1 of 1 428ci 4-Speed Ford Country Squire Wagon | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 13 

Now, folks. THAT'S how you keep a yard full of cars. The grass is still cut/weed-eat, and everything. Just because one has a little bit of "inventory" out back, doesn't mean there has to be weeds up to your ass, and snakes around your ankles. Amazingly organized. Alex, is a guy that's after my own heart, AND trying to outdo my ADHD. Good man. Bravo!!!

when you absolutely, positively need to get the groceries home before the ice cream melts

Seeing the 67 wagon was definitely a treat. I remember as a kid sitting in the very back of our 68 wagon which had all the same features minus the 4 speed and 428. It had a 352 auto. Many miles pulling a fold down camper through the Rocky and Teton mountains.

Our Country Squire had a 390 V8 & I thought it might be rare.. great family car back in 1966. Beige & the wood sides. Thanks for posting. from Texas ~ Richard & Barbara

" Have you ever had it running?" "Not yet." The Hoarder's Fantasy.

WE HAD THAT WAGON!!!...minus the 4 speed...same avocado color, green interior...Sometime in the late 70's my parents called from LAX and said they had left their tickets (to Hawaii) on their dresser. I grabbed the tickets, took the Country Squire and went screaming up the 405 'averaging' 90mph. Made it from OC to LAX with time to spare. What a BEAST!

Thanks for putting these on youtube for us guys who cant afford to watch it anywhere else.

That wagon is pure gold....1 of 1 just fricken love it

Love the sound when you are backing out of the storage unit

We had a 65 country sqcure just like that growing up....390 4br 300re it wold do over 120 with the whole fam. in the car..great fun,had a blow out at 110 raceing a corvett. My dad was an IDEOT

I graduated high school in 67. I have ridden in my share of Country Squires. It looks common, but to me two things stand out, the power windows and the vent windows. All the wagons that I rode in had crank windows, until 73. All these features are wonderful and especially that rear door.

Hi Tom, really like this series! Have you ever run across a 1956 Country Squire? My late Dad bought one new, and drove it until 1964, when he replaced it with a '63 Country Sedan.

I grew up about 25 miles west of Detroit in the 60's 'til 77. This stuff is f ing COOL. Brings back great memories.

That 1967 Ford Country Squire with a 428 cubic inch engine and a 4 speed manual transmission is very unique one of a kind. Most of these Ford Station Wagons came with a 3 speed automatic transmission, and some came with a 3 speed column shift, but a 4 speed manual floor shift in a Ford Station Wagon is unique.

WOW......YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT AL'S PLACE, A TRUE WONDER LAND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE MOTOR WORLD!!!

WOW...,an original 4 speed 428 wagon. No manufacturers, today, will actually build a car the way...YOU....want it, but back in those years cars were so much more interesting. An example was a performance slant 6, 4 barrel carb Valiant that performed like a small V8, I know, because I drove one and instantly loved it. Pay for an inexperienced teenager in the mid 60's put anything new out of my reach though, plus I was due to be drafted. The car that I tried desperately to buy, though, was a brand new, fire engine red, 383 4 speed, '66 Plymouth Satellite, hard top. The car was absolutely stunning. Sadly, it never happened. Thanks for the memories! 😊.

that's a 55 crown Victoria very nice

When I was a kid, my friend's parents had a Country Squire. We used to love to ride in those back jump seats with the window down

"Cars should be driven-not stored"~Bond

We had a 1967 Mercury station wagon, beautiful car light blue with wood paneling,had a 410-4v

A friend's father ordered brand new in 1965 a black Ford Galaxie 4dr sedan, 390/4bbl with a 4speed. The car had a red leather interior with a bench seat and a factory tach. My friend's dad has past away but my friend still has the car. It was a real sleeper even with the duals. He drove it to high school in the mid 70's.

Verry nice video , i love this series!!

My Mom drove us around in a 1969 Torino wagon with a 351. Fun days.

