This video brought back the memory of my youth. My parents bought a brand new 1962 Fairlane 500 with the in-line 6. It was black with a red/white interior. We loved it! I'll never forget it. There's a special place in my heart for that car. Thanks, guys!
Thank you for making a very educational video. Thank you for making a video without every swear word in the book. Thank you for your patience and teamwork and overflowing joy for what you do.
That is cooler than the other side of the pillow! Congrats - nice find for sure. 221 cui the early Cobras had the 260cui. Don't throw away the filter if it is embossed with Motorcraft on it. If the plug wires are dated original Keep them as well.
my cousin's dad bought that exact car brand new, same color, interior, wheels it is exactly the same car, he inherited it when his dad passed away, and he is restoring it back to original, he loves the car
Love the 62-4 Fairlanes! The true start of the muscle era, the beginning of the 289 Hi-Po K Codes, the end of the space-race wing'd era, and the test bed of what the Mustang might be all while remaining under the radar of most big dollar collectors.. unfortunately for folks in the USA, Australians and Germans have been importing them as fast as they can find them marking some serious price jumps as of late.
No! you should not have put a 302 in it…you guys are doing exactly what you’re supposed to be doing. This is the content we love to see. Really like to watch the resurrection and preservation of the vehicle at hand. Fabulous job! Godspeed. Rob
I’ve got a soft spot for these old Fairlanes. My parents bought a used 63 500 wagon in 1968 with a 260/2 speed auto. It didn’t have power steering or brakes, or seat belts, but did have A/C. Even without the power assists, my mother thought it was easy to drive. Us kids just thought it was cool, especially jump seat in the back. The previous owner had it undercoated, so in the almost ten years it was in our family, it had very minimal rust. My dad sold it for about a hundred bucks as it needed work - a lot more than he intended to do. I wish it had been passed down to me, but that’s the way it goes.
Can you imagine doing a barn find on an electric car? My dad had a light blue 62 Fairlane, nice, practical car, identical to this body. I enjoy watching you casually yanking off the heads, rebuilding the carb, etc., doing a neat job.
The torque for exhaust manifold bolts is 20 PSI. aAd you must use the torque wrench otherwise the bolt heats up, rust and frozen to be stuck and will crack. Thank you.
@@BudgetBuildz save some for us dude..... But seriously dude....some masks and gloves.... and wash it outside before you bring it in.... Just looking out for you And...if you run across a 58 Olds , Caddy or a 58 Edsel....let me know
Never... Never... EVER let that car go... right up there with that Galaxy that you should never let go... THIS is... insanely fantastic. Man... incredible. :-/ Coolness. Thanks for Sharing... Dang... just Dang. Get a Shelby American 427 aluminum crate motor with all the gussetted top and reinforced bottom... ported heads and... pop it in this old gal and drop the 221 from it on an engine stand and maybe sell that part of the car or keep it on the stand in the corner of the shop just because lol Use it for a coffee table or put it in a go-cart? :-))
I definitely love and always enjoy the will it run series that you guys do but for this particular vehicle my suggestion is to disengage the tranny from the engine and turn the engine on and see if it works although now that I think of it I think that the Fords need the tranny because the starter is actually connected to it, but either way I would try that first before venturing into the bottom half of this engine, as one viewer said in his comment the flex plate was moving very much I don't know if you noticed it, anyway onward and forward and may God bless you guys and your family.
Also- did you chec k the hydraulic lifters? A srtuck lifter or two will not help your cause... Nevermind! I see they are working... Maybe somethings rattling around in the trans or the torque convertor
I thought to myself, why did this old guy park this cool car in a barn and leave it for 29 years? I answered my own question when I realized 29 years ago he wasn't an old guy.😄
The moment you see there is no compression, why don't you pull the engine out to work on it? It would be so much more comfortable to work on if it is on an engine stand IMO. It would make better video shots as well. Nice video!
@@DIOGENESofficial Yeah, but I would have pulled the engine regardless, it is so much easier to work on, and I can try starting it on the stand, and would have heard the knocking, and saved a huge amount of time... It take a bit more time to pull off, but once off, man it is such a better experience to work on...
Two door Ford Fairlane or exactly the same as 1961 Fairlaine. What size is the engine? The option was straight-six 170 CID or V-8 221 CID or Challenger 260 CID. Thanks.
The '61 was a much bigger car. There were sixes and the 292 and 390 as V8 options. '62 thru 64 were more or less variations on the same body with the rear fins going away in '64. The '65 was a one-off body style. The 289 came in in '63.
