What Is It? - The Augusta Chronicle
A man washes a 1957 Ford Fairlane that's used as a taxi by tourists in Havana. Our hint was of little use. It said: “My dad owned a black one that had to cool off before he could restart the engine. ” Some readers thought it might tie in with an acronym about Ford: Fix or repair daily. Chosen randomly from the correct entries was the name of Lowell Fritsche, of Augusta, who said: “I say that you have a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. It looks like they might have added a headlight hood over the headlight. I remember I had chrome things that covered the top half of the headlight. “The only story I have of a 1957 Ford was a friend had one. We asked him how fast he was driving, and he said, ‘As fast as it would go. ’ ”. We thank Fritsche for his memories. I owned a 1956 Victoria and a 1958 Fairlane, both great cars. My 1956 Bermuda Blue and Colonial White hardtop was one of the sweetest cars I ever owned. AUGUSTA: Rick Farris wrote: “I remember seeing one of these with a 312-cubic-inch engine and a factory-installed supercharger many years ago. Source: chronicle.augusta.com
