1979 Ford Fairmont Wagon 5.0 Build
Okay, so I don't really know if this will be a big build-up or not at this point. Right now, I just want to sort of catalogue how this car was when I got it in mid December of 2015 and I'll update it over time. I'm sure this has been done before so... yeah.
Alright so to start with, I bought myself a 1979 Ford Fairmont station wagon with only 80, 961km on the body and maybe less on the motor (I've been told it was engine swapped with a 5.0 sometime in the early 80's, though I have no way of proving it didn't come factory). I'm pretty young and have never done anything super mechanical with car engines before (though I did get top marks in shop class rebuilding lawnmower engines). I've got a predisposition for GM vehicles and trucks but when this deal came up, I knew I should at least give Ford a try.
It's pretty clean and was taken care of quite well by the old lady who bought it new back in '79. From what I've been told, she was a real go-getter and a big fan of aftermarket 'gadgets'. Such fine gadgets as an early backup warning system that uses a radar transducer, an aftermarket headunit from the 80's, a digital clock, headlight beeper, provisions for AC power on the interior (like an RV), third brake light and a CB radio with a public address system.
It's got a nice, big, smog-era 5.0. that produces a 0-60mph time of 15.3 seconds. Of course, I believe the speedometer is off by a bit so it may even be faster!
My goals for the car are to try and coax at least 300 horsepower from the old v8 and make it not so much of a granny-mobile (hubcaps are gone once I find some new rims...).
Here's some pictures of 'er from the day I bought it towhat it looked like last week when I finished cleaning the oxidation off.
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