60 Ford Starliner factory experimental

[Fat Brian]

Late October 1964, Dearborn Michigan 

Engineers for Ford's racing program are in a panic as NASCAR has just banned their new engine designed for super-speedway domination. In an effort to save the program they need to see if their engine geared for sustained high rpm operation can compete in other forms or racing. They need a test bed and they need it now. They scour the back lots of the Ford campus looking for a suitable chassis. They decide on a full size car for its roomier engine bay. After a few hours of looking they find it, a pre-production 1960 Starliner. 

This Starliner was one of the sample cars used to evaluate fit and finish before production ramped up. This car then went on to long term quality control testing before finally landing in a back lot used occasionally as a pool car by various departments. It was largely forgotten about when the engineers found it and drug it into their bay.

First, out came the stock 352 and 3 speed along with the bench seats. They tossed in a set of E100 seats that had alo been swapped into the then new Fairlane Thunderbolts. Next, they raised the nose and added the rear coil spring assist from the Thunderbolt as well. Finally they dropped in a dual carb version of their new SOHC 427. 

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I've been wanting to build this car for a while now. I love coming up with stories for why a car was built the way I envision it. The build itself was pretty straightforward, I put the Moebius cammer is the AMT 60 starliner and dud a few mods to mimic a drag car from the early 60s.

[NOBLNG]

Cool story…and a nice looking starliner!?

[moparmike619]

Very nicely done! I love the bare steelies and slicks on the back. This is what I love the most about this hobby, seeing where our imaginations take us and being able to execute things we never could in 1:1! Awesome concept and equally awesome execution ?

[charger74]

Very nice ????

[Fat Brian]

3 hours ago, moparmike619 said:

Very nicely done! I love the bare steelies and slicks on the back. This is what I love the most about this hobby, seeing where our imaginations take us and being able to execute things we never could in 1:1! Awesome concept and equally awesome execution ?

I went back and forth on whether to put the dog dishes on the rear but figured it fit the story of a hurried project better to leave them off.

[papajohn97]

What a cool idea and clean well-executed result. That Moebius cammer is one of my favorite 1/25 engines, looks like it was meant to fit into that super large Starliner engine bay. Love it!

Edited December 11, 2023 by papajohn97

[ewetwo]

One of my favorite looking Fords. Nice build and loved the story.

 

[Slotto]

Pretty cool. I like the black rims agaisnt that body color

[Ace-Garageguy]

I like heem much lots. Very much lots.  

[ncbuckeye67]

Excellent build & story!

[Classicgas]

Beautiful.

[espo]

Beautiful looking Ford. I'll bet there were more than a few Ford Engineers doing a little tinkering back in the day and this is just what they would have come up with. Your build looks like the way many would look in that time frame. 

[larman]

Very cool! Model and story!

[Yeah Nah]

Very creative Brian. Love stuff like this!

[karbuildr]

Very well done build and a great story to go along with your version of the car. Great mainstream color hiding a hot cammer engine.

[Chuckyg1]

That's great, neat idea for a build. Cleanly built.

[deuces wild]

Totally awesome!....??

[slusher]

Beautiful model and cool story!,

[slusher]

Brian what’s the engine out of?

[Fat Brian]

16 hours ago, slusher said:

Brian what’s the engine out of?

It's out of the Moebius 65 Comet drag car. It's probably the best version of the cammer in a kit but I think the ones from Texas 3d Customs are still a bit better overall.