It wasn’t until 1966 that Ford offered a Fairlane GT ... this meant that the Chevelle SS396 had tripled the Fairlane GT’s sales. Perhaps once the 390 was removed as the base engine, there ...
Thunderbolt was a high-profile cog in Ford’s Total Performance machinery. By 1966, the Fairlane had grown to accept the available FE-family 390 under the hood; suddenly the kissin’-cousin 427 ...