1964 Fairlane 500 First Start in 24 Years! 

I have the cousin to your car: A 1963 Mercury Meteor S-33 with the bucket seats, console, Merc-O-Matic, PS/PB and I bought it from the original owner. I have every receipt and even the dealer window sticker. 100% original red on red. Three summers ago, I noticed it started to get some minor rust here and there so I stripped it completely down, rechromed all chrome components and had it brought down to bare metal with a complete respray. I ran out of money so it's been sitting for over a year now but I am determined this summer to bring her back to life and back on the road. Your video inspires me to bring my car back to the living. Thank you!

Aussie here. I had a '64 Fairlane 500, my first car in 1974 soon after I got my driver license. It was a 260 cu in V8, 2 speed auto, 4 door in perhaps that same colour, green velvet. I loved American cars from the 60's and early 70's. It had a few problems, to be honest I rescued it from the wrecking yard and fixed it up a bit, gave it a new paint job myself and drove it around for a few years. How I loved that V8 burble from the dual exhausts with some revs under it. I had two more Fairlanes after that, a 1970 and '76. Times move on, now I'm down to 6 cylinders with a Falcon FG XR6 which I may have to keep for a long time since we don't make them (or any other car) anymore. So thanks for the video, it brought memories flooding back and good luck with it.

Great car. I have the same car. The color is Guardsman Blue. I found my Fairlane sitting under an old tree since 1982. It’s a K code with original hipo 289 4 speed with buckets seats. Been working on it for the last couple years. Videos like this give me motivation to finish it up. Thanks

My wife has one of these it’s a 1964 ford Fairlane 500 coupe with a 289! We are restoring it as well! So I’m super excited to watch this man!!!!!!!!!!

I had a 64 Fairlane 500, same color and trim. stick 6 & I swapped in a 302 2V automatic out of a wrecked 68 Fairlane, got ahold of a factory Ford dual exhaust for it and had 69 Torino rally wheels....I really loved that car!

My Dad had a 64" Fairlane Coupe... It had a 260 v-8 it was Wimbledon white with a bench seat interior... He bought it New... as a Boy 5 years old I can still remember the new car smell from way back in the day ... It was an important time in My life . I learned how to drive in it...

The 289 what a great motor Bulletproof

For sitting for 24 years it sounds pretty good I hope you get it on the road again I love to the old cars and trucks going great video

WOW i had one of them when i was young. Miss that car so much. Great video

Those gloves 🤣 another great video!!

Step 1, examine oil, lubricate cylinders. Turn crank by hand. Then do what you said, did.

Thanks for sharing. Back in 65, I had s black two door fast back galaxy 500 with the 390 Big block. Red interior. Loved it. Regrettably early 66, a 53 Chevy ran a stop sign and totaled the galaxy. 😢

Really enjoy seeing these old girls come to life. Working on my 67 mustang which has been sitting for over 18 years as well. Got her to turn over this weekend but she is not getting spark. Think points are bad.

in 1968 bought my first car I was 17 and it was a 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 w/260 V8 same color as this one. Wish I had a picture of it. This vid really takes me back. Thanks.

Love this video. I had a 1964 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe in high school. It had the 260cid V8, 2-bbl carb, and underdash air conditioner, and it was a blast to drive. I would love to get my hands on another one. Thank you for the trip down Memory Lane.

Motomaster!!... Canadian Tire, what an absolutely fantastic store. If they sold beer, I wouldn't go anywhere else.... ever!

This reminds me of why I don't miss working on carburetors or setting points.

Your making me miss my first car....1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Hard Top

That's a gorgeous car. There's an American car club here in Ireland but seeing stuff like this is where youtube comes in. Looking forward to seeing this Fairlane back to health. 👍

I may hate the newer fords' but the old ones such as this Fairlane 500, or the mustang, damn the are way to good to be neglected such as these were, I couldn't imagine being put in a barn for nobody to love me.

lovin' it, haven't seen that tag since 95/96 when the olympics happened in atlanta. that car wasn't from far from me (going off the hat and oil change stickers), it's possible i saw it as a kid/young teen. great to see it running again!

Man I am 65 and sure do miss those cars. My first car at 17 was a Chevrolet Impala SS 1964 with a 327 and 4 barrels carburetor, that thing flew, and in 1970 cost me only $ 350 bucks. i fixed the car myself, you did not need a diagnostic computer back then.God we managed to complicate life!!!

