For all of four months, we had a baby-blue Ford Fairmont sedan pretty much like the one you see here doing family duty. That car…SUCKED. Sorry, no way around the facts, that car sucked out loud, especially when we had a stomper of a 1972 Ford Torino in the yard at the same time. The six cylinder was gutless, the suspension had all the fun of a waterbed with a slow leak, and if the boxy Fox was out in the sun for any amount of time it seemed that every single surface on the car would scorch you for spite. If it wasn’t for all of the shared trim it would be pretty damn difficult to see how this car and the Ford Mustang could be the same thing.
Being a bit harsh? Not in my mindset. But could all of the problems with the Fairmont I dealt with be fixed? Oh, of course…again, Fox body. A lot of ails can be cured and surprisingly cheaply, too. For starters, let’s gut whatever engine was underhood for a real, honest 5.0L V8. No 4.2, no six. Do some mild mods, stick a C4 and an 8.8 rear axle underneath and the fun-to-drive factor has been ratcheted up a notch. The rest of the Fairmont, which is believed to be a Police-package deal with front bucket seats and the police-spec speedometer that is calibrated up to 120 MPH, needs only paint to be something good.
$2,800 leaves plenty of coin on the table. We’d get straight to a brake upgrade and some 1987 Mustang GT-spec springs all the way around, and go from there!
Hey Bryan McTaggart did you even read the ad ?????? It already has a c-4 and 8.8 wow great article.