Almost all of my comments disappeared. I have built FEs for over 40 years. I know who owns the Fairlane and it is legit. All they need is a set of valve springs and one piece retainers and they will rev. The heads and intake manifolds work well together but the first thing I tuned was good springs and one piece retainers so it would rev to 6000 rpms+ the cam in 1966 was the B cam that came in the Cobra jet 428 that had 20 more degrees on the exhaust side to make up for the unibody manifolds. Ford developed a great tuning guide with these cars. And they learned a lot in dyno testing. Most slow cars were just not properly tuned. The C cam was legal in the 428CJ. Once you get the 390 to rev they make 400 hp. I have done stock legal engines that did 410 hp with more ring gap and bearing clearance on the wide side with C6AER heads and 2.04/1.56 valves stock 45 degree valve job with factory 30 degree back cut. And they did run low 13s and a high 12 on occasion, 4.11s and a C6 ran in drive with the R servo would shift at 6000. Did you hear it? Please don’t delete this, I really have done this for a living. I won’t even go into what you can do on a distributor machine.
Very interesting explanation as to why the Fairlane ran two seconds faster than off the showroom. Car and Driver did a supercar comparo in 1966 with a Comet Cyclone GT 4-speed and a Fairlane GTA vs. GTO, 442, Buick GS and SS396. The Cyclone was prepped by Bud Moore and the Fairlane by Holman and Moody. Both cars were ostensibly stock, despite revving to 6500. They ran in the 13.95-14.1 range.
Right out of high school (1971) I came across a '67 Fairlane just like this one sitting on a used car lot. I wanted it SO bad. What an awesome car. Only two problems...I had no money and I had no job. 8-(
@Gregsr.........this will appeal to u. Back n latter 50s, 2 of my older brothers worked after school PT at local skating rink....owner couldn't afford to pay them so he worked up a deal where he gave a '50 Studebaker to them as payment. Problem was my bros were only 15/14; BUT we did have a large cow pasture. So rink owner brought the Studebaker to bros, and every day after school, they'd dirt track it n the cow pasture. Moral of story:: bartering was king n those days when things were affordable. P.S. I'd setup n backseat and have a ball.
I'm a FORD fanatic..but those are two great cars from that era..and closely matched.. Love to see folks rebuilding restoring and racing these gems from the past
Actually they were not that well matched. The Camaro has 40 more Horsepower and it weighs less but the Ford won anyway. I’m not sure what they were looking at but the Ford clearly won the first race by a lot, it was even further ahead in the first race than any of the others.
That truck was all factory and had 200k before I did any work,but hell I put some Love into her,damn put that old girl up on the highway and opened that 4 barrel up.clocked at 110mph ,cop says your going pretty fast.i said ,I'm so sorry officer ,I had just put a little work on the truck and she gotta away from me ,I guess.well he looks at me ,thinking of writing a ticket and just smiles and said ,ok just not so fast and we said our goodbyes, TRUE STORY. Boy I Loved that Truck.
35 years and 248K miles on the C6 in my truck. Installed shift kit at 230K and new servo piston, which was hard as a rock. Thing never skips a beat. Wonder when it'll finally quit?
@@happyfreeliferc No 351 4 bbl engine in a F-series Ford truck from the factory. BTW, 351w engine in 1986 Ford F-series trucks. All had 2 bbl carbs. Try again, PUTZ.
I had a GT390 engine from a wrecked Fairlane GT in my ‘62 Ford F100 4x4. That truck was the envy of every other 4 wheeler present wherever I went off-roading. Which I used to do about every weekend.
Love seeing the old Fairlane. I think it's faster than my 67 GTA was. I sure miss it. It was red with the white stripes red interior. Thanks again for the videos.
My love affair with 66/67 GT/GTAs. I was 14 in 1966 when I first saw the 66 Fairlane GT/GTAs advertised in car magazines. Several months later I was at the hobby shop and there was a GT/GTA 1/24 scale model, and I just had to buy it. I went right home and started building the model. When I finished, it had a black interior and red exterior, and those FOMOCO model wheels really made that plastic car look almost like its full size big brother. I was so proud of that model because it was the finest work I had done building model cars and planes. For four years I dreamed of buying a 66 or 67 GT/GTA, and after I finally saved enough money for a good down payment, I was ready to buy one. The first one I found was a blue Fairlane 500 with a 427 motor and 4 speed transmission. My father would not let me buy it, as he put it, "its too fast for you!" Go find another but with a smaller engine. The next one I found was a black GT, 390 and 4 speed. When he got home from work I told him all about it, but again, he was not thrilled with my choice. He said, no 4 speed transmissions! About a week later, I found a 66 GTA. It was red with a black interior, just like the model I built four years earlier! I was hesitant to tell pop that I found my dream car. He asked what motor and transmission. I said "an automatic and a 390". At that, his look was not encouraging to me, however after a long pause, he said, "well tomorrow is Saturday and we'll go look at it". We left the house at around 10 am Saturday morning and was at the Pontiac dealership in Monrovia, Ca in about twenty, twenty five minutes. As we pulled onto the lot, pop saw the bright and shiny, red Ford Fairlane GTA, and said, "wow, that is one gorgeous car, you sure have great taste Dickie!" Within five minutes we were getting into the car with the salesman. Pop told the salesman that he'd like to drive it first before letting me take the wheel. The