Bucketabolts | 1964 Ford Fairlane | Drag Car (Ford Thunderbolt Tribute)

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

For those interested what the car ran for E.T., it was running almost 6 flat in the 1/8th mile.

[@timr31908]

That's nice that you guys picked a true race car for your project.. you got class

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

@@timr31908 thank you for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@twolak1972]

NOTHING SAYS YOU LOSE like cranking up a 427 T bolt. Baddest car and engine combo ever devised..

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

When Ford refused to lose. I grew up in a Chevy family but I have mad love for the 427 FE.

[@jamesross9694]

Most young people don't even know about these falcons and fairlanes They were some of the first muscle cars the 289 hipos were fast runners

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

The 289 hipo cars were certainly screamers. My father raced against them in his 57 Fuelie Bel Air back then.

[@jamesross9694]

Baddazz car Thatz a Motor City muscle

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Thanks for watching!

[@samueltractorton2088]

I think that thing is kickass! If my dad were alive he'd think it's kickass too, big Ford guy.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Samuel tractorton thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@timr31908]

Is there a reason why you didn't use the C6 transmission

[@sa-oz8gu]

The thunderbolt spanked the 64 dodge hemi savoy mopar no power, look that up dodge boys.

[@janamundsen5658]

Wow.Thats how a race should look like Thumbs up

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

jan amundsen well thank you so much. I do my best to make it look good. It’s tricky when you’re a one person film crew.

[@janamundsen5658]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow Keep up the good work on this great Ford,i love these old muscle Ford"s.I have a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 xl my self with a mid modified 390 fe in it.cant wait to get it on the street"s again :)

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

jan amundsen well I have quite a few Fords on other episodes you can check out. The early stuff is kinda rough but the cara and stories are cool

[@danmyers9372]

Sweet car, well done. Love the old Fairlanes. I live in Central CA and try to make it out the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in the fall when I can. There typically are several Thunderbolts that attend. They are awesome to check out and watch run.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Dan Myers there’s one T-bolt that’s always at my local Goodguys meet in July. They are super cool. Thank ya for watching

[@nathanadrian7797]

I love this little car, but I would like it a lot more as a street car.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Thanks for watching. It would be cool in a street version.

[@randyklug615]

Love the old ford

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Randy Klug me too! Thanks for watching!

[@johnzuck6163]

Very nice job! Thanks for sharing

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

John Zuck thank you so much for watching!

[@Ingentiy]

Great story. I miss my '62.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Ken Jacobsen thank you. That’s my goal is to let people tell their stories.

[@simplyfred8044]

Very nice car. It's one of the nicest I've seen. I've got a 65 I'm driving. 347sbf and c4. Thanks for the vid.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

simply fred well thank you for watching! 🙏

[@danielrodriguez248]

I first car was a 64 Fairlane sport coup, I painted my self,apolsterd it my self,fixed it up keapt her clean, had a289 cu in. Had alot of fun ,I Never should have sold her

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Daniel Rodriguez we all have one or two we wish we had back. But at least we made great memories with em! Thank you for watching and sharing your story!

[@danielrodriguez248]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow lol, I always have dreams with my Fairlane, that I'm driving it somewhere, I guess it because it was my first car, and I learned more about being a mechanic,and I did so much to her, took a collage course after my active duty in the military in auto body and paint and auto electric

[@jkmsaturn]

The Lumina/Beretta & the Firebird appeared to be Pro Stock cars . . . meaning his ‘Super’ Stock Fairlane ‘Bolt ran pretty well. Drivetrain does seem a bit long-legged, evidenced by how well he kept up with that Lumina/Beretta towards the end of the pass.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Thanks for watching. The owner of the Bucketabolts actually bought an old pro stock Maverick and is putting it together now.

[@garybrinker4522]

Great stile on the 64 Fairlanes..

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Gary Brinker i agree. Thanks for watching

[@danmyers9372]

OMG, I haven’t seen one of those big yellow Accel coils in YEARS!

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Dan Myers they still make em (last I saw) so people must be buying em. I had one years back in the 90s. Thanks for watching!

[@danmyers9372]

I recall guys running these back in the 70’s!

[@donnyprinnell5625]

Cool car I've have had more than 40. 64 Fairlane,s drag raced a 289 9000 rph old super stock motor. Ran 7.90,s in the 1/8 Mile drive it there 25 miles to the track.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

donny prinnell very cool! 289’s are fun motors. Thanks so much for watching!

[@makattak3550]

You ran a 289 to 9000?

[@alltower7603]

I really like the old fords, had a 64 fairlane 6cyl auto as a kid

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

alltower the early intermediate Fairlanes were really cool cars. Ford did it right on them. Thanks so much for watching and commenting

[@tomupchurch4911]

Hey... let's put a c4 behind a 460 and go to Topeka!!! Nice car man.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Tom Upchurch that was an act of violence on the poor C4. 😂 Thank ya for watching!

[@danmyers9372]

Tom Upchurch - Turbo 400 would hold up better and provide more gear for a stronger launch.

