'56 Fairlane Club Coupe, Fresh Restomod,california Car, Y-block V-8, Road Ready on 2040-cars

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For Sale - FRESH, FRESH, FRESH !!! 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Coupe Resto-Mod, VERY, VERY NICE  Two Door Club Sedan.  Freshly Restored, Solid and Straight,  Dry CALIFORNIA West  Coast Car  All Of It's Life Totally Rebuilt Thunderbird Y-Block V-8 with Factory 3 Speed Overdrive Trans, Electronic Ignition,  Power Steering, Power Windows,  Dropped Spindles with Disc Brakes, Excellent New Ultra Leather and Vinyl interior with 50/50 Six Way Power Seats,  Excellent High Quality Base Coat/ Clear Coat Poly-Urethane Finish, New Chrome, Restored Stainless, New Glass, New rubber seals,  EVERYTHING NEW, REBUILT or REPAIRED. NEEDS NOTHING. Looks Great, Runs Great, Drives Great. You Will Look Long And Hard To Find One Nicer. You Can Buy This Car Far, Far Cheaper Than You Can Duplicate It.  Freshly Done Car, Ready To Go !!! Build costs in excess of $50,000.  PRICED RIGHT !!! Questions??? Call Skeet (515) 571-4691,  NO TEXT MESSAGES ( I'm an old fart and don't know how to do it with a rotary phone).

If  That Is Enough,

Look at  the Pictures,

BID NOW or

DO THE BUY-IT-NOW !!!

If You Have Three Or Four Minutes And Want All Of The Details , Please Read On!!!

"Oh, Those Sweet Rock & Roll Fords !!!"

" Wow, This One Is A Gorgeous '56 Fairlane Club Sedan "

This Cool Looking,

Hard to find,

Dry Southern California,

1956  Ford Fairlane,

Two Door,

Club Coupe,

Thunderbird Y-Block Powered,

3-Speed Overdrive Beauty,

Is A Frame-up Build On A SUPER SOLID CALIFORNIA CAR,

That has Only Been Driven 7,000 Miles since Completion !!!

Everything Is RIGHT ABOUT THIS CAR and the '56

Is One Of  Ford's Coolest Offerings From The '50's !!!

 On Top Of That ,

You Can Buy It Today For A Fraction Of What It Would Cost To Duplicate !!!

The Build Costs On This Car Exceeded $50,000 !!!

These Mid-fifties Fords Have Always Been The Coolest Cars Cruising The Boulevard !!!

Ford Got Everything Right With These Cars.

The Style !

The Colors !

The Comfort !

The Engineering !

The Performance !

The Sheer Drivability !

The '56 Ford Fairlane Coupe Is The Icon Of  Fifties COOOOOL !!!

The '55, '56 and '57 Bel Air and Chevrolet might have been the fastest in the stop light wars, but the '55, '56 and '57 Fords were definitely the coolest !!!

Cool Can't Be Beat and Cruisers Are HOT !!!

If you don't believe me,

TRY TAKING THIS SWEETIE TO A CAR SHOW AND WATCH THE PEOPLE WALK PAST THE '57 CHEVY CONVERTIBLES TO LOOK THIS CAR OVER !!!

You Don't Have To Spend A $100,000 + To Have A Car People Will Admire !!!

This car is ready to go and have fun with, I Know 'cuz that's what I've been doing with it !!!

This car is ready to drive to the car show NOW !!!

If you are not in the mood for a car show then simply:

Drive it to work !

Drive it out to dinner !

Drive it out to the store !

Drive it to the Malt Shop for a burger, shake and fries !

SOUNDS FUN TO ME !!!!!!

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Here is the story of this car.

This car was built at the San Jose, California Ford Plant and spent most of it's life in SUNNY, DRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA !!!

I am a serious Car Collector or as my Wife a Kids say a Car-a-holic. I love '56 Ford Fairlanes and always seem to be looking for one to drive and enjoy. I have built and owned dozens in my lifetime. I MUST HAVE FOUND a hundred '55's BEFORE I FOUND ONE DECENT '56 FOR SALE. I bought this car from an older private collector friend of mine  a while ago literally within minutes of finding out he had decided to sell it. He had spent several years restoring and fixing the car up. He did some of the work himself and had various professional shops do  what he could not. It was a long and exhausting process. By the time he was finished life change issues forced him to sell the car before he could enjoy it for very long. I am very glad to have owned it.

