This video has been kicking around for a little while but we were recently reminded that we had never had it up here on the blog and that’s a crying shame. A simple, yet riveting video about a dude and his totally killer Galaxie, it hits all the right gearhead notes and will have you smiling like dummies, just like us the whole time.
It is a story lots of us can appreciate. The car comes, the car sits, the car becomes a storage shelf, and then the car gets a new lease on life. Film maker Ben Pender-Cudlip was there for the tarp being removed, the carb being primed, and the key being hit on a truly bad ass 427. The car has southern moonshine history and all!
If there were ever an example of “less is more” filmmaking Some Old Ford is it!
Press play below!
Some Old Ford from Ben Pender-Cudlip on Vimeo.
I love this vid.
a Thunderbolt hood scoop and some cold air zip tubes.
And put me in the camp that favors some paint stabilization (at least some quick “Two-Lane” style primer, if not a full respray)
For some reason the video stopped before he ripped a monster smoker on that side road he pulled of onto. Why?
Awesome!
Thanks for bringing this to us Brain. Viewing this clip provided a great break in my day, thanks again for all you and Chad do for us?Ǫ
Hardy Handshakes, Swede
Thanks for the rerun, it’s a first time view for me and I really thought it was great.
The old Galaxies, Fairlanes, and Torinos….love’em. Glad to see it can still be driven…I’d be tempted to do the rust repair/paintjob route, but would still flog the hell out of it. Would be a blast to hear some of the stories that old Ford can tell!
Back when cars were cars and you drove them and got sideways and using both of your feet and hands to keep it on the road.I know what it’s like to kick a Tri-Power in. I had a ’64 GTO 428 Tri-Power with a Borg Warner 4-speed( that came from behind a 427 Ford).
Why didn’t my neighbor sell me his 63 1/2 427! Maybe being 18 had something to do with it!
Very cool! I need a shop like that!!!!!!!!!
Great, great article except for the one comment. No Subaru witha turbo would stand a chance against this car. I have a dual quad 57 Vette and have already been confronted by a WRX turbo subby and blew his doors off in the 1/4 mile…………but again GREAT ARTICLE
man,that was kick-ass good ,i had a 64 galaxie 390 police intercepter,4 door,that car would haul ass on top end!!!! i bought it off a car lot for $1500 dollars at 18 yrs old i knew i had something special.i found out it was a former hi-way patrol car.this brought back a lot of memories.
Thanks for a great movie, Thats’ why I don’t like cars after 68′,