1963 Ford Fairlane 500: Pop died & Maw couldn’t Drive. So I rescued it…But will it run?

[@robertmay7630]

"We're just going to cover that back up and act like we didn't see that!" LOL Darn mice. During the vacuuming sequence, I could see using a time lapse with the Benny Hill theme playing!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Lol

[@DomiaZoumot-j2l]

That's the best video ever am so happy for you God bless you

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you so much. You have made my day!

[@robertmay7630]

Great video Steve! She shined up nice! Hit all those grease points and those bushings replaced, I bet she drives like floating on a cloud!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Once I replaced the shocks she floated down that highway.

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

Very nice job on the alternator man that's cool❤❤❤❤❤

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Well thank you. It worked out good. Thanks for watching.

[@timsterz1]

Nice job! I love the old Fords. And Chevys and Pontiacs and Dodges and....

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

lol the same goes for me. Anything old is right up my alley.

[@oldgeezer3269]

She's a giver dash/carb/radiator its all gravy Like what you did for the Veteran You could see it meant a lot to him ❤

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you. And I sold the fairlane to a friend.

[@kande6916]

Wow!!! What a nice old Ford!!! Great comment on those great Ford engines!!! Thanks for the video!!! I would like to see more on this car!!!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I have it listed for sale on marketplace. $4500

[@ghettsumm7949]

Those are definitely ORIGINAL miles, ! Nice find Sir~!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you.

[@davetackett922]

I had a 62 Fairlane with a 260 V8 and stick shift. Loved it. Been looking for them at car shows. Very few around.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I just sold a 64 , almost identical to this one. It was green with 32,000 actual miles.

[@ruthiegobbi3031]

THAT WAS AWESOME, I LOVE CARS THAT 'S BEEN SITTING FOR A LONG TIME FOR YEARS,AND THAN GOOD MEN GET THEM RUNNING AGAIN,I WISH OLD CARS COME BACK AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, RUTHIE, FROM MASSACHUSETTS,

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Well thank you Ruthie. Subscribe and watch me save some more.

[@glennhilton4567]

Really good I like is stile how talks about cars

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you sir.

[@the_lost_navigator]

Greetings to Arkansas from the Great White North, eh! Looks like a Saskatchewan car because ours in Ontario rust like butter in the Sun. Any Man who watches the wheel wobble to a stop on the floor is still a Kid at Heart - and proves it by skinning his finger on the Grinder (wink wink)... You Sir are alright - but I really subbed just because I know what a 'Tad' is ;) Respect

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Well welcome to the old school channel sir. I’m so glad you subscribed to my channel. Your job is to get this cluttered up shop cleaned up. So grab a broom and get to work Eh! :)

[@donaldhelgeson6769]

Great video. Love watching you bring her back to life

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you sir.

[@Morgan-h5f]

Enjoyed watching your vid sir thanks . I'm trying to rebuild a 66 Fairlane 500 , alot of work ahead of me ; ) I'm a backyard builder working on my dream cruiser lol some day !!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Watch my earlier videos where I bought a 67 fairlane. Thanks for watching!

[@buchonite]

Good morning from the UK grand old car , fab channel

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you sir.

[@machielbaving100]

Je mag ook wel de achterbank 😮eruit halen Of mogen ze daar blijven wonen 58:40

[@mikeroberts5646]

Is that a 260 V8 and damn I love old school guys Cheers from Chicago Land

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Someone deciphered the vin plate for me and said it was a 221 V8 engine. I didn’t know ford even made a 221. He also told me the colors names, what date and where it was built and what transmission and rear end gear it had in it. He seemed like he knew what he was doing to look that vintage number up like that. I’m a Chevy guy and just started working on fords last year.

[@mikeroberts5646]

@@DEADCARRESCUE Never heard of a 221 either and I,m strictly a Mopar guy with the Exception that I love Torino s preferably 74

[@mikeslater2983]

Another great find my friend, engin sounds happy now that oil pressure has sent a good flow of oil, congratulations 👏

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

It sounded rough upon first start but an oil change and some road miles quieted it down.

