FORGOTTEN for a DECADE! Dirt Cheap Restoration - Will It Run and Drive?
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2023
- "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." -Ephesians 6:11
There's just something about a fast back Ford, and this 1967 LTD is such a fantastic looking car. Problem is, it started out as a restoration but never finished! Today, we're putting this beauty back on the road and making it look better than ever with a few basic upgrades! All in I spent around $1200 to get this car to where it is.
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That's a nice cruiser. I like that it has the period correct tires and quiet single exhaust. Let it stay as built.
You must have a boring life and no imagination. That pretty much describes a Purest. Keeping the value up in their cars so they can sell it later. That doesn't feel like love to me.
No not really- dual exhaust always better- black steelies/no hubcraps- no engine cover- no bumper stickers all it needs it's looking good- thankyou
@Brad Zimmerman that big body is begging for a big block and x piped dual exhaust
What a beautiful old car. It deserves a really top notch resto. One of your best starting projects.
Saw the thumbnail and shouted YES!!!...ima fullsize FoMoCo guy this is in my happy spot.
Same, my fist car was a '66 Galaxie. White with white leather. It was a sweet ride for a high school kid.
Mid-size Dearborn guy here, almost got a 1964 Marauder as my first classic, so I was almost in the full-size camp!
@Meat.Eater.Meteor I also had a '66 Fairlane and '63 Ranchero. The marauder is a great choice too!
I love big body Fords.
My first car was a '64 Galaxie XL hardtop. I had the ol' cast iron Cruise-o-Matic rebuilt by a local shop, the owner's son had his dad do it, both old timers ya know 😉. They actually found a shift kit for it in their 'back-back' room, he said it was all dusty (this was the late 80's). It soon became apparent that I wasn't going to have the income needed to bring it all the way back, so I had to move on. Can't afford a nice one now! If I could pick one big Ford to own it would be a '61 Starliner. Question: Am I the only one that sees something strange about the side mouldings?
I have one exactly like that, great cruiser. My aunt bought it new in 67.
1967 is definitely my favorite year for the Galexie, LTD, and Fairlane. Such gorgeous looking cars. The one you have is pretty cool and id say she is a keeper.
this is EXACTLY how welding a nut to a broken stud ALWAYS goes for me. I am sorry for your struggle, but its nice to see someone else struggling with it.
This is one of my favorite videos from your channel. It runs very nice for a car that is now 56 years old. Brings back memories of when I used to see plenty of cars like this on the roadways of my youth. Always loved the stacked quad headlights of these old Fords (1965 -67).
Danged if I don't have "I'm A Believer" from the 'Monkeys' running in my head almost the whole vid,and still while reading your post.Must've been on Dad's AM last ride together in it..
Dylan, thanks for being real about the exhaust stud. I never get them off the first time and it nice to see someone being real on CZcams.
I personally think the 67 LTD and Galaxie were the nicest looking full size two door in 1967. We had a brand new one back in the day.
I sure did like the 67 Fair lane makes your stuff hard enough to cut diamonds
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I think 67 was a really good year for several manufactures. The 67 Ford and Pontiacs always stuck out for me, even though I’ve been a Chevy guy all my life.
@@CS-oe8og The 67 GTO was also a very pretty car! Very nice lines. Back then the cars were notable from a mile away. These days so many of the cars look so much alike.
Love this car. Looks very good and comfortable. It would make someone a very cool daily driver or a great starting point for a complete restoration. Keep up the great work
Hey Dylan love the car! I vote keep the wheels I think they look nice. If I’m not mistaken those didn’t have exhaust manifold gaskets. I believe the machining was supposed to be good enough to seal.
