1966 Fairlane 500 two-door hardtop
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- My 1966 Fairlane 500 two-door hardtop is a really super-fun, full-of-character, noisy old hot rod. Definitely not perfect, I still love it as much as any other car I have owned. Its high-strung, short-deck small block revs real good and is pure joy as it screams like a buzzsaw on its way to its 6000-6200 rpm shift point. I am probably going to have to reluctantly let go of it here sometime soon. But long after it's passed on to a new owner/caretaker, it will live on here among the videos of Miles on Cars. Enjoy!
i am Croatian and my best American car (that i was driving 15years old was chevy cammaro t top yealow 1988 5.7 v8 manuall. . . . They are so rare that in Split Adriatic coast town (2nd largest in Croatia ) there were only 2-3 cammaro 's and 3 pontiac TransAm back in 2001. today maybe one of each in all Croatia! I was so proud when my friends let me go but some food and beer to all of us construction workers (♡it go to market so people's gave me 👍 like in lambo or anything of exotic cars! we LOVE muscle cars here like you love AMGs and M (bmw) and Audi RS or S models
That's a really slick example! Great work keeping it so nice, I'm sure its a pleasure to drive
I love these cars. Got my 1967 hardtop since 1989. I live in Canada, short summers but still put over 160,000 miles on it for a total of 265,000 miles on that little 289. Whatever you got. Get out a drive the wheels off it. You won't regret it!!! Life is short.
I got 271k out of my 289 before the blow-by fumes forced a rebuild. Has another 150k since.
@@bigharrykochenbauls4567 what is your 289 in? A Fairlane???
Very sharp ford Fairlane you have there.
Love to have it.
Beautifull cars..FORD BABYYYY GORGEOUS CARS..BRINGS BACK MEMORIES WHEN MY FATHER USE TO HAVE ONE..AND THE 289,S WERE MY FAVORITE MOTORS..QUICK..
Good looking car
Very nice. Perfect wheel/tire/hubcap combo. Beautiful styling, proportion, and size. Great to see one that survived and is appreciated. Proof that it doesn't have to be a GT, R/T, or an SS to be a cool, fun car.
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Beautiful. Love it.
new polished alloy mags and a shaker hood will make me happy ! WOW.
I would love that car just the way it is!
Beautiful car
the stacked head lights , make for a nice looking front end
Sweet fairlane love that year
Nice, solid car ..... sounds great .....
Love the stacked headlights of the Fairlanes .....
Danm!! I hope you still have that beauty!! ❤
Sweet car. A buddy in HS back in the 80s had a yellow 1966 390 gt car. Still to this day the feeling of riding in that car and the utter power and noise of a big block burning the tires across a empty mall parking lot for ever lives in my mind. 😂
Fabulous fabulous line and length.
They get up and go.
Well done on the interior.
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Rare to see, I've had a '66 Wimbledon white/black interior Hi-Po 289 4 speed hardtop for 28 years, it was my 1st car.
I will NEVER sell it
I would’ve bought this beauty in a heartbeat!
Epitome of perfection
Yes thanks! it wasn't totally perfect, but it was and still is a pretty cool and super fun car.
Being a TASCA Ford car, makes it even more valuable. I own three vintage high-performance Fords that I bought new from there. One being a '67 Ford Fairlane XL/GT 427 4 speed in-house dealer-built car.
Would be cool if it really was sold from Tasca. Emblem is on there only because it's a super cool dealership where the 428 CJ was basically invented. Pretty sure it's not an original emblem...think it's a repop from one of the parts places like Ecklers or Mac's etc. The original owner's manuals is with the car. it was sold new in Wisconsin.
@@milesoncars6588 That TASCA Ford emblem is very vintage and nearly impossible to find an original one from the 60's. By 1970, the TASCA Ford emblems were no longer just plain color. There are reproductions available but this car's TASCA Ford emblem looks to be an original. The ID number could be traced to see if this car was originally sold at TASCA Ford. I have the documentation that proves that my three cars were sold there.
@@milesoncars6588 Yes, Bob Tasca Sr created the Ford Cobra Jet engine. Bob Tasca Sr also created the dealer auto leasing program. He was also a marketing genius. He came up with "race on Sunday, sell on Monday." TASCA Ford built many in-house high performance Fords that the Ford factory never produced.
An underappreciated or overlooked perhaps marketing at the time. What a nice car I like Dog/Granny caps ... and forget "numbers matching" ...haha the only numbers are those on the Speed limit that C4 trans is the way to go ... Grammy approves. Whomever owns it... lucky you
Man that thing is cool. Nice running piece. Wonderfully shot video. Stamp of approval from Freddie Lorenzen.
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I saw this in person one Saturday morning in La Canada!
Beautiful car
I learned to drive on one of these one night!
