1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt-Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode
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- 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt-Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode #188:
The car-buying public thought differently of racing in the early 1960's, and the American automakers knew that cars that won races were great tools to drive customers to dealer showrooms. You know the old saying, what “won on Sunday sold on Monday”,
This 1964 Ford Thunderbolt from The Brothers Collection is a great example of such a machine, a car that still looked recognizable to the masses as a new 1964 Fairlane, but had the chops to get the job done in Super Stock drag racing.
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Stock Thunderbolts were clocked at 122mph at the end of that 11 sec. quarter-mile. Ford & Dearborn Steel did a great job creating this absolute classic. The icing on any collection.
At age 19 I had the pleasure of driving an original thunderbolt and the owner even allowed me the chance to get a launch and quarter mile out of her... what an amazing experience and one that I will remember forever!
LUCKY YOU. BET THAT CAR HAULED SOME SERIOUS ASS.
To me the Thunderbolt was the most radical looking FACTORY race car of that era. The most iconic of it's ilk, IMO. Thanks for A GREAT VIDEO.
When I was a kid me and my dad built a thunderbolt replica out of a 64 Fairlane it had a 428 that was built Holman moody camshaft decked heads ran like a 427 lol 411 gears with a spool teardrop Hood Center lights were for the air intake that fed the tri power the whole 9 yards it was nasty!! Dad would take me out on the back roads and launch it I can still remember how hard that thing would pin me in the seat still have race fuel running through my veins to this day because of that car
I want to drag race old cars. The days of yesteryear are looked on with fondness and envy.
Old warrior. Cool badass thunderbolt
Yes, I have seen them run. I love the Thunderbolts, and pretty much any Ford with the 427.
I'm a mopar guy mostly but the 427 FE series are fine, fine, fine, then theres the SOHC, nutscrazy $$$$$ but the most droolingly gorgeous engine
427 is a chevy engine
@@matthewowens455 Ford had a 427 before Chevy.
Could,nt agree more, I totally love the Fords, 64 T bolt, Boss Cars and pretty much any year mustang. Ford brought some serious shit to the table with the 64 T bolt.
@@matthewowens455 Ford PERFECTED the 427 FE motor before chevy even had it on paper and FYI ,the chevy version is a pooch compared to FORDS MASTERPIECE.
I have never seen one race, but I have seen an original one in person. There is a white one about 20 miles from my house here in Tennessee. It has the attachment hooks on the front and 4 speed. The owner is THE original owner. He has not owned it its whole life. Years ago, he sold it to Reggie Jackson. He bought it back from the Yankee slugger about 20 years ago. This guy worked for Ford in some high capacity back in the day, because he has a few cool blue oval cars.
I was introduced to the Ford Thunderbolt in late Spring or Summer
1964 at Dover Drag Strip in Wingdale NY. The Monster Ford was sponsored by
Larson Ford White Plains NY and I had never seen a Thunderbolt before when all
of a sudden a white blur went down the track, power shifting all the gears and
turning a low 11s time. From that moment on the thunderbolt became one of my
favorite cars.
Had a friend that had an original 260 V8 three on the tree 64 Fairlane 500. We took the 260 out and put a very stout built 289 K code in it, and put a top loader 4 speed behind it. This was in the late 70s, and that car was beautiful, drove like a dream, and could outrun anything it came up against. I loved that car.
The K code 289,s were a really good motor, wish mustang had put a few K codes in their 69 mach 1,s . Bet they would gave a good showing.
I always think this is the perfect Ford.
Back in '64, Union Hill Drag Strip was the place to go in Nashville, Tn. I'm a MOPAR guy and when these Thunderbolts showed up, the ante just went up. Seems I remember seeing the first one of these. I believe it was the "Georgia Shaker". When I first set eyes on it, I knew we were in store for a fight. Good looking car. Badass motor.
