Vehicle Description
1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Hardtop
Ford TV commercials in 1964 used the character Hazel as well as the
Peanuts cartoon characters. The Ford Motor Company was a sponsor of
the show, and also sponsored The Ford Show during the late 1950's.
For the 1964 year, Ford added a Sport Coupe, which gave the
Fairlane a 289ci V8, a stiffer suspension, and a louder
exhaust.
For consignment, a fully restored 5 owner Blue Oval Fairlane 500
with a slightly souped up V8 and a full paper trail of ownership
back to day 1 when it was sold at the Carolina Motor Company in
Statesville, NC. With added power steering and AC as well as a
radio that has been converted to AM/FM and a huge pile of receipts
and a photo library of the redux showing the car is all original
sheet metal, this is one seriously cared for and loved Fairlane.
She's looking very sporty with some American Racing wheels, and
very well done paint and trimmings. This one is a driver, but
presents nicely, and runs just fab so don't be afraid to blow out
the carbon!
Exterior
Bedecked in Skylight Blue, (ahh the same color hue soak in when
pontificating whist upon my deck), this car has no rust, as a
matter of fact there was only 1 spot of rust found during the build
that was remedied with lead and a skim coat of filler. However,
signs of prior bodywork are noted on the driver's door along with a
few small dings. The paint presents very well and is miles deep but
does show in a different hue of blue on the doors and fenders. Take
a deep dive into the fit and finish and you will be impressed. From
its jet contrail shaped trim spear starting from the front and
leading to the rear of the back quarter with a crescendo of angled
bump outs just prior to the rear wheel wells creating a "vent", we
can see some added excitement in the form of a dual bordered white
field encased in the dual borders in chrome. Nice Fairlane 500
badging is on the front quarters and good quality chrome is showing
on the handles and mirrors. On the bottom of the B pillar is
another horizontal wide strip of stainless with a Ford badge of the
era plunked into the stainless. The back panel of this car utilizes
turbine style round tail lights which flank a shiny chrome and
black badge with Fairlane 500 and a run of textured aluminum rear
trim. Both bumpers are pristine, and the roof is excellent with its
slight overhang on the back. 15-inch American racing Torque Thrust
wheels are on all 4 corners along with staggered width Sumitomo
radials wrapping the nice sporty wheels.
Interior
Swinging one of the doors, it immediately shows the workmanship
that was put into the design of this car on these door panels. A
mix of blue metal, stitched panels in lighter blue and a lower
vinyl molded panel in darker blue have a wide light blue accent
trimming surrounding the handles and armrest/pull. A front low back
split bench in wonderful dark blue puffy tuck and roll inserts and
smooth lighter blue bolsters have a thick silvered piping
separating them. This carries through to the rear seats, where see
a full bench version in showroom condition. The center of the rear
bench has a wide light blue vertical band and is flanked by snappy
multi-blue panels. The dash front in brushed aluminum matte finish
panels with medium blue strips framing above and below. Below is a
factory style Vintage Auto Air AC unit, the factory heater slides,
and stock appearing AM radio above all within a polished chrome
band. This radio has been converted with an Aurora FM1 AM/FM unit
held in the stock radio housing. Nice blue carpeting floods the
floors, and above is a white headliner in vinyl which shows some
slight waviness on the B pillar coverings.
Drivetrain
Benefitting from an Autolite 4100 4-barrel carburetor which sits on
top of a 289ci V8 that is original to this car, it now sports a
Comp Cams 256H performance cam. We are gazing at a nicely preserved
and spit shined engine and black bay. A rebuilt and upgraded with a
shift kit Cruise-O-Matic 3-speed automatic transmission is on the
back and a Ford 8-inch rear with 3.00 gears is the axle setup.
Dressing up the bay is an alternator conversion, factory Cobra
finned valve covers and reproduction 289 Hi-Po exhaust manifolds.
To keep things reliable, a Pertronix distributor has been installed
along with a high energy timing chain set and an aluminum radiator
is on to keep things cool.
Undercarriage
All cleaned up and obviously restored then garaged since its
restoration, this car has no rust, is very sound structurally, and
has independent front with coil springs suspension with a larger
than stock sway bar. A leaf sprung back suspension with added sway
bar is also seen and drum brakes are all around. Our consignor
notes that a disc brake kit will be included with your purchase. A
dual Walker stainless steel exhaust with polished chromed pipes
peek out in the rear of this car, and all underneath is just
fiiiine-O-mite!
Drive-Ability
A super quick starter, a smooth idler while she warmed up, and we
were off! Nice power and pickup, fine handling and no inoperable
devices to speak of. A truly fine ride, and power steering gives
just the right touch to operate.
To sum it up, a very nice example of the 64 Fairlane with the
exterior and interior looking like new and a huge paper and photo
trail of the restoration. Some add-ons for performance and looks,
and overall a good job yielding an awesome cruiser and eye catcher
for this '64 Fairlane 500.
4K43C211637
4-1964
K-Kansas City, KS Assy Plant
43-Fairlane 500 2 Door Hardtop
C-289ci V8 2bbl
211637-Sequential Unit Number
WARRANTY TAG
BODY 65A-Fairlane 500 2 Door Hardtop
COLOR Y-Skylight Blue
TRIM 62-Dark & Light Blue Vinyl
DATE 28E-May 28th
DSO 22-Charlotte
AXLE 1-Ford 8" 3.00 Conventional
TRANS 4-Cruise O Matic
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
see the vehicle in person.