Exhaust manifolds by their nature are predisposed to warping, because of the extreme differences in temperatures within very close proximity. At startup the inner part heats quickly but takes much longer on the outside. The temps of the manifolds themselves change dramatically depending on what’s going on. They could be 300F while cruising then after a 0-100mph WOT blast could become over 1000F! Then they can cool more quickly on the coast down, or get even hotter if that kind of WOT driving is continued. Add winter or wet weather and they will cool very quickly, but much more quickly on the outside rather than inside. These drastic differences are what causes warping; being heated and cooled at different rates in different places of an object. The gaskets are often kind of thick to allow for these little variations, but that in itself allows them to degrade over time, while thinner metallic ones last much longer, but don’t have to pliability to make up for those variances. All exhaust manifolds use gaskets, unless there is some very odd design I’ve never heard of, but have yet to witness such.
@@andrewhigdon8346 look at the 7.3 powerstoke diesel, those don’t come with manifold gaskets, but we’re later offered aftermarket.
@@thomasgurga4062 yes there are definitely some engines that didn’t have them from the factory
This is a beautiful car. Although I agree with you that the black rims would look nice, I really like the look of the lens that are on it with those white walled tires. On another note, your Dad just seems like a down to earth, kind, pleasant guy to spend a day with. I like seeing you two work and ride together
Beautiful Ford! Hope you decide to restore more on it. Keep up the great work! You are so talented. I could see you and your dad working together like the budget builds channel.😊
I had a Ford similar! 1967 For Galaxie 4 door hardtop! Great car!
I flew Control line Models and believe me I could place one of my planes in the trunk (60" wingspan) and one in the back seat! Plus all my flight equipment!!
Blew a head gasket on it and drove it back home from Jacksonville to Orlando!!
Had a buddy of mine in the auto body shop paint it Grabber Blue Lacquor plus Clear!! Then I color sanded for days! Great Car!
I started a family so I sold it and bought a mini van! (I now have a C-8!!! LIFE GOES ON!!!
I've always loved a 60's Ford- especially the mid-sized and large coupes. The '67 LTD, Galaxie and Fairlane are just gorgeous- but then again all of the Big 3 were really hitting their stride in that era. Great job preserving that wonderful cruiser, Dylan!
A+ for the subtle Lebowski reference.
You’ve got a winner there! Could use a nicer steering wheel, but hey, she’s still a nice car! Great find and thanks for the ride!
I had a ‘67 LTD two door hardtop which I bought from a college professor who had kept pretty good care of it. Lots of rust behind the wheel wells, but that was it. Interior was black and pristine save for the drivers butt spot. The back seat looked like no one had ever sat in it. The Ac blew COLD air all day long. It was a 390/ 2V with an FMX, and four wheel manual drum brakes which honestly worked great after a rebuild. It only took more leg pressure. That car floated down the road, and had a commanding presence. It was light beige with black vinyl top, and looked quite classy with the original LTD wheel covers, which I set off with a set of B/F Goodrich T/A Radials, P235/65R15, which made for a badass hunkered down stance. I loved that car, but bought it to have a daily driver while I did some resto work on my 1968 Country Squire, also a 390 car, and in excellent shape. I miss having the luxury of walking out to my driveway and licking which ie to drive depending on needs or vibe. The wagon was the obvious hauler and my sentimental favorite, but the coupe was more cushy and had better AC, and the overall appearance was cleaner, which was saying a lot as the Squire was pretty clean, just faded maroon paint on the top surfaces and faded wood grain, but neither car had any dents or dings and the Squire had zero rust and dripped not a drip of any fluid. The styling inside and out of these two cars is unmatched today. I love my Dodge Magnum RT, which does almost everything better, but those old cars had loads and loads of character. The LTD started burning a lot of oil, and a friend had a 1967 Galaxie 500 4 door which had been stored in a junkyard like place for years, but had a 390/4V which was supposed to be solid. Well, it was at first, but it too soon burned a lot of oil. It was all about the valve guide seals, and my Squire had just gotten a head job before I bought it. And get this, I paid $950 for the Squire, which was less than the head job cost, and I paid $1200 for the LTD coupe. Those were the days. This was 1996-1999. Damn.