I’m on Mopar Guy throughout. But if I were to switch to the other side, it would definitely be this car. It looks great, sounds great, love the dog dish hubcaps. I wouldn’t change a thing.
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Very Nice! A schoolmates brother had a big block 4 speed GT version of this in the dark green . Always loved the body style!
I'd rather own the Fairlane than the Mustang. Beautiful car!
Love both...one of each
One of the best shapes of the 1960s. Of course, I'm slightly biased, having owned a '66 500 XL 2-door hardtop...
The color on this one looks awesome.
PERFECT!
thanks!!...appreciate u...🤗
I'm 53 years old born and raised in Taylor Michigan sub, of Detroit all the family worked at Ford's my first car was the 1970 r code Mach 1 green on green factory drag pack 430 gear nodular 9 in except in the mid 80s somebody blew the 428 and put in a 70 Torino Cobra 429 super Cobra jet and in 1980s dollars I had all the receipts they were like five inches thick spent over $12,000 just on machine shop work on this 429 scj you change the spark plugs with your hands flat up against the shock towers and the side of the valve covers and you had to use it tip of each index finger to try to remove the spark plugs by the tip of the plug and you had to do that once a week super cold plugs had a 980 CFM Holly double pumper I had polyglass goodyears all the way around but the ones on the back were polyglass Goodyear fifties I've never seen them since from the side you know it looks stuck from the rear it was not 50 miles an hour 55 miles an hour on the freeway I could shift it down into second put it to the floor and smoke the tires and put the card sideways until I shift it back into third love that car greatest time in the world and that thing owned over 20 mustangs 5 years throughout the 80s including 68 Shelby GT500 KR wish I was supposed to keep for the rest of my life but when I was across the country in my early twenties my grandfather got Alzheimer's and some dirty bastard realized my grandfather would you know kind of lose his grasp on reality every couple days he was getting worse I had no idea and nobody would tell me cuz I know how bad would hurt me anyway son of a bitch in 1995 got that Shelby out of my grandfather's garage for $7,500 bucks yeah that's my $250,000 car today most important thing was is he hurt my grandfather who tried to buy it back days later because he gave that card to me when I was 12 years old offered him double the money I said get off my property and anyhow I don't know why I told you that it's just still hurts you know what I mean anyway great car I'll talk to you again sometime by the way could you mention what gear and if it's a posse in that Fairlane?
Thank you.
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With honor and respect,
Anthony Varga.
Awesome car, love it!
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This thing is awesome! 10/10
❤My dad bought a brand new 66 Fairlane two door hard top same color as this one .I believe he got it with a 390 engine.
That sure is a very beautiful car I hope whoever buys that car will take care of it I had one of those myself a 1966 hardtop but mine was very unusual it supported a 205 in line 6 Mustang engine with a C4 automatic transmission and the car had a 20 gallon fuel tank and if I remember when I bought that car it never seen daylight it sent in a garage since 1969 because the owner went blind and he couldn't drive the car anymore so it sat in the garage when I got it it had less than 8,000 original miles and the car was in light metallic blue and if I remember correctly that the interior was absolutely mint and the body hardly had any surface rust on it whatsoever I still wish I had that car good luck with the sale.
yea sold it back in feb...might try to buy it back someday
Wow nice ! My 390 mustang is fast enough for me ! Lol nice car you have there , you be proud ! You should keep it for ever
I would love to have a 67 GTA. with a 390 CID.
OVERHAULIN did a reconstruction on one and it turned out great
Sweet ride
I so nearly won an Ebay auction for one of these in England a few years ago. It would have been so cool 😎
As you might imagine...In England it is rarer to see than hens teeth.
My wife bought new that same color car with Black interior with a fac tory four speed with a 289motor
A nice 66 Fairlane, nice colour paint. Nothing at all wrong with a hot-rodded 302 but would have preferred the 289.
My brother-in-law had one. 390 hi performance GT 4 speed manual. fast 425 hp.
A beauty
Yeah you probably sold that little monster 👹 sweet ride
I love this fairlane absolutely beautiful wish I could buy it how much is it
sold it...😔
My parents bought their first new car in June, 1966. It was a Fairlane 500 4 door sedan. I remember the day like it was yesterday. I was 9 at the time. The window sticker had a total price of $2,843.44. It’s hard to imagine that now, but my parents congratulated themselves because the car that my father really wanted had a window sticker of $3,006.05. My mother said that there was no way they could afford $3,000! The Fairlane turned out to be a really good car.
Nice car , love to have! But I have 2 projects. So I have my hands full.But it would be a sweet one to have.well somebody will get lucky.that
I had a '66 with a 390 4 bbl/4 spd. White with a red interior.
