Vehicle Owner

Member ID: GroceryKart

Location: raleigh, NC

Vehicle Info

1978 Ford Fairmont

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Apr 06, 2009

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dave’s Ford Fairmont

  • Currently 3.7875 /5 Stars.
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Thanks to everyone who left comments!

SVRA was kind enough to let me race the car in Group 10 at VIR, here are a couple pics.

GroceryKart's 1978 Ford Fairmont Trying to figure out which way this guy is going to go.

GroceryKart's 1978 Ford Fairmont More fun.

GroceryKart's 1978 Ford FairmontI was going to add this as a new vehicle but there was no option for something like this. I needed something to carry fuel jugs and whatnot at the track, as well as something to tow dead racecars around the shop. A golfcart works pretty good for this so I bought a dead ClubCar for $300 with the intent of just using that. The more I looked at it though, the more I realized that a golf cart is laid out perfectly for carrying 2 people and golf bags, but not so good for carrying "stuff" Since I had been wanting to build a custom tubeframe vehicle anyways I decided this would be it. My design criteria was that it would be the same length and width as a standard cart for ease of transport, but with much more cargo capacity. I came up with a cart with forward controls, a 4'x4'  bed, and 36" belly boxes between the wheels. The basic frame is 1x2 and 1x1 thinwall steel. Anything that wasn't tube like the brackets and suspension mounts were laser cut from 1/8 steel to save me the hassle. Front suspension is double wishbone and the rear is a 4 link with a track rod. The shocks are coilover units from an old sports racer. I'm trying to use as much stuff I have laying around to keep costs down. Power will come from 6 8v batteries and a programable 400A controller. I haven't made a decision on the motor yet, but the one I'm looking at should give me close to a 30mph top speed. Here are some pics of progress up till now.GroceryKart's 1978 Ford FairmontGroceryKart's 1978 Ford FairmontGroceryKart's 1978 Ford FairmontGroceryKart's 1978 Ford Fairmont

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I'll update as I get more done.

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IceBlue06  

Posted by: IceBlue06

04/06/2009 05:45PM

that's wild..5 stars

bigbad4runner  

Posted by: bigbad4runner

03/13/2009 05:01PM

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN man i don't even have words to express how awesome the fairmont is man i love everything about it man keep up the fine work

E4drht  

Posted by: E4drht

11/01/2008 10:10AM

Great looking Mid-sized LTD wagon. BTW: Little correction for ya... there were no LTD II cars in 1985. ;) But, other than that... you did a great job on that wagon!

JRhapsody  

Posted by: JRhapsody

10/01/2008 08:21PM

Hey, I love the wagon. Its good they let you race and kinda funny seeing a wagon competing with more recongnizable sports cars. I found you through Foureyedpride.com home of pre87 Fox bodies. I love station wagons and this gives me some ideas.

BLUE00TTQuattro  

Posted by: BLUE00TTQuattro

10/01/2008 01:53PM

We saw and were blown away by your grocery getter sleeper at VIR this weekend. Took lots of pictures and were saddened by your spin (right in front of us!). Your car is awesome and we admire your courage and cleverness in building it. I suspect ALL those Porsche drivers behind you were cursing that damned station wagon and the Z06 Vette was worried about being passed by a station wagon! Keep it up!

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: GroceryKart

Location: raleigh, NC