OT---Fairlane question

Rick,

Several years ago when ESPN/ESPN2 used to have truck pulling and mud racing on their network, Army was generally the announcer. He was born and raised in Owensboro. We were all "gearheads" in high school.

Charlie

David Cole wrote:I bought it. Put a deposit down today. Should have it in my shop by the end of the week.

c.evans wrote:Rick,

Several years ago when ESPN/ESPN2 used to have truck pulling and mud racing on their network, Army was generally the announcer. He was born and raised in Owensboro. We were all "gearheads" in high school.

Charlie

Charlie! I remember Army from ESPN, What ever became of him?

Nevs wrote:

David Cole wrote:I bought it. Put a deposit down today. Should have it in my shop by the end of the week.

excellent! was a damn great buy!

bbf-falcon wrote:

Charlie,(Army Armstrong) Where have I heard that name before. I racking my little pee brain. HELP!

Mr. Armstrong at one time was associated with the TNT (tractor pulling) group as an announcer for television. He has (and may continue) to announce for many venues, most of which I know, automotive and performance competition related. I believe Army continues to reside in the Owensboro area. During the era of Windy Hollow's infancy, Army was part of the Volkswagen group of cars that competed in NHRA Competition Eliminator (Modified Eliminator) with the "Makin Bacon" entry. Yes, a picture on the cars door of a pig humping another! Our mentor Uncle Charlie is a long time good friend of Army. He can and will add more I'm sure.

Dave.

David congratulations on your purchase. You were right of the 390 2V option, also I'm not sure of the 289 versions as options. The '67 model GT/GTA's 390 engine was advertised at 5 less horsepower for some reason! About the only thing I've noticed between the "67 and '66 engine is the air cleaner and the valve cover shape. The '66 GT/A Fairlane carried one engine, 390/335 and a one year hood. I did a bit of research yesterday of the '66 and '67 Fairlane GT/GTA's after Uncle Charlie posted his "Fairlane Trivia". I noticed, and I'm not aware of this (imagine that), pictures of Fairlanes with the 427 Ram Air hood and GT badging and stripe! In '66 I though the 427 Fairlane (R code) was the Fairlane 500 model only, with 57 units built by Ford! As to Uncle Charlie's post as to the number of '67 Fairlane 427's and the Tunnel Port cylinder heads I haven't a clue! ...

Anyway, enough of that bullsh!t. That is a nice looking car. I've had two and sold both. I sometime wish I still had them, but too much sitting around is nice but aggravating at times. It's much harder to keep a car that sits in good condition than one that's driven daily!

Dave.

'67s did have the sbf engine .

Just bring it on down at the house and leave it I'll get it all streightend out for you.I have plenty of room. Ward

Lem Evans wrote:'67s did have the sbf engine .

What I should have wrote of the 1967 Fairlane GT/GTA 289 options is this; 289/271, 289/225, 289/200. Sorry to misrepresent the 1967 Fairlane GT/GTA did not have a 289 engine of sorts!

Dave.

Brought the car home last night. Took a few pics today:
https://s374.photobucket.com/albums/oo186/dgcole01/67%20Fairlane%20GTA/

From what I'm seeing, you did very well. Nice find David, congratulations!

Yes David you did great by buying that Fairlane! now put the engine from the rail in there!

Naw, let's keep it an FE. Livermore Dave has a good FE CJ stroker 428 engine going together right now that has fully ported Edelbrock heads and manifold on it. Those parts will make a very nice engine.

Charlie

Charlie, have you ever seen the 62 Galaxie called PALE RIDER run? it run an FE..I think around 482"....It was raced by Brian Booze. best running FE i ever seen.

65 T-Bolt,

You're right Brian's Galaxie was a screamer so was Charlie's FE Powered Red Liner Galaxie.

Later Mark.

'65 T-BOLT wrote:Charlie, have you ever seen the 62 Galaxie called PALE RIDER run? it run an FE..I think around 482"....It was raced by Brian Booze. best running FE i ever seen.

I know Charlie and have talked with him on a few occasions and done business with their company, (Booze Brothers Racing) but I haven't ever talked to Brian. Nice guys from what I gather.

Charlie

yes they are nice guys! I am friends with Charlie Booze, not so much Brian though! only ever talked with Brian three times, hes into the dirt roundy round scene now!

'65 T-BOLT wrote:Charlie, have you ever seen the 62 Galaxie called PALE RIDER run? it run an FE..I think around 482"....It was raced by Brian Booze. best running FE i ever seen.

That FE project was a "Pet Project" with Jim Kuntz. That engine (452 C.I.) made near 900 horsepower! As with most Booze Brothers engines, Jim takes a big interest in each, rightfully so!

Dave, the more I look at your newfound excitement, the more I wish I had the GT's back in my shop! They are beautiful cars IMO, and yours is the same. As Uncle Charlie mentioned, and I plea to you, keep it FE! Those three (3) carburetors sure add the WOW factor, as did the Tri-Power GTO's!

Dave.

65 T-Bolt,

I met Charlie and Brian back around the mid 90's at the Ford Nationals at Maple Grove.I still like Charlies 4 door Torino the best that's a fast a## ride for a 4 door and Iron Heads.

Later Mark.

Mark! I remember working at the Sunoco station and he would put pump gas in it. He was the first around here to use an X-pipe exhaust. I liked it so much....the sound, I have been using them for years. Don't know if there is any HP gain though.

65 T-Bolt,

I thought i remember Charlie telling me one time that on a chassis dyno he made more power with the x-pipe on the Torino than without it.

Later Mark.

Miller,
come to think about it ..your right! he did make more power on the dyno!

Update:

Got the new wheels on. I think they look good. Stepped up from 14X7's. It now has 16X7 w 215/60-16 on front and 16X7.5 w 235/60-16 on rear. Torque Thrust II's one piece polished.

Looks great! I'vee got a space all cleaned up just for it. Ward

David! Very cool! Thumbs up! Those wheels fit that Fairlane well! Any other wheel would have looked like crap on it. I bought a pair of the 15x4's after my weld 2.0's were stolen, only because I couldn't afford another pair of 2.0's . They look better on my 65, just wish they weighed a little less than they do!