1966 Ford Country Squire. Our family's first new car. What fun we had with 5 kids on our long Sunday rides. The opposing rear seats made it easy for me and my brother to fight..... lol
We had a 67 Buick Sport Wagon with the rumble seat. 350 cubic inch. We lived on a dirt road. When we were late for Church, mom would sling backwards out of the driveway, slam into Drive, then punch it and throw a roostertail for a block. We got real quiet and held on for dear life. Actually kinda fun.
I collected a 390 V8 and C6 transmission for a mste in my English Mk 3 Ford Escort van some years back.Made the steering very light! Beautiful cars at that show.
My Dad bought a new Country Squire in 1967. Magic gate, opposed rear seats. Eight children, and two adults, comfortably. White with tan interior, 390 4bbl. What a car. Massive woodgrain side panels!
When i was 14 yrs old my grandad gave me his 1967 Colony Park station wagon I used to race it around a field which became a nice dirt track, after a while my brother joined in with his old rambler but he was no match for the 390 in my wagon.Those were the best days of my life so much fun .
Old joke of two European 🇵🇱guys get a Country Squire, take it home and strip All wood trim off. Scratch their heads & say, " you know, I liked it better in the Box!"
My dad had a 67 Country Squire, red inside and out just like the one here. Probably my favorite car of my childhood as we traveled most of the US in it.
We had a ‘62 Buick Invicta Station Wagon. It was the first family car I started driving. It had the 445 Wildcat engine. No 3rd seat. It took us all over the US, 2 kids and Golden Retriever. Wish I had it today.
Very nice wagon. My Dad had one. He also had a Buick and a Chevrolet that had that Chevelle looking front end. That was one fast wagon. He took us to DisneyLand in 1980. My sister and I rode the whole way in the back. It did not have extra seats. Dad had some nice and cool wagons. We both had Mustangs in early 80's, he a 66 and I had a 67. At the same time we both had thunderbirds in 88. He had an 86 I had 84. Both where also sharpe cars. Best times of my life.
My parents had a light blue '66 Ford Country Sedan. Our first station wagon. It had the rare "control center" pod under the dash with vacuum door locks, a low fuel light, a fasten seat belts light, a door ajar light and emergency flashers. One day before a trip I pushed the flasher light button and it stuck ON! Dad had to take it to a mechanic to cut the wires before we could leave on the trip. That car took us to Myrtle Beach, Florida and Six Flags. It had the 390 V8 that used premium gas. Dad traded it in on a new 1972 Ford Country Sedan.
We had a 1966 Country Sedan white with a red interior. It even had the fold-down seats in the very back. Electric windows and miracle gate which dropped and swung open.
Another great show Dennis as always . It was a joy to see ( @ 1:55 ) the white '68 Baccaruda at the start ,which reminded me of my fathers AHEM! Right Hand Drive ...with a 318/727 ( South African import to UK - brand new ....!!!) He used to run the UK Mopar Muscle Club way back in the late 70's / 80's . I loved laying in the back of it with the seat folded down looking up at the speeding stars as we came back from the Chelsea cruises ( '80's safety levels at minimum !! )
Thanks for stopping by! There were some awesome cars this year, and I didn't get a chance to see them at Cole Park. I saw that Lincoln driving around town and I'm glad you featured it, because I didn't get a chance to get a good look at it!
All beautiful cars but what impressed me was the Bronco owner's manners. I am 56 and still say Yes Sir and No Sir/Yes Ma'am and No Ma'am. Good to hear.
So very cool. We had a '69 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors and a 460 cubic inch engine. Loved that car and would have loved to restore it, but I was still just a youngster back then. Thanks for showing a great car show in an equally great location.
WOW I CANT BELIEVE IT!! I remember passing by this show 17 years ago in my family vacation as a kid. But my dad would refuse to stop. He was tired and we where almost there. I still talk about it haha its awesome I recognize it easily. My pops was never into cars but i was a nut. That day changed my life and the way i do vacations.Thank you
At the time the company bought two The 1966 Ford Country Squire Wagons, Yellow and Teal.. I had the opportunity to drive both. My self at the time had a 59 Ford wagon.
