This is my Fairlane GT ´66 8)
I finally figured out how to post pictures on this forum,so here goes ;D
I am a 42 yers old guy from Iceland and have been working as a bodyman rebuilding wrecked cars for 26 years.I have been around dragracing since I was a teen and compeeted from time to time.Last time I compeeted full season was in ´96 when I drove a Toyota Celica with 351 Cleveland engine for a friend of mine.It was turning some mid 11´s.I have not had so many projects of my own trough time,The last one being a ´67 Falcon that I bracket raced in the eighties and sold unfinished.I met my wife almost 18 years ago and through the years we have been involved in all kinds of motorsports here in Iceland as tech. inspectors,event directors and so on.Time came we had enaugh off all this and started having kids ;),but in the back of my mind I always wanted a car to have in my garage to work on.As a Ford guy(my first car was a ´69 LTD 2dr HT 390 FE) I had to have you know,,,Ford!But my dream car was nowhere to be found in the country.I ditn´t want a Mustang,everybody has them,Fairmont,,neeaahh,Bronco,,,not good for dragracing :-\All I wanted was a Fairlane-´66 or ´67 Fairlane,two door,,HARDTOP!!My 40th birthday was fast aproaching and either I have a great wife or she was tired of hearing me crying myself to sleep at nights for that lacking of a car,but anyways ,she talked my family and friends into teaming up with her and giving me that damn car for my birthday.I was one surpriced dude at my birtdayparty whene I was informed that I was the owner of a 1966 Fairlane GT 390 cid,only promlem was,the car was still in Norfolk,USA waiting to be shipped over here.When the car finally arrived it was like many of the cars that have been bought on e-bay and brought over here-not as described.It had (and has)lots and lots of rust,bondo,dirt and grime----BUT,instead of the old 390 was a 428 cobra jet engine and lots of nostalgic racing stuff.It is obvius that this was a racecar long time ago,,I´m happy with that,old racecars are my main interest.Im gona race the car as much as I can while I restore it and have fun that way to.Here´s some more info:"´69"428cj,c-6 trans "full manual"2500 stallspeed converter,Hooker´s,old cobra le-mans valvecovers from shelby american inc.,PI intake and holley 750vac."9"bigtube rearend with 31 spline axles and no-spin/deitroit locker,ladderbars,tied frame,shaved shocktowers and probably some more I forget.
I finally figured out how to post pictures on this forum,so here goes ;D
I am a 42 yers old guy from Iceland and have been working as a bodyman rebuilding wrecked cars for 26 years.I have been around dragracing since I was a teen and compeeted from time to time.Last time I compeeted full season was in ´96 when I drove a Toyota Celica with 351 Cleveland engine for a friend of mine.It was turning some mid 11´s.I have not had so many projects of my own trough time,The last one being a ´67 Falcon that I bracket raced in the eighties and sold unfinished.I met my wife almost 18 years ago and through the years we have been involved in all kinds of motorsports here in Iceland as tech. inspectors,event directors and so on.Time came we had enaugh off all this and started having kids ;),but in the back of my mind I always wanted a car to have in my garage to work on.As a Ford guy(my first car was a ´69 LTD 2dr HT 390 FE) I had to have you know,,,Ford!But my dream car was nowhere to be found in the country.I ditn´t want a Mustang,everybody has them,Fairmont,,neeaahh,Bronco,,,not good for dragracing :-\All I wanted was a Fairlane-´66 or ´67 Fairlane,two door,,HARDTOP!!My 40th birthday was fast aproaching and either I have a great wife or she was tired of hearing me crying myself to sleep at nights for that lacking of a car,but anyways ,she talked my family and friends into teaming up with her and giving me that damn car for my birthday.I was one surpriced dude at my birtdayparty whene I was informed that I was the owner of a 1966 Fairlane GT 390 cid,only promlem was,the car was still in Norfolk,USA waiting to be shipped over here.When the car finally arrived it was like many of the cars that have been bought on e-bay and brought over here-not as described.It had (and has)lots and lots of rust,bondo,dirt and grime----BUT,instead of the old 390 was a 428 cobra jet engine and lots of nostalgic racing stuff.It is obvius that this was a racecar long time ago,,I´m happy with that,old racecars are my main interest.Im gona race the car as much as I can while I restore it and have fun that way to.Here´s some more info:"´69"428cj,c-6 trans "full manual"2500 stallspeed converter,Hooker´s,old cobra le-mans valvecovers from shelby american inc.,PI intake and holley 750vac."9"bigtube rearend with 31 spline axles and no-spin/deitroit locker,ladderbars,tied frame,shaved shocktowers and probably some more I forget.
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