The NHRA record holder For SS/A SS/B is held by Ray Paquet in his 1964 Prototype 1964 Thunderbolt GM and Chrysler couldn't stay up with him and have moved on, car runs in mid 8s.
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Thank you guys, another awesome video.
My Dad worked at Detroit Steel Tubing and helped build this car. Ray Paquette owns one now and still races this car and holds the world record!! There was a very limited amount of the Thundbolts made.Awesome car.
Legendary, A meld of great driver and awesome car. Like Bob Glidden , BOTH WINNERS.
Classic 60’s Drag racer! Great looking design.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ford Experimental 427 Thunderbolt gotta 💘 it
I really like the Bolt. It's a beauty.
I’m not really a ford guy but I’m in love with this car
Same here no brand loyalty when a car is this awesome.
Any sane person would be, just LISTEN to that solid lifter cam, nothing sounds like solid lifters.
I'm definitely looking for one of these beautiful machines. They are so rare and hard to find.
I know I don't think I haven't seen one of these before, Or maybe I had Once.
Hope you're a millionaire.
Better have 500gs or more
..right ill start selling meth right away!!
Found one in Alabama 4yrs ago and my granddaughter fell in love paid 12,000 for her too in bad shape too but front end and rear match the era so we was good we came home Nanny said I guess you want too live you life again through your baby he'll no but Nanny is cheering her on running the low 9s at the strip now she is proud of Christina cause she did all the restoration herself with a little help ok
If I could go back in time, this would be the car I would get. 😍
You and me both buddy. I can just see the Chevy guys go running and hiding behind mommy's apron strings when I came to school driving that beauty. I would,nt have had to look hard for a date friday night cuz the girls loved the FAST STUFF, LOL.
What a beautiful machine. Looks fast standing still.
It's all about that stance
What a work of art. That 427 is just insanely beautiful both looks wise and sound.
Even without the engine running it looks like it's already won.
What a great car! I've even seen some very nice clones of this car at car shows and the racetrack. The side oiler FE 427 is probably in my own opinion the coolest thing Ford put out along with the SOHC 427. Great stuff indeed! Thanks for the video
Thunderbolt had the center oiler
@@frankvandergoes298 Every video I've ever seen, including this one, states the the 427 in these T-bolts was the side oiler.
The side oiler is what also made the Shelby COBRA the legend it still is today.
i had a 64 couldn't get a thunderbolt so me and my dad put a 427 in one. it was scary. but i loved the car until someone with more money than brains came along and bought it.
Somebody warn that guy that his right rear spring is fanning out badly...
Just discovered this series of videos. Great start!
I remember going to the drag strip as a kid with my parents. Just about the only Fords that were taken seriously then on the strip were the Ford Thunderbolts. Otherwise, Chrysler/Mopar Hemis dominated the day. The Thunderbolts gave Ford lovers "street credibility". They were totally awesome to watch.
Bob Glidden continued that Cred in Pro Stock
The T bolt taught the hemi owners some MANNERS.
Back when Ford & Mopar ruled in Big Block racing . The Generals boys ? Plenty of room in the grandstands . You'll pay for the whole seat but you'll only need the edge !
For those how doubt a stock 64 T-bolt running 9.20's on modern tires, go see the documented proof by watching video title: "Tbolt- the whole show". In that video, the car has the automatic transmission ON THE COLUMN and made 5 passes. EVERY pass was a 9 second pass, with the fastest being the 3rd pass, and a new record for a stock T-bolt with an E.T. of 9.23 @ 151 mph. That video is now 9 yrs old.
........and PS........every pass, the car pulled the front tires nearly a foot off the ground.
I would,nt doubt that one bit. Those T bolts were the meanest BB Ford ever fielded, when Chevrolet, mopar and chrysler tip their hats to the T bolt as a plain streak of lightning on race day you know they were super fast.
