodies back from my engine shop Fataz Competion Engines.

[sixty9cobra]

Nice work and I love those wheels. Keep us posted on your progress.

[turbohunter]

Jealous of your paint job. Beautiful
I’m in the middle of a 67 right now. You’re giving me inspiration.

[Jb427]

Cheers people
fresh pic i forgot to add of the borgeson's power steering box you can also see the spacer made for the brake master cylinder.

[Jb427]

Here are some very early pic's of the new fuel tank and fuel system

[66FAIRLANE]

I likey! But then I am a little biased. Great work, looking good.

[iowa390gt]

 I am wondering about the borgeson steering sector, it appears that there is plenty of room for the factory Z-bar. Do you know if that is the case ? I thought Borgeson use to claim their kit wouldn't work with the stock Z-bar.  Also is that the 14-1 sector ?  Thanks Denny

[Heo]

Just curious...Your tank is mounted from the upside like a Mustang. And is a part
of the trunkfloor, my 66 was the same way and i have seen 66-67s with solid trunkfloor
with the tank hang under with bands like a Galaxie ? why,where, when???

[Jb427]

I am wondering about the borgeson steering sector, it appears that there is plenty of room for the factory Z-bar. Do you know if that is the case ? I thought Borgeson use to claim their kit wouldn't work with the stock Z-bar.  Also is that the 14-1 sector ?  Thanks Denny

Box is 14-1 Not sure about the Z-bar fit but they are not much bigger then stock box all the major changes are at the end of the steering column my fairlane was a column shift.
There is more info on the borgeson site now about the conversion i'am happy with box and conversion. Here is a link to box and better info then when i bought mine  https://www.borgeson.com/xcart/home.php?cat=128&page=1

Just curious...Your tank is mounted from the upside like a Mustang. And is a part
of the trunkfloor, my 66 was the same way and i have seen 66-67s with solid trunkfloor
with the tank hang under with bands like a Galaxie ? why,where, when???

My stock fuel tank is mounted from inside the trunk and was the floor on my fairlane. One thing i hated about the stock tank was the filler tube was behind the licence plate and was too low and almost level with the top of the tank.

[66FAIRLANE]

I like the filler behind the plate as it keeps the body clean....but, since service stations have been putting that plastic point of sale advertising holder crap on the pumps (many years now) I can no longer get a good angle & filling is a pain in the arse!

I have a 66 & a 67. Both tanks go in from the top & form the floor. Never seen a 66/7 Fairlane with an underslung tank.

[475fetoploader]

Beautiful Fairlane! Looks great!

[Jb427]

Small update got the hood fitted up now.

Engine will be a 482 ci
Heads are bbm cnc ported milled for T&D race rocker system. Block is a bbm iron block steel scat crank callies ultra H beam 6.7" rods and diamond flat top pistons solid roller cam.

Not much more to say right now waiting on some cometic head gaskets with some luck i can have them here before the new year.
Here are some pics of the bottom end and early mock up of the T&D rockers enjoy.

[475fetoploader]

Nice work! That engine should probably run ok for ya.