I grew up with the Squire, in blue. 390/4bbl and 3 on the tree. Dubbed "The Inflictor", it hauled 6-12 of us from Los Altos Ca to Haight Ashbury, Filmore, Winter land, Family Dog, Avalon....those were Fun times
I love Dennis, I live in Cincinnati and Dennis lived here and worked for P&G and rumor has it he’s the inspiration for the guy on the Pringles can. Awesome dude I tell you what. Thanks Dennis for enriching my life.
My grandpa owned 3 1962 Lincoln Continental convertibles in the 1970s. One was black with a black top and a red interior. The other black one had a white top. He also owned a red one with a white top.
Every car in that show was nice not just the ones that were show cased . I think no matter what brand someone likes we can all put that aside to appreciate this show . Personal opion, the wagon i loved but the MAC in the beginning , NICE.
My girlfriends mom (Betty) had a heavily optioned 1969 Colony Park with a 429. It was a friendly giant! She was very generous with it. I may have loved the car as much as the girlfriend. The tires were utterly outmatched by the power plant. It would accelerate forever. It had a version of the bump defeating ride engineering that gave us so many mobile living rooms in the sixties and seventies. I would be thrilled to find a nice one today.
Growing up my Dad always had big Fords ....with living room sized bench seats. Going out on a Friday night date was never better. I feel for the younger generation.....todays vehicles just don't lend themselves to "romance" the way a 68 Galaxie did 😻👍
I love the '66 Country Squire, used that a LOT in the Forza games, I wish it would come back. Not just to the games, but to production, imagine what a 2021 Ford Country Squire would be like!
@@4rHim1963 I'm a life long Ford guy, but I don't really know too much about the Flex, I've never even ridden in one. But I've never heard anything negative.
Edward Rocky Kloster The 3.5 had an internal water pump. They are usually fine but if they fail it is a costly repair or could destroy the engine. I think Ford did away with those after 2015 but double check
saw some nice rides but stuck around for the wagon. Grew up with a '64 Malibu with a Power Pack 327 as a kid. man, '66, neighbors had a white Galaxie 500. Nice mash up of memories !!!
When I was a kid, the neighbors up the street had a Ford Country Squire with the magic tail gate. We thought it was so cool. I would get to ride in the back with the seats that faced each other. They had one that was yellow with the "wood" sides. Always thought it was such a nice car.
I loved my plain Jane 1967 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon...was a wonderful multipurpose vehicle whose service far outweighed what I paid for it. I cannot say that about any other vehicle I have owned.
I love the Country Squire. Dad bought the '66 Country Sedan version in Bronze with parchment interior. Black wall tires with dog dish hubcaps. 352 with 4 barrel carb. I thought it was a real man's car.
I'll just join the consensus here... Lots of awesome vehicles but I love that 66 Ford wagon. We had a 62 Country Squire wagon when I was a kid. That thing was huge!
James Seinvsson...strange, my father traded the 64 station wagon for a 69 too. In 92 I bought a 79 Custom Cruiser, used it for a back up remodeling vehicle, Awesome!
@@wyo1446 Regards to 65 Ford Sta wgn, the 69 LTD Sta wgn had COLD ac and believe me going from CO. to the East coast in the summertime was much more bearable with 6 family members!
"Everybody's got a Wagon story" I still have a photo of 8 year old me, in my windbreaker standing next to our '66 Country Squire. My old man used to let me and my brother ride on the tailgate, our feet dangling out over the road, while he drove us to the dump on Sundays....Things were different back then
Beautiful cars. The only years of Bronco, Lincoln, and that Jag. 3 years ago I brought a '56 Jag Mark 5 back to life that had been parked for 30 years. Found it was parked because the clutch blew, after I got the engine running. I'm in Denver are.
Back in the 90's, I was approached by a small, upstart company that was trying to perfect the method of embossing automotive fabrics. I worked with them a little bit, machined a couple samples to try but we never went very far. Fast forward 25 years and that little company, SMS auto fabrics is like the new standard for auto fabrics. Damn, I guess I should have tried harder to make them a long term customer. lol.
It's so gorgeous! I noticed that he's got it up for sale though I can't imagine why. It looked like it had New Mexico plates? Do you have any other information on this girl?
I loved that car. Power and comfort. The US Army paid for the gas. I hauled my team all,over Germany in 65,66 & 67. My German Shatzie asked me if I was an American Gangster. Maine Gott! a big car Miene liebchen.
