In the Garage: 1969 Ford Fairlane Cobra
THE CAR AND ITS OWNER
1969 Ford Fairlane Cobra owned by John Dox
WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING
U.S. automakers had been stuffing big V-8 engines into modest mid-size cars since 1963 and Ford came roaring into the market with the 1969 Fairlane Cobra. As Dox notes, the Cobra was Ford's answer to the highly successful Plymouth Road Runner of 1968. "Ford used the mid-size Fairlane body in two styles: the fastback and my two-door hardtop version," he says.
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