Welcome to the forum, Pat! Heck, we were down for 2 days, you probably thought you broke it, lol.
Beautiful car you got yourself.....congrats! What part of the world are you from?

Many thanks for the info! Wanted to narrow down the type of 500 it is. Looked at some period brochures and couldn't tell by that alone.

The chrome headlight eyebrows are not a Ford option.  This part is sometimes removed and chromed for those that want the custom look.  The Club Victoria is a 2 door hardtop, the Town Victoria is a 4 door Sedan.

I still have mine, but think it is going to be replaced. Different system going on, throttle-body F/I so I think a distributor swap is probably in my future. Give me a couple of days. Full day tomorrow already.
Mine is a 312.

My first was a 58 Custom 300 with 272 and three speed.  I traded my Triumph motorcycle for it.  I had originally paid $75 for the bike.
Gas was initially 22c a gallon in our little Texas town and had gone up to
28c.  Gas was higher in Louisiana and I remember having to pay 33c a gallon when we were running bootleg through Louisiana and I swore I would never pay that much again.  Then came gas rationing during the seventies, so much for swearing.    

be careful I got a kit from them never got a good pedal stock brakes were better than the kit later found out the brackets moved when you put the brakes on never got them to lock up I put stock back on and put kit in dumpster not sheer it was the new guys or old it may have ben when the sale happened but wood not stand behind the kit 

See at the upper right where it says "Check out the newsletters posted at our main club site".
If you open that & then the menu icon thing on the right you can find stuff like this in a list of info.
https://57fordsforever.com/models/

This pic of VIN info might help too.

312, but I will take a 292 distributor.

Hello all and thanks for adding me! Have loved this car since the day I took an interest in classic cars back in my teens and finally took the plunge and bought one (mid life crisis?). Anyhoo... Would like to see if anyone can help me out with a couple of ID questions? Obviously it's a Fairlane 500. But I'm not sure what the difference between a Club & Town Victorias is and what this one would be. Also noticed very few Fairlanes have the chrome on the headlights. Any info on that? Thanks!!!!

Quote from: abe_lugo on 2024-05-20 19:32I think another company took over scarebirds designs' maybe the name is on the Hamb.  I knew I should have bought a couple sets before they went away.

I've sent them an email. And read a few posts about how it may be under new ownership. I hope they reach out. You can find the kit on the site but it is unavailable at this time to order...
Hoping someone has one but if not then I'll prolly just go another route. I'm too impatient😂