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Old 05-25-2015, 08:47 PM
qkiss qkiss is offline
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Default Another drag car ---- 64 Fairlane

1964 Ford Fairlane post car. This is the model and body style the Ford factory first used to enter the factory drag racing wars. They were known as Thunderbolts.
Humble beginnings
After it has been cut up and stripped there is not much left. The name of the game is to make it as light as practically possible.
Before the cage and chassis was started it was decided to chop the top.
3 inches taken from the front and 2 inches from the back. As the top was dropped down it was also slid back. This laid the windshield back for better aerodynamics and if that is not enough it looks cool lol .
The top was TIG welded back on with copper chill plates front and back and welded 1 inch at a time and cooled with compressed air between welds. When finished using this process there was no buckling or warping.
Back side chill plate.
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