I’ve never been much of a Ford person but this is one Absolutely beautiful Fairlane and truly sets the definition and meaning of a Muscle car and there’s nothing today that could compare to this car…in my opinion this car right here truly defines Ford Motorsports!!!
This car is gorgeous. About as close to stock as possible - thank you. These model Fairlanes were so proportionately well designed - beautiful cars. The 390 doesn't seem to grab much attention these days - as mentioned - lots of torque!
I had a 66 GTA in 74-75 Bone stock when I got it down to the factory embossed FORD mufflers, 17 year old kid did not deserve a great car like that. Those cars would set you back in the seat at 90 but only ran about 115 with 3.50 gears.
First car was a 67 500 with 289, hardly any options, 20 years later got a project 67 500XL with 390, PS, PB, AC... sold it when daughter was born. One day I'll have one again!
Hey Tim, absolutely love your GTA! 30 years ago a good friend of mine had a 67 4 speed. It was black on black. It is one of my favorite Fords. My dad would have absolutely loved it too. He was Ford Blue to the bone. Thanks for sharing! PEACE ✌️
Ford buyers did not flock to intermediate muscle cars the way Pontiac, Chevy and Mopar buyers did. The big block Fairlanes and Torinos never made half the sales of the GTO, SS 396 or Road Runner. Ford buyers seemed busy buying small block Mustangs, these outsold all the other "Pony" cars.
The first car I ever bought , I was 17 years old. It was a red 66 fairlaine GTA. If only I would have known what it would be worth one day . I paid 900.00$ for it , in 1973.
Could be. When I weighed them decades ago I got stock 85 lbs, aluminum intake 35 lbs. 50 lb saving. And a lot lot easier to work with if you had to take it off with the engine in the car !!
Owned a GTA back in the '80s & '90s. The only mods were a set of Hooker Super Comps/Hush Thrush mufflers and a carb rebuild. The thing was a mover !!!. Never shoulda' sold her...👍
Who restored this car❓Would very much like to know. Mine is a ‘66 GTA red convertible, copy of the advertisement you showed 👍 I wonder how many convertibles Ford made in this year/model? Thanks- great channel 😎
Nice car. Back in 77 I purchased a 66 Mercury Cyclone GT with the same 390 but it had A/C, AM/FM monaural radio & a 3 speed manual. A 4 speed would have been better as I couldn't start out in 1st gear on a wet pavement, it would just spin, LOL. Being younger & dumber back in the day one of the 1st things I did when I got it was cut off the A/C belt, LOL..... Now adays if I had that car the A/C would be working overtime.... Wish I had that Mercury now, like the Ford version, they were great cars and hard to beat on a rolling start race.
I have a 67 mustang convertible ,390 3 speeds gear drive , since 1985 . Well obviously i love the car , still have it , same as my wife , 1982 lol , can’t go wrong with FE 390 . Fairlane well i had a 64 289 nice car , 66 , oh well i would have one in a heart beat , well done , sir , you have a wonderful car ❤
1966 390 GTA=15.7- 91.0mph... 1966 GTO 14.14- 99.35 mph... hardly a "Tiger Tamer"... Rumor has it 95% of Fords are still on the road...the other 5% made it home.
Bought one of these in June of 1966 off of the showroom floor at Hiller Ford, Hales Corners, Wis. Black & red interior GTA. Sold it 1 1/2 years later with 13,000 miles on it. What a mistake.
Ive never been a great blue oval fan,but i love a 390. Ive owned a couple. I had a 65 F250 truck with a transplanted 390 and granny 4speed. It pulled a 10k lb trailer easily and would still get 10+ mpg. I also had a 66 Country Squire wagon,powder blue with limo tint. Even in highschool, everybody thought it was a cool car!
My uncle Jack had ordered a 66 or 67 Fairlane GT with what was supposed to be a 390, but when he picked it up it had gone unnoticed by everyone including him that it wasnt a 390 but a beastly 427 under the hood. His brother inlaw was the first to notice the 427 hood emblems and decal on the aircleaner.. a check of the numbers confirmed the 390 was not a 390 and it was instantly understood why it was so quick. Uncle Jack, being the mischievious type that he was, quickly ordered a set of 390 hood emblems and a 390 aircleaner confusing the Ford dealerships parts department, as using things like that for wall art was unheard of back then. The car was loaned to his brother inlaw in about 70 and he unfortunately rolled it totalling it out. Its engine, tranny, and rearend got swapped into uncle Jacks beater 40 Ford pickup which he played with for a year then pulled ththe 66 parts back out of and put the original worn out 40 parts back in and sold the truck. He later put the parts into a 65 Ford Galaxie 500XL convertible for his wife, and in the late 90's the car was sold during their divorce and was not heard of by any of the family since.
