and painted steel wheels with dog-dish hubcaps. Except for those "427" badges on the front fenders and the special hood, the Ford Fairlane 427 looked totally unassuming. Air conditioning ...

When the mid-size crisis hit Detroit in the early sixties, Ford reconsidered its Fairlane moniker and sent it to do battle with the Pontiac Tempest, the Oldsmobile F-85, and the B-body Mopars ...