427 was king of the asphalt, to bad Ford stayed in the luxury market and not the muscle car market. The few cars Ford threw in the ring did well even kicked ass at LeMans.
@@rickcline4583 then consider the 427 SOHC. It was maybe even MORE dominant than the “regular” 427. Think of it-600 hp on pump gas in 1965??? With the appropriate development and modernization, that same engine would cripple the competition in Top Fuel racing TODAY!
Beautiful car. Thanks for the video. Keep it up guys. My Dad had a '67 Galaxy XL 500 . Midnight Blue, black vinyl bucket seats, console shift, 289. He called her his "Town Car" ! Sadly he worked at a paper mill and the acid rain aged her quickly.
My Uncle had the 390 version in red. One night the neighbor's bull got loose and he plowed into it at around 85 mph. Long story short it broke the motor loose and put it in his lap. Broke both his legs in multiple places and he still walks with a limp. That was 46 years ago. He still bitches about having to had to pay for the bull.
I've lost ved the Fairlane since I was...... Well, since I was able to realize. I'm a 64 model, so I was 3, so probably since I was 3. The Galaxies too. I started working on cars at 10, and I mostly worked on 60's. Valve jobs a lot after unleaded began. I really wasn't a mustang fan but loved the Cougar. 65 Ford trucks. But I was a GM guy mostly
Total Sleeper, looks like something your Aunt would have. Change 427 badging to the "200" and collect Pink slips all day long. This car is Awesome. I like the odd and strange optioned. The other way I would like this car is with the 200 with 3 on the tree.
Maybe I’m weird, but I love all plain Jane muscle cars. The flashy ones are cool, but there’s something about the plain and simple look of cars like this beauty. 🏁
Never seen one of these without the "bullnose" hood. Would make a really nicely balanced car with aluminum heads to take some of that "arrowhead weight" off the front end and a shock brace strut, which I am amazed wasn't standard, and does this car have a working posi rear? I only saw one tire burning...
I knew a guy that had one in black just like that back in 1983. i didn't think anything of the car until one day I was talking to him and he had the hood up & saw the 2 4s & I asked him if he did that & he said , No it came that way from the factory & I was like really ? on way ? & he was like yea, it did ..
Joe Fridays car on steroids! I searched for one of those for 10 years, the only one I found was missing the motor, I passed on it, BIG mistake of my life! Shouldn't there be a shallow hood scoop along the front of the hood?
Wow this is now maybe my favorite Ford in the collection. Love the Wimbledon White 66 Fairlane 427 too. Such a sleeper. The average person would think it's a straight six powered grandma's car but it's anything but that. This is maybe the baddest Ford of the whole muscle car era
For people who vividly remember the 1960s, those days slipped away almost a lifetime ago. Although such memories usually bring along at least a little unspoken sadness (at least for me), watching furious old dinosaurs like this one wake up and rattle my ears, smoke up the air, and stripe the pavement once again brings a nice, big, welcome smile to my face. "Here's To The Sunny Slopes Of Long Ago" 🥃🥃 🙂.
Put a new set of clutches in that Traction Lock so it will spin both tires. I love the '66 and '67 Fairlanes, especially the big block versions. I had 4 of the '66 Fairlanes years ago. This one is very nice.
@@Porsche996driver Same here. just saw another MCOTW video high lighting a 427 67 Galaxy, frying the right tire also. These cars need Detroit lockers in them.
Ford didn't offer a factory-installed clutch type Traction-LOK for big block performance engines until late in the 1968 model year. There was Detroit Locker, but it wasn't normally factory installed until even later. 3.25, 3.50, 3.89 and 4.11 gears normally came with small block engines in a 9 inch rear, while big blocks normally got 3.25, 3.55, 3.91 and 4.30 gears (4.30 late 1968 and later). the rear should be a 3.91, unless a 3.89 was used, maybe with the small block Traction-LOK, but that's doubtful. Maybe a 4.57 Detroit Locker was replaced with an open 3.89 rear for highway use. Maybe they meant 4.89 and not 3.89. The late 1968 and later big block Traction-LOK had two more gears in it than the older one that was only used with small block engines, 4 pinion compared to 2 pinion center section. It did not exist in the 1967 model year.
I have been a subscriber to Muscle Car of the Week and V8 TV Channel for quite some time... I had a 68 Impala Super Sport 427 4 Speed, you have any of those in the show? I have my dad's 69 GTX 440 it's completely original except for the wearable parts and the fluids. In 1985 Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man took him out for good. So I kept the car completely original.
it needs the new clutches in the rearend. have the identical car but in red with a 289.put new clutches and I sometimes wonder if they welded it .but they didn't,I watched them do it.and a single traction will spin posi when their clutches are just wore out.
@@johntempest267 GM called it "limited slip", not "posi" GM didn't use a special gear oil, but they added a few ounces of a special additive to the usual gear oil. The special additive was whale oil. You could by this additive from the dealer if you changed the usual high viscosity gear oil. Whale oil was the only thing at the time that would work. A substitute was not invented at that time. On the differential case, there always was a metal tag under one of the bolts that said "limited slip".
@@Lockemeister My T/A had that metal tag (as all T/A's did). It also includes info that special gear oil is required. Posi rear is a brand name that has been adopted as a general term to mean locking rear by gear heads for years. But I think you know that. As for your BS about whale oil.....gtfoh.