@@sergeantmasson3669 so far as I know the XL was a Galaxie not a Fairlane, so if you are saying there were no factory Fairlanes with the 427, you sir would be incorrect. I did a bit more research after reading your comment and there were a total of 51 Fairlanes built in 66 which had the R Code 427 installed and were sold for street use
A friend of mine who was a mechanic for the local Ford dealer bought one of these new. Yes, the engine fit alright, but you had to loosen the motor mounts and raise the engine up to change the sparkplugs.It was worth it though.
@@musclecarcampy9922 The bigger Ford cars and the pickups were okay. I have changed the plugs on my 65 Galaxie with the 352 engine and had plenty of room. I had a 1964 Galaxie with the 289. If it was raining out, you could crawl into the engine bay, close the hod and change the plugs without getting wet, lol.
That thing sounds so good!! Joe Friday was a Fairlane man... My Dad had a '67 Galaxie 500 four door sedan with a 289, and traded it in on a '70 LTD four door hard top with a 390.
@@musclecarcampy9922 And my Mom had a '68 Mustang convertible at that time, Meadowlark Yellow with black top and interior, with a 200 and three speed. But my Dad would usually drive it to work and leave my Mom the big car (with PS, PB, and an automatic) to use.
Bought one with the 4speed in 69 had spent a couple of years on the drag strip, still a pretty fast I was 19 at the time, still on fools hill, cost me all my money all the time.
In the mid/late 60's I saw countless 390 Comets and Fairlanes beat by GM and MOPAR muscle cars. The 390 was just a slow reving boat anchor. Even many of the automotive magazines at the time said the 390 was over matched . Too bad Ford didn't make a real effort to make 427 powered mid sized cars.
According to the 3/66 issue of Car & Driver magazine, a ’66 Fairlane GTA was capable of running a 14.26-second quarter-mile ET at 99 miles per hour. Definitely NOT a boat anchor.
390 was a good engine. Your crazy sir. Just overlooked becausethe had 428s, 427s, 429s. Kinda like the chevy 305 being overlooked because you could get a 350. Good engines just could get more bang by having more displacement.
Very torquey and reliable/durable engine. There were various versions, induction or cams and not all were the same but they all did a good job. Every motor has some deficiencies and they had oil leak problems sometimes, just like most engines back then. I built up my GTA and put a pretty big cam in it. Still couldn't kill the torque. It is a real tire burner.
Love this car. I have the dash apart on my 67 now and am looking for someone to restore the gauge cluster and rechrome the upper and lower panels. Could you share the info on the guy in BC who did these ?
Loved this video so checked out the list of other vids and saw the variety of what you cover and not being tied to any specific brand, and upon seeing this I subscribed immediately.
@@musclecarcampy9922 That makes since. A is for automatic. I wouldn't say no to a GTA sitting next to my 1971 Pontiac GT-37! You are doing something great with your channel! Learning a lot from it ,no matter the maker. Love it all and people should realize that this era was Muscle Car era for a reason! Thanks
@@musclecarcampy9922 Ah yes, the GTO equivalent of the 442's Turnpike Cruiser (400/2 with a long axle ratio). -Relatively rare car, the GTO with a 2 barrel.
I really like your cars Tim. I wish that I had a 1/3 of the knowledge that you have. I learned that the RPM intake and a solid roller cam. And you are done. They are strong engines. I still have my Galaxie, but I am blind and I can’t drive at all. It is really nice but my wife won’t drive it. I love how your 390 pulls!
Back in 1975 my dad owned a 66 GTA this very same outside color, his was like a cream color interior. I remember sideways burnouts that my Dad did, this got me hooked on muscle cars!
My bud owns a Q-code '66 Fairlane 500...& I'm in envy. This one is annoyingly late, & vague, on the immediacy of shifting. I imagine that's just an adjustment cure.
I noticed the lag in the shift points as well. Should be crisp and firm. My 66 GTA with 3.25 gears would get a momentary tire chirp going into 2nd under hard acceleration.