I bet that time could be bettered with a good guy on a inline 4 speed. DAMN
@@twolak1972 And keep in mind: the stock class is strictly governed by NHRA just like any other class. They are allowed to tweak a few things, but all within the limitations as set by NHRA for the factory stock class. I can't recall which video and youtube channel, but they featured the owner of one still racing in the factory stock class, and the man went into great detail about what he's allowed to do with every aspect of that engine. He said they are SO strict, when it comes to the cc's allowed for the combustion chambers, he doesn't even take it right to the limits of the spec's, for fear of expansion from the heat, which causes metal to expand. In other words, he doesn't build it to it's legal limits. Years ago in NASCAR for example, an engine right after the race may spec out as "oversized", which is illegal. But wait till that engine cools down, and suddenly, it's back within spec. ( Some racers/crew chiefs/engine builders in NASCAR did cheat however, with over-sized engines. Richard Petty's team was notorious for trying to sneak in engines with more cubic inches than allowed, and in many races, they were secretly permitted to do so, like a few other teams, such as Junior Johnson. There's corruption in "politics" in racing like everything else. ) Those '64 T-bolts in original condition are incredibly rare nowadays, because straight away, the majority of racers who bought them brand new, immediately tubbed the rear ends for the pro-stock or super stock class, or whatever it's called. You know, so they could put the huge, wide slicks under the rear, and then built the engines far beyond stock. Very few are left today in factory condition.
Never seen one in person. However a 428SCJ got the win against my 350LT1
A body. Even his E.T. was better than mine that day. 3rd round knockout.
The car looks great, fibergrlass + aluminium = no rust!👍
My dad bought a new galaxy 500 XL convertible with that motor in it in 1963, man it be nice to still have it.
mike wasfaret fun a guy on my block has one of these on the Street in front of his house roting away still drives it though😀
as a kid it was the first car i related with drag racing an have been a big fan ever since helped make me a Ford fan
I saw Buch Leo Tunderbolt black in 64 at Atco dragway .I believe one of the 1st .
1964 Ford falcons and Ford Fairlane were cool cars back in their time..BUT THE THUNDERBOLT WAS THE KING 🤴 👌
Very Nice car ! Thumbs up and liked.
A friend has one of these here in Milton Fl. It was once the record holder in the 1/8 It is the original Gas Ronda car.
Just found out Willie Dee passed Sept 19. 2020 he will be missed.
Love the videos, no music needed, just let me hear the story and most of all the cars. :)
That's an awesome car sharp those 427's really made that car go tho it didn't way that much.
Sweet! Thx Kev. Quick question; is it just me or is the TransAm seen at the end have a stripe that's off, (drivers-side) somewhat? I think of the '70 LS6 you've shown us with the 34.2 miles where the stripes didn't match up and where it blew out. Thanks for all the hard work Kevin. Fridays are even better knowing you're going to be posting another Muscle Car. 😉
The first 5, or so, Maroon cars, had clover leaf hoods, and fiberglass front bumpers.. The rest were equipped with the teardrop bubble hoods. The NHRA didn't like fiberglass bumpers, so the others used aluminum. Butch Leal had one of the fastest ones.
Gas Ronda won the championship in 64
Grocer getter it is not.solid stright line construction and Spartan styling really catches my soul.that 7 litre v8 really bang like hell
Still cannot believe the NHRA allowed this in Stock class .
Sure, we once owned a Fairlane with a 260 V8. Even that engine gave us a great experience in driving & at one time we joined a car club. Everyone enjoyed seeing the Fairlane. Everyone else had mustang's & cobras. A lot of fun to drive.
I love the factory built hot rods. Now y'all need a 65 A990 or AF/X car as a follow up to this one.
Thanks! Have you seen this one? th-cam.com/video/zx5ibowTLlE/w-d-xo.html
Yes a saw a beautiful example of a thunderbolt from California. This was at Sparta , Ontario which is a very old track near St Thomas Ontario in about? 1987 or so.