[@georgechipman9140]

I was watching the video and you checked the wear on the brake pedal right after I commented about that very thing. And….from looks of it, I’d say 41,000 miles is believable.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I would say 41,000 also.

[@johncaballero8013]

Neat ‘63. Love that year. You need some wind lace for around the inside of the doors. Wishing you the best on your restoration! 👍

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I just find them, get them driveable and sell them.

[@timothyfritsch8801]

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR PAL

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Happy New Year Tim!!!!!!

[@robertmay7630]

Steve! Digging your videos! I could have sworn I saw an old Jeep DJ mail carrier on one of your videos at Rone's. I was afraid to rewind it in case it messed with your monetization. I'll have to go back and see if I can find it. If I may offer another tip, when shooting video, if you are using the phone in selfie mode, "flip" the image. I see a lot of videos where people forget to do that and everything is reverse image. Gonna have to meet you one day. I own some property up near Ash Flat. Plan on retiring up that way and trout fishing on the White River.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I use to not flip the videos and lettering on my cap would be backwards. I’m getting better at flipping it when I proof view before I submit my video. But I still forget sometimes. The fairlane video had 71/2 hours of footage. It took me 4 hours just to edit it this morning.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I bought a DJ last year. It’s on one of my videos. My brother Flash bought it from me. He loves that thing.

[@DomiaZoumot-j2l]

am just like you just get it I didn't happy holiday season merry Christmas 🌲♥️♥️

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

The same to you! Thanks for your comment.

[@6petrolhead6]

Another one saved 🙌 nice one mate

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you.

[@jeffreylewinski]

CAR IS EXCELLENT CONDITION

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yes it’s in very good condition

[@timothyfritsch8801]

those are the original miles anyone wanna bet great job i like that car alot oh and thanks

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Hey thank you for watching. Subscribe and like each video if you don’t already.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Hey thank you for watching. Subscribe and like each video if you don’t already. Thanks

[@mikeslater2983]

This 63 looks so much like my 66, it had 60 thousand on it Steve, my 66 Plymouth Valiant needs Wind Lace put in it to, I am watching you start it up with a funnel and hose, letting it oil up 😊

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

It has gotten me 11,000 views in 4 days and over 100 new subscribers. Thats good numbers for my channel.

[@richardbenson4048]

brought back memories of my moms 1959 ford fairllane. same starter sound and engine. Forget how many miles on it when she gave up driving but sure it was over 60,000. Never had a single problem with it.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

My brother had a 59 back when I was a teen I would yard drive it while he was gone lol

[@JacobBurch-e7u]

That's a nice one now

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

It still needs TLC

[@jorgeb9715]

Great find,,a hand wash and polishing and that paint comes alive

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yep that’s for who ever buys it to do. It takes me two days to polish a car and 3 days to feel better afterwards lol

[@charleswestbrook118]

I believe that door trim is called "windlass".

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yes it was. I ve had several tell me that. Thank you sir!

[@reedhryals7007]

Love the color

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Plum color I think.

[@monkeysbusiness]

She’s a keeper

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Come drive it home ! Only $4000

[@LeonardMagnusson]

i ran the old tires on my small road racer. just in the front. loved how they worked. no roll.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Cool

[@jonathangemora9380]

We had one once upon a time of these 63 and a half Fairlane 2 door HT 289 V8. Drives great. A family car. When everybody got married and dad doesn't drive much anymore he sold it. So sad I should have kept it if I only knew..😢

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

That’s a shame. Maybe you could buy a 4 door someplace. HEY I’ve got one. $4000 come drive it home lol.

[@frankhagan2965]

If that were my parents 62 Fairlane 500 that they had I certainly wouldn't sell it!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Some people’s kids just see an old car that’s in their way. Thats who I like to buy from.

[@mightyporky]

My favorite car I drove was a 61 2 door hardtop fairlane, stick with overdrive. I think it was a little 260 in it.....by the way that stuff around the door area is called windlace. In older cars it actually did function to a lesser degree, it was a rubber tube with cloth covering.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

The cloth has deteriorated and wire is showing through.