According to the 3/66 issue of Car & Driver magazine, a ’66 Fairlane GTA was capable of running a 14.26-second quarter-mile ET at 99 miles per hour. 👍 Definitely strong for 1966 and it is enough to tame some GTO Tigers.
Perhaps, but as Car and Driver noted in the article, the engine and suspension were modified so much, it bore little resemblance to what you could buy from the factory. Still, they were cool cars.
Sorry I lived these years and still own a 67 GTA. You were lucky to get into the 14's stock or near stock and no 99 mph. And comparable GM's and Mopars would beat them.
The select shift trans. shifter -- did all Fords from that era have this? It's kind of similar to the one on the Oldsmobile Hurst from the late 70s and early 80s. I wish today's cars would have this feature. I'd have so much fun with it.
All it is is a position for 1st, one for 2nd and one for Drive, which would auto shift 1-2-3. Some cars did not have as set of selection like GM's so they may not downshift or upshift like you may want but were similar. We have similar on many vehicles even nowadays but it was easier when we just had 3 gears to select from. The 1-2-D was real common on pretty much all Fords from 67 on. The earlier shift setup was not like this and you had to know how to get it to hold 1st or 2nd for hard acceleration.
I owned the same car except mine was a stone colored interior, bought used when I was 18 years old in 1969. I put in a 427 stylr dual point distributor parts kit and had it set up on a sun distributor mschine to Holman-Moody specs, rejetted the holley dual feed, and put on a set Montgomery Wards recap slicks in the rear. Car would run mid to 14,s @ 101mph It had a strong topend in high gear. The intake rush sounded like a 440 magnum with that factory low restriction air cleaner. I could not afford headers for it back then, it really had a lot more potential, but I was too poor to do much to it, but I did keep ittuned well and put it on many SS 396 chevelles back in the day. Loved the style!
My Dad had a 2dr 1968 green Fairlane Galaxy with the 302 cu. I asked him later , why Dad just a 302 and not even a 351. And he explained even back in1968 gas prices were rising. And he had a Family. That car he had was no dog even at that time. This 1966 color is superb !!!
Also, the 351 didn't exist in model year 68. I think the old 352 also had been dropped by then, so the next step above the 302 that year was a 390 2 barrel with 265 hp.
The indented hood emblem assemblies collect water of course. They have holes to let the water go through the hood and those plates route the water over to an area where they can drain down and not give the engine a bath.
@@timvorick9693 The Exhaust and the low intake/ cam hurt the 390. I love them, but I do sauce them up. A solid cam and headers were the thing I always did. The 750 - 780 3310 was my carb. But I always loved the color! Tim you really have a nice car!
You mean a GT 390 compared to a 2bbl 390 or 4bbl 390 non GT? Not a different animal but some upgrade. About all the GT engine had to help performance over a non GT 4bbl was the cam. Of course it would also be dual exhaust and the Holley carb helped slightly. It definitely did have more power but not a lot.
@@mikecross4350 Ok, the actual early 390 HP motors, which I believe had very little different that was much stronger, and were not necessary unless you were doing serious racing. And they were not especially powerful over the mid 60's GT engines. And what is a 4 bolt 390? The only FE's that were not 2 bolt are the cross (side) bolted 406's or 427's
Put the Ford Muscle Car 390 aluminum intake on feel it wake up. Ford had the 390 Aluminum intake on 65 Police interceptors. All tooling was paid for. Why they did not put it on I do not know. Read Jay Brown's book on The Great Intake Manifold Comparo
The exhaust manifolds on the 390 GT's were awful. Also in order to clear the shock tower's the heads had lower exhaust port's than other FE engines. This didn't help the power output?
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I’ve never been much of a Ford person but this is one Absolutely beautiful Fairlane and truly sets the definition and meaning of a Muscle car and there’s nothing today that could compare to this car…in my opinion this car right here truly defines Ford Motorsports!!!
It is a stunner. Thanks for watching.
@@musclecarcampy9922 thank you!!!
Thank you!! Mine was a twin to this one, the color called Emberglow if I remember right.
This car is gorgeous. About as close to stock as possible - thank you. These model Fairlanes were so proportionately well designed - beautiful cars.
The 390 doesn't seem to grab much attention these days - as mentioned - lots of torque!