Unreal Love it Bet you Miss her ,I Used too have a 4 door ZC Farelane Here in australia 302 Loved that car
Not as nice as Yours tho
I had a 283 Corvette motor nice cam in a 68 nova. The 289 and 283 short stroke were some of the best and 0 to 60 was scary. Guess they quit making them because they were..BULLETPROOF!!!!
sure...love GMs too...🤗
Tasca Ford is in Massachusetts, the salt belt, apparently where it came from.
Tasca ford was originally and still is in providence rhode island. car was from wisconsin.
@@milesoncars6588 why does it say Tasca on the truck lid??
@@rk22cc just for fun...didn't think it was a big problem. just becuz it is a cool dealership where the 428CJ was created. is it an issue? was i not allowed to have it on there? maybe illegal or something?...jeeeezo lol
@@milesoncars6588 why won't you answer my inquiry?
@@rk22cc I DID...see above.
Is that the model that was windshield wipers optional?
No wipers? 🤷♂️
This automatic will run better than most sticks
that's exactly right...it was (still is) a reverse manual valvebody C-4. Shifts way quicker than any Toploader.
I like tasca ford sign
Love the look of your car! I have a 66 2dr post and would love to know what size wheels and tires you have! Love the look of your car!
thanks!...30 second mark for wheel and tire sizes
Do you know the size of your rear wheels and where I could get a pair! This is the look I'm looking for! Thanks
@@ryanomlin1277 15x8 i think
@@milesoncars6588 you've had this car seven years and you don't know the tire size? Guess it's not a 306 either unless that's the horsepower rating..
@@markreisen7038 I didn't know WHEEL width exactly, since I never had the rear TIRES off the wheels...I never took a tire off a wheel to put a tape measure to the wheel to measure the wheel width. rear tires were 275/60-15s. i would estimate the rear wheels were 15x8s or 9s. You can go ahead and think I'm a dumb ass but, there's a difference between a wheel and a tire right?
Not stock for sure. Nice car for 66. It has been repainted.
I love the look of this car with the stock/sleeper look. Did you find a good home for it? What is mileage like with a 302?
A great home...super cool guy. Built small-block with loose converter and deep gears, was about 9-10 mpg...wasn't built for gas mileage.
What's the price on this beauty? Thanks..
sold
Where are the windshield wipers? Also that grill looks different than original.
who cares about the dang wipers??? I drove the car in the rain exactly never. grille is exact 66 grille. 67 is different and has rectangular shape center emblem. 66 is round.
Dearborn classics good place for Fairlane and torino pqrts
If you want to invest a little bit more money you can put a Holley dominator on it add stop at loading up and get it to idle where it's supposed to and a Holley dominator is not really that expensive then you would have a sweet running car that's my suggestion but I think you just trying to offload beautiful car man I wish I had the money to buy it this is Ken down in groveland
is it a 302?
Plastic fuel filter? BAD idea. Where's the w/w motor?
Is this still available for sale??
Wish I still owned it 😪, but it was sold earlier this year. I am now good friends with the buyer and have pressed a little bit on him to buy it back someday....
sold
AFM N-91 240/248 .576/.576 110 106 . lots of cam for a street engine, unless your street racing
yup runs good
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good looker, can you give us estimated power of this motor?
around 300-350
Yeah, and the 390 was factory rated at 335 horsepower, so how do you figure your 306 is going to take on an S code 390 and win, you must be delusional as your 289 is no where near stock. Go figure, no wonder Car Craft is history...
@@markreisen7038 stock 390’s are pigs. I had one. It takes EXTENSIVE mods to make power with one. Poor cams, heads, intake & carb and exhaust. ALL must be upgraded.
@@kimmorrison9169 I had a stock 1969 390 2bbl rated at 265 HP. It was anything but a pig, lot's of torque and it ran great on regular gas. In fact I consider it one of Ford's "better idea's" !
@@briansearles4473 Sounds like a daily driver that you had no issues with but when I say 390's are "pigs" I' m meaning that they certainly not hi po engines. In the 60's and early 70's, 390 Fords were not beating the competition at the drag strips across the nation. Quite under powered compared to other engines of this size. As a daily driver not racing they are fine.
Great car. Two wiper blades and a wiper motor and your set 😳
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Wonder how much it sold for.
Well I Think it's a very nice little classic car I love it 😀 😍 great video and great job buddy 👍 stay safe out there my friend 😊 🙏🙏 and Happy New Year 😀
thanks!...and all the same to u as well.
How does it drive in the rain?
I never drove it in the rain and if I had it probably would have been just fine.
I see the windshield wiper system not there.
yea no wipers...number of times in 7 years I drove the car in rain: ummm exactly never...like ZERO.