I learned to drive in my dad's 1967 Ford Country Squire station wagon. My dad bought new in October 1966 for $4,400 ($41,000 in today's dollars). It was the same color as the door pillars on your LTD. Wish that old wagon could have hung together longer than it did. By the the early 1970s the body was rusting badly and the 390 engine was leaking oil and smoking. Dad traded it off in 1974 for a 1969 Lincoln Continental. The old wagon had 164K miles on it which was considered high miles at the time. Last time I saw it running was in a demolition derby at the county fair. Kinda sad, but that was the demise of a lot of cars from the 1960s.
That ‘67 Squire
Wagon was really a looker,a class ride from bumper to bumper.
Ford guy here. That car is awesome! I'm jealous. It looks like it was originally Ivy gold clearcoat with a medium green interior. It likely had a vinyl top, and that is why there is so much bondo in the c-pillars. The factory didn't do much to the metal under tops like that, and as a result, when the vinyl deteriorated and the metal sat exposed for a bit, the damage was awful. Looks like someone took the lazy way of "fixing" that. The bondo all cracked away like that is because it was applied over rust, and the right way to fix it is to remove the bondo, remove the rust, smooth the metal out as much as you can, primer, thin bondo, more primer, paint. It would be amazing to see this brought back to original.
Love your videos. Just a little something I have always done. When making the holes in the carpet for the seat to bolt down. Find holes with a screwdriver, then I use an old soldering iron(hot) to make the holes. It melts slightly the hole and prevents any fraying. Makes a perfect hole, stinks a little (smoke). But has always worked great. Keep on saving those classics.
I had a 67 Galaxie that I loved, but had a bad frame I couldn't fix so I ended up selling it. My package tray was nonexistant also, so I cut a piece of plywood to cover the area. SEM should have a vinyl spray in that green to spray the sail panels, sun visors, and other interior trim. They do make a plastic dash cap that while not padded, still looks better than a cracked dash pad.
Most manufactures of this time (the big 3) did not use an exhaust manifold at time of assembly. Even on into the late 70s. Great videos! Glad to see you are not afraid to branch out into various brands. 1966 LTD/Galaxie (check out Jay Leno) you could the 427 and 1967, the 390 was common and 428s were available.
Yes on the 'choices' for sure.We had a 4-dr straight 6 Galaxie,and a 2-dr LTD 390 V-8.Guess which Dad drove? ;)
Who else was thinking of The big Lebowski? That rug really ties the car together! 😀
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Package trays are the same material as wardrobe backing. Mine was rotten, so I made one and it looked awesome
Great video, Dylan. That's a good looking piece, and you're keeping it alive. 👍
Your dad and you cruzin around God's country in your smooth runnin 67 Ford. Awesome!
Nice old ford will make a great cruiser. Great pickup Dylan
Dylan you and your Dad working together on this car is awesome 💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸😃😃👍👍👍👍
Thanks for showing the multiple failures on that broken bolt.
I’ve tried sooooo many time and failed, glad to see I’m not alone.
Keep up the good work
really nice job on turning that car around. Enjoy your videos.
Thanks Dylan , looks goodluckly you didn't need body work or chrome pieces. We had a 67 Country Squire 390 ,C-6, 9".
Central California watching.
Such a nice car. That coke bottle styling of the 1960's is something else. You know what you should do about the parcel shelf? You should take a thin piece of wood and cover it with carpet or vinyl and install it over the parcel shelf. That would make it look a whole lot better and decrease noise from the trunk. You might just be able to get away with a section of carpet (like you used for the floor) on the shelf.
Hi Dylan. Nice find, cleaned up great! My dad had a 65 2 door hardtop that he bought new, when I was just a little tike. That was the first year for the vertical headlights. I always liked that body style. They are getting hard to find. They were raced in Nascar too, back in the day. You could order one with any motor that Ford made at the time. I believe they had to offer that in order to maintain a classification of "stock car" for racing. Thanks for the video!
We had a 65 and it is STILL my favorite car. The look of it was awesome! It came with the same 289 and 3 speed auto, BUT Dad and I swapped a 390 Interceptor engine from a THP cruiser into it and it became a BEAST. Sadly a stupid driver ran a stop sign and t-boned us while my mom was driving it. I have mourned that car ever since. When then got a 67 but the 65 angular body shape is perfect to my eye! Thank you!
