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RE: FE in a 64 Fairlane |
By McQ - 02/10/2003 9:58:12 PM; IP 63.191.224.73 |
I'm chipping in rather late on this one but I had to have a look and now can't help myself.
A '63 grill and moulding? Right. I can tell you that the bumper on that '64 is a '62/'63 and I would speculate the entire nose may be from a '63 donor 'lane. The '63 & '64 Fairlane nose will interchange obviously but the '63 hood is just enough different that a '63 moulding is not a bolt on to a '64.
I didn't know that an FE would fit in an early model Fairlane without shock tower/control arm mods even with the "Box" ex. manifolds. Had I known that many years ago I woudn't have wasted so much time fitting a 351W with exhaust manifolds into my '64 Fairlane 500 hardtop. At that time, '84, I couldn't find headers that would work with the W into the early unibody Fairlanes/Meteors. Even the Total Performance tubes were wrong but they worked fine in a Falcon/351W combo. Upper control arms on Fairlane/Meteors are a challenge.
Hmmm, an FE will bolt in with box manifolds.....even with those restrictive items a '62-'65 Fairlane with FE would be a fun driver. And look what the bid is up to on this car! The '62-'65 Fairlane is not that difficult to find in decent condition. And the '65s are very reasonable. There's a few of us who like them as well as the vaunted '64. |
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