[@johnmagnuson2499]

I had one like this after it was used and beat up for a college car. It had a broken back spring and a leaky loud muffler. Didn't have money for repairs and drove it that way for a couple of years til I graduated. Would be cool today, though, if fixed up. Good video.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I have a 64 fairlane in my stash with a broken rear spring. The must have had weak rear springs back then.

[@craigharper3877]

very nice car nice find.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you.

[@jonboy9912]

You were lucky with that one, deserves a respray and new seat covers.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

And carpet.

[@steventaylor9002]

Great video Thx S

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you.

[@big2868]

In 1981 I had a "73 Olds Delta 88" It was brown with terminal body cancer and a finish that was so bad that I used to wipe it down with mop and glow. It made it look nice and shiny until it rained, then it would have what looked like blue water spots. I don't think patina was a thing back then!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

lol. Well my wipe on shine concoction is now sticky. I hope i can wash the sticky off now. Live and learn I guess.

[@t-rodzgarage]

Another nice find my friend ! That's a low mileage car . With just a little work and $ that could be a nice little car.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thanks Tony. It needs carpet, seat covers and a trunk mat and some little things fixed but it’s a great driver. No radio but I carried my blue tooth speaker today and played 60’s music.

[@t-rodzgarage]

Cool deal !

[@brianhayes7618]

Nice old Ford

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thanks Brian.

[@donniehodge2548]

Good Job 👍

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thanks.

[@paulk3533]

Nice car, great video!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you sir.

[@markchwala]

I think they call that flexable moulding WIND LACE I believe it keeps the wind from whistling between the door when driving. Its like a seal Im not for sure.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yep several people said wind lace.

[@garysimonson9593]

I think it's probably a 41K mile car. Except for the hood, roof, trunk lid the original Vintage Burgundy paint would maybe polish up pretty nicely. By the fender badge I'm thinking it's a 221 but I"m only 6:45 in so far. @8:50 the trim you want to get is called windlace.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yep it’s a 221 I found out. And yep wind lace is what it’s called. Thanks for watching.

[@locotrucker46]

That looks like one of the Mayberry police cars that sheriff Andy Taylor used to drive.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Did Andy have a fairlane?

[@locotrucker46]

@DEADCARRESCUE I think so but I'm not a hundred percent sure.

[@fantail75]

I’d stabilize that car, rebuild the mechanicals, detail the hell out of it and and use for a summer driver. Great car.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I can’t keep them all so I sell them all after I’m done filming.

[@mick00000000002]

Spray tar is long forgotten. Mick Australia. Fish oil in the panel. God bless 👍

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thanks!

[@steven6692]

I found the part...it goes by black rubber edge trim molding, or door trim edging plastic edge trim. I found it on Amazon , with different sizes. Good luck!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

People say it’s called wind lace. Thank you

[@steven6692]

@@DEADCARRESCUE so, under which name did you find it..

[@TimothyHensley-v5q]

Great car😊

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thank you sir.

[@632Harrison]

The a/c compressor is a real easy rebuild

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Maybe for the person who buys it from me lol

[@ericwalstrand3512]

If i were buying it brand new in 1963, I would not pick that color, but it does look good.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I don’t like it either. Not for me!

[@robertparker9718]

The three of them I'd like to have four how much is that pretty little forward

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

$4000 drive it home.

[@markchwala]

The long cylinder connected to the air conditioner is The Filter Dryer, it removes the moisture from the air conditioning system. on newer cars its usually a bigger cylinder on the passenger side of the engine compartment, it could be black or silver in color. What size engine does that car have?

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I thought it had a 260 but a subscriber rad the vin on the door n said it was a 221. Never heard of a 221 myself.

[@markchwala]

@@DEADCARRESCUE You know when you were wiping the body of the car down it made me think about my old neighbor who I believe said he would wipe down his 60's Galaxie 500 with kerosine every spring? Have you ever heard of this?

[@empiesidbury1573]

The stuff around the doors you said you need I have always heard it called wind lace

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Oh yeah, that’s what I’ve heard before. Thanks.

[@tonytavolieri1663]

It will make a nice driver

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yeah just a cool driver is what it is.

