I would love to have that car. I love that year Fairlane and being a four speed makes it even cooler. It does seem like they spent too much and should probably stick to stuff they know. If they bought it to keep than that would be a different story.
Another angle to this could be that the value might be increased because it was on TV. Think about the increase in value of celebrity owned vehicles. There's an ass for every seat.
Yeah, I agree,and use that phrase myself, but in the case of this car, it would have to be a Dumb ass to give much more than they paid for it:laugh:
I still have my eyes on a certain fairlane GT convert under a cover at the place where I have a lake house light blue and white
Definently seemed a high buy in price to me, not to mention the repair bill. As mentioned, you don't really get the whole story though. I currently have a 66 Mercury Comet Cyclone Convertible I will be selling soon and am a bit worried with the current state of the car market. It took me 6mos or so to recently sell my 66 Riv that was immaculate and only got $6900 for it..
I saw the show, and have my own thoughts on the fairlane: 1: the owner was a Ford mechanic yet let the car sit. 2: with the 428 heads the owner put on it cannot be numbers matching. 3: $4000 for what was repaired, I hope they where given a kiss when it was done. 4: with the condition of the car, I don't think it is worth 14K. maybe 5K Tim
At the GS Nationlas this year in BG we were eating dinner at Montana's when Mike the picker and his film crew came in and sat at the table next to us. He took a picture with a couple of the guys and seemed to be a nice guy.
My friend that restores cars couldn't wait to call me and tell me about the $4k bill part of the show!!
I like the comment that when purchasing cars, the pickers seem to be out of their league. I had a '67 Fairlane (not a GT) and loved it. The major problem with those cars is that they are serious rusters. They are unibody, and are subject to major rust of the subframes. That is why my Fairlane made it to the junkyard running perfectly, with the left rear spring and shackle up inside the trunk. The standard 390 was a dog - I once watched a 390 Galaxie get beaten by a well-tuned Mopar 225 slant 6. The "Police interceptor" hi-po solid-lifter 335 hp 390 was a different matter altogether. There was in reality a lot more then 35 hp difference in the engines. I remember a magazine article about some big standard 390 Ford that commented that "performance is not up to rated horsepower." I can tell you that based on my experience with a friends ex-Mass. State Police Ford that the 335 hp 390 was a hell of a performer.
Putting a set of 428 heads on a 390 engine doesnt make it non numbers matching. There is no VIN on a set of heads.
Right, just date codes. If those 428 heads were the Cobra Jet version, they have a 1968 casting #. I don't believe Ford even stamped a serial number on the blocks.o No: They DID stamp a date code on the block. If that is true, an engine could be replaced with another and still be 'number matching' if the date codes are close enough. BTW, CJ heads have bigger valves, but also have a slightly larger combustion chamber....That 390 will lose some low-end grunt but gain some hi-rpm breathing.
I had a 66 Cyclone GT 390, C6 auto, 9" diff, buckets console, and with the stock 4 bbl holley carb it was a dog. I put a 3310 750 holley on it and wow picked up huge so there is potential but needs the right parts to make them work. with the 3310 it would get rubber in all three gears and run with most cars. the car was stock and clean and rust free i was hard pressed to get 4200 for it and that was 6 yes ago Ken
