Old Gator 72 Ford LTD(I know it’s not a 71 Galaxie/Custom 500) 

Great car and great movie !! I have the Ford ltd 1970 4 door RIP BURT REYNOLDS

I've been daily driving a 1972 Pinto Squire wagon for the past 20+ years. It's about the same color as that car, with woodgrain trim on the sides. I replaced the 2.0L OHC four/4 speed with a 289/C4 out of a 1967 Falcon. That turned out to be a nightmare of a job. But I did it right, and the car has been completely reliable ever since.

That's a healthy sounding 400! Still daily a 2dr 78 myself. Love that car.

I love what you've done to the Ole 72 LTD especially the exhaust. I have a 71 Galaxie that I made into a tribute car myself. I watched White Lighting as a kid and knew I would have a car just like it when I got older. I have a couple of video's of it on RU-vid under Gator Mcklusky. Keep that thing between the ditches Clifton Smith.

I love that car, Saw the movie white lightning lots of times and Gator sure could drive that 429 police interceptor.. Very cool stuff 😎👍

All you'd have to do to get a sound close to the movie is put a 4bbl intake manifold, a Rochester Quadrajet on it and make sure the exhaust is still quiet enough not to overwhelm the induction sound. That's what the sound was that they used for the car in the movie. It was a 429 with a Qjet. There's an old video on RU-vid of a black '71 Torino 429 doing doughnuts that sounds the exact same way the car in the movie does, Ford Torino GT 429 is the name of the video.

My first car was a 69 Ford Galaxie, similar to an LTD. I enjoyed driving it a lot. But so also liked when it took a little cranking to get it started. I loved the sound of that gutteral starter. Did anyone else like that?

I own two door same year with 400 big block my weekend rider🎉congrats on yours

That’s a good looking car, sounds awesome! Great install, that shop did a bang up job! 👍

Beautiful car man I love it I've got a 77 LTD station wagon with a 400 V8 and dual exhaust cherry bombs. Sounds exactly like your car take care of her.

Great looking car. Smart man to wear the shoulder belt.

Sounds like a beast gotta love those old cars

My parents had a '71 hard top LTD. I always like the looks of the '72 over the '71. Enjoy that old beast.

This brought me back to my childhood...dad had a 72 2 door 400 2v. I enjoyed the video.

Excellent exhaust work. Tucked up nice and tight and clean. Love this car.

LOVE this video have watched it many times, old Gator sounds simply amazing. Im currently saving up for my own LTD. Hope you are safe and well. Russell from Scotland UK

Good ole family sedan..4 kids at the back mom&dad + one kid up front😁

She Sound good brother keep up the awesome work enjoy the rest of your weekend go out riding around god bless you and your family

These were used as official goverment cars at the premier's department in NSW here in Australia. They were the LTD trim level but were called Galaxie LTDs in our market and were locally assembled by Ford Australia from kits shipped from the USA. We assembled them from 1964 to 1972.

I have a chance to buy one of these cars same as yours only green seeing yours pushed me over the edge to buy it 😀

Love it Cliff, sounds really good, :) Tom

Bad ass car and it sounds awesome! Love it!

That's sweet. I'm actually working on a model kit of Gators LTD now. That sounds sweet...

Great sound ! I can smell the ford exhaust scent through the screen ! I have a 65 mustang 289 HiPo 4-speed, love that beast. Looks like you care a lot for your car, keep it up !

I special ordered one of these bran new. The best car I have ever had !

the 1972 models have that rectangular hole in the center of the bumper , the 71's do not, ford added it because they had a problem with the 71 models running a little hot

Very nice Ford, my friend. And, it sounds great!!

Sweet ride man, sounds killer and in great condition.

I'm a Ford guy looking good sounds awesome

Ol' Sleepers r the best. Having something like a Chevelle means some punk is always gonna challenge u on the road, having a big ol LTD with a 400 gives you the option to cruise without being provoked or to open up a can of whoop-ass when necessary.

Nice big Ford!

Truly a beautiful car! Sorry about your brother man

Sounds great Clifton

it sounds glorious, man

I had a 69' LTD small V-8 with two barrel carb. Slow, but I'll bet it's still running somewhere😊

Nice, real nice

Nice car and IMO I consider 1972 to be the last great year of the Ford LTD's as far as styling and good powertrains before they were plagued with smog pumps, 5mph bumpers and emission control devices which took a bite out of drivability and performance

Sounds Great!!! :)

Cool video Clifton. Car sounds mean!

that 72 ltd is my 2008 crown vic interceptors grampa! love it!

