It constantly amazes me that cars like this 1966 Ford manage to survive for decades in near-perfect stock form. Many, many times I’ve seen forty or fifty year-old vehicles that have managed to endure the Moon landing, disco, Reganomics, Bill Clinton’s affair, 9/11 and Millenials with their original paint mostly intact, their interiors still covered in the plastic wrap they left the factory with, and with little to no modifications done. It is rare for any vehicle to manage to make it ten years before someone changes wheels, or adds exhaust, or adornes it with a ton of stickers, and don’t even get us started about properly keeping up with maintenance.
Scott Liggett was tooling around when he saw this beauty sitting on the lot of a Ford dealership. The Galaxie had been traded in by the original owner after nearly fifty years of faithful service (and about 62,000 miles) for something newer. The blue sedan is nearly flawless outside, and the interior has worn exceptionally well, if a couple of pieces look faded. Underhood, the 390ci V8 looks a little bit rougher, but considering what you are likely to find in any other 1966 Galaxie sedan under six thousand dollars, we can overlook a lot of faults. It has air conditioning, the factory wheels and hubcaps, and the stock suspension. It hasn’t been lowered, tuned, hot-rodded or molested in any other way. And it’s now sitting among Focuses and Explorers, with a $5900 price tag.
They’re asking $5900 and probably gave the old-timer that traded it in $200.
If it’s anything like around here, there’s a ton of ‘push pull drag’ deals they put on where they guarantee you $2000. Lots of bigger dealerships that always offer a guaranteed $1500 year round. So he probably didn’t get screwed as bad as all that.
Still would have rather seen it sold to an enthusiast for what it’s worth, rather than traded in. Owner would have gotten a better deal in the long run, and more likely the car would be kept on the road. If it sits at the dealership too long, it’s likely to get sold to auction wholesalers, or to a yard for scrap.
yeh they may have `given’ him 2k for it but it would have been added to the overall cost of the deal….
I think it’s incredibly sad that this was traded in.
I respect that the owner had other needs and vehicular requirements, but I tend to think of most stealerships as dens of thieves and that somehow the owner got fleeced.
I wish this had ended up in the hands of a Ford enthusiast instead of a lot, that’s all.
It looks like it was never garaged. Too much rust under the hood and speaking of the hood – is the paint peeling up or is that just stagiant water from a rain?
It is sad because I’m also sure he didn’t get squat for it. Hopefully it finds a good home. I’m also pretty sure what ever he bought new will be a big disappointment before too long.
The car is in Nebraska. The fact it does not have rust through after 50 years is a miracle in itself.