Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner - road testing the cooler!

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner paint done!!

Postby Dundee Denny » Fri Jun 06, 2014 11:40 pm

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Added some baby moons, some accent trim, the Boyz are getting there!!

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby Dundee Denny » Fri Jun 06, 2014 11:44 pm

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Rear window in, taillights, interior all installed now.

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby Ember » Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:26 am

More fabulous work from the boyz. Glad to see the bumper put to proper use.
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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby TuscoTodd » Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:45 am

Man, the Boyz are always thinkin'!
Too bad Ford didn't think of that back in the day! :)
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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby BRP32 » Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:08 am

Very nice!

Very very nice!!!!!!!

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby slothead » Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:15 am

Can the Boyz get their hands on a set of those wide whitewall tires?

My Dad had a '57 Fairlane. Took a lot of memorable family road trips in that car.

What exactly was the purpose for the enormous rear bumper? Was that were an external spare tire went?

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby Dundee Denny » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:00 am

The Boyz after much discussion (actually truth be known very little discussion) that in case of a flat tire the most important thing would be to crack a cold one, second worry about a tire!!!

Hence the rather large cooler vs. the spare tire you are seeing!!

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:07 am

Just a hoot. Well done boyz!
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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby ourwayband » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:29 am

Well that is just plum COOL!!
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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby dge467 » Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:40 am

Very nice, and the cooler is color coordinated.
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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner what bumpers were meant

Postby Dundee Denny » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:41 pm

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The Boyz perform the most important road test on the 500 "how cold does the cooler keep the cans"!

Decision, ahhhhh

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner - road testing the coole

Postby Dundee Denny » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:46 pm

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The Boyz added some fancy pinstriping on the 500

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner - road testing the coole

Postby Dundee Denny » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:48 pm

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner - road testing the coole

Postby Dundee Denny » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:51 pm

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The Boyz give a "thumbs up" to yet another way to get cold ones successfully to the track!!!

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Re: Ford 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner - road testing the coole

Postby Ember » Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:05 pm

Yup. She looks a treat with the pinstripes. Nice job.
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