salesman said "fine but I will have to come along as it's the dealership's policy". Then pop said to the salesman, "why don't you get into the front passenger seat, and Dickie, you get in the back seat." Oh brother, I was so disappointed having to sit in the back seat of the car I wanted to buy! As pop was pulling out of the dealership, he stomped on the accelerator, and we burned rubber for twenty to thirty feet and he raced the car up to about fifty miles and then he had to hit the brake medal a bit hard as the traffic signal ahead had just turned red. And, as it just so happened, this signal was right at the freeway on ramp. As we came to a stop, Pop paused a second and since there was no traffic, he stomped on the accelerator and we laid rubber and smoke up the on ramp. As we entered the free way we were already traveling faster than the 65 mile per hour speed limit, and pop just kept the hammer down on the accelerator. It was like he wanted to see just how fast that car could go and how quick it took to get there! I'm sitting on the back seat hump with a hand on the back of each bucket seat and had a clear view of the speedometer and by this time it was passing a 100 miles an hour, at that I looked over at the salesman, he was white as a ghost and holding onto the dashboard the the interior door handle. He was so scared he looked like he was going to die! Me, I was thrilled! I had never gone so fast in a car! Up till that point, I was use to driving mom's, 56 Buick Century and later her 61 Rambler. The Buick had the big engine but it was one heavy car, yet it had some good get up and go, but nothing like that Fairlane GTA, 335 horsepower! The Rambler was, well, like driving a turtle! Now that we were hitting 110, pop placed his right hand on the top of the front passenger bucket seat so he could turn his head and look back at me, eye to eye, and say, "this car is too fast for you!" Then he turned away from me and went back to driving the car, but at a less rapid speed. Fifteen minutes later we were back at the dealership, and as we were getting out of the car, he said to the salesman, "lets go into the office and talk price and terms!" What, I said to myself, he's going to let me buy it! I was so thrilled, in fact, I was so thrilled, I didn't even think that I had not even driven the car myself! After the deal was made and told the salesman, hand the keys to Dickie, its his car now and he can drive it home! The salesman put the keys in my hand and then reached out to me and we shook hands. That's when I truly felt that I had just bought my dream car, and it was my firs car! Dang, I sure wish I still owned that Fairlane GTA, and actually, for the past forty something years I have wish I still owned it! Fond memories!!! God bless, Dickie... well Richard now! LOL
The Ford won all three races. I don’t know what they were looking at but the Ford won the first race by a lot, it went through the trap first, it actually won the first race by more than any of the other two.
Dad bought a brand new 66 Fairlane... It was a 2dr hard top and had a 289 2bbl and a 3 on the tree trans.. Bench seat and was yellow with kinda a 'tan' interior? I was 3 when he bought it, but only remember it from 5 years old on.. We went everywhere with it. Camping, road trips, he hauled his 1969 Yamaha dirt bike off the back bumper with those motorcycle wheel hoop things that hung off the rear bumper.. He traded it around 72 for a 65 Impala 4dr (growing family) and that was a fun car too. 283 auto power steering/brakes. Oh, the good ol' days..
Another great race between two very nice machine's, but that Fairlane GTA, get's to me in so many way's. I have to admit, that Camaro look's smokin' hot too.
That was a great matchup!!! Those are very impressive numbers for the time . I remember when the corvettes of the late 90s early 2000s hit 13.1 and people were amazed Both of these hit better and most cars of this period looked strong but ran 14-15sec 1/4 times
That Fairlane is finely tuned like a Swiss watch myself I know when the motor is hitting on all cylinders and everything works together correctly you can have an oddly fast car. Myself had a 1970 302 2 Barrel Mustang it was bone stock single exhaust C4 trans my auto shop teacher who was a wizard with cars help me fine tune that car on the oscilloscope I had the letters 302? Between the tail lights on the back because I was keeping up with or beating 13 second cars and they couldn't believe it was a stock. 302 2 Barrel.
I have owned six mustangs but have always been a Fairlane/Torino/cyclone guy. I even owned a 68 Mercury cougar for my first car and my second car was a 65 Fairlane sport coupe "k" code with borg warner T-10 and the live affair with Fairlanes began. Owned a 1970 Cobra Torino, 66 Mercury Cyclone GT with a 427, my favorite was my 67 Fairlane GTA with a 428cj that of course wasn't stock. Great cars.
I had a 70 camaro- not a big block or nothing fancy- and I miss that car- I’ve read in a magazine about this girls car and it’s hot- but damn that Ford was set up and gettin it 👍
Closest I got to a Fairlane like this was my 1965 Mercury Comet with a 289 in it. Great car I drove it for years then traded it for a 1968 Ford Torino with a 302 in it. I'm 71 now but I remember these cars oh so well.
A lady friend of mine drove a 66-67 fair lane at dragway 42 in West Salem Ohio In the late 60s early 70s tore up the track all kinds of 1st place trophies!!! Stock division
I always loved to hear the engine REV at the end of the track or driving hard into the distance is a SONG and MUSIC only GOD could have created, I have never heard 2 street engines that WORKED so well like these 2 cars. Listen to them both they sound MUCH BETTER running together than one by itself Kind of like a Musical Band with 2 Guitars than just One Guitar, Really Nice!