@@johntempest267 It's not a "locking" rear, it is a limited-slip differential. There are many modern diffs that provide much greater lock/slip performance than those old clutch-pack (or cone) units, which were all based on Dana's original concept. Lockenmeister may or may not be right about the additive package for limited-slip diffs, or he may be confusing it with automatic transmission fluid. Dexron was, indeed, formulated with sperm whale oil, which apparently provided corrosion protection to some internal parts. Endangered Species legislation is why they created Dexron II in the early 70's...they replaced the whale oil with a different additive package. Since the whale oil wasn't a friction modifier, but was used as a corrosion inhibitor, I'm inclined to think it's being confused here. Typically, the kind of additives used for these applications change the shear properties of the lubricant.
i tried to order a 1966 ford fairlane with the 427 but ford told me they were all taken.in late 1966 ford contacted me and said i could order a fairlane or a comet with the 427 in 1967.i decided on the mercury comet.i thought it would be rarer and it was.
@@falconater68 'cause he dumped the clutch and until it find the path of least resistance it'll attempt both sides. Either it ain't got posi' or it ain't workin'.
Its obvious non of you commenters have lived with daily driving a hog block with limited slip 365 days a year rain,snow,or shine. The rear drum brakes and 70s tire tech. Those cars would swap ends at idle with your foot on the brake if you had a good working limited slip. Lost on you kids is this was common knowledge back in the day. Lots of hipo cars came came open dif for safety reasons.
Thanks, I first encountered that 427 engine in a 1963 & 1/2 SCATBACK FORD GALAXIE/ 4 Speed/ BLACK/ Black: at our Garage hang Out( WOLF LAKE INDIANA)..... quite exciting and a lot of talks & GAWKS...etc. :: in 1963!..............
I’m a Ford/AMC/Mopar/GM guy, in that order. If it’s a vintage muscle or pony car, from any domestic manufacturer, I have no trouble laying down a compliment. My choices to own would be Ford and AMC, but if the right ‘72 Challenger or C-2 Corvette came along, so be it.
Nothing quite like the roar of the FE big block. My dad had a 75 F250 with a 390. I can still see the tire smoke to this day. And the funny thing is, the burnout was an accident...
I'm with John Tempest....why is that right rear spinning all alone? Needs limited slip rear end. My bro-in-law had a '63 Ford 300 4 door sedan, with a 427 and 3 on tree manual. Talk about stealth...no way you would suspect there was a monster under the hood except for the emblem down there on the front fenders. It DID have posi-track.
Completely off topic...but initially i was only listening to this...i thought it was ron swanson from parks and recreation narrating the presentation..excellent by the way..just thought it was ron swanson and i was hoping for a wisecrack ron might say
Low Keyed 67 Fairlane, Stripped Down, But you could get an Optional Big Block that could Fit Under the 66/67 Fairlane, or Find One & Spend Bucks for Time & Labor to Install One in for the Hell of it!
twin brother had a candy '66 GT 390: not quite an R code but fast and torquey in its own right. Great episode Kevin .. takes me right back to the '60's
Incredibly magnificent!!! I'd trade 10 of my AC Cobra kit cars for this single vehicle. When I was young the highway was FULL of cars like this. Chevy, Dodge/Plymouth and Dodge all made big block performance cars like this. The sound they made is indescribable and will NEVER be reproduced by today's performance cars. It was a deep sound that excited ALL of your senses and let you know that you were dealing with a monster. I was poor then, and was never able to have one. But, I dreamed of it all the time. The Ford 427 side oiler was the cream of the crop......Whoever owns this car is truly blessed.
Almost factory ordered one of these when I got out of the Marines in Oct 66. Ford dealer didn't know anything about them or how to factory order. So I bought a 67 427 435 Vette instead. Later built sever a l Fords though including a T Bolt clone w correct hi riser engine and a SOHC Mustang open road race Mustang. Currently drive a 64 Fairlane coupe. 5 speed w crate 363 engine rated at 500 hp. Its Wimbledon white and runs 289 badging . I have lots of fun with Camaros El Camino and Chevelkes
A friend & I saw a Boss 429 engine at a 🚜 tractor pull near Carroll oh. It was in a old Ford truck 30s'. Story was someone totaled a Boss 429 mustang but the engine was salvaged. There on the big heads emblems BOSS 429.
Great car, for comparison, we just built a brand new 8V 427 sideoiler for a 67 Shelby. The engine is basically stock and detuned for use with todays pump gas. We did a hydraulic cam and 10.5 to 1 comp ratio. Still made a respectable 526 HP and we had a minor carb issue on the dyno run,
vaeagle1 properly adjusted solid lifters will go many years and 10s of thousands of miles with modern high quality oil containing zinc. They don’t require readjustment unless the camshaft is wearing or the rockers were not properly locked down.
@@randomologist77 if i was racing the car i would go with solid lifters , they offer more power , quicker if adjusted right. for a cruiser i would stay with hydraulic.
vaeagle1 Hydraulic lifters aren’t really an option for a 427. Mine hasn’t needed adjustment and contrary to the BS, it makes a great cruiser, though mine is running 10.5:1 compression which probably helps a lot. That said, the 427 was always expected to be raced rather than used as a Sunday driver.
We all understand the popularity and ability of these super rare hi-performance machines, but nothing is more disappointing than watching a burn-out send the right rear tire to the stratosphere. I would prefer "imagining" a set of both bias plys being destroyed at the same, rather than seeing one being saved. But thanks for sharing another well deserved participant. :)
My Dad bought a 68 LTD back in the 80's with a 390 2bbl. with 100,000mi. on it. Snuck it out before he pulled it out to rebuild it and it still laid a 1/4 mile+ black mark all the way through 3rd gear in an auto, with no power braking... Did the exact same in his 68 pickup with the engine rebuilt. But tore 2nd out of the 3 on the tree. I hate all cars from the bottom side...