I guess any engine will run after you replace everything and nearly rebuild it but I find the Fords always have the valve issues from sitting a long time not as bad on the Windsors but the FE and the MEL blocks I find are really bad for stuck valves from sitting
I love that you aren’t scared to do the carb or even heads. Lots of other channels get it half running and call it a day, but you guys seem to get it actually fixed
You are aware what happens to hydraulic lifters when sitting for a long time will do and what will happen to compression? Next time pull the distributor and prime the oil pump which will lubricate the entire engine before starting a dry motor causing wear or even breaking things internally. Doing that the engine will possibly start right up as normal
looking at it from underneath the flywheel looked wobbly when spinning, the teeth had play and the convertor looked like it might have been the trans casing, I would take them off test the flywheel for true and run the engine without them both to see
You and your dad are kinda guys I wish I grew up with I'd love to rescue cars and put back on the road. Keep up the good work your channel is one of my absolute favs
A friend of mine has a 62 4 foot in a milk bath in West Virginia, I looked at it 10 years ago, it’s all there and the doors close like it’s new. The unfortunate part is his aunt won’t let it go because it was her dads, car has been sitting for 30+ years so it smells bad inside but I will never understand people that would rather have mice and rats destroy something than pass it on 🤷🏻♂️
some people would rather the mice and rats eat it but be able to see it everyday to keep the memories alive..i don't understand it either but that's the way the human brain works..
I had one of these as my first car. It had a very tired 170 six cylinder. I swapped in a 260 V8 which was much better but not much of a hot rod but my brother swapped in a 4 speed using the column shifter for the forward gears and an 8 ball pulled up on the floor for reverse.
While you really shouldn't lap in valves with a drill it is much easier to chuck up a piece of hose that fits the valve stem and then just push that onto each valve when doing what you did.
I have a 62 Mercury Meteor with a 221. I've gotten a number of parts for my Meteor by buying Fairlane parts. Some people don't know they are cousins in several ways.
Another great video. These were the cars I grew up with! I'm older than your dad. The 221 was a very high winding engine, larger bore short stroke. It was an easy 6k, 6500 rpm engine (according to the Western Auto tach). One of my teenage buddies had the same car (gray with beige interior) with 3 on the column. 60mph in first gear all day long...lol. It a was shocker for some of the Chevy II drivers, they couldn't believe they were looking at our tail lights!
The 221 didn’t seem to get a lot of attention, at least from what I recall from old magazines of the period I was reading in the 80s. I don’t recall ever seeing anything about it being modified. Then again, when Carroll Shelby acquired a couple of the “new” thin-wall Ford V 8s and had them shipped to AC cars in England to test in prototypes that became the Cobra, were they 221s or 260s? Everything I’ve read seems to gloss over and, of course the chassis and bodies were then shipped to LA where 260s were installed and the legend was thus “born.” If exterior dimensions are the same, shouldn’t be any problems with 260/289 manifolds and other parts fitting a 221. Then again, I don’t know much about them because by the time I was getting into cars in the mid-late 70s, they weren’t even mentioned.
Like your tenacity and determination to wake those dormant beasts up. Also, your penchant to clean up all the debris and garbage from workspace before getting busy puts my OCD mind at ease. Cheers.
I know they like to do a separate video on cleaning the cars but I would at least clean the front where they are working to stop all that 29 year old crud getting on their clothes as they lean over to work on the engine.
I have owned a bunch of small block Fords over the years (from a 64 Falcon sprint 260 4 spd car in 1965 to a 95 Mustang 5 L a/t car ) and was a Ford dealership mechanic in the mid 70s. Anyway it sounds to me that the flex-plate for the tranny is hitting something, you might want to check that out before you go pulling the bottom end. I am a die hard Ford guy and really enjoyed the 61 Galaxy series you did. Have fun with the Fairlane, my bother had a 63 back in the day. 😎
I grew up during the 60's so watching you and your Dad bring these cars back to life is right up my alley!!! Love it!!!
You should have left the carb alone spray Ed it down with kerosene and Letitia fsookethen poured gasinit and started it dummy
This video brought back the memory of my youth. My parents bought a brand new 1962 Fairlane 500 with the in-line 6. It was black with a red/white interior. We loved it! I'll never forget it. There's a special place in my heart for that car. Thanks, guys!
Buy one they're not that expensive 🙄
Starting fluid, learn it, love it, live it.
Gasoline in an ordinary spray bottle... even better and far cheaper to use.
- Max Giganteum
Thank you for making a very educational video. Thank you for making a video without every swear word in the book. Thank you for your patience and teamwork and overflowing joy for what you do.