AWESOME FAIRLANE! Sure miss my 66, & 67 Fairlanes! My 66 had a 289 with a C4 trans, my 67 came with a 390 & a 4 speed Top loader, then I replaced the 390 with a Boss 351 & a C6. Mahalo!🏝
335 horse 390 Ford takes out the 375 horse 396. So much for the "unbeatable factory stock ten second 396". Beautiful Cars, both of them, really love that Aqua Blue paint!
My first car was a 67 Comet with a 289 solid lifter tp109 cam, dual point distributor stick shift in 1976! My buddy has a 67 Fairlane GTA. 390! I'd love to have both of them! The Comet would get it if I didn't spin, but that old big block Fe would run you down on 4 light poles! The 390 gt with a 4 speed was awesome if you could actually launch it!! Alot of gearheads slide 428 cobra jets in those old Fairlanes! Awesome for the day!!
My daily-drive from 1984-86, was a 68 Chevelle SS, L78 396, 4-speed. (17k original miles!) I also had a 1974 Ford flatbed with a 390, 4-speed. I love Chevy BUT the lines on that Fairlane give me a chubby. 🤷🏻❤️👍🏼🫡
VERY well prepared 390 GTA! Driver does a nice job coming out of the hole as well. 390 Fords are usually dogs but not this one! This thing has been gone thru with a FINE tooth comb to out run a mighty L78.
Don't know what 390's you're talking about but everyone of them I've had has been a runner. They're predictable, strong, and almost bulletproof. They're a bit temperamental while building them if you don't know what you're doing.. if you've got a builder thate a typical sbc builder that says yeah I can build you an FE you might not have good results. If you've got a guy that's familiar with FE's you'll have a good performing engine
@@Brian_P yes they can be made to run but they do need an experienced Ford guy building it ( like this one in the video ). Showroom stock 390’s can not compete.
@@kimmorrison9169 seems like Ford choked them down like every two years. From a triple carb with 405 hp in 1962 to only 265 hp in 1970 with a small 2bbl in the full size cars. A mere 15 horses over my 351 windsor 2bbl, but it was the last year anyway
Goodday C & Z, 2 of the most gorgeous muscle cars from back in the day. Ford build some of the best looking hardtop's & the second generation Camaro's are just drop dead gorgeous. L78 SS / RS Camaro doesn't get better than that. 2 beautiful muscle cars plus down to the wire the best of 3. Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤
Props to the Fairlane....I thought with the L78, the Camaro had this in the bag. Love the classic lines of the Fairlane...didn't really care for the new look of the Camaro in '70. Great race!
Yeah, me neither. They changed from the aggressive look of the 67, 68, 69 Camaro's and made it look more like an overgrown Vega in '70. I think they're ugly as hell myself. But they did have improved suspension. Still rather have the older look.
The Fairlains are lighter than they look. I had a 67 GTA and it felt pretty nimble for the exterior body size even with the big block. It bested big block Chevelle's more than once in drags, some other muscle cars as well. Can't say I never got beat though.
I agree.. I've got a 66 Fairlane GT so maybe I'm biased lol.. but I appreciate all classic muscle cars. I like the looks of the 67-69 Camaros.. not so much with this one. It's ok but just not my cup of tea. I think the mustangs became a little homelier in 71 as well. It's like they were they were killing it in the late 60's and just missed the boat after that.. chevy and Ford that is. The Chevelles and Torino's we're still looking good till 72 anyway.
@@Brian_P I agree completely, Brian...don't know what happened to the Mustang in '71, but definitely took a turn for the worse in the styling department! "72 was the last good year for the Chevelle and Torino, as well...not only was the styling bad after '72, but performance went down with it!
@@Brian_P Fords over styling killed them. WTF happened to the Thunderbirds, look at the Comet after 67, Mustangs after 69 Granted all muscle cars took a dive around 73 but Ford way earlier. It's like they were all in on the Mustang and a little on Fairlanes, but that was it. I liked the 68 Galaxies and would have been nice if they flattened the hose on it.
I had one. My 66 GT Fairlane was the yellow w/black stripes. It was my first car at 16 years old. I loved it! That car could take off in 3rd gear if needed. I sold it in 1979.to my buddy.
Bone stock 390s are a complete joke and nothing but a truck motor in a passenger car. The owner of that GTA had to have done a lot of work to that mill to get it to make 13 sec runs.
The 390 GTAs where I lived were pretty cars, but they were rarely a threat on the street. Freshly tuned muscle cars from other makers could usually outrun them. (This GTA has obviously been thoroughly tuned.)
I had a 390 in a '67 Mustang.; two of them as a matter of fact. They were okay, but neither were super performing cars. That is incredible for the Fairlane to be stock and run those times. I would like to know the whole story on this vehicle !!
I had a friend in my hometown who had a 74 Z28 and he took out the original 350 and replaced it with a 396 and added an L88 hood and Cragar SS five spoke wheels.
I love the Fairlane stacked headlights look so cool , Camaro is gorgeous to but the Fairlane just talks to me, 427 with a stick and a bench seat iconic.
