Amt 65 fairlane 500 “ Thunderbolt “ what if

[Ragtop Man]

Going out on a limb to say that anything Falcon- or Fairlane-based in '64-5 with an SOHC would have had either a straight axle or the single-leaf, quarter-elliptic spring,  if only to make room for the headers which were critical to getting all the power out of the engine. 

('64 Thunderbolts had 1 5/8" primaries as delivered, which would be marginal on a 289 and are the achilles heel of the Revell kit!

[Ragtop Man]

Going out on a limb to say that anything Falcon- or Fairlane-based in '64-5 with an SOHC would have had either a straight axle or the single-leaf, quarter-elliptic spring,  if only to make room for the headers which were critical to getting all the power out of the engine. 

('64 Thunderbolts had 1 5/8" primaries as delivered, which would be marginal on a 289 and are the achilles heel of the Revell kit!)

Second pick is likely the final iteration with injectors, moon tank, etc. Guessing by the time it got this far, it was pretty beat up and would make sense to crush out. 

[GoodbuildNY]

34 minutes ago, Ragtop Man said:

Going out on a limb to say that anything Falcon- or Fairlane-based in '64-5 with an SOHC would have had either a straight axle or the single-leaf, quarter-elliptic spring,  if only to make room for the headers which were critical to getting all the power out of the engine. 

('64 Thunderbolts had 1 5/8" primaries as delivered, which would be marginal on a 289 and are the achilles heel of the Revell kit!)

Second pick is likely the final iteration with injectors, moon tank, etc. Guessing by the time it got this far, it was pretty beat up and would make sense to crush out. 

Agreed the headers in the tbolt kit look woefully undersized. These pics are a big help. I’m still trying to find decent ( or any at this point) front suspension pics on the internet. I’ve got a pretty good old magazine library that I still need to search through but if anyone knows of a specific mag let me know. I noticed the last pic the car is running in B/FX , is it possible the car was run with a small block at one point?