{"id":11860,"date":"2010-08-17T23:27:29","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T06:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=11860"},"modified":"2012-08-04T12:35:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T19:35:25","slug":"speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Week 2010&#8217;s 200mph 1964 Fairlane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fspeed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2FBonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3.JPG&amp;description=Speed+Week+2010%E2%80%99s+200mph+1964+Fairlane\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[11860]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Speed Week 2010\u2019s 200mph 1964 Fairlane\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Speed Week 2010\u2019s 200mph 1964 Fairlane&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\" data-text=\"Speed Week 2010\u2019s 200mph 1964 Fairlane\" data-desc=\"Bonneville Salt Flats Race Car Sometimes it's easy to pick a feature car. The reasons why I dig the 1964 Ford Fairlane were spelled out in the feature I did about the Ring Brothers 64 Fairlane. Beyond the family tie and the legend of the Thunderbolt, this Fairlane just looks BAD! I searched for this\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3.JPG\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Bonneville Salt Flats Race Car<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11860]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11861\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville Salt flats Race Car 1964 Ford Fairlane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3.JPG\" alt=\"Bonneville Speed Week 2010, Bonneville Salt flats, 1964 Ford Fairlane, Bonneville hot rod\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3.JPG 680w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane3-400x602.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s easy to pick a feature car. The reasons why I dig the 1964 Ford Fairlane were spelled out in the feature I did about the <a title=\"64 Fairlane from SEMA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/2009-sema-ring-brothers-1964-fairlane\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ring Brothers 64 Fairlane<\/a>. Beyond the family tie and the legend of the Thunderbolt, this Fairlane just looks BAD!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane2.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11860]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11863\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville Salt flats Race Car 1964 Ford Fairlane backside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane2.JPG\" alt=\"Bonneville Speed Week 2010, Bonneville Salt flats, 1964 Ford Fairlane, Bonneville hot rod\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane2.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane2-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I searched for this car at Speed Week last year, but never did find it. I wanted to get a t-shirt for pops too&#8230; For Speed Week 2010, I caught up with Brian and Celia Dean and their AA\/CGC Fairlane known as &#8220;Thundersalt&#8221;. The CGC stands for Classic Unblown Gas Coupe. (I guess the U is silent?)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11860]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11864\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville racing 1964 Ford Fairlane 557&quot; Engine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane.JPG\" alt=\"Bonneville Speed Week 2010, 1964 Ford Fairlane, Bonneville hot rod, engine\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AA in the class title for this thump&#8217;n Fairlane stands for greater than 500 cubic inches.\u00a0 Thundersalt runs a 557 inch big block Ford.\u00a0 (thank goodness it ain&#8217;t a Chevy! It would have broken my pop&#8217;s heart!) Based on a bored and stroked 429 Cobra Jet block, the CJ is then topped with Trick Flow A460 heads.\u00a0 Brian estimates about 925 horsepower on racing gas flowing through the Holley 1650 Dominator carb. Brian explained, &#8220;We build shit to go fast!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-interior.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11860]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11866\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1964 Ford Fairlane Bonneville Race Car interior\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-interior.JPG\" alt=\"Bonneville Speed Week 2010, Bonneville Salt flats, 1964 Ford Fairlane, Bonneville hot rod, racing\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-interior.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-interior-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-interior-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane-interior-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interior, as you can imagine is all business. Not much remains of the original (Fairlane restoration lovers, stop reading now) Sports Coupe model Fairlane that simply fell into Brian&#8217;s lap when he was looking to make a Bonneville race car. It already had part of the roll cage and some wheel tubs since it was a drag race car, but no motor or transmission. I guess you could say that Brian had pretty much a clean slate to start with. Did I say clean? Brian told me starting out, &#8220;The car was ugly!&#8221; Not anymore!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane4.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11860]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11867\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Salt flats Racing 1964 Ford Fairlane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane4.JPG\" alt=\"Bonneville Speed Week 2010, 1964 Ford Fairlane, Bonneville hot rod, racing\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane4.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane4-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane4-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I asked Brian about the color and he and Celia both groaned about how long it took to pick this orange. Its Lamborghini Murcielago orange that when they finally saw it, they knew, that&#8217;s the right color to &#8220;Contrast with the salt&#8221; as the rule book says for racing at Bonneville.<\/p>\n<p>And race they did! At Speed Week 2010, I watched Thundersalt pull off the line on the long course with Celia at the wheel. It didn&#8217;t go as planned when she spun somewhere on the course. Oops! It happens when you&#8217;re pushing towards <a title=\"How to Set a record at Bonneville\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/the-61st-bonneville-speed-weekbut-my-first-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\">setting a record at\u00a0 Bonneville<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane5.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[11860]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11870\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bonneville Salt flats woman race car driver\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane5.JPG\" alt=\"Bonneville Speed Week 2010, Bonneville Salt flats, woman driver, Bonneville hot rod\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane5.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane5-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bonneville-Salt-flats-Race-Car-1964-Ford-Fairlane5-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2003, Brian held the record for about 5 days, but couldn&#8217;t leave Speed Week holding the record. Currently in the AA\/CGC class, the record stands at 240.778 mph held by Griffith Racing in what I think is a much more air-slippery 1979\u00a0 Camaro. I&#8217;d argue about the &#8220;classic-ness&#8221; of the &#8217;79 Camaro, but that&#8217;s the rules. I&#8217;d also argue if &#8220;air-slippery&#8221; is really part of the English language&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Record or not, Brian and Celia are having a great time with their Fairlane (unless they sell it for something faster) and certainly contrasting well with the stark, blinding white of the Bonneville Salt Flats.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know if this was one of your favorites too in a comment below.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fspeed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Speed+Week+2010%E2%80%99s+200mph+1964+Fairlane\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Speed Week 2010\u2019s 200mph 1964 Fairlane\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Speed Week 2010\u2019s 200mph 1964 Fairlane&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/speed-week-2010s-200mph-1964-fairlane\/\" data-text=\"Speed Week 2010\u2019s 200mph 1964 Fairlane\" data-desc=\"Bonneville Salt Flats Race Car Sometimes it's easy to pick a feature car. 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