Glad you enjoyed it
Too bad they failed to tame any Tigers... unless the GTO had the crap 2 speed automatic...
Looks magnificent in that copper color.
Can’t argue with you.
I had a 66 GTA in 74-75 Bone stock when I got it down to the factory embossed FORD mufflers, 17 year old kid did not deserve a great car like that. Those cars would set you back in the seat at 90 but only ran about 115 with 3.50 gears.
One of my all time favorite fairlanes are a great looking car I love the 1966 and 1967 models hopefully someday I'll own one definitely a winner!!!
Thanks o for watching! Good luck with your search for one.
First car was a 67 500 with 289, hardly any options, 20 years later got a project 67 500XL with 390, PS, PB, AC... sold it when daughter was born. One day I'll have one again!
Gorgeous Fairlane! Emberglo on Emberglo, gotta be a rare combination. Thanks for the content.
Thanks for watching! Hope you’ll subscribe.
@@musclecarcampy9922 I have been for a while now. I really enjoy the channel.
Hey Tim, absolutely love your GTA! 30 years ago a good friend of mine had a 67 4 speed. It was black on black. It is one of my favorite Fords. My dad would have absolutely loved it too. He was Ford Blue to the bone. Thanks for sharing! PEACE ✌️
Tim’s a great guy! Thanks for watching.
The fisrt car I ever owned was 1966 fairlane 390 GTA IT had black with red interior and red stripe fast for kid of 16
Tons of torque!
@@gordpaterson what year was that? My first car was a 57 Fairlane 500. That was 1969. Wish I still had it.
@@ronaldhellengreen7063 1975
Ford buyers did not flock to intermediate muscle cars the way Pontiac, Chevy and Mopar buyers did. The big block Fairlanes and Torinos never made half the sales of the GTO, SS 396 or Road Runner. Ford buyers seemed busy buying small block Mustangs, these outsold all the other "Pony" cars.
ive seen so many of these Fairlanes thrown away cause they were not a Mustang , what a shame
Sad but true.
I sure miss my 66 GTA. I was young at the time and sold it in 1971. It was Red on Red with the white stripe.
Nice combo.
I've seen this car in person, Tim is a coworker of mine! Great job buddy!!
Very cool!
Just the natural design of the car itself was one of the best drag cars
I'm truly impressed with this car. Beautiful restoration and attention to detail. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure. I hope you subscribed. Lots more Ford stuff coming up.
The checkered flag on the door panels signifies race car. I love those little details.
I love the manual disc brakes. I did that on a Dart once, and it worked great.
I had a ‘69 Corvette with 4-wheel manual discs. Worked fabulously well.
My favorite muscle car of all time
Cool car love the aftermarket gauges restoration looks very well done. I always get a kick out of the lap belts. Very well done!
Thank you!
I d love to do GT and run a 428 CJ or a really strong 410 ci!
Of course the 410 was Mercury only, and really not a Muscle Car engine. Now the Ford 406 is another matter altogether.
The first car I ever bought , I was 17 years old. It was a red 66 fairlaine GTA. If only I would have known what it would be worth one day . I paid 900.00$ for it , in 1973.
Just a used car then.
The cast ford FE intake weighs 79lbs. Aluminum weighs 25lbs
Could be. When I weighed them decades ago I got stock 85 lbs, aluminum intake 35 lbs. 50 lb saving. And a lot lot easier to work with if you had to take it off with the engine in the car !!
Owned a GTA back in the '80s & '90s.
The only mods were a set of Hooker Super Comps/Hush Thrush mufflers and a carb rebuild.
The thing was a mover !!!.
Never shoulda' sold her...👍
Who restored this car❓Would very much like to know. Mine is a ‘66 GTA red convertible, copy of the advertisement you showed 👍 I wonder how many convertibles Ford made in this year/model? Thanks- great channel 😎
Thank you for your kind words. The owner restored most of the car himself. Thanks for watching.
You can get that information from the Fairlane Club of America.
@@davidklotz1504 - thanks David, I appreciate it 👍🥊
Did everything but some of the painting myself. The car came from the Denver area without any rust.
@@timvorick9693 - thank you, love the car ❗️🇺🇸
One of my all time favorites and what a color combo.
The colors are amazing.
That bronze color that was a shade darker really looks stunning in the sunrise or sunset. The lines are really classy and clean!
