Video - 1964 "New" Holman-Moody 427 Ford Fairlane taking a lap at Germany's Nürburgring

This is a video of one of the "new" 1964 Holman-Moody 427 Ford
Fairlanes taking a lap at Germany's Nürburgring. Crank up your sound
- its awesome!

More pictures, info and pricing on page 2.

http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2010/11/...t-nurburgring/

On 05/11/2010 20:24, RoadRunner wrote:
> This is a video of one of the "new" 1964 Holman-Moody 427 Ford
> Fairlanes taking a lap at Germany's Nürburgring. Crank up your sound
> - its awesome!
>
> More pictures, info and pricing on page 2.
>
> http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2010/11/...t-nurburgring/

Well, I enjoyed that!

I have the Duke Video DVD of Derek Bell lapping the 'ring. Even better,
though both are punctuated by awful sounds from the gearbox...

--

Chris

I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

On Nov 5, 4:24*pm, RoadRunner > wrote:
> This is a video of one of the "new" 1964 Holman-Moody 427 Ford
> Fairlanes taking a lap at Germany's Nürburgring. *Crank up your sound
> - its awesome!
>
> More pictures, info and pricing on page 2.
>
> http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2010/11/...t-nurburgring/

Fab! Brave lad, I think those still had drum brakes on them. What a
torque monster, the footage of that frankencar sucking up the Porsche
924 (944?) is priceless.

Mower Man wrote
> On 05/11/2010 20:24, RoadRunner wrote:
> > This is a video of one of the "new" 1964 Holman-Moody 427 Ford
> > Fairlanes taking a lap at Germany's Nürburgring. Crank up your sound
> > - its awesome!
> >
> > More pictures, info and pricing on page 2.
> >
> > http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2010/11/...t-nurburgring/
>
> Well, I enjoyed that!
>
> I have the Duke Video DVD of Derek Bell lapping the 'ring. Even better,
> though both are punctuated by awful sounds from the gearbox...
>
>

In the muscle car days, the Ford Fairlain was right up there with all the ugly cars
that your mother drove. Like the hopped up Dodge Dart, with a 360 under the hood!

As American satirist PJ O'Rourke said in a recent book about muscle cars in his day
(and mine).

"When you couldn't pay for a car or a Thrush muffler, you drilled holes in your
mother's muffler, and it made the sound that attracted the chicks."

And I can say that I agree.

Been there, done it! I have the T-shirt!

On 06/11/2010 01:04, wrote:
> On Nov 5, 4:24 pm, > wrote:
>> This is a video of one of the "new" 1964 Holman-Moody 427 Ford
>> Fairlanes taking a lap at Germany's Nürburgring. Crank up your sound
>> - its awesome!
>>
>> More pictures, info and pricing on page 2.
>>
>> http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2010/11/...t-nurburgring/
>
> Fab! Brave lad, I think those still had drum brakes on them. What a
> torque monster, the footage of that frankencar sucking up the Porsche
> 924 (944?) is priceless.

I loved the British Saloon Car championship races where the 427 Galaxie
rubbished Jaguar MkIIs.

Then along came the Mustang, which often beat the Lotus Cortina on
handling - not performance!

--

Chris

I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

On Nov 6, 1:11*am, Mower Man > wrote:
> On 06/11/2010 01:04, wrote:
>
> > On Nov 5, 4:24 pm, > *wrote:
> >> This is a video of one of the "new" 1964 Holman-Moody 427 Ford
> >> Fairlanes taking a lap at Germany's N rburgring. *Crank up your sound
> >> - its awesome!
>
> >> More pictures, info and pricing on page 2.
>
> >>http://www.craigboyce.com/w/2010/11/...t-nurburgring/
>
> > Fab! Brave lad, I think those still had drum brakes on them. What a
> > torque monster, the footage of that frankencar sucking up the Porsche
> > 924 (944?) is priceless.
>
> I loved the British Saloon Car championship races where the 427 Galaxie
> rubbished Jaguar MkIIs.
>
> Then along came the Mustang, which often beat the Lotus Cortina on
> handling - not performance!
>
> --
>
> Chris
>
> I am not young enough to know everything.
> Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Yes, those 'basic' cast iron pushrod motors made us forget our fancy-
pants European sophistication! As early as 1962, British stock car
racers like Oxford's Barry Hebborn and Wisbech's Ron Pears (scrapyard
men with money) imported Holman & Moody 427 engines for their cars at
the then-incredible price of a thousand pounds each, -- in an era when
people were building whole cars for a hundred quid.