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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
1965 Ford Ranchero
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1966 Ford GT40
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One Of 24 Built By Ford, 1986 RS200 Evolution
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1965 Econoline Pickup COE
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This cab-over Ford Econoline pickup is an unusual sight, especially in running condition, although there is an issue. Listed here on eBay where the bidding is at $3,500 without a reserve, the truck has spent the last several years in Taylor, Arkansas. Parts
availability is good, and the rust along the rockers can be dealt with this patch panel.
A little tougher problem is the lack of first gear, although the seller
has been driving it around in second and third. While it’s not original
by any means, it does look like a pretty solid truck to putter around
in. I wonder if the 165-pound weight Ford had to fit over the rear axle
to give it traction is still there? Let us know if you have one of these
cab-overs!
This cab-over Ford Econoline pickup is an unusual sight, especially in running condition, although there is an issue. Listed here on eBay where the bidding is at $3,500 without a reserve, the truck has spent the last several years in Taylor, Arkansas. Parts
availability is good, and the rust along the rockers can be dealt with this patch panel.
A little tougher problem is the lack of first gear, although the seller
has been driving it around in second and third. While it’s not original
by any means, it does look like a pretty solid truck to putter around
in. I wonder if the 165-pound weight Ford had to fit over the rear axle
to give it traction is still there? Let us know if you have one of these
cab-overs!Source: barnfinds.com
1964 Ford Falcon Futura Convertible
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1937 Ford Custom
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It
may not look it, but this custom creation started life as a 1937 Ford!
It was built by Reno and Roy Peretto during the late forties. The body
was hand rolled and the engine came from a ’46 Mercury. A Chevy donated a
few trim parts and the end result looked more like a production car
than something hodge-podged together from junkyard bits. After paint and
upholstery, the car was entered
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in the 1951 Oakland Roadster Show where it apparently won its class! It
was entered in a few other shows, but then was lost for a while until
it showed up at an estate sale. Supposedly the current owner purchased
it from the guy who found it and they claim to have paid $25k. They are
now trying to sell it here on craigslist for $29,000.
image: http://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1937-Ford-Custom.jpg
As with any car listed for sale online, interested parties will want to do your own due diligence before sending any cash. The previous owner
had attempted to sell the car a few times in the past, but their eBay
listings always suffered from a lack of decent photos. The current owner has attempted to sell it a few times on the auction site too with no success. A detailed story was written here on Custom Car Chronicle that does fill in some of the gaps. At some point a different grill was molded in, but the original is with the car. The history here does make the car interesting and I could see an old hot rodder
wanting it for their collection. A large gallery of photos can be viewed here. If you’re really interested though, your best bet would be to head over to Ocala, Florida and inspect the car in-person.
It
may not look it, but this custom creation started life as a 1937 Ford!
It was built by Reno and Roy Peretto during the late forties. The body
was hand rolled and the engine came from a ’46 Mercury. A Chevy donated a
few trim parts and the end result looked more like a production car
than something hodge-podged together from junkyard bits. After paint and
upholstery, the car was enteredimage: http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png
in the 1951 Oakland Roadster Show where it apparently won its class! It
was entered in a few other shows, but then was lost for a while until
it showed up at an estate sale. Supposedly the current owner purchased
it from the guy who found it and they claim to have paid $25k. They are
now trying to sell it here on craigslist for $29,000.image: http://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1937-Ford-Custom.jpg
As with any car listed for sale online, interested parties will want to do your own due diligence before sending any cash. The previous owner
had attempted to sell the car a few times in the past, but their eBay
listings always suffered from a lack of decent photos. The current owner has attempted to sell it a few times on the auction site too with no success. A detailed story was written here on Custom Car Chronicle that does fill in some of the gaps. At some point a different grill was molded in, but the original is with the car. The history here does make the car interesting and I could see an old hot rodder
wanting it for their collection. A large gallery of photos can be viewed here. If you’re really interested though, your best bet would be to head over to Ocala, Florida and inspect the car in-person.