I like your new format of just the facts! However a little talking would not hurt? Before too much lewdness. But I am a sub and will continue because you bring out the cool cars! Thx
Here's a touch of context, courtesy of the June 1967 issue of "Road Test" magazine. In a comprehensive comparison test of 9 American musclecars, the Ford GTA ran 15.94 @ 91 mph and the Mercury Cyclone GT ran 15.12 @ 99.5 mph. Both had the 390 4 bbl engine. The quickest car in this test was a 67 Plymouth GTX, turning 14.96 @97 mph.
That was the first car I ever had was a 1966 Ford Fairlane 390 big block with a big 4 barrel Holley on it is how much fun when I was 16 years old and now I'm 57 boy I miss that card🍻🍻🇺🇸
I also owned a Ford Fairlane,Limited addition car"x"amount built,but it was a 1969,428CI SuperCobraJet 435hp?, sideoiler,6 cobra badges on ft.grill 2 on ft.fenders 1 on RH trunk lid, 2 on ea.side fuctional hoodscoope 428 SuperCobraJet, had 4speed manual hipo trans.4:35rearendgears?G70tires14"rims(wide oval stock for 1969) topendspeed110mph@5700rpm, dark green ext.color coupe,goldish interiorcolor,benchseat, What I remember best about this car it was Unbeatable in GR Michigan,and surrounding cities,131dragway.one of my most favorite cars including my hardtopconv.and 07 mustangcobra I own now.and more. 4:35
The Chevy has a higher mi/hr every time, indicating a better race suited for a 1/2 mile, or top end. The Ford, though, clearly the winner. I've owned both Fords and Chevys in the 1970's - 2000's
Some of Ford’s best work in the styling department right there.
I was pleasantly surprised at the interior as well.
Yes, good copy of a 1965 GTO:
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@@BuzzLOLOL 🤣🤣🤣
@@BuzzLOLOL Ford never copied anything from the Indian. Ford made tunnel port heads Pontiac copied them from ford.
@@michaelburks4952 - Pontiac invented individual stamped rocker arms in 1949... Chevy copied them in 1955... Ford copied them later...
That fairlane is gorgeous!!!
Absolutely!
Reminds me of 66/67 Nova
Almost all of my comments disappeared. I have built FEs for over 40 years. I know who owns the Fairlane and it is legit. All they need is a set of valve springs and one piece retainers and they will rev. The heads and intake manifolds work well together but the first thing I tuned was good springs and one piece retainers so it would rev to 6000 rpms+ the cam in 1966 was the B cam that came in the Cobra jet 428 that had 20 more degrees on the exhaust side to make up for the unibody manifolds. Ford developed a great tuning guide with these cars. And they learned a lot in dyno testing. Most slow cars were just not properly tuned. The C cam was legal in the 428CJ. Once you get the 390 to rev they make 400 hp. I have done stock legal engines that did 410 hp with more ring gap and bearing clearance on the wide side with C6AER heads and 2.04/1.56 valves stock 45 degree valve job with factory 30 degree back cut. And they did run low 13s and a high 12 on occasion, 4.11s and a C6 ran in drive with the R servo would shift at 6000. Did you hear it? Please don’t delete this, I really have done this for a living. I won’t even go into what you can do on a distributor machine.
Those old Ford FE engines are just fast and lots of torque
Very interesting explanation as to why the Fairlane ran two seconds faster than off the showroom. Car and Driver did a supercar comparo in 1966 with a Comet Cyclone GT 4-speed and a Fairlane GTA vs. GTO, 442, Buick GS and SS396. The Cyclone was prepped by Bud Moore and the Fairlane by Holman and Moody. Both cars were ostensibly stock, despite revving to 6500. They ran in the 13.95-14.1 range.
Well spoken I'm a FoMoCo man
The 390 was a really great & versatile engine.
Right out of high school (1971) I came across a '67 Fairlane just like this one sitting on a used car lot. I wanted it SO bad. What an awesome car. Only two problems...I had no money and I had no job. 8-(
Ya I had that same problem the year 1990 outa high school trying to buy a 1985 mustang GT Cobra 😩
I feel your anguish completely.
@Gregsr.........this will appeal to u. Back n latter 50s, 2 of my older brothers worked after school PT at local skating rink....owner couldn't afford to pay them so he worked up a deal where he gave a '50 Studebaker to them as payment. Problem was my bros were only 15/14; BUT we did have a large cow pasture. So rink owner brought the Studebaker to bros, and every day after school, they'd dirt track it n the cow pasture. Moral of story:: bartering was king n those days when things were affordable. P.S. I'd setup n backseat and have a ball.
I love the vertical stacked headlights, that ford is a beautiful design! Haven't seen many Ford's in psmcdr, nice to see one clean house!
They copied the '65 GTO... img.17qq.com/images/hmcmkkkcoov.jpeg
Actually stock '66 GTA:
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@@BuzzLOLOL come up with some new material. You keep posting the same dumb shit all over this video and it is pathetic.
Both so different, but both so beautiful.
I'm a FORD fanatic..but those are two great cars from that era..and closely matched.. Love to see folks rebuilding restoring and racing these gems from the past
Tarheel Ron, WRONG, they are not an even match. By specs, the Camaro should've won but didn't.
@@sergeantmasson3669 WRONG on paper. CORRECT in reality.
Those are really good E.T.'s.
Must be the modern tire for both.
