1970 Ford Fairlane 500 - The Fast Lane Fairlane - PHR Project Car

At the rear wheels, the Fairlane put down 448 hp at 6,200 rpm and had a nice flat torque curve that peaked around 404 lb-ft at 4,700 rpm. It ran on pump gas and had great street manners.

With the exception of the front seats and the gauges, the interior is just like it was when we bought the car. Even the steering wheel was unchanged.

The engine bay was nice enough to show off with pride, but was far from show car status. The 408 stroker was dressed up with a few goodies like Ford Racing valve covers and a March Pulley system, but for the most part, it was all business.

Our Fairlane was never built to be handler, but we were quite happy to see that it was more than capable of making its away around GingerMan Raceway in Michigan. The big Ford held its own and turned in some respectable lap times. Just imagine if it had a rear sway bar.

Yancy Johns of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is the new owner of our Fast Lane Fairlane. He was a big fan of the project, and doesn't plan on changing much. He did, however, address one area we never got to, the ugly dash. Yancy spent some coin on a custom gauge cluster by Bowler Transmissions that we feel fits the project perfectly. He also tricked out the A/C vents and added some billet widgets from Precision Coachworks.

The next day following the GingerMan outing, our Fast Lane Fairlane hit the autocross, and again proved that you don't need a million-dollar suspension to have fun dodging cones. It didn't turn in the fastest time of the day, but it was far from the slowest.