[@hemi300c4]

Looks fantastic. Wondering if it's has the full fiberglass front end, or just a lift off fiberglass hood. Bumpers look like the stock metal ones which I would remove for fiberglass ones all to save weight. Otherwise, the car looks great. Sorry hearing about the engine issue. Good luck on getting it back on the track.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Hemi 300C he cut more weight out this winter I know. He also threw on some nitrous to speed it up. If I recall the fenders were still steel. Thanks for watching!

[@johnjohnsn7633]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow: The hood is still steel ... you can tell that by the sound of the hood pin clips hitting the hood surface as he removed the hood.

[@CoyoteFTW]

Love Fairlanes

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Manny Pacquiao thanks for watching!

[@jerrygarner8115]

With all the goodies he has in that car,it,seems to me it's a little slow,seeing it get beat by those two other cars,when i was expecting it to be the other way around.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Jerry Garner he had the wrong gear ratio in it for a short track. Plus the other guys also have lots of goodies. 😂 Thanks for watching

[@1957kwick]

Yay it’s not a Chevy motor in a Ford.👏👏

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Glenn Grider yep. Good old Lima big block power. Only thing GM is the trans. Thank you for watching!

[@dirtbagjoe9884]

Sweet ol girl!!! Great video 🤘🤘

[@daryllect6659]

That's not even close to a Thunderbolt. There were no a 2 door hardtop Thunderbolts. They were 2 door sedans.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

That’s why I labeled it a tribute not a clone. 🤦‍♂️

[@daryllect6659]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow So? Tribute? Clone? What's the difference? They're both fake.

[@fredc8346]

Did I miss it, what does it run, low 9's?

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Fred C it runs right at 6 flat in the 1/8th mile. He lightened the car more and put a small nitrous kit on it over winter so I expect it to be in the 5.70’s or 5.80’s this year. Thanks for warning!

[@Dannyjoemustanggt]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow so it should run about a 156 157 mph n the 660

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Dannyjoe81 1996mustanggt oh no, not that faat. A car running that fast in the 1/8th mile would be in the 4’s. Our family car for instance went 5.36 at 138mph in the 1/8th.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Dannyjoe81 1996mustanggt here’s what a dead flat 6 second run looks like. This was the family car when we dug it back out and were having fueling issues. 6 flat was at 120mph. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJDOco2ejtR5Y7c

[@ronbloomberg]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow I hope he also got around to shodding the wheels with adequate rubber. We can't know what the car can do without proper tires. Couldn't ya hear those little street slicks slipping all the way down the track?

[@Dannyjoemustanggt]

Had a 66 galaxie 500 r code back in 98 got rid of it in 2000. Big regret. Was a dumb young punk kid back then.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Dannyjoe81 1996mustanggt oh man that would bug me too. My first car was almost a 66 with a 390 automatic. I love the 65-67 Galaxies.

[@Dannyjoemustanggt]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow they're great cars. I can buy mine back but it has been sitting in a field for the last 19 years and the original 427 is gone so I really doubt it would be worth anything.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Dannyjoe81 1996mustanggt yeah you would probably need deep pockets or lots of time to bring it back. I tracked down my mom’s first car (66 LeMans with a 421 swap) and found it in much the same sad state. So I passed on snagging it.

[@Dannyjoemustanggt]

@@AverageJoeHotRodShow yeah the frame rails and all is probably gone. I had fun with it when I had it. I hurt a lot of rich kids feelings in it the new 4.6 mustang gts couldn't hang with it z 28s they got me off of the line as it would just blow the tires off. But once I got in 3rd I went by them like they was tied to a stump.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Dannyjoe81 1996mustanggt I did much the same in my Nova back in the day. Those were fun times to be a broke hot rodding kid.

[@dougevans9867]

Need more rear end gear. Still a heavy car. Takes long time to pull up to revs. Weak launch. Lovin the effort.

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Doug Evans yeah he mentions that he does have it geared wrong for the 1/8th. It’s a process but he’s having fun and that’s what I love to see. Thanks for watching!

[@danmyers9372]

Doug Evans - Either that or switch to a Turbo 400.

[@59vaughn]

Nice....needs a turbo...😳😬😜

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

59vaughn he stuck a giggle gas kit on it over winter.

[@KilbrideComedy]

Yay!

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Yay! 😂

[@barryrussell4106]

I love this car I have a 68 fastback mustang and a 1968 440 dart with duel quad tunnel ram have had many cars but never had a 64 fairlane or a 66 fairlane but I have always wanted one. When I get one I want a daily driver with ac and fuel injection all the modern stuff but look like a old thunderbolt drag car that was drug out of a field weathered and believable. Probably do it like the Taska ford. Can’t wait thanks for vid

[@AverageJoeHotRodShow]

Barry Russell I think I have heard people call that style a “derelict”. All modern but looking old and weathered. Thanks for watching the video and I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@jamesross9694]

Most young people don't even know about these falcons and fairlanes They were some of the first muscle cars the 289 hipos were fast runners

[@jamesross9694]

Baddazz car Thatz a Motor City muscle