Actually they were not that well matched. The Camaro has 40 more Horsepower and it weighs less but the Ford won anyway. I’m not sure what they were looking at but the Ford clearly won the first race by a lot, it was even further ahead in the first race than any of the others.
Love the vertical stacked headlights of the mid sixties Fairlanes
Love those FE Big Block Fords.
Edsel rules
FE are my favorites by a looooooong shot
I have a 66 Thunderbird with a 390fe. It has Zero balls. That fairlane had some work done for sure. What an amazing car. Just beautiful.
Different eng, setup. The GTA' 390 had a hotter cam than the T-Bird and about 20 more HP and was also lighter than the Tbird.
I looked at a 66' Tbird with a 428 in the mid 70s to buy. The guy backed out of the deal.
Fairlane with the C6 Automatic. Good trans that I personally helped build at Ford's Livonia Trans plant back then.
I had a C6 in my 86 F250 2wD,351 with a 4 barrel Holley. Nice truck and non catalyst
That truck was all factory and had 200k before I did any work,but hell I put some Love into her,damn put that old girl up on the highway and opened that 4 barrel up.clocked at 110mph ,cop says your going pretty fast.i said ,I'm so sorry officer ,I had just put a little work on the truck and she gotta away from me ,I guess.well he looks at me ,thinking of writing a ticket and just smiles and said ,ok just not so fast and we said our goodbyes, TRUE STORY. Boy I Loved that Truck.
35 years and 248K miles on the C6 in my truck. Installed shift kit at 230K and new servo piston, which was hard as a rock. Thing never skips a beat. Wonder when it'll finally quit?
@@happyfreeliferc No 351 4 bbl engine in a F-series Ford truck from the factory. BTW, 351w engine in 1986 Ford F-series trucks. All had 2 bbl carbs. Try again, PUTZ.
@@sergeantmasson3669 your full of shit ,try again fool
Probably the best matchup I've seen on your channel!
nice to see a Ford for a change. For some reason they don't have many in Pure Stock racing.
That fairlane is gorgeous!
These vehicles shows how American products were well made with pride and dedication with style. Love the chrome appearance.
I had a GT390 engine from a wrecked Fairlane GT in my ‘62 Ford F100 4x4. That truck was the envy of every other 4 wheeler present wherever I went off-roading. Which I used to do about every weekend.
Wow, that was really close races. It must have been very exciting for these guys , neck and neck.
Wish I could see more Fairlane’s at car shows.
Love seeing the old Fairlane. I think it's faster than my 67 GTA was. I sure miss it. It was red with the white stripes red interior. Thanks again for the videos.
Two great cars and a great race. I never liked the new styling of the Camaro in 1970, but the rest of it was great. Always loved the ford. Thanks.
Now that is FUN racing! For both the drivers and the viewing crowd!
Beautiful Fairlane!
Gotta love that message in the Camaro's rear window. "I know, I know, license and registration!" : ) 🚘 👮♂️ 🚔
Back in the day I owned a 1966 Ford Fairlane GTA. Great car.
My love affair with 66/67 GT/GTAs. I was 14 in 1966 when I first saw the 66 Fairlane GT/GTAs advertised in car magazines. Several months later I was at the hobby shop and there was a GT/GTA 1/24 scale model, and I just had to buy it. I went right home and started building the model. When I finished, it had a black interior and red exterior, and those FOMOCO model wheels really made that plastic car look almost like its full size big brother. I was so proud of that model because it was the finest work I had done building model cars and planes. For four years I dreamed of buying a 66 or 67 GT/GTA, and after I finally saved enough money for a good down payment, I was ready to buy one. The first one I found was a blue Fairlane 500 with a 427 motor and 4 speed transmission. My father would not let me buy it, as he put it, "its too fast for you!" Go find another but with a smaller engine. The next one I found was a black GT, 390 and 4 speed. When he got home from work I told him all about it, but again, he was not thrilled with my choice. He said, no 4 speed transmissions! About a week later, I found a 66 GTA. It was red with a black interior, just like the model I built four years earlier! I was hesitant to tell pop that I found my dream car. He asked what motor and transmission. I said "an automatic and a 390". At that, his look was not encouraging to me, however after a long pause, he said, "well tomorrow is Saturday and we'll go look at it". We left the house at around 10 am Saturday morning and was at the Pontiac dealership in Monrovia, Ca in about twenty, twenty five minutes. As we pulled onto the lot, pop saw the bright and shiny, red Ford Fairlane GTA, and said, "wow, that is one gorgeous car, you sure have great taste Dickie!" Within five minutes we were getting into the car with the salesman. Pop told the salesman that he'd like to drive it first before letting me take the wheel. The salesman said "fine but I will have to come along as it's the dealership's policy". Then pop said to the salesman, "why don't you get into the front passenger seat, and Dickie, you get in the back seat." Oh brother, I was so disappointed having to sit in the back seat of the car I wanted to buy! As pop was pulling out of the dealership, he stomped on the accelerator, and we burned rubber for twenty to thirty feet and he raced the car up to about fifty miles and then he had to hit the brake medal a bit hard as the traffic signal ahead had just turned red. And, as it just so happened, this signal was right at the freeway on ramp. As we came to a stop, Pop paused a second and since there was no traffic, he stomped on the accelerator and we laid rubber and smoke up the on ramp. As we