Got my car back...

[UC_Guy 1971]

Dropped her off for a transplant. My 289 had developed a three pack a day smoking habit.

The cylinder walls were smooth as glass, no cross hatching. When it got pulled I saw that the valves were pretty bad and the timing chain had so much play in it...

Anyway. Now it has a sporty new (relatively speaking) 302. The only things left to do are dual exhaust and a wee bit of window tinting. Next year.

 

[TurboDog910]

Beautiful! What year; a 65 Galaxie?

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Cool old car.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[UC_Guy 1971]

Beautiful! What year; a 65 Galaxie?

'67 Fairlane 500. As seen on Dragnet.

 

[Hertervillian]

Beautiful! What year; a 65 Galaxie?

Here’s my ‘66 much like a ‘65

 

[Captain O]

VERY NICE! If you take care of it, you can get 200,000 miles from that remanufacture.

 

[Onewolf426]

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Dropped her off for a transplant. My 289 had developed a three pack a day smoking habit.

The cylinder walls were smooth as glass, no cross hatching. When it got pulled I saw that the valves were pretty bad and the timing chain had so much play in it...

Anyway. Now it has a sporty new (relatively speaking) 302. The only things left to do are dual exhaust and a wee bit of window tinting. Next year.

Sweet! Very nice ride.

 

[Onewolf426]

Here’s my ‘66 much like a ‘65View attachment 121090

Very cool!

 

[last2brake]

Sweet !

If the 289 is the original engine I would hang onto it.

Fairlanes are under-appreciated. I actually had my eye out for the right '66 Fairlane GT and stumbled across my Shelby and got distracted. By the time I sarted to think about finding the right Fairlane again, people had discovered them and prices had gone up.

They're actually a really good solid driver car (not calling it a driver' S car like a sports car necessarily, but can be made one if you so desire)you want it to be that's easy to work on and drive. People will start wanting that more and more.

The new cars are mobile computer networks. I think the Fairlane will outlast them.

 

[Phaser]

It's still a Ford.