[@brianandrews7099]

I have been messing with these old cars for nearly 40 years. Most cars from the 1960s and older that still survive to today don’t have hundreds and hundreds of thousands of miles on them like a 15-20 year old car on a used car lot would today. Back in those days, with motor oil technology as it was back then, once you got up to about 90,000 miles, those engines were pretty tired; leaking and burning oil and there was blow by coming out the draft tube, oil filler cap, and dipstick. Engine rebuilding usually cost more than the car was worth back then, so people just dumped them instead of fixing them. Most “barn” or garage finds that have been setting for decades usually got parked with 100,000 or less. In as many years, I have had two with higher miles. A Studebaker Lark bought at 96,000 and the engine ran good but it was tired and smoky, and a ‘59 Ford sedan with 120,000 that, as we discovered later, was parked because one of the pistons was warped and starting to separate at the ring groove. That engine came back with a rebuild and one new piston. I have heard of old cars with hundreds of thousands of miles, but it was achieved by dedicated owners who were willing to fix and replace major components to keep their car going for decades and decades. Most people were not willing to do that, so the barn finds either got parked and retained with lower miles or were parked at the first major failure with the intention to repair it “one day” and one day never came. Some of those repairs were due on cars between 50-75,000 miles back then; which was considered “high mileage” 55 or more years ago. Remember, up until the mid 1970s, you could trade in your 2 year old, 20,000 mile car for a new one with $200-500 difference due. If your 45,000 mile car needed tires, brakes, a tune up, antifreeze change, a new radiator hose or two, and a muffler (all of which were common repairs back then and at much lower miles), it was cheaper to just trade it in for a new one than pay someone to fix everything.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Brian you and I think alike. I’m 68 and grew up on my stepdads salvage yard in Arkansas. He bought cars like my fairlane back in the late 60’s n early 70’s for $35. I got some running and slapped a dealer tag on it and took my girlfriend to the drive in theatre on Saturday nights lol. My stepdad even let me take the wrecker out on dates. That’s where I got my love of old cars I guess. The old cars we find today that are intact and mostly original were one owner cars that were driven very little. And they were repaired by dealerships and not run into the ground. My real dad bless his heart Never changed his oil or did maintenance on any car he ever owned. If he could fix it with wire or Jerry rigging it, then that’s how it was repaired. Like most people in those days, they had no extra money for new parts. So I look for low mileage grandpa owned old cars and trucks today. I’ve bought many in a 300 mile radius around me but now the pickings are slim. They are getting so hard to find these days. Hey man thanks for your comments and I enjoyed our talk. Thanks.

[@KimDelong-f7y]

Patina purple perfect!

[@KimDelong-f7y]

U must live down south, no way would this survive up north sitting outside!

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yep

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Actually the car was from Marion Illinois

[@StarlightWorkshop0z]

Gday from W.a

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Gday to you sir!!

[@theprinceofsnj]

From what I could make out from the shot of the data plate. Fairlane 500 4-door sedan. Heritage Burgundy/Corinthian White. Beige cloth and vinyl. Built Feb. 22,1963. ( I could be wrong on the date. It was hard to make out) DSO St Louis 3.25:1 axle Ford-O-Matic trans. 221-V8 Built at Kansas City KS . Assembly

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I didn’t know they made a 221 V8. I thought it was 260-289-302- and on up. But I’m just learning about fords so I know very little. Thank you sir for all that information. I hope you’re a subscriber and will comment again on some of my videos. I would love to find the site you found to look all that up. Tell me where to go so I can look up the vins on a 64 fairlane I will be working on soon. Thank a lot.

[@theprinceofsnj]

@@DEADCARRESCUE Actually I got lots of hard copy. If you would like more breakdowns let me know. From what I have found the 221 was only used in Fairlane, 1962/63

[@user-tn1hk6zm2freedom]

I wouldn't be surprised the AC would work if recharged.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

It’s possible

[@LeonardMagnusson]

my first car was this car type. small small v8. think it was a 260. two speed auto. light blue in color. with a white top.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

They were very well built cars.

[@mikeslater2983]

They call that Wind lace that you ask use to reply 😊

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Got ya on the wind lace!