@@Bbbbad724 It looked darker, but the direct morning sunlight made it pop.
@@Bbbbad724 Thank you
My 66 GTA is 98.9 percent the way it left the factory only thing changed is the Holley carb and I drive the snot out of it
Nice car. Back in 77 I purchased a 66 Mercury Cyclone GT with the same 390 but it had A/C, AM/FM monaural radio & a 3 speed manual. A 4 speed would have been better as I couldn't start out in 1st gear on a wet pavement, it would just spin, LOL. Being younger & dumber back in the day one of the 1st things I did when I got it was cut off the A/C belt, LOL..... Now adays if I had that car the A/C would be working overtime.... Wish I had that Mercury now, like the Ford version, they were great cars and hard to beat on a rolling start race.
That was a real Mercury, very nicely optioned. Please check this out. I shot this '65 last year: studio.th-cam.com/users/videoqgDDr0y76TQ/edit
I remember an article on porting the 390 heads to 428 specs.
I have a 67 mustang convertible ,390 3 speeds gear drive , since 1985 . Well obviously i love the car , still have it , same as my wife , 1982 lol , can’t go wrong with FE 390 . Fairlane well i had a 64 289 nice car , 66 , oh well i would have one in a heart beat , well done , sir , you have a wonderful car ❤
Thx for watching.
Had a 66 back in the day was a great looking car wasn't a GT tho
1966 390 GTA=15.7- 91.0mph... 1966 GTO 14.14- 99.35 mph... hardly a "Tiger Tamer"... Rumor has it 95% of Fords are still on the road...the other 5% made it home.
LOL. The title of the video is from a Ford ad.
Bought one of these in June of 1966 off of the showroom floor at Hiller Ford, Hales Corners, Wis. Black & red interior GTA. Sold it 1 1/2 years later with 13,000 miles on it. What a mistake.
Yeah probably not your best move. LOL.
Wind it up man
Ive never been a great blue oval fan,but i love a 390. Ive owned a couple. I had a 65 F250 truck with a transplanted 390 and granny 4speed. It pulled a 10k lb trailer easily and would still get 10+ mpg.
I also had a 66 Country Squire wagon,powder blue with limo tint. Even in highschool, everybody thought it was a cool car!
My uncle Jack had ordered a 66 or 67 Fairlane GT with what was supposed to be a 390, but when he picked it up it had gone unnoticed by everyone including him that it wasnt a 390 but a beastly 427 under the hood. His brother inlaw was the first to notice the 427 hood emblems and decal on the aircleaner.. a check of the numbers confirmed the 390 was not a 390 and it was instantly understood why it was so quick. Uncle Jack, being the mischievious type that he was, quickly ordered a set of 390 hood emblems and a 390 aircleaner confusing the Ford dealerships parts department, as using things like that for wall art was unheard of back then. The car was loaned to his brother inlaw in about 70 and he unfortunately rolled it totalling it out. Its engine, tranny, and rearend got swapped into uncle Jacks beater 40 Ford pickup which he played with for a year then pulled ththe 66 parts back out of and put the original worn out 40 parts back in and sold the truck. He later put the parts into a 65 Ford Galaxie 500XL convertible for his wife, and in the late 90's the car was sold during their divorce and was not heard of by any of the family since.
Great story. Thanks for subscribing.
Yeah, sadly there were a lot of idiots that destroyed these beautiful cars back in the day! Of course they did have a lot more “go” than”whoa”!😂
Awesome story!
@todddenio3200, no 427 '66-67 Ford Fairlane GT from the factory. XL only.
@@sergeantmasson3669 so far as I know the XL was a Galaxie not a Fairlane, so if you are saying there were no factory Fairlanes with the 427, you sir would be incorrect. I did a bit more research after reading your comment and there were a total of 51 Fairlanes built in 66 which had the R Code 427 installed and were sold for street use
A friend of mine who was a mechanic for the local Ford dealer bought one of these new. Yes, the engine fit alright, but you had to loosen the motor mounts and raise the engine up to change the sparkplugs.It was worth it though.
This is a legit problem for a lot of Fords from back then due to the shock towers.
@@musclecarcampy9922 The bigger Ford cars and the pickups were okay. I have changed the plugs on my 65 Galaxie with the 352 engine and had plenty of room. I had a 1964 Galaxie with the 289. If it was raining out, you could crawl into the engine bay, close the hod and change the plugs without getting wet, lol.
