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RE: 1968 428 Fairlane 500
By Dan Davis - 12/31/2001 8:46:59 AM; IP 32.102.42.180
I thought I remember reading that you raced one of those. I too prefer the formal roof and this car is one BAMF. I really needs to be parked in MY garage hahahah.

I like that: "demoted before it had a chance." Sad but true. Instead, it spent it's life in the Detroit area running sportsmen classes and then sitting all alone -- the guy who bought it raced it for a few years and forgot about it. The internals engine are as they were when it was a race car. It still has a big ol' cam and lots of compression in it. You should hear it pound the ground! The the current owner put on the stock manifolds and a full exhaust and plans on going back to the C6OZ cam and stock pistons. I don't remember what gear it came with, but it has 4.56s now.

Here is a shot of the interior. You cna see that it was a column shift auto. The odd thing is the AM/FM radio in a race car! The Marti report assures that it came this was and was delivered to Ford Marketing.

FYI, an acquaintence runs the '68-'69 registry. He says there are 29 R model 68's in the registry. Two are Fairlane 500's and one is base Fairlane, the rest are all Torino GT's with 23 being Fastbacks and one GT Hardtop. Two are built in Lorian, ten are from Kansas City the rest are from Atlanta. Note the two from Lorain are both special order Marketing cars. This is one of those cars (I wonder if the other was also given to a race team?)

Here's a pix of the interior. I can zip the lot of these and send them to you if you want bigger, better quality pic for your archive. LMK.

Cheers,
Dan
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=10305&Reply=10290><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor10305" onclick="return false;">1968 428 Fairlane 500</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dan Davis, <i>12/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=10305', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor10305') }); </script>  1968 428 Fairlane 500 -- Dan Davis, 12/30/2001
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Collapse <b>RE: 1968 428 Fairlane 500</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dan Davis, <i>12/31/2001</i></font>RE: 1968 428 Fairlane 500 -- Dan Davis, 12/31/2001
 RE:See, I knew there'd be some... -- Mike McQuesten, 12/31/2001
 RE: 1968 428 Fairlane 500 -- Travis Miller, 01/01/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=10317&Reply=10290><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor10317" onclick="return false;">I had a black 68 sportsroof "R" code</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>kevin, <i>12/31/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=10317', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor10317') }); </script>  I had a black 68 sportsroof "R" code -- kevin, 12/31/2001
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 RE: Stunt driver wannabe? -- kevin, 01/02/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=10321&Reply=10290><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor10321" onclick="return false;">RE: S code Torino</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Rollie H, <i>12/31/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=10321', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor10321') }); </script>  RE: S code Torino -- Rollie H, 12/31/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=10324&Reply=10290><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor10324" onclick="return false;">SCJs weren't available 'till 1969.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>12/31/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=10324', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor10324') }); </script>  SCJs weren't available 'till 1969. -- Dave Shoe, 12/31/2001
 RE: SCJs weren't available 'till 1969. -- James, 12/31/2001
 RE: SCJs weren't available 'till 1969. -- Rollie H, 01/01/2002
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