That is cooler than the other side of the pillow! Congrats - nice find for sure.
221 cui the early Cobras had the 260cui. Don't throw away the filter if it is embossed with Motorcraft on it. If the plug wires are dated original Keep them as well.
You Have to do another Video on the Fairlane! I NEED to know what that Knock is!
my cousin's dad bought that exact car brand new, same color, interior, wheels it is exactly the same car, he inherited it when his dad passed away, and he is restoring it back to original, he loves the car
I like that car it really looks in good shape. Keep up the great work you're helping people learn thanks
Love the 62-4 Fairlanes! The true start of the muscle era, the beginning of the 289 Hi-Po K Codes, the end of the space-race wing'd era, and the test bed of what the Mustang might be all while remaining under the radar of most big dollar collectors.. unfortunately for folks in the USA, Australians and Germans have been importing them as fast as they can find them marking some serious price jumps as of late.
No! you should not have put a 302 in it…you guys are doing exactly what you’re supposed to be doing. This is the content we love to see. Really like to watch the resurrection and preservation of the vehicle at hand.
Fabulous job!
Godspeed.
Rob
I’ve got a soft spot for these old Fairlanes. My parents bought a used 63 500 wagon in 1968 with a 260/2 speed auto. It didn’t have power steering or brakes, or seat belts, but did have A/C. Even without the power assists, my mother thought it was easy to drive. Us kids just thought it was cool, especially jump seat in the back. The previous owner had it undercoated, so in the almost ten years it was in our family, it had very minimal rust. My dad sold it for about a hundred bucks as it needed work - a lot more than he intended to do. I wish it had been passed down to me, but that’s the way it goes.
Great episode
Made my week seeing a new video and the longer in-depth ones are the best, you guys keep it up! Mark all the way from the UK! ❤
Looks like you have a pretty-much standard approach to bringing these things back to life. Great work!! 👍
What a cool find. Cool car. 💪🇱🇺
Thanks! Can’t wait to share more!
Coolest pet of his van is the wicked cool couch! Too bad you couldn’t get the rat poopies out of that and keep it!😮
Sticky starter or sloppy bendix bearing/shaft?? That torque converter is bit wobbly. Waiting for part two!!
My ultimate when you find a barn find. That the car has been in moth ball's 30 yrs and you try and get her running.Great vidio!
Can you imagine doing a barn find on an electric car?
My dad had a light blue 62 Fairlane, nice, practical car, identical to this body. I enjoy watching you casually yanking off the heads, rebuilding the carb, etc., doing a neat job.
An old style oil pressure sender socket fits the carb power valve on the auto light carb . Just an FYI . Like the channel contents ...
I envy the time you get with your father. Mine passed away before I was a mature enough adult to appreciate it. Thanks for the videos!
Yes mine too. He is very blessed to have him working on cars with him
This is one reason I watch. Today I try and spend time wrenching with my adult kids as much as possible.
.especial trabajo de profecionales saludos desde Tenerife Canary Island Spain
What no fender covers to protect the paint lol . Keep up the cool car rescues. Cheers from New Zealand 👍
Good job lapping you didn't forget
Thank you for your APPRECIATION to your subscribers
The torque for exhaust manifold bolts is 20 PSI. aAd you must use the torque wrench otherwise the bolt heats up, rust and frozen to be stuck and will crack. Thank you.
Wow.. what a gem. Great find,, I like the sandpaper trick.. good content. Good show.
I had one with a six cylinder, ran forever great car, can’t wait too see part 2
You and Your Dad will get er running; A Great Video,your both great troubleshooters and mechanics!Take Care, Your Oregon Friend.☮️
I had that 62.. it had a 260 3 speed on the column. Wish I had it back.
Love your video, your humor and the way you work.
The noise sounds like the starter isn't disengaging all the way after it starts running.
Did that torque convertor move in and out on the shaft? Im really wondering what that noise was.
Man, I haven't messed with points since I had a 1967 Mustang 40 years ago in High school..
good video .thanks
There's always room for another one! :)
Oh yes!
@@BudgetBuildz save some for us dude.....
But seriously dude....some masks and gloves....
and wash it outside before you bring it in....
Just looking out for you
And...if you run across a 58 Olds , Caddy or a 58 Edsel....let me know
Great Video!
I always think your working on a car with Jeff Foxworthy!! Hah
If you stumble across a stack of cardboard... and find a vintage car underneath it... you might be a redneck!
- Max Giganteum
Thanks for all the great content very enjoyable
Great car, I’d like to see how it drives.