No possible way that would help. The plugs angle out about 45 degrees upward and are easily accessible. Now installing headers is a nightmare.
Watching '66 Fairlane videos of the upscale models; thinking about what to put in a 4-door stripper with an inline six along the way.
347 or 427 Windsor stroker.
That thing sounds so good!! Joe Friday was a Fairlane man...
My Dad had a '67 Galaxie 500 four door sedan with a 289, and traded it in on a '70 LTD four door hard top with a 390.
My dad had the identical white with a black hardtop car used in the ad in the video.
@@musclecarcampy9922 And my Mom had a '68 Mustang convertible at that time, Meadowlark Yellow with black top and interior, with a 200 and three speed. But my Dad would usually drive it to work and leave my Mom the big car (with PS, PB, and an automatic) to use.
Bought one with the 4speed in 69 had spent a couple of years on the drag strip, still a pretty fast I was 19 at the time, still on fools hill, cost me all my money all the time.
At least the money and time was not wasted.
In the mid/late 60's I saw countless 390 Comets and Fairlanes beat by GM and MOPAR muscle cars. The 390 was just a slow reving boat anchor. Even many of the automotive magazines at the time said the 390 was over matched . Too bad Ford didn't make a real effort to make 427 powered mid sized cars.
Never understood why Ford didn’t build more 427 Fairlanes, etc. Wasted opportunity.
It wasn't a big difference but between similar cars and 390, 383 or 396 the Ford would pretty much always lose.
Great looking car, the 390 was boat anchor
According to the 3/66 issue of Car & Driver magazine, a ’66 Fairlane GTA was capable of running a 14.26-second quarter-mile ET at 99 miles per hour. Definitely NOT a boat anchor.
390 was a good engine. Your crazy sir. Just overlooked becausethe had 428s, 427s, 429s. Kinda like the chevy 305 being overlooked because you could get a 350. Good engines just could get more bang by having more displacement.
Very torquey and reliable/durable engine. There were various versions, induction or cams and not all were the same but they all did a good job. Every motor has some deficiencies and they had oil leak problems sometimes, just like most engines back then. I built up my GTA and put a pretty big cam in it. Still couldn't kill the torque. It is a real tire burner.
I own a 63 Galaxie500 xl, 390 ragtop. But my white whale has always been the 66 Fairlane. Great car !!
Love this car. I have the dash apart on my 67 now and am looking for someone to restore the gauge cluster and rechrome the upper and lower panels. Could you share the info on the guy in BC who did these ?
The guy in BC is not in business. A place in Madison, WI did my rear armrests. I heard he also does vacuum plating.
I owned a 66 Fairlane GTA 390 it was a beautiful car thx for the memory's
My pleasure. Thx for watching.
First car was a white 66 GTA
Wow!Very nice Car👍
Loved this video so checked out the list of other vids and saw the variety of what you cover and not being tied to any specific brand, and upon seeing this I subscribed immediately.
Thank you. Lots of cool stuff coming up.
A beautiful car! GTA wasn't that a GT car with only a automatic transmission?
Yes, but with a shifter you could upshift manually without missing a gear.
@@musclecarcampy9922
That makes since. A is for automatic. I wouldn't say no to a GTA sitting next to my 1971 Pontiac GT-37! You are doing something great with your channel! Learning a lot from it ,no matter the maker. Love it all and people should realize that this era was Muscle Car era for a reason! Thanks
Wow. So many thanks!
Yes
@@timvorick9693
Thanks! I thought that was what the "A" stood for.
Great looking car but having owned both I can say the GTA is definitely not a GTO tiger tamer.
We were quoting Ford’s ad.
@musclecarcampy9922 yes I realize that.
Definitely the prettiest car on the road in 66. 390 was anemic compared to the 396 chevy.
It was a gorgeous car, but definitely needed more suds under the hood.
And the 383 magnum
Neighbor had 67 GTA for sale in 71 and 72. I begged my Dad to help me buy it. -uh, no... So I drove the old family Plymouth to work and to school.
My dad wouldn’t let me buy a ‘67 GTO convertible-400 2bbl car. Too much rust.
@@musclecarcampy9922 Ah yes, the GTO equivalent of the 442's Turnpike Cruiser (400/2 with a long axle ratio). -Relatively rare car, the GTO with a 2 barrel.
