THIS IS MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ANY FAIRLANE FAN.  THIS IS A BRAND  NEW BOOK WITH 140  PAGES .

THE FAIRLANE, NAMED AFTER HENRY FORD'S MANSION NEAR DEARBORN, WAS INTRODUCED IN 1955 AS THE HIGHEST PRICED AND MOST LUXURIOUS CAR  IN THE FORD RANGE.  ULTIMATELY, IT BROUGHT ITS OWN SHARE OF THRILLS TO THE MARKET PLACE AND AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE REPORTS INCLUDED HERE, IT BECAME A SUCCESS STORY. 

THE THRILLS STARTED WITH STYLING, THOUGH THE PLEXIGLAS "ROLL-BAR" ROOF OF THE 55 FAIRLANE CROWN VICTORIA DIDN'T PROVE AS POPULAR AS FORD HAD HOPED.  NOT LONG AFTERWARDS,  HOWEVER, IT WAS THE FAIRLANE LINE WHICH CARRIED THE RETRACTABLE ROOF ON ITS SKYLINER MODEL, WHICH TODAY, BECAUSE OF THIS FEATURE, HAS BECOME ON OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE AUTOMOBILES OF THE '50S. 

THE REAL THRILLS BEGAN IN THE 1960S, UNDER LEE IACOCCA.  THE 62 FAIRLANE EARNED ITS PLACE IN HISTORY AS THE MODEL WHICH INTRODUCED THE CLASSIC SMALL-BLOCK V8, AN ENGINE WHICH WOULD CARRY FORD THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE YEARS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MODELS.  AND WHEN OTHER MANUFACTURERS BEGAN TO SCORE HITS WITH HIGH-POWERED INTERMEDIATES AS THE POWER RACE HEATED UP, IT WAS TO  THE FAIRLANE WHICH FORD TURNED FOR ITS OWN CONTENDER.  EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT A SHOWROOM MODEL, THE 427 THUNDERBOLT DRAG RACER DERIVED FROM THE TWO-DOOR FAIRLANE ESTABLISHED FORD'S CREDIBILITY AT A STROKE. 

FROM THEN ON, THE FAIRLANE LINE ALWAYS FEATURED PERFORMANCE MODELS, WITH ENGINES RANGING FROM THE SMALL-BLOCK 289, THRU THE 390, ON TO THE BIG-BLOCK 428 COBRA JET, AND FINISHING UP WITH THE CLASSIC CLEVELAND 351. 

THIS BOOK HELPS BRING BACK THE HISTORY & THE MEMORIES FROM THAT ERA &   IS  MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ALL FAIRLANE FANS.  

THIS BOOK CONTAINS  FORMER MAGAZINE ARTICLES FROM THE RESPECTIVE MODEL YEAR FROM 1955 THRU 1970 COVERING ROAD & COMPARISON TESTS, PERFORMANCE AND TECH DATA, NEW MODEL INTRODUCTIONS, HANDLING TESTS, & DRIVING IMPRESSIONS. THERE ARE ROAD TESTS ON MOST HIGH POWERED FAIRLANES OF THAT ERA WHICH PROBABLY INCUDE YOUR FAVORITE MODEL. FOR EXAMPLE,  THERE ARE ROAD TESTS ON THE 1955 FORD CROWN VICTORIA 272, 1957 FORD RETRACTIBLE HARDTOP, 1961 FORD 500 SALOON,  1966 FORD 390 GT/A, TO THE AWESOME 1969 FAIRLANE 428 COBRA JET.  THERE ARE 36 OTHER ARTICLES, ROAD TESTS, & COMPARISON TESTSOF FAIRLANES FROM 1955 THRU 1970.  

BOOK MEASURES  8" X 10 1/2"  WITH MORE THAN 200 PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS  .