I have a gold 64 500 with a 260 power steering power brake car got it from a great friend after storing it for him for ten years unfortunately lost him to a heart attack soon after he gave it to me you have a good one there great share

Awesome video! My dad had one of these. He left it to us when he passed away. Like this one, his has been sitting for 23-24 years. He and I talked all the time about getting it running agin, but now it's up to me to do it. My plan is to do work on it this week. It is stored at our towing yard, and our mechanic (who is into hot rods) is going to work on it with me. I'm really excited to give it life again.

I love that '64 Fairlane 500.

Best looking year for the Fairlane. ..... great to see the old girl back to life.

That thing is in awesome shape. Beautiful engine - and clean!

WOW it great to that old FORD live again.

We had one of these in the 1960s and 70s, but it was a Sports Coupe , with bucket seats, a console, a 260 V8 and Fordomatic. I wish I had bought it from my Dad and kept it....

Amazing! Not even any smoke, to speak of, out of exhaust, and no scary death rattles!

My fist car was a 64 Ford Fairlane. It was a family car given to me when I was in high school. It had a 289 special. Loved that car. Dependable as hell. Sold it and bought a brand new Plymouth Duster with a 318 and a 4 speed.

This is identical to my fairlane, color and everything. This is pretty cool to see.

I just bought a 65 Chrysler Newport with the 383 2bbl and the 727 automatic 78k original miles. Been sitting outside for 5 years I jumped the battery drove it home and love these old cars easy to work on and fun to work on. Nice fairlane 500 love it and sounds good,

Growing up, my next door neighbour here in Australia had one...the most brutal-sounding car I have ever heard, probably a 4V 351C conversion

I had a 64 Fairlane with a 260 V8 , 3 speed standard in college (1968/1968) Loved that car!

Thats gonna be a nice driver ! Get 'er running good and enjoy it !

Love the sound of a Ford 289

can’t wait till spring 👍

Going to be a nice runner. When ur done with it. Fuel milage probably as good as new cars today.And u wont need a laptop to keep er running.

i had that same car color and all was my fist hot rod. i put a 427 in it trying to make a thunderbolt. i loved that old car and it was bad ass. but mine was a 3 on the tree

Ok! If I had to try and start this Fairlane 500. I go down to the parts store and buy cap,rotor, oil and a new oil filter, plug wires, battery, plugs, . To give me a chance to get it running right from the start. I pulled a 1971 Torino 500 next to a garage with a 302 in it. It had been sitting for years. My first real car. Paid $100.00 down and $50.00 for the next 4 weeks. Hand wrote contract with a older family friend. He let me drive it home that rainy day. The wiper blades rubbers were gone. Drove home 10 miles with head out the driver's door window. With a big smile on my face. I was young and living large. Never even touched a engine or knew what to do to a engine. Got a book and read up on how to fix a car that hadn't run in a while. The older gentleman was impressed but wasn't to sure I knew what to do to get it started. After changing out the items above and then decided to pump out old gas and putting in 5 fresh gallons in the tank. I received the keys from the previous owner and said here goes nothing. I turned the key and the 302 with 130,000 miles on the clock roared to life with blue and black exhaust coming from the duals. A cloud over took us as we backed away to breathe. I did a liitle dance. The old man said she's alive again. The hood had a dent at the hinge on the driver side and and rust at the fender wells. The tires were a little bald but held air. The engine warmed up and the idle smoothed out too. I got back behind the wheel putting the transmission in drive and reverse to see if it would move under it's own power. It was time to check the brake fluid and brakes to see if it was safe for the short drive home. The brake pedal was spongy but not to the floor. Leaving the driveway and still holding my breath. It was underway. The tires were flat spotted but rolling. In the back of my mind I was concerned what my Father, would say about my purchase. I continued to work on the Torino. Newer tires, wiper blades and stereo system and speakers. I miss that car! Got married that next year! Sold that old Ford for $225. Bought a used 76 Ford Granada. Still driving a Ford to this day. Shawn

Awesome, great old Ford, love it

My uncle wanted to give me one after he bought a new car for my aunt .I had just gotten out of the U.S. Navy back in 1979 and didn't feel like messing with it so didn't take it .Oh well might have been a good project .It was a 260 .