Made me chuckle when you pulled that seat out. I did the same thing on my 68 Galaxie 500 convertible back in the 80s to install new carpet. Thanks for the video really enjoyed it!
Awesome looking '67 LTD!
Love how you slipped in the Big Lebowski "rug will tie the car together" reference!
What a beautiful piece of machinery. Thanks to you and your Pops for reviving it.
The full size Fords from 1961 to 1967 were some of the best looking cars! Thanks for a great video
My favorite body style is the 67 Galaxie and LTD. Such a beautiful car. I would love to see you do an all out restore on this car. She's a keeper
Nice job. You can use 1/8 Luan plywood to make a package tray works good for door panels also
I have a Ford LTD as well..I made a rear seat shelf with the window out....made of 1/8 inch masonite ..it was trail and error with a card board template first..then I laid it over the masonite...cut it a little bigger on the sides..and slid it in there...painted it a semi gloss black..8 out of a 10 for looks!
Hey Dylan: For an old '67 Fastback LTD, you really got a good restoration... Especially liked the carpeting replacement and the patina... For a Mo-par man, this Furd isn't too bad a car to have.... From the home of PB Blaster and Permatex.... Cleveland, Ohio.......
That's not a fastback Mr. Mo-poor man. That's just a two door LTD. Google it.
Looks good. I think 67 was a great year for Ford and styling.
I gotta admit, as a MoPar fan, you did okay by this old Ford. It is a night and day difference. To paraphrase your Dad, it would be easy to drive this car for "no apparent reason, and burn more gas than you should", and enjoy every minute of it.
People are going to stick up for their Teslas and their hybrids, but cars like this are the real deal. Keep up the good work!👍
Package trays are easy to reproduce, go to Lowe’s and get a sheet of hardboard or luan trace the old one on it, cut it out and finish it however you desire. If you don’t still have the old one, no worries just take some newspaper or old cardboard aka pizza boxes, lay them up there and trim til you get the desired shape then use that as a template. I have a video on my channel where I made door panel inserts for my 80 Dodge D150 and I didn’t have an old one to use for a pattern. I hope this helps you.
New to the channel. Enjoyed this video. In 1965 I took driver education on a 1965 Ford Galaxie with a 3 speed on the column. It had two clutch pedals and two brake pedals to keep the instructor safe. He left me in the car with a fastened seat belt. It took me a while to get it unhooked...
For the package tray, use some Masonite. That's all they were made out of anyway. You can take some paint and shoot it with that, or glue thin fabric to it. I'd go with both. And drill a bunch of small holes in it where the outer oval holes are in the metal. That is where the optional rear speakers were mounted, so you can put some 6×9's there in the future. Put the fabric on, then mount the tray in place. 👍👍Oh, the middle oval hole? That was for the rare optional rear defroster. It was an electric heater that blowed hot air on the glass. Not common to find.
Holy crap does this remind me of my grandma's original '69 Torino my uncle has been slowly working on over the years. Love these late 60's fords, keep it coming!
Thank you for the love you give to all these old cars. Luckily you are one of the few who giving them a second chance to get back on the streets.Nice job as usual.Keep it up.Greetings from Athens Greece.
Tip for the carpet install… take a thin wall pipe, heat the end with a torch, and press it into the carpet where you need bolts to go through. It’ll make a perfect hole and burn the ends together so you don’t get any tearing in the future.
I caught the Big Lebowski reference! That was awesome!
What I always did was cut some thick cardboard and glue some matching carpet to it for the package tray, it's better than nothing.
I was 17 in 1967 and both Ford and Chevy two door hard tops in that year were my personal favorites.Great Video!
Great job on the LTD. Really brougt it back. I would not be afraid to actually drive it places. One of the best "big" Ford styling job's ever. Ford hit a homer in 67.