I think Alex is a real Gnome or a Leprechaun. He has collected a real treasure. Imagine the drive and the energy that you must have to do this over the years. Just when you think most people are all the same and boring, you see someone that stands out. So he looks magical.

My Dad had a 65 Ford Galaxy 500. It was a convertible with a 429 CJ and a 4 speed trans. A very fun car to drive.

I'll take the Ford Country Squire!

I absolutely love that f'n 67 4 spd country squire

I knew you were not going to leave that place without buying that station wagon 11:21! What a GREAT find Tom!

Tom Cottor your a genius, as for Alex & others like him who let cars rot & decay in their yards, they don't deserve to be interviewed on a show like this....it's supposed to be BARN FIND....

Wow!!! I'm not even a Ford guy, but that is the ultimate sleeper/ grocery getter!!! I love it!!!

My Mom had a fairly unique '68 Country Squire. According to the story, my Dad was fairly well-known at the FMC. His dad was an engineer at Ford Canada and he got my dad in the apprenticeship program at Ford after Dad came back from WWII. Dad went around and worked at many shops in the northeast US and Ontario as a journeyman, then worked for Ford as a master mechanic. In '68, one of the higher-ups at Ford Canada ordered a hot-rod Country Squire for his wife and she didn't like it, so Dad got it from Ford at cost. It had the 428 and bucket front seats as well, but it was an automatic. It also had every damn option possible, much like the '67 shown here. It was even the same awful green, but the interior was also green. We drove out west to AZ for summer vacation in it in '68 and again in '69 to move here permanently. Dad foolishly lost the thing after taking out a loan against it and my Mom was pissed off at him for years. One day in the mid-80's, I was driving around in Tucson with my Mom and we spotted the car for sale on a corner lot. I opened the hood and somebody had swapped in a 302 at some point. Mom instantly lost interest in trying to get it back. Both my parents were gearheads and that 302 just wasn't right.

Thanks for another great show - I even love that Ford wagon. By the way what lurks beneath the hood of your beautiful Woodie 'cos she sure flies down the road?

That car or one similar came up for sale in the Dfw area in the late90’s. The story was a young Vietnam Veteran came back and wanted a high performance station wagon. The letter from Iacocca authorizeing it was included. Always regretted not fallowing up on it.

Great vid again! Can I ask 2 things? When are you going to start doing 1/2 hour shows? And could you please get a second wireless microphone for your guests? Audio problems with your guests have been happening since the first show ( I think) I have a super hard time hearing anything they are saying. It may not be a problem for you folks producing this show, but it sure would make it look a bit more professional.

When I was a kid we had a 67 Squire, but it had a 390 in it and an automatic transmission.

Dennis Collins would label this a holy grail car, “1 of “ off a Mardi report. What a find indeed!

Its so amazing that some of these cars are at least 100 years old

My great grandfather and Grand father between them owned a Chevrolet dealership for 50 years. My grandfather really wanted a corvette in 1957 when Chevrolet introduced the 283 horse 283. He was not able to justify the purchase since he had a wife and kids. He opted for the next best thing and ordered a 1957 Chevrolet wagon but had it special ordered with the new fuel injected 283. My mother was twelve at the time and her memory of this car were very clear. The car was sort of a running family story because grandpa was able to bust a few sports cars asses in this wagon. My mother said one night in particular then were returning from a trip to the ice cream parlor and a guy in a Jag pulled alongside. He saw the crossed flags with fuel injection underneath and scoffed at my grandfather. He lost the next three "stoplight" drags and finally asked ,"What the hell have you done to that thing?' As far as I can tell this car predates all the COPO cars I've read about. It was definitely a one off. I'm sure my family's owning a dealership helped get the car. Grandpa only kept it one year because mechanical fuel injection at that time required a lot of tinkering.

Along the lines of that hot rod wagon, I often wondered what happened to a Chevy Malibu wagon here in CT that was purchased by a teacher in our high school, who just happened to have the same idea. He wanted a Corvette but the old lady was expecting so he bought the wagon with Corvette driveline. Recalling it was a 69 with a 327, a 4 speed, posi rear, dual exhaust, and rally wheels. Never saw another one like it. For all I know he's still got it and retired down south someplace.

