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?
Jeff Glucker
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.
The danger in this case arises when it ends up being spelled ‘glass.
Yeah, but P38 filler was used to fix Lightnings, no?
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.
I had a Beetle. Same thing.
Squarebacks, here. Can confirm.
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!
So your car’s floor was intact, I assume?
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.
4 Speed?
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.
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
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.
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.