Stock Eliminator Fairlane
 

Long time lurker, just now doing something with my Fairlane...
I have a question that may seem elementary to most veterans, but be gentle. I have bracket raced for a long time, but would like to build a car that is legal for Stock eliminator. I have a 67 Fairlane, and I am trying to figure out how to fit a 9x30 slick in there, especially with 10 inch wheels which seem to be the norm. I also have a pair of 15x8 wheels if that will make it easier. I am using the entire Calvert rear suspension package, mono-leafs, shocks, etc. I have not mounted tires and wheels as I am doing rust repair to the passenger frame rail at present. A friend of mine is running the 9x30 slick in his 66 Fairlane, but he has converted it to ladder bars and coils for bracket racing. Judging by where the spring pad is in relation to the slick, I cannot see how it will clear the tire. I am totally new and green when it comes to keeping the tire in the stock wheel house and frame configuration, as I have sliced and diced in the past. I want to try to do it with what Henry gave me on this one, as it is a car my dad raced in the 70s and 80s, not really interested in cutting the car up. Any help you can give me, as far as wheel sizes and backspacing as well as tricks to actually fit the tire into the wheel house will be greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance.

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Get a hold of Billy Nees

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RJ Sledge

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RJ would be a better choice than me. I can't even spell FFFFord.

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Chris Whitney, Robert Pond. Chris is on face book make friends.

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All you have to do is kinda spread out the rear quarters. cut or roll the wheel well lip so it folds back to the quarter. then you may have to kinda expand the quarter panel out "push it out from the frame" and make it look stock. you really don't even need to do any body work but just swell them out a little. I have always ran 9X30 on a 10" wheel. no one will ever notice...

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Hakkart is 8" in a radial
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7d5f9c03_b.jpgDSC_0225 by Bob Smith, on Flickr
Kimball is 8" in a bias
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6d7c8d20_b.jpg027 by Bob Smith, on Flickr
Pond is 10" in a bias
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ed8ff946_b.jpgPond (9) by Bob Smith, on Flickr
Whitney is 10" in a bias
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3b7f72e5_b.jpgDSC_0073 by Bob Smith, on Flickr

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Good luck with your project. I for one, like the early iron. You can buy driveline parts today, that will live, and I hope NHRA will help with HP and make you competitive.
Mike A114

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Thank you, that is some of the info I was looking for. Those with the 10 inch wheels look very tight, will have to look into that before I start that. I have the wheels to do either, so that is no issue, just the whether I want to cut the car that much or not. The 10 inch wheels also look to have a 4.5 to 5 inch backspacing too, is that correct?

Re: Stock Eliminator Fairlane
 

There are wheel fitment tools available for under $100 if you play around it will get you in the ballpark. You may need custom offset wheels. This does not rule out body modifications mentioned above though.