Source: barnfinds.com
1966 Ford Ltd
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1976 Ford Pinto
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1963 Ford Galaxie
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In
February of 1963, Ford’s car merchandising manager, V.P. Motto,
announced that the Dearborn automaker would be introducing a “Special
Lightweight Performance Vehicle ,” based upon the production Galaxie,
to be offered to drag racers nationwide. The 1963 (technically 1963½)
Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight soon became the stuff of legend, proving
competitive at drag strips nationwide in the hands of drivers like Dick
Brannan and Phil Bonner. Only 212 were ever constructed, and many have
been lost to the dual ravages of time and hard use in competition. Last
Saturday, a two-owner 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight, showing just 1,483 miles on the odometer, sold for $220,000 in Indianapolis, earning
a spot in the top-10 of the Mecum sale. - See more at:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/05/19/two-owner-1963-ford-galaxie-500-lightweight-sells-for-220000-in-indianapolis/#sthash.Qh4h5cJJ.dpuf
a spot in the top-10 of the Mecum sale. - See more at:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/05/19/two-owner-1963-ford-galaxie-500-lightweight-sells-for-220000-in-indianapolis/#sthash.Qh4h5cJJ.dpuf
In
February of 1963, Ford’s car merchandising manager, V.P. Motto,
announced that the Dearborn automaker would be introducing a “Special
Lightweight Performance Vehicle,”
based upon the production Galaxie, to be offered to drag racers
nationwide. The 1963 (technically 1963½) Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight
soon became the stuff of legend, proving competitive at drag strips
nationwide in the hands of drivers like Dick Brannan and Phil Bonner.
Only 212 were ever constructed, and many have been lost to the dual
ravages of time and hard use in competition. Last Saturday, a two-owner 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight, showing just 1,483 miles on the odometer, sold for $220,000 in Indianapolis, earning a spot in the top-10 of the Mecum sale.
Customers purchasing a Galaxie Lightweight could get them in any color they wanted, as long as that was Corinthian White with a red vinyl interior. Not that there was much of an interior to speak of, since in the interest of weight savings, the purpose-built Galaxies did away with heaters; sound deadening and seam sealers; a clock; window
anti-rattle shims; carpeting; arm rests; and a dome lamp. Front seats
were lightweight Bostrom Thin Line models, and to give an idea how
seriously Ford took its weight savings, visors were made of stiffened
cardboard instead of padded vinyl.
The crash diet wasn’t reserved for the interior, either. The fenders and fender aprons, hood, and trunk lid were made from fiberglass, and some Galaxie Lightweights even got fiberglass doors. Bumpers and bumper mounts were from aluminum, as were the flywheel housing and case for the T-10 transmission. A lightweight chassis, featuring a frame designed for six-cylinder cars,
was standard issue; hinge springs were absent from the hood (though a
prop rod was provided); the trunk lid torsion bar was similarly deleted;
and no spare tire, jack, lug wrench or mount was included. In total,
the changes shed 425 pounds, but increased the price by an estimated
$1,400.
Under the hood, Galaxie Lightweights received a 427-cu.in., 425-horsepower V-8, with cross-bolted main bearings, transistorized ignition, cast-iron headers, a high-lift and high-duration camshaft, and dual Holley 4160 four-barrel carburetors sitting atop a single-plane low-rise intake (hence the car’s flat hood). In 1963, Popular Hot Rodding recorded a pass of 12.49 seconds at 116.27 MPH in Les Ritchie’s Galaxie Lightweight, while Dick Brannan recorded a pass in 11.81 seconds at 123 MPH in his own Galaxie (a 1962 Lightweight wearing a 1963 body).
The 1963 Galaxie Lightweight that sold on Saturday had been part of the Danny Hill Collection for two decades. Hill reportedly purchased the car from the same Ford dealership that had delivered it to the original owner, later repurchasing it when the owner lost interest. As listed, the Galaxie Lightweight was described as a two-owner car with a correct (but not necessarily original) 427/425 V-8 and a 20-year-old restoration; despite the age of the work, the 154th Galaxie Lightweight built managed to sell for its high pre-auction estimate.