entered the free way we were already traveling faster than the 65 mile per hour speed limit, and pop just kept the hammer down on the accelerator. It was like he wanted to see just how fast that car could go and how quick it took to get there! I'm sitting on the back seat hump with a hand on the back of each bucket seat and had a clear view of the speedometer and by this time it was passing a 100 miles an hour, at that I looked over at the salesman, he was white as a ghost and holding onto the dashboard the the interior door handle. He was so scared he looked like he was going to die! Me, I was thrilled! I had never gone so fast in a car! Up till that point, I was use to driving mom's, 56 Buick Century and later her 61 Rambler. The Buick had the big engine but it was one heavy car, yet it had some good get up and go, but nothing like that Fairlane GTA, 335 horsepower! The Rambler was, well, like driving a turtle! Now that we were hitting 110, pop placed his right hand on the top of the front passenger bucket seat so he could turn his head and look back at me, eye to eye, and say, "this car is too fast for you!" Then he turned away from me and went back to driving the car, but at a less rapid speed. Fifteen minutes later we were back at the dealership, and as we were getting out of the car, he said to the salesman, "lets go into the office and talk price and terms!" What, I said to myself, he's going to let me buy it! I was so thrilled, in fact, I was so thrilled, I didn't even think that I had not even driven the car myself! After the deal was made and told the salesman, hand the keys to Dickie, its his car now and he can drive it home! The salesman put the keys in my hand and then reached out to me and we shook hands. That's when I truly felt that I had just bought my dream car, and it was my firs car! Dang, I sure wish I still owned that Fairlane GTA, and actually, for the past forty something years I have wish I still owned it! Fond memories!!! God bless, Dickie... well Richard now! LOL
Great story!!!
I hope it's still around, and has a good home 😎
The Ford won all three races. I don’t know what they were looking at but the Ford won the first race by a lot, it went through the trap first, it actually won the first race by more than any of the other two.
The stacked headlights angled forward makes it look fast even when standing still.👌
That GTA is definitely the Sleeper!! Boy was he hauling the Mail‼️
One of the best looking cars Ford ever made. Both cars are so evenly matched.
Nice races. Nice to see a Ford - and it running pretty quick.
Dad bought a brand new 66 Fairlane... It was a 2dr hard top and had a 289 2bbl and a 3 on the tree trans.. Bench seat and was yellow with kinda a 'tan' interior? I was 3 when he bought it, but only remember it from 5 years old on.. We went everywhere with it. Camping, road trips, he hauled his 1969 Yamaha dirt bike off the back bumper with those motorcycle wheel hoop things that hung off the rear bumper.. He traded it around 72 for a 65 Impala 4dr (growing family) and that was a fun car too. 283 auto power steering/brakes. Oh, the good ol' days..
Some nice close races. I’ll take one of each of those beauties.
One Great looking Ford. surprised the Camaro owner too I'll bet
That Fairlane looks GREAT! The '70 Camaro is very nicely done but was never really my style.
Agreed. Honestly I think the Camaro is God awful ugly. I respect the car and history but ive never liked the look.
What a great matchup!!
Ford FE motors are hard to beat.. Great win for the FORD
I had a 67 Fairlane with a 351, miss that car...but I still have a 67 GTO convertible :D
in paper the fairlane had no chance, yet on the track it outran the rat 3 for 3
I'll take the Fairlane over that chevy anyday.
Yes wouldn't even have to think about it.
Me too
Same here,plus I was born in 66
I’d take either car. The stupid fan boys crying about Ford versus Chevy are annoying. Both cars are extremely nice.
Brings back memories of my 66 Fairlane
Great matchup! I get tired of hearing Ford's can't be fast. Both cars redlighted once, but I saw the Ford cross the finish line 1st all 3 times
Another great race between two very nice machine's, but that Fairlane GTA, get's to me in so many way's. I have to admit, that Camaro look's smokin' hot too.
The problem with the GTA? Unibody. The C-pillars were prone to bend under high HP applications.
@@rickuyeda4818 So is the Camaro a unibody. BTW, my '70 Ford unibody Torino would eat that '70 Camaro for lunch.
Still have my 66 GTA after 49 years of ownership. Don’t see many at the shows anymore
That was a great matchup!!! Those are very impressive numbers for the time . I remember when the corvettes of the late 90s early 2000s hit 13.1 and people were amazed
Both of these hit better and most cars of this period looked strong but ran 14-15sec 1/4 times
That Fairlane is finely tuned like a Swiss watch myself I know when the motor is hitting on all cylinders and everything works together correctly you can have an oddly fast car. Myself had a 1970 302 2 Barrel Mustang it was bone stock single exhaust C4 trans my auto shop teacher who was a wizard with cars help me fine tune that car on the oscilloscope I had the letters 302? Between the tail lights on the back because I was keeping up with or beating 13 second cars and they couldn't believe it was a stock. 302 2 Barrel.
I have owned six mustangs but have always been a Fairlane/Torino/cyclone guy. I even owned a 68 Mercury cougar for my first car and my second car was a 65 Fairlane sport coupe "k" code with borg warner T-10 and the live affair with Fairlanes began. Owned a 1970 Cobra Torino, 66 Mercury Cyclone GT with a 427, my favorite was my 67 Fairlane GTA with a 428cj that of course wasn't stock. Great cars.