It was a finished,  running and driving car when I purchased it. I had actually purchased the car he built prior to this one and sold to finance this project. From my experience owning that car I knew this car was built correctly. THIS GUY SIMPLY DOES NOT CUT CORNERS. 

Since that time I have done little to the car except to drive and enjoy her for what she was, which is a good looking, fun car. A couple of weeks ago I took her to "The Cruise To The Woods Car Show. I had a great time cruising the car around the Iowa Countryside and the Fairgrounds for several days. The car handled city traffic and bumper to bumper fairgrounds cruising with ease. I had a great time.

This car has been primped inside, outside, top to bottom. SHE LOOK'S LIKE A MILLION BUCKS !!!!

As I said at the start, I am a serious Car Collector. As such, this means I like to find, buy, collect, play with, improve  and own a car for a time. Then it is time to pass them along for someone else to enjoy while it is still FRESH. That time has come...I've owned the car for a while....I'm ready to move along !!!

THIS CAR RUNS AND DRIVES SO WELL AND IS SO COMFORTABLE THAT WHEN YOU YOU GET TO YOUR DESTINATION YOU WISH YOU HAD FARTHER TO GO !!!

The BODY- SUPER SOLID and LASER STRAIGHT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAR. This car never sat in a junkyard, a farmer's field on a barn and has not been pieced together with bits and pieces of other junk cars. This was a solid, running, driving car that sat in a loving owner's garage. I can show you pictures of this car when it was stripped to the bare metal shell. The FLOORS are SOLID. The Body Mounts are SOLID. The Trunk Floor is SOLID. The Fenders, Doors, Rocker Panels, Quarter Panels, Hood, Top, Drip Rails and Trunk Lid are SOLID. The Right Front Fender has had a 50 Cent Piece size patch welded into the bottom and the RR Quarter Panel has had a patch welded into the wheel lip. As far as I know that is the extent of rust repair. ALL OF THE REPAIR AND BODY WORK WAS PROFESSIONALLY DONE AND IS EXCELLENT. The hood, trunk and panels line up nicely as a '56 Ford should.. SUPER NICE BODY !!!

The PAINT-  Professionally applied, Basecoat/Clearcoat PPG Deltron Polyurethane which has been color sanded, buffed and glazed to a stunning "Wet Look" SHINE ! The Builder owned an automotive parts store that sold PPG Products so it is ALL PPG from the primer up. The colors are PPG Hot Colors Pearl Hawaiian Teal and Lexus Pure White Pearl.  These are ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS COLORS THAT POP IN THE SUNLIGHT and look right on a Fifties Car. Obviously there are a MINOR few chips, scratches  as one would expect on a car that has been driven which have been touched up. EXCELLENT PAINT !!!

The INTERIOR and DASH-  LOOKS BRAND NEW. This interior was done  by Phil Richardson of Phil's Auto Trim. Phil does Street Rods and Collector Cars Exclusively for customers Worldwide. He has been doing all of mine since the 1960's. His work shows up in the car magazines all of the time. The style is correct for a '50's style Mild Custom and it is done in glove soft  Teal "Ultra-leather" and White Naugahyde. It is soft, comfortable and easy to clean up when you spill your malt on the seat. The Front Seats are SUPER COMFORTABLE late model Lincoln 50/50 Six Way Power units. The 1956 Fords had one of the most beautiful dashes of the '50's and this one is no exception. Uncut with a full set of modern Dolphin Gauges  set in the stock pod. STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR !!!

The CHROME and TRIM- Combination of NEW, Re-chromed, Restored and good originals. Front and Rear Bumpers have been RE-CHROMED.  The grill is straight and an excellent original. The Front Turn Signal Pods are very nice originals, some small pits but shine nicely. The Stainless Trim is nice original and much of it has been re-polished.   NOS Club Sedan Emblems on the doors. NEW Trunk V and Emblem. Nice ORIGINAL Door Handles. The rest of the trim is original and quite presentable. Fifties cars are all about cool chrome and this one has it !!!

