Fairlane Club of America National Meet in Detroit this weekend

[Motor City]

Fairlane Club of America National Meet - General Discussion - Antique Automobile Club of America - Discussion Forums (aaca.org)

[espo]

Great show. The Fairlane was a "right sized" car for the time as well as being a good looking and performing car. There was a guy where I was living at the time that had a '63 Fairlane with the K code engine in the same color combination as your picture. Found out later he had just graduated from the CHP academy. I was at the Winter Nationals when the Thunderbolts first hit the Drag Stripe, they were awesome to watch in action. The Dan Gurney models you mentioned were sold primarily on the West Coast and that may account for one not being around. 

[Motor City]

Too bad I only went to Detroit Dragway once (1973).  I wish I had been able to see the Thunderbolts race.  It's now a storage facility.  Once the Fairlane hardtop came out as a 1963 model, I really liked them.  There were a lot of K-code Mustangs and Fairlanes around the Detroit area.  I can count on one hand how many Yarborough and Gurney Specials I have seen since that day in 1969.