FG Fairlane?

[stevz]

Don't mean to sound like a naysayer but I can see this ending in tears. FG doors on a BF would have to be engineered and certified, then there would be a myriad of issues with fitment and sealing etc etc. Remember, an alteration like this would cost Ford tens of millions of dollars, it's no easy feat. Best of luck with it anyway.

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by stevz

Don't mean to sound like a naysayer but I can see this ending in tears. FG doors on a BF would have to be engineered and certified, then there would be a myriad of issues with fitment and sealing etc etc. Remember, an alteration like this would cost Ford tens of millions of dollars, it's no easy feat. Best of luck with it anyway.

I think what he will do, and what I would have done with enough time and money is to use the BF door frame, and transplant the FG outer door skin onto the frame. Would effectively have a smoothed out, flatter BF door with the updated handles, with no more door mould, and the FG contour/crease on the bottom edge of both side doors. He would then need to widen the car's floor pan or make a custom wide skirt, as BA/BF bottom edge of door curls in towards the skirt, while FG is slab-sided. The glass and upper part of door has to be BF-shaped to physically fit into BF shell.

[Nikked]

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[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by Nikked

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Looks very American. Lincoln FG which shoulda, coulda, woulda been.

[ltd]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Amazing. I am wondering how you are going to fit the 2 front FG doors into the B-series cavity? On B-series, the top part of door wraps into the roof, while FG door has a straight top edge. Also the FG has a higher belt line than BA/BF, . What are you planning for door trims? Fg front seats will fit directly into the Fairlane. I am almost sure you could even interchange seat bases and mechanisms.

That's one of the things that has taken up quite a bit of time deciding on, whilst we know we can do it with the addition of some sheet metal on the roof to accommodate the FG doors, Paul is finding out what's required from an engineering and certification perspective.
The difficulty was working out if it would look good enough with BF doors being remoulded to match the front clip, but the belt line would be wrong. What we've decided on doing instead is making the FG doors fit with the higher belt line. This also means the little opera window is going to need to kidney shaped to match the rear FG door. Not sure how it would look so it may be deleted. That said, the modification required to the C pillar and the quarter will be substantial and we are hoping to have the car registered, but these major structural mods may prohibit how much we're able to do from a legal perspective.
That said, Paul has invited me around to watch an episode of Boyd Coddingtons American Hotrod for an example of what's possible with sheet metal. Too many distractions and too many possibilities.

[ltd]

Originally Posted by Nikked

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I absolutely love this.
So much so, I've printed it off and have shown a couple of friends who think it looks awesome.

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by ltd

I absolutely love this.
So much so, I've printed it off and have shown a couple of friends who think it looks awesome.

Haha, cheers!

[Bobman]

Sounds like a great project.

Any more updates since last month?

[CVK11]

Any updates on this?

[malazn mafia]

Any updates ? My how time flies, seems like yesterday this thread was opened

[FG50T]

Why not buy an Fg G6E and take it to a limosuine builder and get them to stretch the car 20-30cm. Instant G6E Fairlane. And all the front end will still work as it should. Extend,fuel lines, some wiring to the boot, tailshaft, new headlining, modify rear door trims and longer floor carpet. Done?

[.:4:.]

That would just look like a 760li bmw. A longer boot and squarer c pillars with rear quater glass is kind of the fairlane style

[leakey]

Bump...





Introduce some limited colours...

[ozpacman]

Looks like Op was last active in 2016 so it seems he may have moved on.

I hope he didn't end up cutting up what sounded like a clean Fairlane, only to be overwhelmed by the scope of work required to deliver the desired result.

Did anyone ever hear what eventuated?

[leakey]

Nah, seemed to stop there. I looked for other threads by him, but didnt find anything.

[Dr Smith]

Slightly o/t, I was hoping some genuine internal drawings, renders etc of the FG wagon etc might have made public once production closed. I don't think they even looked at a Fairlane when work started on FG.

[leakey]

No, they didnt as there was no long wheel base. But doesnt hurt to dream eh. Someone will build one, as they did 2 door XE's, EB's, AU's, BA's and that FG. I too would love to see a wagon, maybe with a Jag rear end or even a Mazda 6 rear.

[leakey]

Now to start work on a front view......

[FalconXV]

[Hawkeye84]

You only have to look at the Chinese Ford Taurus...
That would have been our FGX Fairlane

https://www.caradvice.com.au/349133/...urus-revealed/

[leakey]

But it wouldnt be a long wheel base car, which is what a Fairlane/LTD always has been. Our platforms were so versatile, with the wagon variant that allowed that formula to work.

I prefer to play with the FG and see what if... : )

[leakey]