And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Nice. Very correct looking hot rod. 427 side oiler on a stick maybe? Be my first choice, all round Brembo's, Crown Vick front suspension unit, super duty limited slip. Yeah brother!
When queried about possibilities for my first car, Daddy told me we would get me whatever kinda car I could afford and after saving and conniving the cash it was gonna be a '65 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible (red, black top, buckets, console, floor shifter, factory styled wheels, a 352 and the ultimate advantage, I had the money!) and that was when Daddy give me the second piece of the puzzle: Whatever kinda car I could afford as long as it didn't have too big an engine and haul too many hoodlum kids, and to keep looking. I think about that car today and still grind my teeth in frustration.
Don't be too hard on yourself - you wouldn't still have that car today. Dad had a '66 Galaxie 500, later I had a '72 Galaxie 500 and my brother had a '74. One brother had a '69 Torino. Another had a '72 Gran Torino and finally my younger bro had a '83 Thunderbird. We had a mechanic uncle who loved Fords and found all our cars for us. My neighbor now has a shop and he hates Fords. He says Ford found the problem and they circled it on the hood. I have an '02 F250, which I love.
That is a '67. I had one, my first car, bought in '73. I was broke, paid $425 for it. If I had another $50 or so, I probably could have afforded a car with reverse.
Nice. Very correct looking hot rod. 427 side oiler on a stick maybe? Be my first choice, all round Brembo's, Crown Vick front suspension unit, super duty limited slip. Yeah brother!
ReplyDeletepainted chrome looks bad!
DeleteTo rechrome bumpers today prolly cost as much as the car!
DeleteI rather like the painted chrome on this ride. Looks more menacing than chrome.
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ReplyDeleteI had a '67 LTD, but that one above is much nicer!
ReplyDeleteWhen queried about possibilities for my first car, Daddy told me we would get me whatever kinda car I could afford and after saving and conniving the cash it was gonna be a '65 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible (red, black top, buckets, console, floor shifter, factory styled wheels, a 352 and the ultimate advantage, I had the money!) and that was when Daddy give me the second piece of the puzzle: Whatever kinda car I could afford as long as it didn't have too big an engine and haul too many hoodlum kids, and to keep looking. I think about that car today and still grind my teeth in frustration.
ReplyDeleteDon't be too hard on yourself - you wouldn't still have that car today. Dad had a '66 Galaxie 500, later I had a '72 Galaxie 500 and my brother had a '74. One brother had a '69 Torino. Another had a '72 Gran Torino and finally my younger bro had a '83 Thunderbird. We had a mechanic uncle who loved Fords and found all our cars for us. My neighbor now has a shop and he hates Fords. He says Ford found the problem and they circled it on the hood. I have an '02 F250, which I love.
DeleteI miss my 1969 LTD. That 390 was a wonderful engine.
ReplyDeleteBelieve that's a 67 Galaxie 500.
ReplyDeleteThat is a '67. I had one, my first car, bought in '73. I was broke, paid $425 for it. If I had another $50 or so, I probably could have afforded a car with reverse.
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ReplyDelete67 fastback galaxie 390fe big block
Delete1967 was a great year for car design. This one, Impala, Cougar, various Mopar products, various Pontiacs...
ReplyDeleteAt least some soup bowl hubcaps on those steel wheels.
ReplyDeletemy kind of black and whitish
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