- See more at: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/05/19/two-owner-1963-ford-galaxie-500-lightweight-sells-for-220000-in-indianapolis/#sthash.Qh4h5cJJ.dpuf
,”
based upon the production Galaxie, to be offered to drag racers
nationwide. The 1963 (technically 1963½) Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight
soon became the stuff of legend, proving competitive at drag strips
nationwide in the hands of drivers like Dick Brannan and Phil Bonner.
Only 212 were ever constructed, and many have been lost to the dual
ravages of time and hard use in competition. Last Saturday, a two-owner 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight, showing just 1,483 miles on the odometer, sold for $220,000 in Indianapolis, earning a spot in the top-10 of the Mecum sale.
Customers purchasing a Galaxie Lightweight could get them in any color they wanted, as long as that was Corinthian White with a red vinyl interior. Not that there was much of an interior to speak of, since in the interest of weight savings, the purpose-built Galaxies did away with heaters; sound deadening and seam sealers; a clock; window
anti-rattle shims; carpeting; arm rests; and a dome lamp. Front seats
were lightweight Bostrom Thin Line models, and to give an idea how
seriously Ford took its weight savings, visors were made of stiffened
cardboard instead of padded vinyl.
The crash diet wasn’t reserved for the interior, either. The fenders and fender aprons, hood, and trunk lid were made from fiberglass, and some Galaxie Lightweights even got fiberglass doors. Bumpers and bumper mounts were from aluminum, as were the flywheel housing and case for the T-10 transmission. A lightweight chassis, featuring a frame designed for six-cylinder cars
,
was standard issue; hinge springs were absent from the hood (though a
prop rod was provided); the trunk lid torsion bar was similarly deleted;
and no spare tire, jack, lug wrench or mount was included. In total,
the changes shed 425 pounds, but increased the price by an estimated
$1,400.
Under the hood, Galaxie Lightweights received a 427-cu.in., 425-horsepower V-8, with cross-bolted main bearings, transistorized ignition, cast-iron headers, a high-lift and high-duration camshaft, and dual Holley 4160 four-barrel carburetors sitting atop a single-plane low-rise intake (hence the car’s flat hood). In 1963, Popular Hot Rodding recorded a pass of 12.49 seconds at 116.27 MPH in Les Ritchie’s Galaxie Lightweight, while Dick Brannan recorded a pass in 11.81 seconds at 123 MPH in his own Galaxie (a 1962 Lightweight wearing a 1963 body).
The 1963 Galaxie Lightweight that sold on Saturday had been part of the Danny Hill Collection for two decades. Hill reportedly purchased the car from the same Ford dealership that had delivered it to the original owner, later repurchasing it when the owner lost interest. As listed, the Galaxie Lightweight was described as a two-owner car with a correct (but not necessarily original) 427/425 V-8 and a 20-year-old restoration; despite the age of the work, the 154th Galaxie Lightweight built managed to sell for its high pre-auction estimate.
- See more at: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/05/19/two-owner-1963-ford-galaxie-500-lightweight-sells-for-220000-in-indianapolis/#sthash.Qh4h5cJJ.dpuf
1967 Ford Ranchero
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1955 Ford Fairlane Convertible
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Stored for 35 Years: 1938 Ford Super Deluxe
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This 2-door Ford coupe is located in Belmont, New Hampshire and is for sale here on eBay
where spirited bidding is up to just over $3,000 but the reserve hasn’t
been met yet. This great old flathead has been stored taken apart since
it was moved from New Mexico at least 35 years ago. The engine has been
made to run but there’s still an obvious large amount of work left to
do. I really like the lines on the front of this car; you see a lot of
32-34 Fords, and a lot of 40 Fords, but I can’t remember the last time I
saw a 1938 model. The seller tells us that the car was stored
disassembled and “dry” and it has been resurrected to the point of
starting the engine. There is no front seat, but most of the rest of
the hard stuff is there. The seller also speaks of there being no paint
but a lot of “patina” – I call it rust – but it appears there are few
holes, if any. Would you restore it, run it as-is, or turn it into a
street rod?
