My boss, the owner of the company I work for, bought this '56 Fairlane Vicky 4 door hardtop at 19 y/o while attending Berkeley. He is the third owner and it currently has 89K miles. The car got repainted years ago, the 292 Thunderbird Y block 4 bbl engine and Fordomatic tranny were both rebuilt about 10 years. I'm guessing they have about 3K miles on them. The car sat for four years until I came along. Jeff wanted the car to be daily drivable. I went through the entire fuel system from tank to the Tea Pot Holley carb. Rebuilt the distributor and gave it a full tune up. Then had the generator rebuilt when spit it's brushes on the ground.
Jeff drove the car home after all that work done in '03. There is sat with the exception of two outings, this car hasn't seen sunlight since then. Jeff finally decided he needed to fix the leaky roof above the Ford in the garage, so he pulled it out only to find the brakes are completely gone.
This is where I come in, again.
The car has been sitting at the yard for two months now. The wonderful detailers we have haven't touched it, so it's filthy. That's white over mint green, or tapioca. Jeff's college buddies call it Creme de Mint. I'm not allowed to call it that if I like my job.
It's got dual exhaust with Smithy glasspacks. They still have their decals.
The interior is still original except the dash got a repaint. All the gauges work, so does the radio. The speaker is blown. There is also a AM/FM Cassette deck in the glove box. Their speakers are blown too. The sign is there in case some dumb ass tries to move it and the brake pedal hitting the floor isn't enough of a hint.
All the hubcaps were taken off for the brake job.
Under hood, the 292 4 bbl. You still see the washer fluid bag. The wiper motor is vacuum operated off the fuel pump. It doesn't work that great. The motor is pretty filthy from sitting, but it still runs great. I ran it out of gas checking it out. The tank was empty, it ran long enough to empty the carb. I think that's a good thing. I won't have to redo all the fuel system again.
The new master cylinder replacing the rusty blob that was trying to pass itself off as one.
I also replaced all four wheel cylinders after pulling back the seals and rusty water poured out. Someone before me replaced all the other hardware. It stays.
The trunk still has it's mat. No rust under it. The spare is still there, but holds air for about ten minutes. Oh good, a gas can. I'll need that for the test drive.
Jeff drove the car home after all that work done in '03. There is sat with the exception of two outings, this car hasn't seen sunlight since then. Jeff finally decided he needed to fix the leaky roof above the Ford in the garage, so he pulled it out only to find the brakes are completely gone.
This is where I come in, again.
The car has been sitting at the yard for two months now. The wonderful detailers we have haven't touched it, so it's filthy. That's white over mint green, or tapioca. Jeff's college buddies call it Creme de Mint. I'm not allowed to call it that if I like my job.
It's got dual exhaust with Smithy glasspacks. They still have their decals.
The interior is still original except the dash got a repaint. All the gauges work, so does the radio. The speaker is blown. There is also a AM/FM Cassette deck in the glove box. Their speakers are blown too. The sign is there in case some dumb ass tries to move it and the brake pedal hitting the floor isn't enough of a hint.
All the hubcaps were taken off for the brake job.
Under hood, the 292 4 bbl. You still see the washer fluid bag. The wiper motor is vacuum operated off the fuel pump. It doesn't work that great. The motor is pretty filthy from sitting, but it still runs great. I ran it out of gas checking it out. The tank was empty, it ran long enough to empty the carb. I think that's a good thing. I won't have to redo all the fuel system again.
The new master cylinder replacing the rusty blob that was trying to pass itself off as one.
I also replaced all four wheel cylinders after pulling back the seals and rusty water poured out. Someone before me replaced all the other hardware. It stays.
The trunk still has it's mat. No rust under it. The spare is still there, but holds air for about ten minutes. Oh good, a gas can. I'll need that for the test drive.
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