@@erichanson3961 Yup, and ‘67-68 only.
I really like your cars Tim. I wish that I had a 1/3 of the knowledge that you have. I learned that the RPM intake and a solid roller cam. And you are done. They are strong engines. I still have my Galaxie, but I am blind and I can’t drive at all. It is really nice but my wife won’t drive it. I love how your 390 pulls!
Back in 1975 my dad owned a 66 GTA this very same outside color, his was like a cream color interior. I remember sideways burnouts that my Dad did, this got me hooked on muscle cars!
Good man, your dad!
My bud owns a Q-code '66 Fairlane 500...& I'm in envy. This one is annoyingly late, & vague, on the immediacy of shifting. I imagine that's just an adjustment cure.
I noticed the lag in the shift points as well. Should be crisp and firm. My 66 GTA with 3.25 gears would get a momentary tire chirp going into 2nd under hard acceleration.
Looking for information on the dash restore that was done in Vancouver BC hope you can help
Sweet!
Very!
Looking for info on the dash restore that was done in Vancouver BC Canada hope you can help
I had a metallic blue 66 GTA during my senior year in high school. I wish I still had it today.
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I bet.
1961 Ford 390 tri-power cars ate GTOs for snacks.
According to the 3/66 issue of Car & Driver magazine, a ’66 Fairlane GTA was capable of running a 14.26-second quarter-mile ET at 99 miles per hour. 👍 Definitely strong for 1966 and it is enough to tame some GTO Tigers.
Perhaps, but as Car and Driver noted in the article, the engine and suspension were modified so much, it bore little resemblance to what you could buy from the factory. Still, they were cool cars.
Sorry I lived these years and still own a 67 GTA. You were lucky to get into the 14's stock or near stock and no 99 mph. And comparable GM's and Mopars would beat them.
390 and 427, both FE block engines.
The select shift trans. shifter -- did all Fords from that era have this? It's kind of similar to the one on the Oldsmobile Hurst from the late 70s and early 80s. I wish today's cars would have this feature. I'd have so much fun with it.
All it is is a position for 1st, one for 2nd and one for Drive, which would auto shift 1-2-3. Some cars did not have as set of selection like GM's so they may not downshift or upshift like you may want but were similar. We have similar on many vehicles even nowadays but it was easier when we just had 3 gears to select from. The 1-2-D was real common on pretty much all Fords from 67 on. The earlier shift setup was not like this and you had to know how to get it to hold 1st or 2nd for hard acceleration.
@@helpful5539 Gotcha.
Whoa my uncle George's ride accept his was blue
SICK SICK CAR, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT‼️‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸
Gorgeous machine.
One of my absolute favorite cars in my favorite color. WOW is that nice.
Glad we could oblige.
I owned the same car except mine was a stone colored interior, bought used when I was 18 years old in 1969. I put in a 427 stylr dual point distributor parts kit and had it set up on a sun distributor mschine to Holman-Moody specs, rejetted the holley dual feed, and put on a set Montgomery Wards recap slicks in the rear. Car would run mid to 14,s @ 101mph It had a strong topend in high gear. The intake rush sounded like a 440 magnum with that factory low restriction air cleaner. I could not afford headers for it back then, it really had a lot more potential, but I was too poor to do much to it, but I did keep ittuned well and put it on many SS 396 chevelles back in the day. Loved the style!
Beautiful car, but couldn't run with a GTO
Thanks for mentioning the 62, ,that's what I have with 289 from a 66, and 4spd from a 82 gt Mustang..
The Fairlane was an extremely important introduction for Ford, especially after the Edsel fiasco.
@@musclecarcampy9922 Kinda funny, I think some of the front corners on the 62 Fairlane resembles an Edsel..Thanks for replying.
My Dad had a 2dr 1968 green Fairlane Galaxy with the 302 cu. I asked him later , why Dad just a 302 and not even a 351. And he explained even back in1968 gas prices were rising. And he had a Family. That car he had was no dog even at that time. This 1966 color is superb !!!
My dad’s ‘67 Galaxie had a 289 2-bbl. He felt he had more important things to spend money on than gas.
Also, the 351 didn't exist in model year 68. I think the old 352 also had been dropped by then, so the next step above the 302 that year was a 390 2 barrel with 265 hp.
