Four hundred twenty eight cubic inches of displacement and four gears manually selected by a floor shifter, accompanied by clean steel wheels and a mostly-straight, casually-painted body. Asking between $5,800 and 6,0000.
I’d elaborate, but I spent most of the time I should’ve been writing this or another post picking up a five-lug eight-inch rear axle for the Ranchero and figuring out what size tires to run. Instead, just substitute in the standard clichés: perfect as-is, would buy if it was closer, if you don’t like it we can’t be friends, etc.
Given that I’ll be running 3.55:1 gears in the rear axle, what wheel/tire combo ensures the best use of second and third gears? I’m still using the Vexer calculator we linked to five years ago. 205/50 R15s make a lot of sense in terms of lightness, fender fit and cheapness, but that puts us a just a little higher in the revs than I’d like for the latter portion of big straights. The other option would be 215/45 R17 (I keep hearing 16″s are on the way out), but then everything’s more. Expensive, heavy, big…more. Success with a crappy straight six and three speed requires less.
Oh, and the auction’s already over. No one wanted to pay just under six grand for this thing which, to me, is a tragic commentary on us all.
Auction’s over, maybe the seller will re-list?
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Maybe the seller will learn how to compose an advertisement? No pics of the floors or interior of any sort, no VIN, and half a tweet’s worth of written information.
Also, maybe the fact that this 289 powered 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 LTD sold in 2009 for $6000 convinced everyone in the market that there were better cars to be had for the money.
http://www.galaxieclub.com/verts/6-28-09-sebastiani/sebastiani-ad.html
http://www.galaxieclub.com/verts/6-28-09-sebastiani/65a-1000x.jpg-
Agreed on the ad leaving too much unanswered.
I’d rather have the rougher big-block car, provided the floors aren’t translucent. Almost any 289 in a full size is barely adequate.-
I kinda like the idea of a translucent floor, like a glass bottommed boat.
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The danger in this case arises when it ends up being spelled ‘glass.
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Yeah, but P38 filler was used to fix Lightnings, no?
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Was a passenger in a Citroën Duane with a “translucent” floor once, hidden under a plate of wood. You wouldn’t believe how fast the earth seems to be moving under a car in action.
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I had a Beetle. Same thing.
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Squarebacks, here. Can confirm.
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The Citroën Dyane was my first road legal car, mine was the “powerful” 6 with the 28 CV engine, and by no means it was fast moving over the earth!
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So your car’s floor was intact, I assume?
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One of my brothers is looking to sell his ’65 Galaxie two-door hardtop with a 390 for $6000 and, by the photos, it’s in far better shape than the one above that’s had a 428 dropped into it. I’d have to say the person who listed it was being a bit optimistic on price as well as short on detail.
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4 Speed?
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No, automatic. The one above didn’t start out with a 428, so I have to wonder whether its 4-speed also came along later. It’s not a difficult swap.
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I want this ’69 formal coupe.
http://tanshanomi.com/temp/1969-ford-galaxie500.jpg
Love these ’65s, all straight lines, perfect proportion. The roofline is fantastic, Ford used that on a number of cars (including my dad’s beautiful 65 Marauder). This car looks awesome, just abouta Hooptie, but wait!
Seeing that hole in the rear quarter, I wonder how much other “lightness” has been added?
Can’t forget this ’67 wagon posted on BaT, and, later, here of the same vintage. I’d rather have that.
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/PostviaEmail/images/1967_Ford_Fairlane_500_Country_Sedan_Station_Wagon_For_Sale_Front_resize.jpg
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I remember that, and I know where the pictures were taken – in the parking lot of the Bush Turnpike DART station, under the Bush Turnpike in Richardson. It’s kind of a popular place to photograph used cars for ads now.
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It’s easy to see why. Wagons like this are pretty perfect in almost every aspect, but seem to go for relatively little money. Also: Note “mad_science” in the BaT-discussion…haha, didn’t realize that before.
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