The '66 Fairlane 500 hardtop you see here is owned by Ann and Eddy Hanley of Tarrytown, New York. Ann and Eddy are siblings and they and several other family members inherited the car from their ...

With a business card like that, you might think that his favorite machine would be some exotic Pro Street car with every in-vogue accouterment. Instead, what attracted our attention was this ...

It seems we all remember our first car. Whether it was a gift, a pile of junk, or four wheels that provided untold memories, these cars tend to stick in our minds, and most of the time it seems that ...

Named after Henry Ford's Dearborn estate, today's Nice Price or No Dice Fairlane wagon is a model of car that once dominated suburbia. Now, much rarer, we'll have to see how domineering its price ...

Some engines weren’t just built—they were summoned. Ford’s 427 FE V8 thundered into existence in 1963, forged for battle in NASCAR, NHRA, and at Le Mans. It was a racing engine that somehow slipped ...

It was in the spring of 1966 that Dennis Roxworthy fell head over heels in four-wheeled love. Then 23, he first laid eyes on Ford’s newly redesigned midsize offering, the Fairlane 500. “A neighbor ...

This is where Bill Barnes and his sweet-looking '66 Fairlane come in. Noncar types are unlikely to love it-in fact, they probably won't even see much beyond the shiny paint. No matter, for to people ...

Sometimes a particular car just grabs you. That’s what happened with John Harper and the 1964 Ford Fairlane hardtop. He’s on his third one and is pretty sure this one will never be replaced. “My first ...

LSD wasn't made illegal in the United States until 1968, so perhaps Ford's marketers felt that using trippy op art backdrops for their '66 Fairlane TV ad would be safely within the mainstream. The ...

Ideally (in Dearborn's view), those buying ragtop Plymouth Belvederes and Chevy Chevelles would have felt like stodgy oldsters compared to drivers of new '66 Fairlanes.

The Fairlane received sporty touches in 1966, specifically as Ford wanted to bring it in line with the company's latest models. The stacked headlamps were a nice addition, but the introduction of the ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...