72smallairparticler
Well-Known Member
Body is painted yellow and orange. Curious if anyone knows anything about this transmission rebuilder?
Name brand 727 shop? “Fairbanks”
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They were an excellent builder 20 or 30 years ago.
I think they were bought out or change hands a time or
two maybe 15 years ago or so. Last time I knew anything
is I "think" they may have been bought out by Frank Lupo (Dynamic).
way back then.
I think they were bought out or change hands a time or
two maybe 15 years ago or so. Last time I knew anything
is I "think" they may have been bought out by Frank Lupo (Dynamic).
way back then.
Fairbanks is a company from long ago. They were bought out by Superior. Fairbanks was really good stuff. If that's a Fairbanks transmission and it appears so, it probably has good stuff in it.
I don't think it's a stretch to say Fairbanks was the best at one point in time.
Surprisingly, Superior stills Fairbanks products.
plymouth67
It be a lot cooler if you did...
Doesn't seem that you can get a whole built trans from them anymore but, you can still buy parts from them. My buddy has one in his car although not painted like yours but has a sticker or plate on it with the name on it. It seems to work really well..it has a manual reverse valve body in it.
Fairbanks was an old company. I remember the magazine ads in the 70s . Google is your friend https://www.chevelles.com/threads/anybody-hear-of-fairbanks-heavy-duty-torque-converter.199885/
Yeah, I still buy Fairbanks shift kits from Superior. I've used both B&M as well as TransGo and found the Fairbanks to be "superior". Just my opinion, but the kits are less expensive than the other two and they WORK!
famous bob
mopar misfit
we borrowed a Fairbanks trans from Jim Hale back in the day , it wasn't worth a s--- , went back to B_M , parts in our own trans that my partner built . We had some trouble with B_M convertors too , but most were good ...jfyi
Hey, don't get me started on TCI either... ugh.
HemiSSDart
Dartus Interuptus
Ran a Fairbanks in my 69 Dart with a 383, always worked great! You can always tell with the tiger stripes...
I used them all through school when we did work for fellow students. There were some weeks we did 5 or 6 transmissions a week when word got out to other schools in the area. Our local transmission parts dealer, Trans Parts of Macon was a Fairbanks dealer. Sadly, like so many others, that business is a thing of the past.
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