..a guy has #1 in Australia and it cost $100,000,00 and is a full rebuild but its EXTREMELY rare!
Gas Ronda won the championship in 64 with his poppy red Tbolt
Saw one at Milton Vt. Drag strip in 1966
My dream car!
The driver must've been told not to stomp on the throttle or somethin, cuz that 427 is a torque monster with the ability to burn the tires right off of the rims....
Yeah I bet he was warned not to get on it cuz that 427 would lifted the front end before frying the tires to the rims .That motor had unbelievable TORQUE AND HP.
The 12 dislikes are Tesla drivers lol
LOL...and the additional 4 now, all have manbuns..
awesome
I’m an absolute Fairlane Freak and the 1965 Mercury Comet is also at the top of my list of Uber Desirable cars. As always Ford’s advertised Horsepower ratings were an absolute joke, my 1967 Mustang Fastback had the Hipo 289 rated at 271hp but on the dyno made 346.🤣
Yeah those little SB 289,s were badass, I wish Ford had put the ho po 289,s in their mach 1 chassis.
When a thunderbolt pulls up next to you, it would only mean one thing. It would mean, you already lost.
If a T bolt pulls up beside you. Shut off your car , get out and step up and give a salute and watch them make a solo record breaking run. ITS BETTER THAN THE HUMILIATION YOU WILL FEEL WHEN YOU LOSE BY 20 XAR LENGTHS .
Its the car I learned to drive with. And I got the tickets to prove it lol.
Naaaassssssty Idle!!!
That was exactly the word that came to my mind....nothing else accurately describes this car but that single word....”Nasty”....😳😀👍
Ford was something else. I don't think any Ford 427 ever dyno'd at 425 HP. They had that much on 7 cylinders. lol
More like 650. A 426 hemi had 425. They could not get near a T bolt.
a guy on my block has one of these ford on the street in front if his driveway. al though its rusting away but still drives it😀
charger master Bullshit. It's a Fairlane. These are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
charger master somebody needs to rescue that car!
Probably an old clone!
You must live in Emmett, Idaho. Used to be a guy there that had a '64 two-door post Fairlane 500 that he drove daily. It was a 289 2bbl model, but he quit driving it to preserve it and to collect all the goodies to clone the Thunderbolt. Not sure if he ever got it all together; guess I'll just have to drive by and see someday...
Find out if it's a 427 64, if it is go take out a loan and buy it. YOULLE OWN A PIECE OF RACING HISTORY.
I saw Buch Leo run a black Thunderbolt at Atco drag way in 64
These made around 480 horses, just amazing.
HAHAHA, TRY LIKE 650.
@@twolak1972 Not stock, maybe with a little massaging but not 650
@@bluesky-ud9wg Wanna bet. A 11 sec E T in 64. Not a 480 hp engine on the planet's gonna get you that. 600 to 650 hp. EASY.
@@twolak1972 I'm a Ford guy but I'm not going to argue about it with you
@@bluesky-ud9wg Good. You,d be wrong.
Hi Kevin, you mentioned that the engine used was a Side Oiler, but all original T-Bolts had Center Oilers. The more durable Side Oiler did not came out until 1965. The Center Oilers were great for short burst on the drag strip, but suffered from crank starvation in road racing. The Side Oiler ended up winning many road races in the AC Cobra, and also winning Le Mans in 1966 and 1967 in the GT40. That said, my tribute car has a 1967 Side Oiler. th-cam.com/video/o-7ECDOcqBc/w-d-xo.html
Shit, I always knew the 64 T bolts were badass but Damn, low 11,s back then and 9.40,s today ON STREET TIRES, I always thought I wanted a 69 Boss 429 the most but now I want 1 of these 100 absolute street annihalotors, with 1 of these theres no freaking way you could lose TO ANYTHING chevy mopar or chrysler fielded in the day. Against that BEAST a 70 hemi cuda would seem like it had a slant 6 under the hood.LMFAO
How did this car compare with the '63 Pontiac Tempest "Super Duty" 421? Both very early and lightweight muscle cars.