OMG I must be getting hormonal, I started to cry listening to this car run... Oh wait, I'm male...We don't get hormonal. Must be tears of joy. Love the car, the engine sounds just like my fathers old 289 powered 65 mustang.

That motor sounds really good I'm glad you got it fired up love them old cars

I've had two 64s and one 63 now I'm gonna start looking for another 64 I loved them, sweet little drivers

Love it, my first car was a 1964 1/2, 302 boss, drove it all through high school, really miss it.

Great video. Thank you

I love old ford engines, the 289 is my Favorite.Had one in my first car, a 1967 ford falcon that was rare to have a v8 and front disc brakes.

That good ole girl is gonna clean up well !! Can't wait to see

Back in 1972, I had a 64 just like that one, but was Bright red & 3 on the tree. It was in cherry cond. but met it's fate one fall evening after work going home and a 67 Lincoln town car ran a stoplight and I T-boned her at 50 mph. A sad death to a fine little Fairlane.

My first car was a '64 Ford Fairlane 500 I bought rather used in 1969. Had the 289 with 2-barrel. Not a bad-looking car, but overall not a good car. 14 MPG was all I could get out of it, something breaking all the time, I was happy to sell it in 1971.

My mom had this car!!! Same color blue, but four door V6! Wish we still had this car!!

I had a 64 like that with a 260 and auto ,what a sweet running engine.

I love seeing the old cars sputter to life after sitting unattended for so many years. I am somewhat confused and maybe you do these things off camera before trying to turn them over but a couple things I would check is #1 for good oil in the crankcase, #2 pop the distributor cap to see if the points are clean and can produce good spark and #3 pull the plugs and rotate by hand to see if compression is produced by the valves opening and closing properly without one being stuck open for the piston to hammer on. Keep up the good work. My concerns are just that I love to see the old engines massaged a little before making them jump to life ha.

Best thing to start off the day with

Right at the end of the jet age in cars. Was definitely an awesome period of design and innovation

Nice car! 289 good engine! Easy to work on too! Love the color. It was popular color back then!

Man she sounded good for being off the road for 24 years. Nice job fellas.

Love those cars! A cousin had a nice teal blue one, but some guy ran a stop sign and totaled it for her. Wish the family would have restored it and kept it instead, but you know how that kind of hindsight works!

Mustard container works perfect. My Dad and I have been using one like that for years. 👍🏼

I never liked Fords gear shifter. I always found them lacking somehow. The shift slip is what use to concern me most. My Dads Meteor was just like this one & he had his head in that engine all the time. Something about transmission issues. This care sure brings back my Dads Medium Blue Meteor, I still remember the sound of the engine. I tried to drive it when I was under 10 years of age, I took it threw the fence with my Bro in the back seat & Sister in the front seat, then looking up to see Dad cross as you can imagine. Keep in mind arms folded over & that stare LMDO Thanks for the video :D

Brother n law owns a similar but a Ford Cyclone with a similar history. 1965 in perfect condition. 20 plus years of being stored. Automatic, chirps when shifts to 2nd. Strong little 289.

That was a interesting topic and video. Thumbs up 👍🚘

This was a great year for the Fairlane. This was also the only year of the Fairlane Thunderbolt, the car that stole the crown away from Mopar in the 1/4 mile.

Sounding good. Now its time for new points, condenser, spark plugs, wires, coil?, carb rebuild? and oil change at some time. But should check compression first. Really nice car. Thanks for sharing.

I’m one year late, but I have a 64 galaxie with a 289 that sat since 1992. She fired right up with a set of new plugs wires and a pertronix kit. Put some fuel down her throat and she started right up

change the oil and Trans, adjust the valves , find the Vacuum leak , add a pentronic to the distr. then new exhaust gaskets, Change the GAS ad octane boost

I have a 1966 Fairlane 4 door with the 289. Was my daily driver for a while. It needs body work done and a detail.

Does my heart to see these old cars get a new lease. Thank to ALL THAT DO THIS.

As an owner of a 63’ Fairlane 500, awesome video!!! I was lucky and got the last year for Fairlane fins haha!

