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Wayne's MEAN 78 FAIRMONT
 
This is a picture of my 1978 Ford Fairmont.
It started out in life as a plain jane 3.3L 6 cylinder, automatic transmission. I bought my 78 for $700.00 dollars, about 14 or 15 years ago. I'm the third owner of the car. Bought it off my wife's father, he was selling for someone else. It was a nice car then and is now.
But I wanted a HOT ROD, so I made it a HOD ROD. I bought a 1978 351W engine, so I took it apart, and sent block and heads to machine shop for some work. Some things that I added, power windows. Power trunk release. Four head light system from late model Fairmont. 4 speed SROD transmission from Mustang.
When I ran car on 1/4 mile, car did mid 12's. Stop running on track because of problems with Trans, and rear. The SROD does not hold up very well, on 3rd trans. Ripped rear mounting bracket for upper rear control arm, right off the car. Those brackets are spot welded to body. But that will not happen again. I welded both brackets back to body with mig welder. I do still run it on the street. Love watching people look. Some engine swap parts are in Engine and Power Train
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