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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fairlane292" data-source="post: 1560745" data-attributes="member: 30961">Well I do have a 100% rust free 1961 Fairlane 2 door (old lady bare bones with 292) that I put a 4 speed, Hurst, Auburn Posi, Crown Vic style dual exhaust) in, but then started with some subtle but cool metal fab however house building and family activities forced me to halt progress on it. It's been sitting for several years but I'm determined to get back to it.  I've wanted to do a SBF in a Datsun Roadster for decades now and the right roadster roller and a complete donor car fell my way.  The Fairlane will be easier in that there is no rust repair and very little chassis work and modest mechanics to be done.  I would likely be using a 351W stroker crate engine and maybe move to a T5 (though the T10, Hurst shift combo shifts so nice; has a 9" 3.50 diff)'61 Fairlane is fullsize like the Galaxie, Starliner and Sunliner (conv).  They are quite few and far between in the 2 door.  Thunderbolt lightweight teardrop hoods are available for the '61. Not sure I'll go that route but I prob would.  Mine has original rubber mat (no carpet) floor with only one option (the 292).  The old lady drove it 75k just in the summers when she visited here; the rest of the time it was kept and maintained in the Ford dealership that her family owned.  Dog dish hubcaps, 3 on the tree, radio delete.  LOL.  Likely to be 3-4 years before I get back to it.</blockquote>