By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Tired of watching high dollar exotics lapping Nurburgring? Well how about old school muscle? Watch the video after the jump (and turn up the volume)! Via Dogfight Mag

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

This shot of John’s Fairlane‘s engine compartment, showing the fit of those gorgeous stainless-steel headers, just looks plain delicious. See more of this ambitious project at his ride page!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

The interior would probably look something like this. I dunno, I’d be afraid of getting it dirty. Check out Kalani’s  ’55 Fairlane page for more pics!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Ted is the fourth owner of this beautiful ’67 Fairlane and has owned it almost ten years now. I love how clean and original the car is. Wait til you see the interior! Check out his ride page for all the pics!

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

Welcome to installment one of Project Fat Lane, a 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt look-a-like that is being constructed to compete in the Heavy Street class at races like the Shakedown at E-Town and The World Street Nationals in Orlando. This car will be visually close to an actual T-Bolt, but will sport a billet-block, solid-headed, F-3 ProCharged big block Chevy motor that would make the 427 in an original T-Bolt like like an Iron Duke four banger.

In terms of performance, to be ultra competitive in Heavy Street, you need a car that can run in the bottom 7s, and into the 6s consistently. The catch is that the mother will weigh well over 3,000 pounds in competition trim due to the rules. Depending on the race and the specific rules this car will be tipping the scales from 3,400 to 3,600 pouds. The body is steel from the cowl back with the exception of the trunk lid. The front will be ‘glass, but will use the factory grill and it will have working headlights.

Construction is underway at Tube Chassis Designz, the chassis shop operated by Jon Sandahl in Hanson, Massachusetts. This car will be on the track in the Spring and we are going to follow its builsup week by week.

One very cool thing? The owner of this car, actually has one of the 50 original Thunderbolts. He bleeds Ford blue, although this monster will have a billet block Dart Chevy motor in it. The car is a very cool piece and will be bitchin’ to follow from it’s early stages right on through to completion.

Stay tuned, this is going to be fun!

Click here to see the BangShift.com Project Fat Lane photo gallery.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Best of Show, the award for “outstanding achievement in design,” went to this incredible Ring Brothers ’64 Fairlane in the BASF booth. The car is powered by a Roush 427, rolls on Forgeline 3-piece wheels, and sports a carbon fiber hood, front and rear bumpers, side air intakes and deck lid spoilers. This was one of the hardest cars to photograph cause it was always mobbed. More pics and a quick video after the jump!

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By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to see if a Supercharged bomb can be included. Ford was fighting for dominance at the stock car tracks throughout the country, and was neck and neck with it’s crosstown rival Chevrolet. Little did anyone know, Ford had an ace up it’s sleeve. Lets discover the 1957 Ford Supercharged “F” Series. And no, that was not the truck!

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By Katherine Helmetag

Atomicalex

Summertime in Detroit doesn’t get into full swing until the cool people start bringing the cool cars out for cool treats: drive-in ice cream shops dot Woodward and attract car nuts from all over. I swung by the Dairy Mat in Birmingham after Little League last week and spotted Brett and his 1963 purple Ford Fairlane Sports Coupe. It’s got a 302 in it and makes a ton of good noise. I snapped a couple of pics before he made some smoke pulling out. Check them out after the jump.

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Scott found a sweet ’64 Fairlane wagon in Arizona and got to work. He fixed the body rot (finding some interesting attempts at repair along the way), shaved the door handles and gave it a sick flame paint job. Then he re-did the interior, lowered it and added 19" wheels. Looking good so far, though I imagine he has more planned…

Craig bought this ’67 Fairlane from his uncle, hauled it home and started tearing it apart. The Fairlane had spent several years rotting away in a field, and the floorboards were pretty shot. Craig’s got a ways to go, but something tells me he’s gonna stick with it and get it done.