[@mistred69]

Windlace, that's what you want for the trim

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Got ya! Wind lace.

[@JammyCrackcorn]

I like that Deep Maroon Color on the car…It would polish up great!! That is Original Mileage on that Speedometer…The dash…pedals hardly wear on the rubber…

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I sold it to a friend about a month ago.

[@paulmurawski3683]

That distributer loose. Got vacuum? Advance a lil

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

It does now. The hard line broke at the carb and I changed it to hose.

[@yuckabuster]

Well, the paint is well oiled.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

True.

[@scotymanuel9065]

I used to pressure watch floor mats with puble power

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I’m sure you do it all. White wall cleaner is what I buy the most of when I clean.

[@mnanninga4247]

So if I’m not mistaken, I believe you went north of Columbus to pick that old girl up.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Marion Illinois

[@mnanninga4247]

@@DEADCARRESCUE there’s a place just north of Columbus with the same figures like you have at the beginning of the video

[@paulmurawski3683]

Hmm you started car from inside there? Key? You check ed neutral safety switch. Or you started w jump start switch.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I tried it in neutral and it started but it wouldn’t start in park. Neutral safety switch I’m sure.

[@JacobBurch-e7u]

Is that a 260 or 289

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I’m not positive. Is there a way to tell by looking?

[@JacobBurch-e7u]

@@DEADCARRESCUE ya is there good paint under the blue on the rocker covers if not it's a 289

[@JacobBurch-e7u]

Gold paint

[@moosehand8721]

260 or 289?

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

221 is what the vin says. I didn’t know there was a 221 until I googled it.

[@BrentDuncan-t4s]

How much did you pay for it? If i may ask.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I can’t say. I sell on marketplace as soon as I’m through videoing them. It’s on marketplace place now for $4500

[@Racoldgin]

I have to admit, I cringed when you cycled those dry crusty wipers across that windshield.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Sometimes the don’t have wiper at all. Keep watching.

[@verofrady4064]

Wind lace, I think

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Thanks.

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

Solenoid on the finger

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yep

[@georgechipman9140]

Check wear on brake pedal and accelerator. The wear of 41,000 miles will be significantly less than the wear of 141,000 miles. (If the pedals are original). When I was a kid growing up, 141,000 miles was a lot of miles for any vehicle. Often times the pedals would wear out to the point that the rubber would wear thin and/or fall off the metal….🤓

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

George I don’t think anyone we knew even had a car with 100,000 miles on it. Dad never rolled the miles over on anything he owned. Most cars were trash at 60’000.

[@ClydePodvin]

Nice car, don’t look like a lot to get it to run. Who needs air conditioning, two windows down and 65 MPH and you got air conditioning.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

That’s the way we rode around back in the 70’s

[@donniehodge2548]

I see some dirt dauber nest under the car

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Yeah I have been early morning night driving it several times. Waiting on a good hard rain to drive it down some gravel roads and pepper the underside with water, sand and gravel. That should clean her bottom side up.

[@scotymanuel9065]

Some seats I prusher watch some seat to

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Me too.

[@tbolt664]

wind lace

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Ok thanks.

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

Play 62 galaxie 500 red on red 2 doors❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Ok

[@JamesHayes-l7q]

Door seal

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I found out it’s called wind Lace.

[@scotymanuel9065]

I work for a car lot and he buy sale cars that have to have a lot ataten we cleaned lot of cars

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Cool

[@BrentDuncan-t4s]

Door rib.

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I’ve never heard that before.

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

Hey man you joke around a little bit do you know why women like welders Mickey James have the hottest Rock😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

That one went way over my head lol

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

@@DEADCARRESCUE yeah I figured it would but hey old man don't remember anything right haha

[@robertplatts1548]

mileage appear to be correct due to the numbers on the mileage indicator are even across the top & bottom, in my experience with these old fords I'm 74 yoa, once the 100,000 mile mark is reached the mileage meter will go back to zero and the numbers will start again they will be uneven after starting to recount the additional mileage

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

I never noticed that. Thanks.

[@trayhine4578]

That is called wind lace around the doors

[@DEADCARRESCUE]

Ok thank you sir.