I had a 70 camaro- not a big block or nothing fancy- and I miss that car- I’ve read in a magazine about this girls car and it’s hot- but damn that Ford was set up and gettin it 👍
Great looking ford, great motor too.
Closest I got to a Fairlane like this was my 1965 Mercury Comet with a 289 in it. Great car I drove it for years then traded it for a 1968 Ford Torino with a 302 in it. I'm 71 now but I remember these cars oh so well.
Great Grass Roots racing there! Good matchup of cars! You see, those 390's are a match for any other big block when set-up correctly!
Lol.. not a chance.
Had a 67 Fairlane back in the day. 390 with c6. it was a brute.
A lady friend of mine drove a 66-67 fair lane at dragway 42 in West Salem Ohio In the late 60s early 70s tore up the track all kinds of 1st place trophies!!! Stock division
I always loved to hear the engine REV at the end of the track or driving hard into the distance is a SONG and MUSIC only GOD could have created, I have never heard 2 street engines that WORKED so well like these 2 cars. Listen to them both they sound MUCH BETTER running together than one by itself Kind of like a Musical Band with 2 Guitars than just One Guitar, Really Nice!
The fairlane is making some good power! Way better than stock
AWESOME FAIRLANE! Sure miss my 66, & 67 Fairlanes! My 66 had a 289 with a C4 trans, my 67 came with a 390 & a 4 speed Top loader, then I replaced the 390 with a Boss 351 & a C6. Mahalo!🏝
335 horse 390 Ford takes out the 375 horse 396. So much for the "unbeatable factory stock ten second 396". Beautiful Cars, both of them, really love that Aqua Blue paint!
@port nut According to who, you?
Biscuit Boy, That L78 Camaro is 425 HP, not 375 HP.
@@sergeantmasson3669 L78 was a 375 horse 396. I think you have it mixed up with the L72 427 that was 425 horses.
My first car was a 67 Comet with a 289 solid lifter tp109 cam, dual point distributor stick shift in 1976! My buddy has a 67 Fairlane GTA. 390! I'd love to have both of them! The Comet would get it if I didn't spin, but that old big block Fe would run you down on 4 light poles! The 390 gt with a 4 speed was awesome if you could actually launch it!! Alot of gearheads slide 428 cobra jets in those old Fairlanes! Awesome for the day!!
I've always kinda dug the Fairlane. Now I want one!. I almost bought a red with white convertible back when I didn't have money...$4600 in 1996
The Fairlane's paint is beautiful.
My daily-drive from 1984-86, was a 68 Chevelle SS, L78 396, 4-speed. (17k original miles!) I also had a 1974 Ford flatbed with a 390, 4-speed. I love Chevy BUT the lines on that Fairlane give me a chubby. 🤷🏻❤️👍🏼🫡
VERY well prepared 390 GTA! Driver does a nice job coming out of the hole as well. 390 Fords are usually dogs but not this one! This thing has been gone thru with a FINE tooth comb to out run a mighty L78.
Don't know what 390's you're talking about but everyone of them I've had has been a runner. They're predictable, strong, and almost bulletproof. They're a bit temperamental while building them if you don't know what you're doing.. if you've got a builder thate a typical sbc builder that says yeah I can build you an FE you might not have good results. If you've got a guy that's familiar with FE's you'll have a good performing engine
@@Brian_P yes they can be made to run but they do need an experienced Ford guy building it ( like this one in the video ). Showroom stock 390’s
can not compete.
@@kimmorrison9169 seems like Ford choked them down like every two years. From a triple carb with 405 hp in 1962 to only 265 hp in 1970 with a small 2bbl in the full size cars. A mere 15 horses over my 351 windsor 2bbl, but it was the last year anyway
@@Brian_P When all else failed back then, contact Holman Moody....
@@kramnull8962 absolutely 👍😂
I'll take either one 🙂
Goodday C & Z,
2 of the most gorgeous muscle cars from back in the day.
Ford build some of the best looking hardtop's & the second generation Camaro's are just drop dead gorgeous.
L78 SS / RS Camaro doesn't get better than that.
2 beautiful muscle cars plus down to the wire the best of 3.
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Always fun to see a Ford beat a Chevy.
Props to the Fairlane....I thought with the L78, the Camaro had this in the bag. Love the classic lines of the Fairlane...didn't really care for the new look of the Camaro in '70. Great race!
Yeah, me neither. They changed from the aggressive look of the 67, 68, 69 Camaro's and made it look more like an overgrown Vega in '70. I think they're ugly as hell myself. But they did have improved suspension. Still rather have the older look.
The Fairlains are lighter than they look. I had a 67 GTA and it felt pretty nimble for the exterior body size even with the big block. It bested big block Chevelle's more than once in drags, some other muscle cars as well. Can't say I never got beat though.
I agree.. I've got a 66 Fairlane GT so maybe I'm biased lol.. but I appreciate all classic muscle cars. I like the looks of the 67-69 Camaros.. not so much with this one. It's ok but just not my cup of tea. I think the mustangs became a little homelier in 71 as well. It's like they were they were killing it in the late 60's and just missed the boat after that.. chevy and Ford that is. The Chevelles and Torino's we're still looking good till 72 anyway.
