Is this Ford Fairlane 500 for $ 14,950 for a fair bargain from 1966? – Jalopnik

Although it is not Woody, today’s great price or not a dice fairlane wagon has an impressive set of options and seems to be in good condition. Let’s find out if his price makes buying a mandatory proposition.

Whether you are a real competition or just a pretender, you have to do something to distinguish yourself from the crowd. In the case of the Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster of 2020, we looked yesterday, there was not much to recommend it to the entire series of contemporary competitors such as Porsche’s 911, Aston Martin’s DB11 or even Mercedes’ own SL63. With so many choices in the high price range of five digits, how do rich people choose which symbol of Ostentation best suits their insatiable need to show off their wealth? For $ 87,995, most of you did not find the AMG GT the car for the task. Based on the comments and the 63%, no dice votes, it would have to fall a lot of dollars of his prize for people to become acquainted.

Taken knowledge, do you notice how many cooler station cars were in the sixties than cross-overs and SUVs from Tall-Boy are nowadays? It seems that manufacturers and the market as a whole realize that the latest models that come out are also lower and longer than their predecessors. Well, except GM’s trio of large SUVs – the Chevy Tahoe/Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade – as the newest generation of that is whimsical and narrow.

However, there is nothing above the appearance and the versatility of an old car, and this 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 is as a happy memory of what was once the standard of the suburbs. The name Fairlane is derived from the estate of Henry and Clara Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, where the couple lived from 1915 until their death. It was first used on Ford’s Full-Sized Car Line in 1955, indicating the top level of the top-of-the-line. In 1962 it got the full model status, with Ford applying it on a new medium-sized car that slot, mama bear-like, between the smaller Falcon and the larger Galaxia. In the US, Ford kept the name Fairlane until the 1970 model year, at which point it, and the Falcon name, instead of the Torino and Maverick respectively retired. The name Fairlane was held alive in other markets until the beginning of the 2000s.

This car is in fact based on the compact Falcon. A new sheet redesign for the 1966 model year, the Fairlane extended both in the wheelbase and in the total length, and offered larger engines, both base and upper trim than the smaller Falcon.

This has a 289 cubic inch displacement Challenger V8 under the hood. That is the smallest V8 Ford offered this model year, and as noted in the advertisement, the 175 (Grove) PK does not make the car a muscle car. In combination with that, Ford’s Solid Citizen C4 three-speed is automatically with column shift. The seller claims that this car runs well in California and drives and claims that the engine has received a new change of oil and filter. It comes with factory air conditioning, a fairly rare option for a car from the 60s, but according to the advertisement the R12 of the system of the fight against the ozone has gone and that is why it does not work.

Everything else on the car is claimed to work, including the power steering and power-assisted brakes (drums all around), and the electric glass in the two-way door of Magic Gate. It also looks pretty good. The copper paint is an older res spray, but it seems to have been kept well, apart from some bubbles on the tailgate. The chromium is clean and the bumpers are right, so there is nothing important to let it go aesthetically. The new Rallye wheels wrapped in a new set of Coopers also come across as a nice touch.

According to the advertisement, the interior received renewed upholstery around the time of painting. That is a velvet with a pattern on the two benches. However, carpet, door maps and the loading space are all original. There are also a pair of old rubber floor mats, which are a nice throwback and have to make satisfactory beeps from shoes on rainy days. The kilometer counter with five barrel is rolling over and shows 817 miles, but that means it is a total of 100,817. A clean title and a set of original Black California registration plates complete the photo of this fairlane.

Many of us may be too young to have experienced the heyday of the American Station car, but we all appreciate them for what they are. However, the urgent question is whether this specific car is worth the $ 14,950 to be asked for its sale while it is. That is a lot of money, even in today’s crazy market. But how many chances are there to buy an apparently decent looking and well sorted (except that A/C) example?

What do you say? Is $ 14,950 a reasonable asking price for this Ford? Or does that price that this Fairlane will take quite a lot of time to find the right buyer?

You definitely!

Nice price or no dice:

Seattle, Washington, CraigslistOr go here when the advertisement disappears.

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