That flywheel was moving a lot. I call loose flywheel bolts.
Cool 😎 !!!! 🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧🔧
My first car was one of these. 💙
The starter is where the noise is coming from, the gear isn't retracting.
Just got a new old car myself it runs very well but solid came from north carolina
Never... Never... EVER let that car go... right up there with that Galaxy that you should never let go... THIS is... insanely fantastic. Man... incredible. :-/ Coolness. Thanks for Sharing... Dang... just Dang. Get a Shelby American 427 aluminum crate motor with all the gussetted top and reinforced bottom... ported heads and... pop it in this old gal and drop the 221 from it on an engine stand and maybe sell that part of the car or keep it on the stand in the corner of the shop just because lol Use it for a coffee table or put it in a go-cart? :-))
I love these videos! How are you guys?
5 lug 13 inch mopar will probably fit, like off of a dart ,valiant , etc.
Love the channel guys been a subscriber since the porshe and always love the content
Hope the noise is something other than that sweet little V8.
8:30 that's what we call a knuckle buster 😂
Needs a aluminum intake and a 4-barrel plus headers. I know that you prefer to keep as OEM as possible but this car begs for a few aftermarket parts.
Hi bro from west Alabama
To me sounds like a cracked flywheel
That motor sounds like somebody just broke the balls on a pool table. Good fine though hopefully you get it running right
I definitely love and always enjoy the will it run series that you guys do but for this particular vehicle my suggestion is to disengage the tranny from the engine and turn the engine on and see if it works although now that I think of it I think that the Fords need the tranny because the starter is actually connected to it, but either way I would try that first before venturing into the bottom half of this engine, as one viewer said in his comment the flex plate was moving very much I don't know if you noticed it, anyway onward and forward and may God bless you guys and your family.
.morning sir Could you tell me why the radiator top hose is not connected during the trouble shooting Thanks and happy New year
Ay great video wish i could find old cars
Also- did you chec k the hydraulic lifters? A srtuck lifter or two will not help your cause...
Nevermind! I see they are working...
Maybe somethings rattling around in the trans or the torque convertor
I believe that's a 221 v8 by the emblems on the fenders
Depending on manufacture date. Ours had a 260.
There is alot cyl wall there guys
Absolutely love this car! I was born in 62. Keep it up guys! If you wanna swap it, do a big block... 429 460???
I thought to myself, why did this old guy park this cool car in a barn and leave it for 29 years? I answered my own question when I realized 29 years ago he wasn't an old guy.😄
I had that same exact model whilst stationed in Delaware. Motor was a dog!
Cool Car...
The moment you see there is no compression, why don't you pull the engine out to work on it? It would be so much more comfortable to work on if it is on an engine stand IMO. It would make better video shots as well.
Nice video!
Pulling out an engine just to work on the heads is unnecessary.
@@DIOGENESofficial Yeah, but I would have pulled the engine regardless, it is so much easier to work on, and I can try starting it on the stand, and would have heard the knocking, and saved a huge amount of time... It take a bit more time to pull off, but once off, man it is such a better experience to work on...
No such thing as barn find the car was never lost
Two door Ford Fairlane or exactly the same as 1961 Fairlaine. What size is the engine? The option was straight-six 170 CID or V-8 221 CID or Challenger 260 CID. Thanks.
The '61 was a much bigger car. There were sixes and the 292 and 390 as V8 options. '62 thru 64 were more or less variations on the same body with the rear fins going away in '64. The '65 was a one-off body style. The 289 came in in '63.
The starter is not kicking out is the noise
Electric bricklin sv1?
Fram number PH8A oil filter?
check the mileage if it is close to 100 thousand the timing chain is toast change it and it start right up this was a failure point in all motors
A bobina tem que ser nova
Is it a 221 c.i. ?
Timing chain?
Buena tengo un farlander 1962 no es podido en contrario los cristales delantero y traseros quien me informa Dondes los puedo encontral
I guess any engine will run after you replace everything and nearly rebuild it but I find the Fords always have the valve issues from sitting a long time not as bad on the Windsors but the FE and the MEL blocks I find are really bad for stuck valves from sitting
Okay lo vende cuanto quiere???
Damn man! You find some of the coolest cars to rescue!!!!
Thanks!!! 😁😁
One of the things I love the most about this channel is your optimism and positivity. I wish a lot more people had that including myself!
Every day you wake up, is another opportunity to change your attitude and life!