One of the freedoms kids don’t have today on long family trips in the station wagon, sitting in the front seat a bit, back seat a bit, and the “way back” with the facing or rear facing seats. And no need to stop to change spots, no seat belts so mom and the kids climbed back and forth as dad said “not much further.”

I remember reading about this wagon in a late 90's issue of Mustangs & Fords magazine. They said then that the original owner had written a letter to Ford asking to build this car, and they had initially denied the request. But, after being persistent and writing a second or third letter, Iacocca finally agreed to build it for the man. It surprised me to find this video in my suggestions, and I'm very pleased to see it's surviving very well to this day. I can't seem to recall what condition it was in at the time of the "Rare Finds" write up 20 years ago. Now I'm curious as to whether or not I still have that issue. Time for a storage unit hunt.

My cousin, Robert Zinn, had a 1966 Ford Country Squire, red in color, with 390 CID engine and a 4-speed transmission. I received a ticket for drag racing it in Ford Wayne, Indiana in 1966.

I bought a 68 country squire for $350 in “88. It was absolutely beautiful, it did have a small V-8 a 302 I think with an automatic. It turned heads even 30 years ago.

the ford wagon was ahead of its time...cool car!

My grandfather had a Ford station wagon to drive to the restaurant in Long Island back in the 70s which had the back seats and dual tailgate mechanism was brilliant. Except i got car sick alot and sat in the back.

My dads friend in high school did something wild with a station wagon. not the same but funny. His mom had a 69' chevy wagon with a 396 in it. Chuck had a 350 in is Duce. His mom went out for an afternoon and he swapped the running gear (minus rear end) and said she never noticed a difference, only his dad did. Neither ever told her. I kind of want to build one of these now.

This guys place would most definately be considered a mega pick on American Pickers its just good to know that these cars survived a lot of things the most damaging to us car guys and antique collectors was the scrap metal drive during the Second World War which clambed untold artifacts TEARS :(

I had to see this because Dad had a '67 Country Squire with a 390 engine. I spent many days in that as a kid. Great find here!

Yea! The first car I ever drove in the road with a license was a car my dad ordered new. Back in the sixties my dad always had big powerful cars. I remember a beautiful 1964 Lincoln Continental 4dr. He traded that quickly cause it was a lemon. He traded it for a 1964, Chrysler Imperial Crown Coupe, that had a clear rectangular steering wheel push button drive. It was a light met. Blue, with a black vinyl top and light blue leather interior. But the main thing I remember is that the car had a 413, Dual Quad Wedge engine !!! With positrac! That the car could blow off the GTO and 68 Charger a cousin had! But as the family grew he had to get a beach wagon. So he ordered a Chrysler New Yorker Town&Country, that he ordered special with a 440 Super Commando engine , with a 4brl carb and dual exhaust. I remember the exhaust manifolds were cast iron, but they came up and were curved up along the valve covers! Plus the car had hd brakes with disk in front and a factory tow package that came with 3:73 rear end. That was the first car I ever drove with a license like I wrote above! I could get that car on a new hyw in R. I. back in the early /mid 70's to very high speeds. I'm not sure if the exact speed cause I was never caught. But the speedometer was a rectangular box right in front of the driver, that had a blank space about 1/4", then had a square clock, I had the car going sooo fast, the speedometer needle went right passed 120, through to the click to 3oclock!!!! The engine was screaming and the doors felt and sounded like the wind was going to rear them open with a loud sucking sound! I know I know that was CRAZY YOUTh. But here by The Grace of God go I!!! Live and learn!!!! But to say the least, I have an affinity to the old beach wagons!!! I had a really nice 1969 Pontiac LeMans wagon, no wood grain so I did not call it a beach wagon, this was in 1973,, so the car had been well cared for and was in great condition. I bought it off a family man that just had to by a Suburban for his family and tow his boat! But because he had always had boat that Pontiac wagon I bought off him he had ordered with a 350 4brl dual exhaust with a Turbo 350 transmission and factory tow package that came with better gearing and posi. I was hit by a drunk driver and was able to have a new front clip replaced, I was able to bribe (my cousin) at the body shop to replace it with a front clip I found from a 1969 GTO! I had found! So to make a long story a little shorter, I had the only GTO wagon around! I drove it hard for about 5 years, yea I had hd coil springs in front with the best hd load master coil springs and shocks in the rear! So it has extra ground clearance with as big tires I could get! I had a blast with that wagon! When I showed it to the guy I bought it off of he lived it! I was able to sell it for more than I paid for it 5 years after and about 60k miles!!! I ended up buying my first SUV a new International Scout II ! I kinda wish I still had that wagon!!

