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1969 Fairlane Wagon on 2040-cars

Year:1969 Mileage:1
Location:

Lincoln Park, Michigan, United States

Lincoln Park, Michigan, United States
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1969 Ford Fairlane wagon in the Torino Squire trim level. Originally from North Carolina, and is super solid. Plenty of patina and I purposely left it that way after I purchased it a couple years back. Always gets a crowd at the cruise nights, along with lots of questions. Has it's original 351 Windsor, and FMX trans still intact and runs well. I replaced all the hoses, distributor, starter, alternator, regulator, radiator, water and fuel pumps among other items and added a performer intake and Holley 600 carb with electric choke. Runs strong. A/C has been updated to a modern Sanden compressor and blows ice cold. Trans is super strong and has had a full fluid and filter change. Fuel tank was removed, cleaned and coated, and a new sender installed. Most of the suspension is new including all the springs, and features a 3" drop. No coils were cut to make the drop. The steering slave cylinder is new, and upper ball joints have been replaced too. Has had an alignment too. Wheels are American racing 17x8  in front, 17x9 in the rear. tires are BFG Sport Comps, 255/40 in front, and 275/40's in the rear. less than 1000 miles on them. The car still wears it's original Fomoco brake drums, and brakes at all 4 corners are new. Front has drum brakes, new wheel seals and  the bearings have been repacked. Exhaust is 2-1/2" with H-pipe, and real Flowmasters, not the Chinese knock-offs, sounds awesome. Rear end is a 9". The floors in this car are unbelievably solid(see pics),  surface rust only, and there is not rot out any where. I did find a couple minor pinholes in the bottom of the rear storage area, heavy primer would cover those, but once again, I have left the body condition alone on purpose. There is a rust hole started in the bottom of the left fender( car comes with an extra  perfect fender ), and the underside front edge of the hood has some issue starting, but not bad. The bottom of all the doors are very solid, with surface rust, with the exception of the left front door bottom corner which I took a pic of- very minor, but it's there.  Tailgate is in real good condition, only some surface rust, and the power back window works fine. Carpet is new and the seat bottom has been re-done. the rest of the interior is in fair to good condition, the headliner will need replaced as a next to-do item, in my opinion. I have a new set of kick panels that are not installed yet. 

Being an old car, some things to know;

The left door sticks sometimes, just give it a good pull and she'll open.

The shifter is kinda loose, NPD carries the replacement column collar, I just hadn't got to it yet.

The key switch in the gate for the window sometimes does not work, but the one in the dash does. There is spare replacement switch that come with the car.  

Needs window felts and dew wipe seals, I have the dew wipes to give the new owner.

Carb may need a bit of fine tuning yet, it's real close, but if you let it idle a long time ( eg; 3-5 minutes), you will see some fuel smoke appear. When you take off, clears right out quickly.

I would suggest running slightly shorter front shocks, if you hit a real big dip, you can fell them bottom very slightly, not bad though. 

Oil pan; needs an upsized drain plug, I used a t-bolt drain plug and it has worked fine, I have a perfect pan I will let the new owner have if they want. never been much of an issue for me, sure made oil changes easy.   

I also have amassed quite a collection of hard to find parts that will go with this;

All side and rear tailgate glass, and related hardware, including spare electric motor for rear glass.

Super nice left front fender with the correct molding holes for the trim.

Complete set of door hinges

NOS tail light lenses, and chrome bezels.

Spare set of switches for the back window

New kick panels 

Extra oil pan.

Set of Magnum 500 wheels in Fair condition with tire on them.  


Questions are welcome, additional pics are available,  I have attempted to describe this vehicle as accurately as possible, it is sold as-is with no warranties expressed or implied.

 Bidders with less than 5 feedback please contact me before bidding. Thank-you


  

 

 






   



   



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