@@Brian_P I agree completely, Brian...don't know what happened to the Mustang in '71, but definitely took a turn for the worse in the styling department! "72 was the last good year for the Chevelle and Torino, as well...not only was the styling bad after '72, but performance went down with it!
@@Brian_P Fords over styling killed them. WTF happened to the Thunderbirds, look at the Comet after 67, Mustangs after 69 Granted all muscle cars took a dive around 73 but Ford way earlier. It's like they were all in on the Mustang and a little on Fairlanes, but that was it. I liked the 68 Galaxies and would have been nice if they flattened the hose on it.
Beautiful fairlane
Thats a really good running 390, most of them were a disappointment.
Chevrolet guy here but I do love them 1966 fairlanes
The most beautiful ford ever!!!
My brother owned a 66 fairlane xl 500 hypo 289 factory 4 speed white outside blue inside. I LOVED THAT CAR!
Great video. I had a 66 fairlane. Miss it.😥
I had one. My 66 GT Fairlane was the yellow w/black stripes. It was my first car at 16 years old. I loved it! That car could take off in 3rd gear if needed. I sold it in 1979.to my buddy.
Ford 390s are no joke
Bone stock 390s are a complete joke and nothing but a truck motor in a passenger car. The owner of that GTA had to have done a lot of work to that mill to get it to make 13 sec runs.
I had one in a half ton pick up and it was fast
No top end ...@@adamtrombino106
That Camaro was surrounded by MOPARs before the race 🏁
That Fairlane was very fast!
I believe the Fairlane should get the win anyways for the lowest E,T. out of the 3 runs
The 390 GTAs where I lived were pretty cars, but they were rarely a threat on the street. Freshly tuned muscle cars from other makers could usually outrun them. (This GTA has obviously been thoroughly tuned.)
I had a 390 in a '67 Mustang.; two of them as a matter of fact. They were okay, but neither were super performing cars. That is incredible for the Fairlane to be stock and run those times. I would like to know the whole story on this vehicle !!
Totally agree! This out come was shocking! I’ll still take the Camaro . It seems there is a 427 instead of a 390 in the Fairlane…lol
@@michaelbower2117 Don't laugh. You might be right. It wouldn't be the time some fudged displacement.
@@michaelbower2117 I suspected this too.
Dad had 66 Galaxy 390😊
I had a friend in my hometown who had a 74 Z28 and he took out the original 350 and replaced it with a 396 and added an L88 hood and Cragar SS five spoke wheels.
I love the Fairlane stacked headlights look so cool , Camaro is gorgeous to but the Fairlane just talks to me, 427 with a stick and a bench seat iconic.
I like your new format of just the facts! However a little talking would not hurt? Before too much lewdness. But I am a sub and will continue because you bring out the cool cars! Thx
Here's a touch of context, courtesy of the June 1967 issue of "Road Test" magazine. In a comprehensive comparison test of 9 American musclecars, the Ford GTA ran 15.94 @ 91 mph and the Mercury Cyclone GT ran 15.12 @ 99.5 mph. Both had the 390 4 bbl engine. The quickest car in this test was a 67 Plymouth GTX, turning 14.96 @97 mph.
Guess you never heard about tuning
That fairlane is gorgeous
Makes me miss my ole Ford Fairlane 500 I use to have
That was the first car I ever had was a 1966 Ford Fairlane 390 big block with a big 4 barrel Holley on it is how much fun when I was 16 years old and now I'm 57 boy I miss that card🍻🍻🇺🇸
Not gonna lie this surprised me. As someone who works on classic cars I've never seen a fairland beat a camaro.
Surprised me as well. Would have expected that Camaro to run faster than a 13 flat. Both are beautiful cars tho.
My favorite year for camaro!!
1 of ford's best styles I really like '70 cameros but I'm all Ford on this 1
Nice pair here, a pretty even match.
That Ford is a monster!
Good close race😊
Dad had a 66 GTA. Indian Fire with white interior back in the mid 70's.
My mom had that exact car in 1969 or 70, my dad sold it, he thought it was to fast for her. And yes it was fast
Pretty Car. Love me some Ford's. Especially if white vinal or canvas is involved
I also owned a Ford Fairlane,Limited addition car"x"amount built,but it was a 1969,428CI SuperCobraJet 435hp?, sideoiler,6 cobra badges on ft.grill 2 on ft.fenders 1 on RH trunk lid, 2 on ea.side fuctional hoodscoope 428 SuperCobraJet, had 4speed manual hipo trans.4:35rearendgears?G70tires14"rims(wide oval stock for 1969) topendspeed110mph@5700rpm, dark green ext.color coupe,goldish interiorcolor,benchseat,
What I remember best about this car it was
Unbeatable in GR Michigan,and surrounding cities,131dragway.one of my most favorite cars including my hardtopconv.and 07 mustangcobra I own now.and more. 4:35
Great 2nd race
Hard to believe and I'm a Ford man. The 390 I had lost races to grocery carts
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The Chevy has a higher mi/hr every time, indicating a better race suited for a 1/2 mile, or top end. The Ford, though, clearly the winner. I've owned both Fords and Chevys in the 1970's - 2000's
No it didn't. The ford ran a 104.96 to the chevys 104.16 the first time
Vaya un Ford fairlane GT de 1966 VS un Chevrolet Camaro SS 396 super sport de 1970 Bro buen video pues