That 428 sounds awesome!

That 528 wagon. Wow!!! Another great video. Love this series. Keep them coming, please.

for the kids too fight.... Love this guy....

I would love to have a beer with a guy who orders a station wagon with a 428 4 speed.

If Clark Griswold and the family had this as their wagon queen family truckster, they would have made it to Wally World in record time, but they likely would have lost aunt Edna on the way!

I wrote about the 56 Crown Vic. Why are the parking lamps and side trim like a 55? Can someone explain that to me?

We had a 68 Country Sedan with a 390 in it. It actually won a lot of street races and came in second on a dirt oval track on spectator night. I learned to drive and drift in it when I was about 12. (older brothers) Dad always bitched about the tires wearing out so fast.

Love the Blonde cardboard cut out in the background of the wide block lol..

I owned a 1977 LTD wagon with similar options. My wagon had the Big Block 400. Not fast off the line but the torque was incredible and top end didn't Disappoint. Powerful, Practical and greatly missed. I am a Molar guy but sometimes Ford did have a better idea.

Love old station wagons.

My dad brought home a new 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. We had it for ten years before we had to sell it. I'll tell you, it was the base model...white with the fake "woody" sides and the chrome tin pan hub caps. Everything was as plain as could be, but it could move! Automatic on the column, but if you tromped the gas, you'd get whiplash. Quite the car. The only drawback was all that glass would heat the Naugahyde seats up to 1200 degrees, and sitting on those in shorts? Ouch.

A FRANKLIN!!! WOW, I've never seen one before, aluminum block too, they developed so many firsts

"It's all powered" that's what U looking for when fishing good packages!

That Franklin should be in the Franklin museum in Tucson AZ

Love your vids! The respect and atmosphere you establish around the cars are what being a car-nut is all about. Keep 'em coming!

Awesome! I'm a huge fan of the Country Squire and the '67 has always been one of my favorites, at least the exterior. I never liked the dash and steering wheel redesign for '67 I've always dreamed of the 428 and 4-speed combo as well! I always assumed they were rare (as the CS was very rarely optioned with a manual anyways after the 50s) but never realized there was only one. By the way I'm fairly sure that the 3 way electric window "magic tailgate" was standard on all Ford Wagons by that time and of course the wood paneling was standard on every Country Squire ever made, not an option as he seems to imply.

SO glad you ended up with this car man. Wicked happy for you, and super jealous at the same time!

Jump to 11:20 to see the 4-speed 1967 Country Squire station wagon.

dude i watched one video and now i'm watching the whole channel

Someone I knew bought a 390 4 speed 64 Galaxie Ranch wagon. It had a bench seat four speed with phoney wood sides, a roof rack, 3rd seat, etc.

Wagon Love. Bucket seats console 428 and a 4 speed wow.

I like the T-Bird! For $14k not a bad price at all!

Old Alex got some nice pieces out back!!

Most of the stuff I see this guy playing with are too old to be interesting to me. I respect them, they just aren't really my thing. But this bad boy... This is an awesome vehicle. I would happily daily this for a couple of yrs. So cool.

