Most of you likely only think of Talladega’s, Spoiler’s or Spoiler ll’s when you think of the www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com. However, if you are one of the hard core Members you likely know that we also do a Registry for the Petty Fairlane, Cyclone GT 500 and, Cyclone Color Code Cars. It seems in 1969 Ford/Mercury went wild with the creation of “specials”. The Richard Petty Fairlane is one of those specials but is also technically, a color code car. It is painted a special, non-standard, Ford color. Therefore, on the Data Plate on the door, the stamping under “paint” is blank.
We recently had one of the Petty Fairlanes registered. It is one we have known about but it was never registered. To date, we have only registered 4 of these cars! They are very rare and desirable. This particular car just changed hands and has/is being restored back to original as much as possible.
The new owner doesn’t want his identity or cars location published so we will keep that information to ourselves. I must say, from the photos he provided, the car is far more correct and attractive than it was in its previous #43 livery.
What makes this car extra special? its the 428 CJ under the hood!
Outside of the Petty Blue paint and 428 CJ the car does not have a lot of special features. It has a C6 automatic, Power Steering and radio with blue bench seat. The pictures do show hood pins but they do not show up on the Marty Report. Only 111 Petty Blue Torino’s were built out of the Charlotte District. I would sure like to find one in a barn somewhere!
