Hello! 1974 XB Fairmont

[74XB]

Hi, I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Scott Carlsson and I live in Tragowel (120km North West of Bendigo) I own a 1974 Ford XB Fairmont, Original. Here are some pics.

Front.


Side.


Engine.


Rear.


Air Con.


Inside.


Inside.


Hope you like it!

PS. I paid $200 for it, the way it sits right now, except for the bonnet and wheels.

[redxm]

Not sure I recognise the toolbox option in the boot

Welcome to the forums

[74XB]

Thanks mate, cheers.

[Nostalgia]

Welcome Scott. Any future plans for the ol' girl ?

[Falcon Coupe]

Welcome aboard, i can see a lot of potential in that car. :

[74XB]

Yeah, restore her to her former glory, put on 2V head, 3:2 extractors, recondition the block and carby and 2V head if needed. Pretty much a full restoration. I will keep you posted on my gradual changes.

[74XB]

Originally Posted by Falcon Coupe

Welcome aboard, i can see a lot of potential in that car. :

Thanks mate, much appreiciated.

[Daniel351]

Welcome Dude : glad to see you signed up :

[Nostalgia]

Do you have a 2V head for it ? Looking at your pics reminds me of my first car except mine was a XA.

[Whoosha]

welcome matey nice pick up ..beware of another XB owner ( py: the holden driving hippy py: ) living up that way she's a nutter too

[74XB]

No, you got one?

[Nostalgia]

Originally Posted by 74XB_Fairmont

No, you got one?

Nah mate i was hoping you had one so i could buy it off you. Very rare these days. You can always cut off the intergrated inlet manifold.

[XA-Coupe]

welcome ! another classic rescued ! It looks mostly straight so a good basis for a project.

[Melz]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

welcome matey nice pick up ..beware of another XB owner ( py: the holden driving hippy py: ) living up that way she's a nutter too

Thanks very much darling lol

Welcome to the forums Scott, 2v heads are very hard to come by, but they are out there, just like original standard XB steering wheels!.

Glad to see another XB owner who wants to keep the 250 going strong! (and find out the joys of hidden rust )

Was she originally copper bronze? Just looking at the underbonnet shot....

[74XB]

Yep, here are the pics of the rust.

Near Right Wheel.


Front Left Guard.


And some surface rust on roof and on the boot. Sorry, no pics of this.

[Nostalgia]

Check this out for rust repairs. Excellent work.http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11203223

[Melz]

Check in your boot, around your taillights and up under the rear window and down the each side of the boot top to bottom, those 2 areas caught me out being a novice XB owner!
Good luck with it all

[74XB]

Na, she only has a bit around the back window, down the fins.

[74XB]

Originally Posted by Melz

Thanks very much darling lol

Welcome to the forums Scott, 2v heads are very hard to come by, but they are out there, just like original standard XB steering wheels!.

Glad to see another XB owner who wants to keep the 250 going strong! (and find out the joys of hidden rust )

Was she originally copper bronze? Just looking at the underbonnet shot....

What do you mean copper/bronze? What is copper/bronze?

[FORD EB 4.0]

It looks like apollo blue. It reminds me of my car when I first bought it same color, interior, fairmont. Heres a pic of my car just two doors less, maybe it can give you some encouragement.

[74XB]

You are correct it is Apollo Blue with Chamois Interior, original. Not bad for 33 nearly 34 years of wear and tear. I love that coupe! Don't go much for the stripe though. Still she's a nice peice of machinery.

[DirtyHarry]

[Edit] Welcome to the forums!!

[BENT_8]

Why dont you put a crossflow in it?

And a weber!

[Jayden]

close up photos of rust seem to be the common factor in just about every XA,B,C thread of this forum.

welcome

[xbcool]

I see it comes with factory fitted rust.

welcome to AFF

[74XB]

Originally Posted by BENT_8

Why dont you put a crossflow in it?

And a weber!

I came to this site to get away from shitty x flows and webber, bercause I was on XFALCON.COM and everybody wanted me to do that, but I'm not it is staying relitively original. :

[BENT_8]

Whats wrong with a crossflow?
They cant be too bad they've been moving Aussie Falcons for 30yrs.

[LUXO_8]

nothing, but theres nothing wrong with a pre crossflow either. he might want to keep it original
why pull out a perfect original engine just to slap in a crossflow?

[Nostalgia]

Originally Posted by LUXO_8

nothing, but theres nothing wrong with a pre crossflow either. he might want to keep it original
why pull out a perfect original engine just to slap in a crossflow?

Good call Wayne. I would prefer a original 250 than a X-Flow.

[BENT_8]

No there's proberbly nothing wrong with keeping the original motor but considering the intake restrictions on the 1v prexflow and the rarity/value of a 2v head why would you bother.
As i said the xflow design has been a strong reliable donk for 30yrs, we had a thread on here a few months ago when people nearly commited suicide at the thought of the current i6 motor being dropped.