Posted on 05/19/2019 5:07:30 PM PDT by ETL
Jay Leno’s Garage
Published on Jan 25, 2013
Restoration Blog: 1966 Ford Galaxie, Ultimate Edition.
Finally! It may be the third time Jay’s said this, but yes, the Galaxie restoration is finally complete!
Hit the road with Jay as he tells you how this model became the stuff of his 16-year-old dreams, and how he’s improved on a gorgeous classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-BL7G5m98M
1932 Ford (deuce) coupe.
Yes....that’s how I remember it, too.
Funny...the driver of the black Chevy was Harrison Ford.
The elusive blonde was Suzanne Sommers, IIRC.
Again....haven’t seen the movie in decades.
Thanks.
Thanks for posting, I can’t wait to see this. My first car was a ‘65 Ford Custom 500 that my dad (a one-time professional mechanic) bought for me for $200 and we fixed it up and repainted it. I drove it all through high school and college. Wish I still had it! I just checked online and found a few for sale. One in halfway decent condition is going for about $6000, and a fully-restored one is listed at $36,000.
The matte black and chopped look makes it *so* choice.
I wonder what the green headlights look like when lit up.
It took me a few minutes to find them but you are definitely correct on the eight lug wheels.
Nice, but I’ll take a ‘64 myself.
I love the 65, 66 and 67 full size Fords. We had a base ‘65 custom as a family car. First new car my Dad ever bought. I prefer the ‘67, then the ‘65 and lastly the ‘66 which seems a bit like the awkward transition between the two.
I had a ‘65 hardtop with the 390 4V in the 1980’s. That thing was an amazing vehicle. Could sit for months and hop in and it would start like right now! Big heavy cruiser but still lots and lots of power. Seemed weird but it had a radio delete option. Otherwise fairly well equipped. Nice dark blue color.
Its a 7 Litre car with 4 speed.I wish he would have put the 7 litre badges on the lower front fenders.
The word I was looking for was drooled. LOL!
I know. Just having a little fun at your expense! :)
Time does seem to be passing by faster than it did in the past. Probably because a year, as a proportion of our time on earth, gets to be less and less as we grow older.
Also when you were younger you didn’t have Internet, Mobile phones, 24/7 TV. Then you had to use your brain to thing of things to do.. Now all your time is made up of TV, Phones and internet... Me thinks.
Just to let you know, I for one appreciate your car posting’s :)
Great! Glad to hear it. :)
Yup. That is how the Sixties ended. Yet my family was and remains mercifully free of Sixties craziness. As for my sister, she is an ardent Trump supporter and regularly passes for mid-thirties.
The 428 I assume?
I still mourn that the engine of my first car — a yellow 1970 Mercury Cougar with a 351 Windsor V-8 — gave up the ghost and I unloaded it for a pittance. As it is, I now drive a comfortable, economical 2016 Honda with four cylinders that is a gem of automotive engineering. Yet I still miss my old Cougar with its big engine, rear wheel drive, and roar under acceleration.
I don’t know. I’m sure they mention it in the video. I haven’t watched much of it myself.
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