I love that you aren’t scared to do the carb or even heads. Lots of other channels get it half running and call it a day, but you guys seem to get it actually fixed
Don't worry about the duration we always want to see more😃
Sorry,Guys,BUT! We want to see Repair &Restore ,Upgrade.After that,Finally Run on the Road !
You are aware what happens to hydraulic lifters when sitting for a long time will do and what will happen to compression? Next time pull the distributor and prime the oil pump which will lubricate the entire engine before starting a dry motor causing wear or even breaking things internally. Doing that the engine will possibly start right up as normal
Looks like the torque converter might be loose the ring gear should run truer or the crankshaft is bent a little.
looking at it from underneath the flywheel looked wobbly when spinning, the teeth had play and the convertor looked like it might have been the trans casing, I would take them off test the flywheel for true and run the engine without them both to see
You can see that the torque converter bolts are loose I hope you see that before you pull the base off.
You and your dad are kinda guys I wish I grew up with I'd love to rescue cars and put back on the road. Keep up the good work your channel is one of my absolute favs
A friend of mine has a 62 4 foot in a milk bath in West Virginia, I looked at it 10 years ago, it’s all there and the doors close like it’s new. The unfortunate part is his aunt won’t let it go because it was her dads, car has been sitting for 30+ years so it smells bad inside but I will never understand people that would rather have mice and rats destroy something than pass it on 🤷🏻♂️
Exactly; holding on to some memory or whatever while everything slowly returns to the earth.
some people would rather the mice and rats eat it but be able to see it everyday to keep the memories alive..i don't understand it either but that's the way the human brain works..
Emotional attachment to something is easily understood.
I had one of these as my first car. It had a very tired 170 six cylinder. I swapped in a 260 V8 which was much better but not much of a hot rod but my brother swapped in a 4 speed using the column shifter for the forward gears and an 8 ball pulled up on the floor for reverse.
While you really shouldn't lap in valves with a drill it is much easier to chuck up a piece of hose that fits the valve stem and then just push that onto each valve when doing what you did.
Really looking forward to see what’s making that noise and the clean up!
I have a 62 Mercury Meteor with a 221. I've gotten a number of parts for my Meteor by buying Fairlane parts. Some people don't know they are cousins in several ways.
Another great video. These were the cars I grew up with! I'm older than your dad. The 221 was a very high winding engine, larger bore short stroke. It was an easy 6k, 6500 rpm engine (according to the Western Auto tach). One of my teenage buddies had the same car (gray with beige interior) with 3 on the column. 60mph in first gear all day long...lol. It a was shocker for some of the Chevy II drivers, they couldn't believe they were looking at our tail lights!
The 221 didn’t seem to get a lot of attention, at least from what I recall from old magazines of the period I was reading in the 80s. I don’t recall ever seeing anything about it being modified. Then again, when Carroll Shelby acquired a couple of the “new” thin-wall Ford V 8s and had them shipped to AC cars in England to test in prototypes that became the Cobra, were they 221s or 260s? Everything I’ve read seems to gloss over and, of course the chassis and bodies were then shipped to LA where 260s were installed and the legend was thus “born.” If exterior dimensions are the same, shouldn’t be any problems with 260/289 manifolds and other parts fitting a 221. Then again, I don’t know much about them because by the time I was getting into cars in the mid-late 70s, they weren’t even mentioned.
GREAT FIND...THOSE .RATS AND MICE ,, WOW!! GREAT JOB GETTING THIS CAR GOING!!! THANK'S..
You’re ‘living MY dream’! What fun and an awesome episode.
Like your tenacity and determination to wake those dormant beasts up. Also, your penchant to clean up all the debris and garbage from workspace before getting busy puts my OCD mind at ease. Cheers.
I know they like to do a separate video on cleaning the cars but I would at least clean the front where they are working to stop all that 29 year old crud getting on their clothes as they lean over to work on the engine.
I have owned a bunch of small block Fords over the years (from a 64 Falcon sprint 260 4 spd car in 1965 to a 95 Mustang 5 L a/t car ) and was a Ford dealership mechanic in the mid 70s. Anyway it sounds to me that the flex-plate for the tranny is hitting something, you might want to check that out before you go pulling the bottom end. I am a die hard Ford guy and really enjoyed the 61 Galaxy series you did. Have fun with the Fairlane, my bother had a 63 back in the day. 😎
Yeah that’s the bad part about barn finds, finding whatever else lived in the barn/car. Good find 👍
did you notice how much the flex plate was moving might be the noise be broke
yeah it was warped for sure
Get that thing fixed, disassemble and diagnose the problem and make it happen. Do IT!.. I wanna see a road trip..