The details in the car as what wee really like. The fact that there’s real trim on it and a real grill rather than airbrushed stuff is way cool and speaks to the fit and finish of the whole machine. Crites made the fiberglass parts that make up the nose.

Pulling the whole nose off reveals the monster 2,000hp+ powerplant that will shove the FatLane down quarter and eighth mile drag strips. This car will get a TON of attention in a sea of Camaros and blobby looking late model bodies.

Here you can see that the real factory stainless was used from front to back on the car. It would have been easy to fake some trim on it but the aim here was to keep the car as “factory” looking with respect to the body as possible.

Sweet mother of mercy this looks mean, right? The wing off the back of the car is one of our favorite pieces as it perfectly follows the contours of the rear quarters where they round out for the tail lights. With the wheelie bars planted and the nose up, this thing will put on a heck of a show.

Big Mickey Thompson slicks will be taking all the punishment that Dufresne can hand out with his right foot. The car will be running Outlaw big tire classes so those Mickeys have their work cut out!

Obviously in cars like this the devil is in the details. From welding al the tubes, fitting all the components, and keeping everything serviceable, there’s a lot of thought that goes into each and every piece. of the puzzle and where it fits.

We dream about stuff like this at night and Sandhal actually builds it. Hardcore race stuff. Stanhuff shocks, the monster fabricated rear end housing from Tim McAmis, and all the tubing that holds this baby together, the business end of the car is ready for this….

Huffed big block to hammer it as hard as possible. This blown 540ci, alky burning Chevy style big block is the centerpiece of the car. Specifically we are talking about an engine based around a Keith Black block, topped with a DMPE M5 14-71 huffer, Dart heads, and backed with an F&B Performance Turbo 400 transmission. This is the monster that will propel the car into the 6-second range.

Note all the work done to the cowl area of the car so they could (a) get the motor where they wanted it and (b) make it look great. The metal work on the car was exhaustive but the guys did such a nice job with it, you’d miss a lot of the details if you didn’t take the time to look the car completely over. We got to see it as they were building it so to get a look of it all together like this is really, really sweet.

Wait a second…how are the lights on? Using a pretty ingenious design with a pair of contact pads that provide the power, Jon hooked up a jump pack to the lights with the nose off for us to get this photo. Dark pits require the headlights when racing late at night. Interesting story on the front spoiler. That was headed for use on Jon’s race car until they held it up to the Fairlane and it looked like a perfect match. They used it here.

There’s a good look at the DMPE M5 blower which is a mean piece in its own right. Darren Mayer has been one of the premier guys in the supercharger biz for some time and there will be plenty of boost coming from this guy.

The MSD Magneto will be lighting the fire and providing ample juice to burn all of the alcohol that this car will be flowing.

Hoses and fittings everywhere. Plumbing and wiring the car were tasks in an unto themselves. Lots happening but it is all nice and orderly.

The boys at Tube Chassis Designz built the headers and designed them for easy installation and removal. Surprisingly enough there is no shelf part number for headers to fit a supercharged big block Chevy powered Fairlane all-out drag car. These are nice to look at. The car sounds wicked breathing through a collector.

We always dig seeing wiring like this because when we open the hood of your junk it looks like a spaghetti factory exploded all over the place. This is what you want to see if you are having a race car professionally built (read: not hammered together like our stuff!).

This is the exit point for ALL THE NOISE.

The RCD belt shield will keep the blower belt from entering low Earth orbit if it ever decided to exit stage left.

Here’s a look at that contoured wing we were telling you about. We love those curved ends that manage to keep the taillights unobstructed.

That’s a mean looking mug right there!

The work in the trunk is some of the most spectacular of the entire car and it is stuff that will hardly ever been seen by anyone. Between the mounting of the fire bottles, the wheel tubs, the batteries and panels there’s a lot of time and finish work in here. Really nice stuff.

Inside the car is the funny car style cage that you’d expect. There’s plenty of room for Dave to operate in there. In this photo you can see the parachute handle overhead and the shifter down in the lower left.

Here’s the look that Dave will have climbing into the car. Since the Fairlane is no spring chicken of a car to start with, he’s got a pretty spacious area to work in.

Carbon fiber injector hats make our hearts smile.

Disc brakes on the front are sitting behind American Racing pro series wheels. We like the classic pinched spoke design.

Interior finishing is also done to the nines. The inner doors are neat as a pin.

The Racepak dash will be giving Dufresne all the vital signs of the car as he is hammering down the strip to six second elapsed times.

So freaking cool.

So FatLane has entered a new and exciting phase now. We’re hearing faint rumors that some testing may be done down south this winter. We’e going to keep our ears to the tracks and keep you informed of any developments and performance numbers. We love this thing!