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This 2-door Ford coupe is located in Belmont, New Hampshire and is for sale here on eBay
where spirited bidding is up to just over $3,000 but the reserve hasn’t
been met yet. This great old flathead has been stored taken apart since
it was moved from New Mexico at least 35 years ago. The engine has been
made to run but there’s still an obvious large amount of work left to
do. I really like the lines on the front of this car; you see a lot of
32-34 Fords, and a lot of 40 Fords, but I can’t remember the last time I
saw a 1938 model. The seller tells us that the car was stored
disassembled and “dry” and it has been resurrected to the point of
starting the engine. There is no front seat, but most of the rest of
the hard stuff is there. The seller also speaks of there being no paint
but a lot of “patina” – I call it rust – but it appears there are few
holes, if any. Would you restore it, run it as-is, or turn it into a
street rod?Source: barnfinds.com
1967 Exotic Italian-German Ford
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If
you’re like me, you don’t know much about this one—but it sure is
pretty! Apparently Ghia split off OSI as a company to build short runs
of special cars. This particular sleek coupe is one of around 2,200 ever
built, and is for sale in Ventura, California. It’s offered here on eBay
where right now the auction is just under $5,000. The car was based on
the German Ford Taunus and features a small V6 engine and a four-speed
manual. This one is obviously in nice shape, having won a show in 2014
and said to be running and driving well. It’s only been repainted once,
35 years ago, and the paint looks very nice still. Unlike a lot of barn
finds, this one actually comes with all the paperwork since it was
purchased in Italy back in the early 70’s. I’m not sure where this will
end up price-wise, but I sure like it! What do you think?
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If
you’re like me, you don’t know much about this one—but it sure is
pretty! Apparently Ghia split off OSI as a company to build short runs
of special cars. This particular sleek coupe is one of around 2,200 ever
built, and is for sale in Ventura, California. It’s offered here on eBay
where right now the auction is just under $5,000. The car was based on
the German Ford Taunus and features a small V6 engine and a four-speed
manual. This one is obviously in nice shape, having won a show in 2014
and said to be running and driving well. It’s only been repainted once,
35 years ago, and the paint looks very nice still. Unlike a lot of barn
finds, this one actually comes with all the paperwork since it was
purchased in Italy back in the early 70’s. I’m not sure where this will
end up price-wise, but I sure like it! What do you think?Source: barnfinds.com
1951 Ford F1: Ready For Duty
1951 Ford F1: Ready For Duty
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May 1, 2015 6:00am
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While
it’s fun to bring an old vehicle back to the road, there is something
to be said about buying one that is already running. This Ford F1 had
been in barn storage for at least the past 15 years. After finding it,
the seller decided to get it back on the road. It had obviously had some
work done to it by a previous owner, such as the installation of a
later model V8. Since it wasn’t original, they decided to install some
new components. They upgraded the front brakes to discs, which should
improve braking massively. They also installed a new wiring harness, new
GPS speedometer, new lights, electric window wipers, new seat belts,
and all the other parts one would typically change during a full tune
up. If you’ve been looking for a barn find truck that is ready to enjoy,
this one might be worth a closer look at! You can find it here on eBay in Marion, Indiana where bidding has already passed $9k.
While
it’s fun to bring an old vehicle back to the road, there is something
to be said about buying one that is already running. This Ford F1 had
been in barn storage for at least the past 15 years. After finding it,
the seller decided to get it back on the road. It had obviously had some
work done to it by a previous owner, such as the installation of a
later model V8. Since it wasn’t original, they decided to install some
new components. They upgraded the front brakes to discs, which should
improve braking massively. They also installed a new wiring harness, new
GPS speedometer, new lights, electric window wipers, new seat belts,
and all the other parts one would typically change during a full tune
up. If you’ve been looking for a barn find truck that is ready to enjoy,
this one might be worth a closer look at! You can find it here on eBay in Marion, Indiana where bidding has already passed $9k.Source: barnfinds.com