My old man ran up on a Facebook Marketplace ad for this car early in the week. A 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 XL with the original 390 4bl engine and 4 speed in a odd color we had not seen.
The more we researched, the more it was clear he had to get this car. I did some digging on my end to figure more out on the color from an original 1966 Ford sales book. This color was a Thunderbird only color, so it was for sure special ordered. Sapphire blue. There are very few of these in the internet.
I talked to the owner around lunch Friday to hash out the plans. He broke the news that the front wheel had fell off going like 10mph when he took someone for a test drive a couple days ago. He was bummed, and sent us photos of the damage.
Spent a couple years converting my back 2 acres to a native prairie. With the exception of the pesky ragweed, almost all native.
Dad and I set out at 9a Sunday from U-hual to pick up a parts car for our other projects. After the frame and front windshield.
We made it to the guys house at 2:30p I crawled under the car to check the frame and its pristine. Windshield was also perfect. Paid him $600 with a smile.
Took us almost 3 hours to get this turd on the trailer. Rear end was completely locked up and that makes it pretty tricky to load one, even with the 5k winch we had it was a task. At the end we snagged the seller to use his tractor to get the rear end on the trailer better.
Done and on the road. We were about 4 hours from home, ETA was ~ 930p
Stopped at Buccee's to fill up and check everything. Seemed to be set