Restore the wagon, the history alone puts the price into the stratosphere

That red and white Ford is not a 56 but a 55. The front is different but the one unique thing about that car is the round radio. Besides that those are some interesting finds.

love the wagon reminds me of when I was a kid

67 Fords are really nice looking cars.

Loving the wagon, patina and options, looks amazing...

Raced against one of these in 1970 with automatic transmission., wild machine on the drag strip.

8:14 FireFly fans anyone?

Great episode Tom & crew!!!!

I am surprised how back then in the Muscle Car Era, ordering a 428 Ford Wagon didn't get U a dual exhaust? In most part, the same restrictive design the others had. I doubt the owner's wife in 1967 wanted a manual shift wagon, there must've been more compromise. LoL!

God i love that wagon

14k for that T-bird? That's not a deal - that's a _steal!_

That man is sitting on a fortune!

that wagon is awsome! other then minor rust on the doors and in some other places its is solid! even still has the woodgrain sides roof rack, dam if i had the money i'd buy it mostly to 2 twings, re-pair the rust and clean it up maybe put new woodgrain on the side but other then that leave it as is, i'm sooooooo glad i subbed this channel a while ago

Looks like a 272 Y block. the 292 was the "Thunderbird V8" and the 312 the "thunderbird Special V8." 4:59

On that 1967 Ford wagon, the (albeit fake) wood siding still appears in fairly good shape, which is rare. Usually, it is more faded than that. Although that rust needs to be addressed (especially the cancer on the right rear door), to keep it from getting worse. But otherwise, in my opinion, keep it original! I would patina the paint, provided that is THEE original paint. Otherwise, I would repaint it the same original color. That is one heavenacious barn find! I hope the new owner does righteousness to it. Also, that '55 Ford Crown Vic that is still a one owner car?! That is unheard of! And he is willing to let it go for $20,000? Dude, even if it wasn't running(outside of merely needing a battery), that might be a steal! And that '55 T-bird is nothing to sneeze at either (except for the barn find long term storage dust). And $3,000 apiece for those three '56 Lincoln Premieres? Granted, they may not be the most desirable of all the 1950's ancientmobiles, but the day will come when ANYTHING that is restorable from the 1950's will be worth a mint. Many years from now, when automotive historians can pass more objective judgment upon 20th Century cars, I believe that they will still agree that the cars of the 1950's are the most desirable, by both the trailer queen frame-off-ers, and the "driver" "frame-on-ers".

15:40 that last statement pissed me off. Of course they’re here, this is the automotive capital of the world. Most of these cars were built here.

Wow, back in 1966 my dad bought almost same car but it was a 428 Mercury Monterey wood panel station wagon had all the same features as that Ford wagon but was automatic. I guess he thought the Mercury had more status than Ford. lol

not a Ford guy, but I love wagons and this is awesome.. I'd love to find one not so rare and keep the patina and make it a flat out wagon restomod nice interior reliable engine I guess the coyote in the ford LS in the GM Chevrolet

What a beauty that wagon is. I think it would make an awesome sleeper with a coyote engine shoehorned in there.

Go to 11:27 if you don't want to wait through all the junk at the beginning

That guy would be very rich with all those vehicles!

I kick myself in the ass today ! I had a 1971 hemi Cuda 4 speed that I sold for $2000.00. It had 71,000 miles, the body was perfect....

Parents bought a new 65 Pontiac Safari I managed to reshape the front bumper but sis sent it to it's grave. The 60's was the best decade (for me at least) when it came to cars..

Detroit heavy iron. Nice car. Interesting videos always.

Hello The Red/White Ford Is 1955 Note Chrome Side Strip, Round Turn Signal Lights, Round Radio Diale, A 272 Two Bbl Carb., 6Volt Battery Ground Positive Electrical System

think i seen that first owner in The Lord Of The Rings!!wtf

Great stuff. Love seeing other people's treasures. Wasn't that beautiful crown Victoria a 1955? The round park lights were pretty distinctive