Hey Dylan thank you for the video I enjoy it and the car looks beautiful good job like usual
Hi Dylan, another excellent video. Just thought I`d mention, when I fit new carpets I use a hot soldering iron to poke thru the carpet for the seat bolts. That way the carpet is sealed and you dont have those stringy bits that tangle up the threads.. cheers.
Brings back memories. White letter tires would add at least fifty more horses. Thanks Dylan. Nice one.
When extracting studs like the one from the exhaust manifold, try welding a washer to the stud first and then weld the nut to it, works every time!
Dylan, you hit a home run with me on this one. Although I love all cars, I am basically a ford guy and man do I love this 67 !! What a beauty and deserves some TLC . Thanks for doing just that!!!
That was a great video Dylan. Cañt wait for wheels & tires and the rest of the little stuff..
Dylan, you are McCooler than sliced bread. I appreciate you and all you stand for.
I had a 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 red with black vinyl roof over here in little old England, we did a lot of work on mine too, never needed a new floor but we had it resprayed a similar colour (I'm colourblind) new carpets and repaired the passenger door as there was a lot of filler in it, the rear seat in it was real good too, I found the build sheet under it. Had the inlet manifold off as there was a bad leak at the back (which turned out to be a trapped pipe), I leaked oil over the brand new pedestrian area outside the city hall, a bloke told me it was leaking, I said "oh it's ok it's just vegetable oil" eek. Had the 390 big block with a weedy little 2 barrel but it was fast enough and economical. Used to be able to take the key out when it was running!
It looked very good inside with the new carpet. Must have been fun to take it for a drive. Those big old LTDs ride smoothly.
Dylan I am a big fan of old school cars and trucks i can't explain it. they were built tough and not of fiberglass. Keep up the great work
Beautiful old Ford. Thanks 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
The next year for the LTD & the XL (1968) Had hide-away-headlights. Looked
really nice. These were some of the most nicely designed bodies!
Production quality took a big step UP with this video! God bless you brother.
That car is rare enough that it would be worth the effort to find some replacement or donor sheet metal to get it back to straight, I know that isn't your style, but hopefully, since you have saved it from wherever it was rusting away, perhaps the next feller can pick up where you leave off.
I had an uncle that bought one brand new with the 390 in it.
He was Air Force, Vietnam Vet, and he stayed in when he got home. Wound up serving 20 years.
It ran good, but they are not a lightweight car, LOL. It was a great highway cruiser though, comfy and would run 90 MPH all day.
He was a guy who liked to tinker, and spent what free time he did have on weekends fiddling with it and tuning on it. He put a 650 Vac secondary Holley on it, Hookers, and quiet duals on it. He claimed he could get 18 MPG on the road if he kept to the posted speed limit.
He didn't do that very often... Sadly, in the early 2000's his home burned in a wildfire, and the LTD, in his garage under a cover and still in good shape, was also lost.
He is gone now too.
Those ford engines didn’t use a gasket. I thought it was weird and that someone messed up when I pulled the manifolds off my 289 for the first time since 86.
Love those old Fords! Gr8 find and clean up Dylan!
Looks like a fathers day gift for your dad
You need to give this one to your Dad. You could see it on his face that it brings back memories for him...
It's saved for now, that' s for sure. But later down the line someone has to find out what horrors will be hiding underneath all that bondo in the rear quarter. and fix it. The car definitely deserves it.
My Dad had a four door galaxie the exact same color. He had so many old Fords when I was young. I'd love to have just one of them now! This reminds me so much of him.
Love the rims by the way.
The factory never used a gasket from the for the exhaust. Nice old car. I like it.
I had a 1967 LTD with the center console, the electric bucket seats, electric windows....and the best part, a 428 under the hood! No where near as nice on the exterior as yours but mechanically perfect. Wish I still had that old beast.
Looks great! My dad had a 66 LTD 4 door with the 428 in it. Fast car, great cruiser!