Beautiful

Original gator car was 1974 Ltd Ford bourham it had the 429 Cobra jet engine with twin turbo actually double supercharger and quad carburetor but in the movies it was actually fill with real mountain dew sticky licky white lighting for fuel consumption or moonshine since the 429 Cobra jet engine was already in the boss mustang 71-74 model that replaced the 302 boss engine from 1968-1971

Sounds good brother

The sweetest sound, this side of heaven😮❤

Love how despite irs gargantuan size and girth, the back side windows are actually pretty tiny, and is having a pretty small door opening. Can hardly get it into a garage, and hardly get any full sized people in the back. Best of both worlds! Joking aside, love the car, I think its great. Just like in "streets of San Francisco". Excellent candidate for a 780Hp Godzilla engine swap! Now then you could lay that brown goodness properly sideways around the corners! Do it!

What a cool car!

172 screaming Detroit horsepower versus 4250 pounds. Yeah, there's a recipe for performance~

Love it really cool

That's real Detroit iron 🇺🇸

I remember watching the movie ..love the video clips of him haul'n butt all over and all you hear is the 2 fours opened up , only 2 things im scared of ...women and the pooolice...hahaha. I asked Revell to make a Kit of the 72 LTD but got shot down , at least I was able to convince them to do the S & H Torino even if it did take 3 years to do it..Enjoy Clifton maybe 1 day we will see a kit on the shelves..

Now thats what a car should sound like!

Awesome car, now you need a 4 speed with a hurst shifter.

Awesome, they don't make cars like that anymore.... great video.

Oh yeah now that sounds great

New sub here , AWESOME 10 TIMES OVER!!

Big ol beater

Kywalsky , gator . That was a geeat movie .

Great video

absorbed that bump like it was nothing at 3:04 haha

Love that car bud.

That`s the best way to wake anyone up!

Best cars ever made.

Sharp body style

Pre 1974 American made vehicles epitomized quality in the automotive industry. Nothing like the sound of an American V8.

Love it gator good movie

What size tires do you have on it? The Destinations look good! How do they ride?

Will those hubcaps fit any of the 1980s Crown Vics?

I have now a Ford ltd 4 door 1972 also :-) very nice car

Luv this car,movie

Sounds like fooooooooord!

From what I remember Burt Reynolds LTD didn't have that much Chrome and trim. Ir seamed more sleek . But same color

Bruhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Gator is smiling down on you right now!!!

Which engine is in this?

Its the last great year of tiny bumperettes and brocade interior before brougham and disco emissions destroyed the letherette clad headlight covered goodness.

My uncle had a 74 ford galaxy 500 police interceptor green.

Wooow!!!! Awesome car brother, what's the price for that????

Sounds good. What motor does she have?

Nice car but can barely hear it for all of the other noises. It be quiet for glasspacks. That was when Ford still made something worth taking home.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade or be a smart ass my good fellow but The car that Gator McKlusky (AKA Burt Reynolds) drove in the movie White Lighting was a 1971 Ford Custom 500 sedan, Not a 1972 LTD hard top with a vinyl top (the tail lights are different on the 72, Sedans have B pillars where the hardtops did not). The custom was a base model (used for taxis and police cars FBI cars, and city officials) , the custom 500 had a little more stuff than the custom, for example power brakes. Then there was the next class which was the Galaxie and Galaxie 500 which had a bit more luxuries or options then the Customs and then there was The LTD which was the more upscaled version of the Galaxie's with A/C, power brakes, electric windows opinion, rear window defrost ETC....But you have a very nice car....The Custom and The Custom 500 are really really hard to find now of days, you are lucky to find a 72 LTD in such great condition....enjoy it ....l'm sure your brother is sitting right beside you everytime you turn the key to fire it up .....Sorry for your lose www.imcdb.org/vehicle_112505-Ford-Custom-500-1971.html

Gator Mcklusky's car was a 1971 Ford Custom 500, not a '72 LTD. Might look similar but the cars are different.

Lose the hubcaps!

...And they had to reduce the horsepower numbers...we can add two together!

Wasnt factory slug had 429 souped up,moonshine car had to have more horsepower hauling shine and early armour

hello clif, ... any chance for a in car video on a ride for us ?????????

The Streets of San Francisco.

I do like an LTD.

Well it had a ,429 with 2 carbs

Didn't Gator's car have a 4 speed in the movie?

Hi, for sale?

Why didn't you do it

Scweeeeet

That's not Gator car Gator had 1971 Ford Galaxie 500 The car was outfitted with a 429 Police Interceptor/Cobra Jet engine and a custom exhaust But your car is sweet and sounds really good, :) Dimitry

lol mine was yellow

“Only two things I’m afraid of is women and the pOlice!”

That sounds mean

73's / 74's looked cheap and bloated compared to the 71's / 72's.