Beast
Motor was putting out more smoke than the tires were.
You should do a 68 Dodge Dart super stock
Had a 63 Fairlane 289
good wideo for scale modeling
I looked through muscle car of the week, I did not see videos on the Hemi Dart are there any?
+bill thompson there is a video on a 1968 Hemi Dart. Cool car!
Sadly I saw one of the white Thunderbolts in 1064 at Paradise Drag strip in Dalton GA. I say sadly because the driver had just taken delivery of the machine and was running it for the first time. He ignored the reps advise to ease on it for the fist few runs and tried to do a regular drag start practice lap with predictable results he fishtailed then turned into the guard rail at a high rate of speed totally shattering the fiberglass front end and damaging the chassis,
A really sad sight to see for a race fan the machine never got to run a race.
Yeah, The guys ego was his downfall NO ONE MASTERS A 64 T BOLT ON ITS FIRST PASS.
Original manual trans was also a T10, not a Top Loader.
Gary's Dart is a SS/AH car that means for Hemi cars only with lighter weight and more extensive motor modifications especially the heads allowed by the NHRA.
You need to put that up against the 1964 true thunderbolt. Paid 100,000 just for the Body.8.6. Do that and you can say you are the Record holder. Ray has a lot of 1st place. That race needs to be on U Tube.
The baddest Fords ever made are these and the 66 Fairlane 427 lightweights. I definitely prefer the styling of the 66-67 Fairlane but nobody really gave a shit what the 64 Thunderbolt looked like if it's running mid 11's. It's definitely not as ugly as a 62 Dodge or Plymouth 413 Max Wedge...thats for sure. But nobody cared what the 62 Max Wedge cars looked like either because they were insanely fast
I agree, mopar put the powerhouse 413 in that damn ugly ram charger but yeah with the 413 wasting everything in sight WHO CARED.Can you imagine a 413 max wedge in a 70 cuda, OMG. That max wedge was one BEAUTIFUL MOTOR. 13 .1 COMP RATIO. DAMN
The name Thunderbolt always confused me... Thunder clap...Lightning Bolt... No? I know I know I'm being an ass. Sweet vehicle however, these were terrors of the Drag Strip back in 63'-64'.
They still are, what few are left out of about 100 made.
badass
I used to own a thunderbolt the biggest problem was you couldn't get it to launch straight we correct the problem by putting a Mustang 2 suspension under the car the car lunch straight after that
Seats were not Econoline van seats. They were aftermarket Bostrom seats.
Kevin, do you get to drive those fine automobiles?
bill thompson he said no in a previous video.
I've only just found out this car existed
what kind of burnout is that.
It's not a burnout, dipshit, it's a launch.
@@stwhite5135 be nice plz.
@@stwhite5135
WELL' WHAT KINDA LAUNCH WAS THAT ??? NOT AN 11 SECOND LAUNCH ' THAT'S FOR SURE !...
@tOY BOy My kind has been into racing for 40 plus year's Mr. ''TOY BOY'' .. SO WHY DON'T YOU FACK OFF !
@tOY BOy Well, if that's so then it's time to take your METAMUCIL .. Your starting to have a bad attitude...
It's probably just me, but I would rather they would put period correct wheels on this historic car.
It's not just you. The ones on it look okay but...
www.autoexpress.co.uk/ford/95516/1964-ford-fairlane-thunderbolt-best-muscle-cars Period Correct?
Would have been black or white steel wheels
My Dream Automobile 😒
Where's the 427 Thunderbolt emblem on the side doors?? And original wheels??
Dats KickAzz
If one wanted to sell a 1964 427 Thunderbolt where would they begin, the car has been in storage?
I like Ford too, but Mopar won the 1964 Super Stock class.
