When did 1966 get to be 53 years ago?!? ;^)
That’s a handsome friggin car, man
My parents had a 1966 Ford Galaxie Stationwagon that took parents and 4 kids to Arizona and upstate New York from Wisconsin. Good times.
Never mind that, I want a closer look at that red GT40 right behind Jay in the first photo!
We had two of them: a Nightmist Blue one, and then after my brother totaled it, a Silver Blue one. Milwaukee to Boston in 18 hours nonstop. That car had a V8 engine you could sublet.
God, I loved Detroit big iron engines, before they started loading them down with anti-smog stuff.
Sweet! My first car was a 1964 Galaxie XL Baby blue twin bucket seats. Dad sold it when I was off at college which didn’t make me too happy. But unlike most newer cars, it had character.
I like the color.
Looks like a GOAT of the same era.
When I was a boy, my father bought a new ‘65 Mustang fastback. Soon after, he bought a new ‘66 Ford Galaxy for my mother as the family car. With a daughter who looked like Patty Duke and three sons with astronaut style buzz cuts, we had to have been the hippest family on the block.
To this day I will never forget the night I pulled up beside a 66 Galaxie 500 convertible with a 427 dual quad and 4 speed while I was driving a brand new 75 Monte Carlo, if I recall correctly I think I drualed on myself.
The owner of the call was Robert Ford from Windsor Ont. The one thing I always remember about him was the one time I was in his garage he had 2 429 Boss engines in the original ford shipping crates on the floor, as a young motor head not something you easily forgot.
My dad had a ‘67. Can’t believe we got the whole family in that thing.
CC
But I like Jay Leno and he makes getting to know these cars of his very user friendly. Cars are obviously a life-long passion of his.
I enjoy listening to him explain the different features and options on the cars he restores.
Thanks for posting.
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.
Nice, but I’ll take a ‘64 myself.
The 428 I assume?