1955 Ford Fairlane for the dirt aged here

chainsaw · Post by **chainsaw** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:26 pm

It runs great. 1955 Ford Fairlane 4 door Town Sedan. 292 V-8 w/ 193hp. # speed column shift. Restored 15 years ago. Been covered in a garage for the last 10 years after owner had a stroke. Interior is in great shape as well as the paint. Not a 10 car but a 7 or maybe an 8.

$15,000.00 or make an offer. Email if any serious offers. Otherwise, just enjoy another old motor vehicle.

Post by **Suzsmokeyallan** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:42 pm

Dont let the Gov't see that, its one of those $4.500.00 'clunker for cash' cars they want to wean us all off of like yesterday...
Looks quite good though.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:28 pm

I have actually been looking for a reasonably priced 62 /64 Falcon 2 door for a Pro Street project. 62 is the preferred car. Would even consider a wagon.
The Fairlane is a tad heavy for a serious 'blow em off' car, though they were pretty. My sister had a black and yellow rag top (black). Snazzy. If decaying grey matter serves me right, I think it was a 56. For sure it wasn't a 57 with the dramatic body style change. The 57 is perhaps the best looking car Ford ever built. The 58 was a total nightmare in comparison. Mom had a 59 Fairlane wagon that was ugly too. My brother totalled it out when he fell asleep at the wheel on his way back from Atlantic City. To this day I will not willingly wear a seat belt. The reason is he took out a telephone pole, 2 trees and one of the trees fell on the car totally crushing the forward passenger compartment. If had been wearing his seat belt, he would have been crushed to death. Lucky for him, the initial impact threw him to the floor beneath the dash. He crawled out with only a minor cut on his left ear lobe.

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:38 am

Seat belts are a way of Nanny govt watching out for us who could not do for ourselves.

strainer · Post by **strainer** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:54 am

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Post by **Suzsmokeyallan** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:09 am

There are pros and cons for both sides of the coin about wearing or not wearing them. However in most average types of accidents its been proven a seat belt saves you.

jkevinlilly · Post by **jkevinlilly** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:35 pm

Nice car chainsaw. And Coyote, I have only seen one 57, but I agree that is one of the nicest cars ford ever built.

Regarding my perspective on seatbelts. A little over two and a half years ago I rolled a ford ranger two and half times diagonally across a three lane road. I was wearing a seatbelt, ended up with a broken collar bone, and bruised from my adams apple to my belly button. My 21 year old son in the little jump-seat behind me had his on, and only got some minor cuts on his hand where he pushed out the shattered back window to get out. My wife of 25 years, Donna, was not wearing hers. She was ejected out of the vehicle, never regained conciousness and did not survive the 15 minute ride to the hospital. I do not know if the outcome would have been any different if she was wearing a seatbelt, but I wear one every time I'm in a moving vehicle. It is kind of like wearing a helmet. I don't think that the govt should mandate that you protect yourself, but I'm going to do it whether I am told or not.

Sorry, no funny lines or jokes in the post this time guys.

Kevin

jaybob · Post by **jaybob** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:24 pm

Kevin, I knew your Wife had passed but I did not know how until now.

Words cannot adequately express how sorry I am for your loss. It would seem at times you have adjusted well, however now I know the burden that lies on your heart. I am thinking about you and your son and will include your family on my prayer sheet.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:05 pm

Foolish or not .. EVERY time i get in a car or truck my seat belt goes on and i havent ever been in a crash after 39 yrs of driveing ( knock on wood ) .. Dave

jkevinlilly · Post by **jkevinlilly** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:43 pm

Thanks jaybob. "adjusting" is the normal respose I give people when they ask how I am doing.

Kevin

Wayne Meuir · Post by **Wayne Meuir** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:48 pm

Several years ago I built a 57 Ford Custom 300 Fourdor sedan into a street rod. Had a built 460 with about 500 HP, top loader 4 speed, tubbed the rear with a four link, narrowed 9 inch with 370 gears, had a MustangII style front clip made at a race shop in Oregon, Tubular A-Arms with disc brakes front and rear, Aluminum SVO heads, Thunderbird Rack and Pinion Steering, etc.
Got it all finished except the paint and interior then decided to build a new house and sold all my cars to fund the house.
I also had a 58 Ford Sedan Delivery witha 57 Front clip that was all stock, a 67 Mustang Convertable, and a 69 Camaro Z28 that was show quality. There all gone now and all the pictures I had were lost when my computer crashed about 3 years ago.
The 57 Ford is my all time favorite car, followed by a 40 Ford Coupe.

Wayne

markj · Post by **markj** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:06 pm

Wayne Meuir wrote: I also had a 58 Ford Sedan Delivery witha 57 Front clip that was all stock, a 67 Mustang Convertable, and a 69 Camaro Z28 that was show quality. There all gone now and all the pictures I had were lost when my computer crashed about 3 years ago.
The 57 Ford is my all time favorite car, followed by a 40 Ford Coupe.

Wayne

I think those Sedan Delivery's were the coolest of cars.

Wayne Meuir · Post by **Wayne Meuir** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:11 pm

I sold that car to a retired dentist up near Ft. Smith in 2006. I talked to him a couple of months ago and he has it just about completely restored, including replacing the 57 front clip I had on it with a 58 model, which I thought was Fugly.

Wayne

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:53 pm

I now realize where the design for teh Ford UK Zodiac, Zephyr and Consul came from in the sixties.

As for seat belts.. I blew a front tyre at speed in a Hillman Imp with fully rally sport motor and hit a car head on. Mine burst into flames (rear engine and front fuel tank) and there is no doubt in my mind that good seat belts saved my life.

A few years later I was at home one afternoon in the summer and the phone went. The person on teh other end told me my wife and kids had been in an auto accident but that they were OK. Seems some bozo blew a stop sign and hit them at the rear which spun the car and put it on its roof where it proceeded down the road for half a block.

Without belts I don't think the outcome would have been as favorable.

As for helmets, i was riding my wife's FZR400 a year ago just to test it out. I was riding in teh local forest preserve about a mile from home at around 20mph and I managed to lose the front end. I didn't break anything (apart from lots of plastic) but my helmet collected a nice collection of gouges and scrapes.

If that had been my head, I hate to think what might have happened.

As you might guess, I always wear seat belts in the car and helmet on the bike.

TLRam1 · Post by **TLRam1** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:43 am

jkevinlilly wrote: I don't think that the govt should mandate that you protect yourself,
Kevin

My point exactly.

Sorry about the lost of a loved one.