Sorry, you are incorrect.
The Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt is a limited production, factory experimental, drag racing version of the Ford Fairlane produced during the 1964 model year only. A total of 100 units were produced; forty-nine 4-speeds and fifty-one automatics, enough to secure the 1964 NHRA Super Stock championship for Ford.[1][2]
Like hell they did, T bolt 427 took the title in 64.
Are the "brothers" really the Koch Brothers somebody commented that on another thread.
Lol, never heard of a pure stock Thunderbolt as he described??
I have a running 61 Falcon, (144 all original) can I wedge one of those monster engines in it?
Or would that be a travesty?
TruAnRksT Yes. Get rid of the 144. A 144 takes the fun out of it being a classic.
@@michaelking1869 Drop in a built 289 or 302, the chassis will never handle the 427 , it will rip it apart with its torque.
Wow , low 11,s on the shit tires back then and 9.40,s on modern tires, UNBELIEVABLE, What a beast. Can you Imagine being lucky enough to lay your hands on 1 of these 100 Terminators and taking out on the town drag racing. Any Chevy , mopar or chrysler drivers EVACUATUON TUBE ,AKA ( ANUS) woulda puckered so tight they would,nt have been able to go for a week after you pulled that Beast up beside and said LET,S RUN EM.LOL.
10.37 131 1965 ss nations
Would like to see what it will really do considering he just baby it in the video
That sure looks like an 8" rear end to me.
Beautiful car but the wheels are not correct for the period. The "Centerline" style wheel was not around until the 1970's after the Thunderbolts and Max Wedges had seen their day..
The first launchs seem too soft for an 11's car . Just the last at 5:18 seem to give honors
Its not a real one. its a clone.
What makes you think so?
lol.3 things right off the bat.
Was this the 427 Engine Ford also designed for NASCAR?
Yes, except with low, or mid-rise manifold.
Fucking A man.
Yes, but not the Single Overhead Cam version.
ford should have realy REALly named their Mustang-E the fairlane or even the galaxie instead, cmon the higher trim sport models could have been named the thunderbolt or reviving the 500 moniker or even the "R" code moniker for "appropriateness"
1) Love your videos. 2) The music is terrible and doesn't at all convey the aggressiveness of this vehicle. 3) Why don't you ever discuss the history of the particular vehicle (where it was found, condition it was in, etc, like Leno does) and a little restoration background? It would make your videos considerably more interesting and less repetitive.
Thanks Shaun. We love to tell the backstory of the car where it is known and verifiable and often share it. Have you seen this one? th-cam.com/video/e_cPbpjDJqI/w-d-xo.html
Don't know if this is true or not but I have heard these were low rated in HP because of Insurance problems and stuff. I have heard of up to 550 HP in freakin' 64. Can anybody confirm that? Shout out from Toronto Canada.
..it says that in the 1995 book " kings of the streets " muscle car book - the book with the yellow/black Dodge!
These were rated low for the NHRA rules based on HP to weight. Some muscle cars are underrated, but no where near as many as the stories that follow them. Back in the 60’s and early 70’s a big dog muscle car only ran 13’s to 14’s in actual 100% true stock form. A few like the Hurst Hemi, Thunderbolt, etc would run 11’s truly stock.
@@michaelking1869 Well some of the fastest cars from late 60s- early 70s can run in the 12s on modern tires with the engines and gearing bone stock.
@@BuRn1NgAnUs Even with drag radials on them most will not break into the 12's. They are more story than actual fact. With some jetting and timing changes as well as better than stock exhaust the big boy players will usually run into the 12's easily. The gearing was never really much of an issue since most had an option for 4.10-4.30 range gearing as factory options anyway.
Oh I bet it was higher, The BB 429 Boss was rated at a insulting 375 hp but really was closer to 575 on the dyno. Bet the 427 in the 64 T bolt was around 650. They were that BADDASS.