The ENGINE and DRIVELINE- Powerful, totally rebuilt, Thunderbird Y-Block V-8 with Factory 3-Speed Overdrive Transmission. The body tag says the car came with a 292. I was told the car now has a  rebuilt 312 with a T-Bird Cam. I believe what I was told but I know of no sure way to tell a 312 from a 292 from the outside.  There are only TWO sure ways to tell. One is to pull a head and mic the cylinders and the other is to pull the trans and clutch to check for the dimple in the rear Crankshaft Flange. Neither of those are going to happen while I own the car so I won't guarantee the displacement.  I WILL GUARANTEE THAT IT IS A Y-BLOCK.  It runs FLAWLESSLY with a T-Bird type lope on the idle. NEW Four Barrel Edelbrock carburetor on the original cast intake manifold with Dual Exhaust and Cherry Bomb Glass Packs. "Oh, the sweet burble of a Y-Block with pipes !!! " These engines have a sound all their own !!! Pertronics Electronic Ignition and Positive Crankcase Ventilation.  Everything on this engine is NEW or rebuilt. As with all Y-Blocks it is not ashamed to drip a little oil on your garage floor.....it is a 50's Ford after all. That's just something they will do. New cars do it too. If you don't believe me go to the mall parking lot and look around.....those oil spots DID NOT come from a '56 Ford.  The Transmission has been rebuilt, shifts silky smooth and the Factory Overdrive works FLAWLESSLY improving the highway cruising manners immensely. The driveshaft and Rear End have been rebuilt. EXCELLENT ENGINE and DRIVELINE !!!

The FRAME and SUSPENSION - Nice SOLID frame.  All four springs have been rebuilt or replaced as have the shocks. 2 Inch Dropped Spindles with Granada Disc Brakes on the front. Dual Master Cylinder and all NEW Brake Lines.  FACTORY POWER STEERING !!! Front Suspension has been totally rebuilt.   The car drives and stops nicely. Everything is GOOD !!!

The WHEELS and TIRES- 15" American Racing Aluminum Wheels with Uniroyal Tiger Paw Radial Tires. NEAR NEW !!! 

The GLASS-  NEW Windshield. NEW Vent Wings. NEW Door Glasses. NEW Rear Side Glasses. Original Rear Window. NO CRACKS. NO CHIPS.  NEW Windshield Rubber Seal. NEW Rear Glass Rubber Seal. NEW Window Channels and Fuzzies. NEW Vent Rubbers. NEW Door Seal Rubbers. The Door Windows have after-market Street Rod type power window kits installed. These will work perfectly one day and be lazy the next. I'm not sure if it is a temperature deal, an electrical deal or if they will improve as the channels and fuzzies wear in a bit. They have never let me down but may need some attention. EXCELLENT GLASS !!!

DATA TAG INFO: VIN- M6RT125482,  BODY-70 C,  COLOR- JE ,  TRIM- BJ , PRODUCTION CODE - 14L 601C.

OTHER STUFF- This is a GREAT looking car that turns heads and gets a lot of compliments every time I drive it. To me this is the perfect kind of car as I like to drive my cars and enjoy them rather than just polish them and trailer them to a car show. The Lights light. The Blinkers blink. The Gauges gauge. The Wipers wipe. The Horn toots. In other words, this is a REAL CAR and not just a shiny paper weight.  The Factory Radio is there but not hooked up. There is a VERY nice aftermarket JVC AM/FM CD  Remote Control Stereo mounted under the dash. The Clock probably quit working in the Fall of 1956 just like all the others.

This car looks, runs and drives GREAT !!!

I know of NOTHING you will need to worry about or attend to !!!

If you think you can buy a cheaper car and make it as nice as this car for less money go ahead and try. You have my blessing. You are only fooling yourself.

$32,000 buys you 8 weeks ( 320 hours) of LABOR in a good shop.

That's with

 NO parts,

 NO materials,

NO   interior,

NO wiring work,

NO  engine work,

NO  exhaust work,

NO  driveline  work,

NO CHROME PLATING,

NO STAINLESS TRIM RESTORATION.

NO Glass,

NO wheels or tires and

 NO allowance for a CAR to START WITH !!!!!!

Most of these cars spend a YEAR or TWO in the shop,

racking up THOUSANDS of HOURS in labor costs and

 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in parts and materials !!!

  If you know what you are looking at you will quickly realize that

 this car CAN NOT be duplicated for anything close to the price you can get it for here !!!

Plus, it's ready to drive and enjoy TODAY !!!

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As you can see I've tried to cover it. If I missed something I'm sorry.