Is it the year and model they used on Dragnet 66 TV show?
dragnet car was a four door. but yea year and model and color i believe was similar
@@milesoncars6588 thanks for the reply. Couldn’t remember if the TV car was a 4 or 2 door model.
yea pretty sure cop car was a more door...lol.
How much for it!
How much is it ? Will the 69 mustang be for sale ?
Fairlane sold...69 not at the moment.
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What do you need for it?
sold last year
@@milesoncars6588 May I ask what it sold for? Trying to get an idea on what to pay...thanks!
23k. now probly worth at least 25 or more
Is this vehicle still for sale?
sold
A word of advice when making you tube videos. Get a really good microphone because the engines in most videos sound bad.
Asking$?
sold
I would have gone 32k
That's the fun I've having a good sound in car it's pissing off the neighbors if you don't piss the neighbors off at least once a week you're not doing anything right yeah I used to piss off the highway patrol in the ocoee Police scuse me not a Ford Fairlane with my my Ford galaxie add a 393 speed with overdrive glass packs and it would rattle the windows as I went by and the police station with right next to the fire station right there in the center of town right across from a convenience store when you drove up through town going out to highway 50 and you're rolling it pretty good hit rattlin the rattlin the class and stuff in the in the windows and and like I said the police department right across from oak convenience store right next to the fire station so they didn't like it too much I said that's the point of having a good sound in car is pissing off the
Nice car. Really overshadowed in period by virtually anything GM made, though. Street racers looked at the Fairlane/Comet as second-rate midsize cars, and for a fact the Chevy II outsold both of them. I alwayys liked 'em, espacially those unicorn 427 Fairlane street cars. But Ford said "Total Performance" and then dropped the ball.
That's why the 66/67 Fairlane is so hard to find these day's. Mid 60's Chevell's are a dime a dozen, much easier to find. Also this Fairlane is a fastback hardtop, most were sedans which don't look as good.
It's an automatic
Muscle cars are meant to be standard 3 4 or 6 speed
Or even 5-speed. Sure, they are, but more than half of them aren't.
You are having dreams in the daytime when you say that you are going to outrun a car that is about the same weight but has a 390 with a 4 barrel carb The 289 is a real goed engine but it isn't what you want to make it out to be. There is a reason for more displacement. There is something wrong with the set up yu have oon that engine. It actually seems like you are trying to get rid of the car before you have to do some more work and spend money on parts you are going to need to get the engine straightened out so that it is timed right and holds it's timing. It actually sounds like your carb is not tubed up right to the correct method of timing to the way the timing advancement. Is it a ported vaccum or is it just running on manifold vacuum. I don't think you know enough about how that engine was put together and whoever put it together didn't spend enough time on getting the carb and timing in the correct porting and that is actually why you are having so many problems holding a constant solid idle. Another thing, if you keep revving that car like that don't be surprised when you rev it one too many times without any kind of resistance or load on the engine. I have seen it happen more than once when an idiot keeps on revving an engine, especially an old engine they end up with a rod sticking through the side of the block or have big holes that have burned right through the top of a piston or two. Just eep on doing it and sooner or later it will happen. You are going to stand with the hood up and there is oil, coolant and pieces of the engine all over the engine bay.
I meant a STOCK 390...and the guy that bot the car loves it. We are good friends and it runs perfectly. It will spank a stock 390 and probably stay with a stock 428 CJ...as I said...STOCK...not a built big inch FE. With the manual valvebody trans and 3.70 gear and big cam it's good running car and it idles fine with a 244 at .050 cam. Yeah, keep on revving an engine over and over...I can count on one hand the number of times I did that in 7 years...so I am all good. I know what the engine is...so again...all good...🙌
@@milesoncars6588 I have never seen a 289 that could turn the wheels as fast as a big block 390. And with a FOMOCO 2 barrel carb that came as standard carb for a standard 300 hp 390. The 2 barrel carbs that they used on these 390 were designed to give great take off quickness and provide enough CFMs to easily cruise at the 70 mph speeds we had back in the day. Normally you would have to go to a small 4 bbl carb to get the fuel/air mix in excess of 600 CFM. But the designers at Ford came up with this great 2 barrel that had good standing performance and hiway performance with just two jets. If I were you I would re-consider running even a Galaxie with this set-up. When my Mom's car was new my Uncle took a Brand new 66 Mustang with the GT package of 289 HiPo flavor with the 4 speed Hurst shifter. That Mustang was one of my Uncles' car. I'm pretty sure that the posi rear end on the Galaxie won that race. When the horn blew the Galaxie seemed to just jump ahead at the start. The Mustang, even though it too had posi it just stood there and smoked the tires as the Galaxie was grabbing the asphalt. I guess I got a little long winded. Sorry
No emblems
You're wasting everyone's time by pricing a not perfect car like a perfect car.
car sold a year ago
its not red and it does not have hip hop wheels , thank God