So much fun to see the Battlebird against the 3 Litre Healey and the bird has plenty of power and sounds nasty !
the Fairlane comes in at 5:40 min. Enjoy !
ole Yank tanks giving the Brits a hard time :003:
I heard the Fairlane has a healthy y-block under the hood, but the information from the internet isn't always true.
Quote from: rmk57 on 2025-09-15 08:28I heard the Fairlane has a healthy y-block under the hood, but the information from the internet isn't always true.
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it appears that the 57 Battlebird is one of the original 57 race cars, the one equipped with a 430 MEL. details in this video:
here's more info on the car and their owners/racing team.
https://www.billshepherdmustang.com/1957-battlebird (https://www.billshepherdmustang.com/1957-battlebird)
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A buddy of mine out here was a mechanic at DePaulo in the '50's. He built (assembled) both motors. One was a phase one blown 312, the other was an injected Lincoln. The T-bird guys have a lot of information on the race cars and the supercharged cars. TARTC has invoices for the production cars. (Gate release copies as all the non-race cars were built in Detroit). I drove an "H" code gunmetal "F" code T-bird on the street out here for years. Now I'm working on a red one.