'64 FORD FAIRLANE 'GASSER'

G'day again. Here is my latest creation. Started with the Revell '64 Fairlane Street Machine, but decided to do something a little different with it.


Because the rear slicks in my parts stash were to wide, I cemented then puttied 2 "skinnies" together to make the ideal size tyres for this car. Tubbed out rear arches to suit. Partly removed engine bay sides to allow for modified extractors & dump pipes. Front end axle, steering, suspension etc. was donated from the Willys Drag Coupe kit.
Thunderbolt 427 engine was from the box but with carby tubes, fuel line and ignition wiring added. Bonnet rear vents were puttied up and larger vent fashioned into the top.
Center chrome body strips were sanded away, and car was painted in 'Anchor Lacquer' White Gloss with 'Duplicolor' Venus Orange stripe.  Thin black stripe & all other decals were home printed and applied.  2 coats of 'Anchor' gloss clear was then sprayed on.
BMF'd around windows etc.,  Moon tank from parts stash and 'Sprue' built Roll Bar were added during assembly.












Hope you like and thanks for looking.  
P.S. Anybody know what class the car would run in? as I would like to put the correct class letters on rear windows. Cheers.

That is just SO COOL!! Very nicely done.

Great work Jerry, lots of thought gone into this one

that is s"#t hot jerry love all the added details
and the home-made worked a treat
killer build
l am thinking it would run in AF/x
or comp eliminator
but then l could be wrong

Nice work.

Good job mate

Yep, very nicely done.

Looks sweet Jerry, kind of similar to one I did a couple years ago:

RetrospectKustoms wrote:Looks sweet Jerry, kind of similar to one I did a couple years ago:

Thanks "Retro" for your comment. Tell ya what mate, your "gasser" looks real sharp too. Good job with the "Cammo" paint.

That's awesome Jerry.  Just my cup of Dilmah.
Makes me wonder what one would be like with a cammer in it?
The class she would have run in mainly depends on the year.  They kept changing the rules from year to year but the basic formula was cubes per pound decided the class (with separate classes for blown cars and normally aspirated ones).
Even with a 427 it's a big heavy car so i'd guess at B/Gas.

zenrat wrote:That's awesome Jerry.  Just my cup of Dilmah.
Makes me wonder what one would be like with a cammer in it?
The class she would have run in mainly depends on the year.  They kept changing the rules from year to year but the basic formula was cubes per pound decided the class (with separate classes for blown cars and normally aspirated ones).
Even with a 427 it's a big heavy car so i'd guess at B/Gas.

Thanks heaps Fred... I tried getting some info on Google, but as you say they kept chopping & changing the class, (very confusing).
Anyway I'm going with your suggestion of B/Gas, so that's the lettering going on the rear windows.

Very nice !

That is sweet, turned out really well