Inspired by the race cars that he saw as a boy, the owner elected to turn this Fairlane into a build that looks as raw as it ...

The Ford Fairlane 500 owned by Keith Blasius is one ... that turned out to set up as a drag car. The car had 289 emblems but was powered by a tired 428 Cobra Jet race motor. The car had all ...

The circumstances by which John Pezzolesi came to own this 1964 Ford Fairlane are hardly how anyone ... We figure part of the reason the little 289 works so well visually is because it's dressed ...

but it also came equipped in many mid-size cars like the Mercury Comet and sedans like the Fairlane. In addition, the 289 also made its way onto the racetrack, helping Ford take the checkered flag.

The car had 289 emblems but was powered by a tired ... Three of them said buy it, three of them said Ford never made an R-code Fairlane 500 in 1968. One of his Ford brethren said simply, "It's ...

09 – 1967 Ford Fairlane Ranchero in Colorado junkyard ... and that it came with a two-barrel 289-cubic-inch (4.7-liter) Windsor V8 from the factory. I should have scraped the primer off ...

While the Thunderbolt was sold and campaigned by Ford, the cars ... an engine larger than a 289 small block V8. The body and other major components of the stock Fairlane 500 were modified ...

1966 witnessed the debut of the fifth-generation Fairlane, and Ford decided it was the right ... The American carmaker also ditched the 289 V8 engine, though the car continued to be available ...

Powered by a 289-cubic-inch (4.7-liter) V8 in range-topping trim, the fourth-generation Fairlane was no match for the GTO, but that changed when Ford redesigned the midsize for the 1966 model year.