Hot-rod builders sometimes give their automobiles a fictional backstory, and Los Angeles–area car builder Steve Strope reckons his custom stock-auto tribute could have been a Ford Motor Company racing test bed built in between the 1966 and ’67 seasons. The 1967 Fairlane packs one of the well-known Ford “cammer” engines, or a single-overhead-cam 427 running 4 2-barrel Holley carburetors featuring uncommon “Le Mans” racing bowls.
However, the most unusual visual feature is the 15-inch Lamborghini Miura–style knockoff wheels. These have an invented backstory as well: during the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari in the late ’60s, somebody decided that “if you are going to piss off Ferrari, what better way than by using Miura wheels,” mentioned Strope.
The 15-inch pieces were in fact produced brand new for this automobile by machining the vintage style from billet aluminum. The rest of the vehicle features “a bunch of race-inspired things, but absolutely nothing that could fit into an actual series back then,” says Strope. The Fairlane was named the best Ford at SEMA by a group of Ford designers, Strope’s third consecutive win of that prize. We concur.
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