Now the search is on for the 67's side mirrors. I've seen them with mirrors on both sides, but also a bunch with only driver's side mirrors. I believe that might have been an option. I'm like you and your Dad, a MOPAR man. My first car however, was a 12yr old, 2dr 68 Ford XL with a big block 390. Great vids keep up the good work.
Vary awesome indeed. Keep up the great work.
Love it! Always did love the 67 Fords, I thought they were the prettiest year of Ford, especially in the LTD or Galaxie model!!! Great video!!!
A nice piece of Masonite might do for the parcel shelf cover, with a little black paint might do the trick.
You did an amazing job that cool ole ford.
Nice that's its back on the road .
Really like this car. Memories. Mom ordered a '67 with the 390, auto, buckets, console, air, and trim package when I was 10 1/2. Late '69 she ordered the '70 Mark III so the LTD sat in the machine shop for two years until I was 16. It was my 3rd car of 3 I had at the time, but my girlfriend liked it better than the 2 street/strip cars I had so it got driven a lot. Since then I always kept a big Ford, Mercury, Lincoln as a backup for the hotrods and motorcycles.
I would continue the current low-buck approach (cause I'm a cheapskate). Easy to fab a package tray. Redo the bottom carpet on the doors, and give the seats and door panels some love. Even cheap, I'd spring for dual exhaust. I hate that factory steering wheel with the huge hub, I would swap a 3-spoke wood rim, it would complement the factory fake wood. Fix the trunk floor same as floor, cheap. And a low dollar lowering, about 4" front, 2-3" rear. That's about it!
Isn't it interesting how much the front looks like a '65-'66 Pontiac?
Jeep and Ford guy here. Love that car. Looks great and fun to drive.
There's a trick with those drom breaks, Dylan. There's an adjuster at the bottom of those four drums. One direction is to tighten, and the other's to loosen those shoes. That's the way to pull those drums off of those wheel studs easier than the way you did it.
Dylan my Dad bought a brand new dark blue 2 dr. hardtop Galaxie back in 1965 with the 390. Us kids thought that thing was the coolest car ever back then. It was a cool machine for sure! How is the Challenger doing? I watched all the videos on the Challenger from the rescue to when you were able to drive it!
Nice Ford! That manifold stud was a real bear!
Funny I was hoping you'd have something extra cool today and here it is! Thank you
Great job! Keep up the good work D!
I’ve dreamed of having one of these but no way can I spare the money. This one is in pretty fair shape!
Finally! I daily drive a 4 door hard top Ltd with a 390 and it’s all original and I’ve been waiting for someone to make a video on one so thank you sir
17:01 sounds like Mr. Krabs from spongebob laughing 🤣
I had a 67 Galaxy 500 with the 390. Real nice wheels. Mine was dark blue but the green on yours is terrific!
It’s a beauty. Looks so much better. Had a 64 galaxy 500 with 390. Black with red interior. Loved it. ❤
leave it be, no loud mufflers, or wide tires. thats a gem of a motor. glad you kept it quiet
Regarding the broken manifold stud, I know it's a bubba fix, but I've had good luck with a Clamp-A-Stud. Think a narrow C clamp with fittings to fit exhaust flanges. My old 97 F150 had a manifold stud break, and it would have been a bear for a backyard mechanic to fix properly. The clamp a stud worked great to tighten the flange without removing anything, and lasted for many years until I sold the truck. Much easier than doing a "proper" repair.
I think if you couldn't find a good replacement steering wheel for it, you could fill those gaps with fiberglass and resin, and put a nice black steering wheel cover over it to make it look and feel decent. That 289 sounds pretty healthy, and it shifts well, so the trans. is probably in good shape. I would definitely check the differential and change fluid if necessary, just to be safe. Overall, good start for a rusto-mod. That rear deck under the back glass can be easily replaced with 1/4" plywood, and your favorite seat cover material, and maybe even cut out the templates for a pair of 6x9 speakers, so you can have highway tunes as well!😄👍
Nice ride. Good enough for a daily. Maybe lay a bit of carpet in place of the back parcel tray. Thanks for sharing