Bud Wolfe's '56 Ford Fairlane Victoria - A Tri-Five Of A Different Flavor
| F A C T S & F I G U R E S | | Bud Wolfe | | Graham, Washington | | 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria | | CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | ladder type / Ford | | Wheelbase | 115 1/2” (stock) | | Rearend / Ratio | Ford Hotchkiss-style / 3.22:1 | | Rear suspension | stock parallel leaf w/ Air Ride
Technologies (Jasper, IN) air
springs, installed by Joe Pelland,
The Drop Zone (Des Moines, WA) | | Front suspension | stock unequal-length A-arm w/ Air
Ride Technologies air springs by
Drop Zone; ’75-80 Ford Granada
spindles modified by Fatman
Fabrications (Charlotte, NC) w/
3” drop | | Front brakes | ’75-80 Ford Granada | | Master cylinder | ’67 Ford Torino dual-circuit | | Wheel make, size | American Racing (Rancho
Dominguez, CA; special thanks to
the Ruyans at S&S Tire [Spanaway,
WA] for their special attention)
Torq-Thrust,
17x7 & 17x8 | | Tire make, size | Dayton 2R, 245/45ZR-17 | | ENGINE | | Make | 1956 Ford Y-block | | Displacement | 292ci | | Radiator | aluminum, Griffin Thermal
Products (Piedmont, NC) | | Valve covers | Thunderbird aluminum | | Manifold / Induction | Thunderbird E-code / (2) Carter
WCFB reconditioned by Pony
Carburetors (New Woodstock, NY) | | Exhaust | ground-&-coated manifolds; 2 1/4”
diameter, glasspacked mufflers by
owner | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | Ford C4 by Puyallup Trans (Puyallup, WA) | | Shifter | Lokar (Knoxville, TN) | | Trans mods | adapter by Flat-O Products Inc. (Salem, OR) | | Driveshaft | Northwest Drivelines (Fife, WA) | | BODY | | Body style / Material | Fairlane Victoria / steel | | Body manufacturer | FoMoCo | | Bodywork | H&H Collision (Tacoma, WA) | | Paint type / Color | Dupont / Peacock Blue & Colonial White | | Chrome | Maranatha Plating Inc. (Puyallup, WA) | | Taillights | 1956 Mercury wagon | | INTERIOR | | Audio | AM/FM/cassette by Custom Autosound (Fullerton, CA) | | Air conditioning | 4/60 Armstrong, by owner | | Steering wheel | Saturn 15 1/2 split grip by Budnik Wheels (Huntington Beach, CA) | | Steering column | stock Ford, shaved shift mechanism | | Seats | '58 Ford Thunderbird | | Upholsterer | Bob Jasper, Jasper's Custom Upholstery (Tacoma, WA) | | Material / Color | vinyl / pearl white & peacock blue | | Carpet | peacock blue nylon | | Seatbelts | aircraft-style hasp by Beams Industries (Oklahoma City, OK) | | Other interior items | '58 Ford Thunderbird center console, modified for Lokar shifter |
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