It looks bloody cold. Great video

What a great Channel true Ford guys we are few and in between thank you for posting all your videos keep them coming

This has a "Green Dot" transmission. Notice the green dot ! That was Drive (1-2-3). The first white dot past N is 2 - car starts off in 2nd gear, then into 3rd or Drive. This was a great idea from Ford that if you were on ice or snow, starting off in 2nd really helped getting traction without spinning. Most people were used to shifting past N to Drive - not 2nd. So they were starting off in 2nd instead of 1st. The result was people were burning up transmissions like crazy. Ford fixed this problem in 1966 and went with the standardized P R N D 2 L configuration. I'm no expert but seems to me the problem was fixed in the valve body only, so swapping out the stock valve body for the '66 C4 valve body, gave it the regular shift pattern.

She Sounded So Sweet!

My dad had a 64 Country Squire station wagon with that safety switch in the gear shift. I thought it was just a mis-adjustment we had to pull on the gear shift to start it. This is the first car other than his that I've seen with it.

That makes me wish I still had my '64 Sports Coupe.

Love the fairlane. I've got a 65 with a 347 and 3.89gears. Great fun.

My '63 came off the road in the mid nineties also good to see a fairlane most people go for falcons and galaxies

My father had a '59 Fairlane (V6) '62 Fairlane, '68 Fairlane and a '72 Torino(last one was used. Awesome cars.

Great video. Had a '65 Fairlane 500, 289 premium fuel (aka four-barrel), four-speed (in '68) but liked the '64 design better. Looking forward to more on this one.

Cool sign and cooler classic car.

Love to see those old fords back on the road again. Good video.

Wow, put on the back burner for 10 year's !

Sweet Ride. I have always loved these old Fairlanes.

Your channel is very beautiful and I am a lover of old cars. Your friend from Saudi Arabia😍👌

You got it started!!!! Subscriber now.looking for more on this beastb

Cute Gloves! Thank You!

Awesome to the 10th degree...I'm just learning about engines/airpumps...lol. .but it sounds like a vacuum leak near the back left is hurting the rpm's...

I had a 63 Fairlane the same color !Had it in 1987,it was a straight 6!used more oil than gas !

I had a friend that had a FAIRLANE 500 like the one you have except his once had a 6 CYLINDER 3 SPEED STANDARD PAPER WEIGHT TRANSMISSOIN & it went BAD on him he could not find another 1 that was any good so he & I brought the CARS out to my place & pulled both the 260 out of his BLACK 4 DOOR & the 6 CYLINDER out of the BLUE 2 DOOR & dropped the 260 & 3 SPEED TRANSMISSION it had behind it in the BLUE 2 DOOR & got it running the same day if I remember right it was a little BEAST it was taking 400 & 351 MODIFIED & giving 351 WINDSORS a run for their $$$$$$$$ that has to be the best running SMALL BLOCK FORD I've ever seen very impressive it would run with a lot of them in 2nd GEAR & when he would kick it up in 3rd GEAR it would just pull the other car I'm not talking just CASUALLY I'm talking just walk away from them I imagine it would give a CLEVELAND run it was STOUT OH it had a ITTY BITTY 2 BARREL CARB. on it too it like yours had been built by a local ENGINE REBUILDING SHOP but it was bone stock

Great job man.. I really like you and your Chanel..

Always have liked the Fairlanes and Torino. Even had a 66 Mercury Cyclone GT Holman Moody Edition, 427 4 speed . My first car was a 68 Cougar XR7 and my second was a 65 "k" code Fairlane 500 2dr hardtop.

Sounds like you've got a vacuum leak somewhere. Spray some carb cleaner around the manifold and carb. If the engine hesitates at some point, this may give you a general location to look for the vacuum leak's source.

the falcon 500.. what a beast. Just kidding. That direct fan sound... brought me back to childhood and my moms falcon. That motor racked the odometer 3 times on 1 build....300k+ miles.

Your a patina beauty, mike.

For times like this seems like you could use a starter button so that while under the hood press button to start.

I wish we had cars like that here in uk. I bought my 1st mustang back in 1976 it was a 289 covertable I loved it

Mustard Gas Yikes. LOL 289 I love those motors or a good old 302. It runs pretty good for sure. I would put a Carter AFB on it then it will run a hole in the wind.

Did it have 24 year old oil and antifreeze?😕