Love that wagon!!! I'm not really a "Ford guy". But that was a beauty. And the Caddy was nice. Would be nicer in a more stock type color tho. Imho. Thanks for sharing all these cool rides.
A friend in high school had a 63 Lincoln Continental. When going to the Crest Drive-In in Bakersfield Ca we could cram 15 kids is that car before they changed admission to per person from per car load.
When the Country Squire wagon came out my mother and father bought a new one every 2 years. The last one they bought had a 429 CI engine and was a lot of fun to drive. I guess it was a 72 or 73.
Sometime in the late 70'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 with time to spare.
A excellent car at a drive in theater when it's nice and hot, we put 2 folding tables and 6 folding chairs, 5 large pizzas for Pizza Hut, 3 bags of chips and a cooler full of drinks and 12 people.
I literally have a picture of two of the cars in this video, on my wall, I've been to that show every year since we moved to monte vista Colorado (only a couple of miles away from alamosa) and it's gotten bigger and better every year!
My father had the same wagon only dark green metallic, I loved that car, sadly the bad winters of Pittsburgh and tons of salt on the road took its toll on the frame.
I had a 1966 Ford Galaxy that I bought off a friend for $300.00 and it was tired. It had a 289 with a three speed auto that only had 1st and 3rd gear. The oil pressure light used to come on at an idle so I ripped the sender out and replaced it with a pipe plug. I changed the trans out for a three speed out of a mustang that I got for free but the shifter worked backwards. When in "L" you were in park. When in "P" you were in low. At first the combination wouldn't work right due to the ignition safety device so I ripped it out. I never changed the oil in it, I just kept adding. I used to leave it in the parking lot behind our apartment building with the keys in it and the windows rolled down thinking no one in their right mind would want to steal it. I was wrong. One morning I came down to go to work and the garbage cans that were placed directly in front of my parking spot were all crushed. Someone had tried to take it but they put it in "P" since they thought that was for park and, since there was no neutral switch when they stared it, it leap forward and crushed the cans. I must have come as a bit of a noisy surprise for the would be car thieves. I courted my ex-wife in that old beast when we had nothing but each other. On night we had been down at one of her relatives to visit in their small town. We got a late start out and the local gas station was closed. The nearest station was 50 miles away and we had 45 minutes to get there via a two lane blacktop road. I won't say that I was speeding but we made it in just under half an hour and at times the engine sounded like the pistons were exchanging holes but she held together and didn't let us down. One day on my way to school the brake line to the rear wheels blew because it was rusted out. I folded it over about 4 times where the break was and flattened it down with a pair of pliers and drove with front brakes only. It worked until winter when the snow flew. I was approaching an intersection when the light changed and I sailed right on through because the front wheels just slid on the ice and the back ones were still powered. I fixed the brake line that night in -30 weather. We were married and saved our money and after 6 months we had the money for a brand new 1976 Honda Civic. I drove the old girl to an auto wreckage a friend of mine owned and said good bye. He pulled the engine a week later and rebuilt it for a customer and it ran just like. New the rest was parted out and he made about a grand off it. I have some very fond memories of that old beast for the two years I drove it and because of the one beat up relic, I have owned a number of Fords over the years and they have given me the least trouble of all my vehicles. It really was Built Ford Tough......... The Honda? Well it lasted just long enough to get it off warrantee when the overhead cam went south. I traded it off on a Mazda B1200 partly because Mazda was partially owned by Ford. It was a good little truck until the young'uns started to arrive so it had to go for something with a back seat. Enter my dream car, a 1963 Buick Riviera. But that's a whole other story.
I have a 66 AMC Ambassador wagon. I bought it about 15 years ago and just a little while after I bought it a 66 Mercury wagon came up for sale near me for $3000.00 in super nice condition. And it was red! But, I spent all my cash and couldn't snag it in time.
That Country Squire is my dream car, I want to get a 65-67 CS and swap in a 427 with a 4 or 5 speed, Ford made 1 and only 1 Country Squire with a 428 and a 4 speed from the factory, had to have Lee Iacocca sign off on it personally to have it built, this is cooler than any ferrari, any Lamborghini or Bugatti to me, this is my dream car.
Dennis is so enthusiastic about cars in general and other people's cars as well when he's talking to them about their cars. A lot of his sarcastic jokes goes over there heads... It's a shame lol.