I am a straight forward and honest person and would never purposely misrepresent a car. There is no point in doing that as they are what they are and will not  improve while you are waiting for it to arrive. If you have questions please feel free to call me.

This car is For Sale locally as well and I reserve the Right to end this Auction at any time without notice.

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Over Seas Buyers Are Welcome !!!

I can assist you in arranging low cost, professional transport Nationwide Or Worldwide.

We can have this car in your driveway in a few days !!!

Let Your Money Buy You Happiness !!!

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Now for the business stuff and the Terms and Agreements of this Auction/Sale. Please read thoroughly before you bid. Your bid indicates acceptance of and agreement with all of the descriptions and Terms outlined in this Auction. You are bidding for ownership of this vehicle, not the right to come kick the tires and take a test drive. You are welcome to come examine this car before you bid, WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE !!! I take great care in preparing the descriptions of my cars so that you can a good  idea of their quality and condition without the hassle of traveling but I am not perfect. A motor vehicle has thousands of parts and aspects and there is no way I can cover everything that may be important to you in a description. If you want to come and take a first-hand look I will me glad to meet you as long as I am available. If you have questions or issues that important to you please ask me before you bid. I will do my best to get an answer for you. We must receive a  $2,500  non-refundable deposit within   72 hours  of the Auction end with the balance due within  7 (seven) days  of the Auction end. All payments must be cash, Cashiers Check or by Bank Wire Transfer in USA funds. We prefer Bank To Bank Wire Transfer as it is quick, clean and secure for both you and me. Bank to Bank Wire Transfer is REQUIRED for all International Sales.  We will hold Cashiers Checks until they clear both Banks. This can take several days , sometimes weeks. We are a Licensed and Bonded Iowa Auto Dealer and have been in business in the same location for nearly 30 years . A flat fee of  $98.00   will be added to the final bid price to cover Title and Document Administration fees, FedEx overnight costs for paperwork and Title, Dealer Prep, Handling, Packing and shipping preparation and loading assistance charges. $2,500 of the total purchase price will be considered as the non-refundable deposit if you choose to make one payment. Iowa residents will have to pay Iowa sales tax and Fees, Non-residents of Iowa are exempt from Iowa sales tax. This car will be sold with a current and valid Iowa Title unless otherwise described. This is a used car and is being sold as/is with no warranty written or implied. As a used car imperfections may be present . These cars are rarely perfect and this car is not being represented as being perfect in any way , shape or form . Paint chips, blisters, minor scratches, buffer marks, smudges, scuffs, nicks, dings, wrinkles, minor interior wear and so forth must be considered normal wear and tear. Engine size, heritage, displacement and horse power are NOT guaranteed. All sales are final. This description is based on my personal knowledge of the car and information provided by the previous owner and/or people I consider knowledgeable about it. Neither I or my Company can be held responsible for misinformation given to me by others and passed on in good faith. I am a car enthusiast and not an expert in any particular make or model. If you have specific concerns or questions that are important to you it is your responsibility to verify it. Please call or come look at the car before you bid. It is the bidders responsibility to verify the validity of all statements in this description that are important to you before you bid. I will try to find the answer for you. This is a used, vintage car. It has been driven and is not perfect, it may have defects which I am not aware of. Such defects must be considered normal wear and tear. We can assist you in arranging low cost shipping virtually anywhere in the World. All shipping costs are the responsibility of the Buyer. The Seller will not pay any shipping costs. Shipping costs incurred are not refundable under any circumstances.

If you want to pick this car up yourself or arrange your own shipping we will store this car FREE up to 14 days while you make arrangements. After 14 days the car will be placed in secure storage and the Buyer will be responsible for all storage fees incurred. The car will not be released for pick up or transport until paid in full and all payments and checks have cleared my Bank.

 Questions ????  Please Call Skeet,  (515) 573-5353 days,

 Or (515) 571-4691 cell phone.

 DO NOT TEXT ME, I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TEXT !!!

Please be aware... I spend a lot of time traveling and away from my computer. I also spend a lot of time at my lake cabin  which has no computer or internet access. If you have a serious question, want to do the Buy-It-Now, want to discuss an offer or what ever, please call me at one of the above numbers !!!

  If you don't catch me leave a message and I will call you back.

I will post a  ton of large, high resolution pictures so you can admire this car and see her exactly as she is !!!

Please  take your time, look her over well and enjoy yourself !!!

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