@@musclecarcampy9922 I was always surprised at the performance of the 289/302 pre-smog engines.
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Beautiful car!what color is that?
Eberglow.
Eberglow.
Fast lane slow lane but now yer in the fair lane gta😊❤
02:06 What are those 2 black pieces that are bolted on either side underneath the hood?
Not sure.
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Really?
I didn't even notice them when I was shooting. I was totally absorbed in the engine and engine bay.@@MrJohnnyDistortion
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Interesting. How could you miss them. Please let me know if you determine what their purpose is. Nice car.
The indented hood emblem assemblies collect water of course. They have holes to let the water go through the hood and those plates route the water over to an area where they can drain down and not give the engine a bath.
Best first car ever.
I bet.
It's beautiful and a daily driver you can't beat that
Car drives beautifully.
Super nice! I've got a model of this only it's white.
390? Engine goes in Pepsi trucks
LOl. Not a fan, eh?
454 Chevy can be found in trucks also.
@@garybrinker4522 The 427 as well.
Better looking than the '64.5 to '66 Mustang coupe, but then that's me.
That’s why they made both. I love them both.
Was that Jim Waldo’s Mustang that you had?
Nossir.
No
NO, one I built back in the 70's
@@timvorick9693 The Exhaust and the low intake/ cam hurt the 390. I love them, but I do sauce them up. A solid cam and headers were the thing I always did. The 750 - 780 3310 was my carb. But I always loved the color! Tim you really have a nice car!
My dad had a 67
Cool cars.
Good Stuff!
Thanks!
Love to get GTA or 427
I have not seen that front plate in decades.
My daughter did that plate back in seventies.
Great cars from a great era. Now Ford makes crap
Well, I would dispute the idea of my Coyote-powered Mustang GT is crap.
Nice ride,rare metal
Cool Ford w the Cruise-o-Matic autobox. Pairs well with that big 390.
called a c6
That color.....wow
Love this year and body !
It is classic.
A hi PO 390 and a regular 390 are 2 completely different animals
You mean a GT 390 compared to a 2bbl 390 or 4bbl 390 non GT? Not a different animal but some upgrade. About all the GT engine had to help performance over a non GT 4bbl was the cam. Of course it would also be dual exhaust and the Holley carb helped slightly. It definitely did have more power but not a lot.
@@helpful5539 hi performance 4 bolt main engines...everything on hi PO engines were bigger
@@mikecross4350 Ok, the actual early 390 HP motors, which I believe had very little different that was much stronger, and were not necessary unless you were doing serious racing. And they were not especially powerful over the mid 60's GT engines. And what is a 4 bolt 390? The only FE's that were not 2 bolt are the cross (side) bolted 406's or 427's
@@helpful5539also a hi PO 289
My favorite color from 1966 on a Ford.
I agree. It's actually called Emberglo, not "Amber Glow", although I enjoy the unintended play on words.
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My father in law had a new 1966 Thunderbird in Emberglo.
The way the owner said it sounded like Amber Glo. I’m never too old to learn.
Beautiful
Yes it is.
390 cars were notorious slugs
Awful exhaust manifolds bolted to the worst heads ever put on an FE engine.
@@briansearles4473 Not the worst heads ever put on an FE. They were actually pretty good for a generic use head
My first car was a 1969 LTD with a 390 2bbl under the hood. Lots of good memories, wish I still had her.@@helpful5539
Wheels not stock.
The magnum wheels were an option that year, but I don't know if that car came with them from the factory
@@helpful5539WRONG. Magnum 500 wheels, '68 for MOPAR and Chevrolet. '69 for Ford.
Its too bad 390’s were just slow compared to other big block muscle cars. They can be made to run but its expensive.
Put the Ford Muscle Car 390 aluminum intake on feel it wake up. Ford had the 390 Aluminum intake on 65 Police interceptors. All tooling was paid for. Why they did not put it on I do not know. Read Jay Brown's book on The Great Intake Manifold Comparo
The exhaust manifolds on the 390 GT's were awful. Also in order to clear the shock tower's the heads had lower exhaust port's than other FE engines. This didn't help the power output?
There wasn’t any muscle cars it could beat. Now 428, or 427 that’s a different subject.
My friend had a 66 burgundy GT 4th grade he beat the s*** out of them automatic all the time why would anybody get it automatic
Beautiful!!! 😎
Thx.