Sounds cheap already huh? NMNA.
Yowza!
Oy, we could make one ........
In reply to 914Driver :
You could make a much better one for that much, but I don't suppose that's the point for collectors.
Interesting that the clutch and brake pedal look the same.
Aaron_King said:Interesting that the clutch and brake pedal look the same.
That's a safety feature so you don't miss your clutch kicks while sliding around in the seat with only a lap belt!
That's the coolest special-order combo I've seen in a while.
Stiffy!
Want!
Window sticker says $4,915.33 back in 1967. In today's dollars that's $37,731.63. The 428 and 4 speed was $559.20, or $4,292.60 today.
Suspension and original brake technology aside, what would be comparable today for $38k? I guess a few years ago you could have gotten a Magnum wagon new for that.
I remember reading about this in some Ford magazine YEARS ago. IIRC the VIN has a blank spot or something equally weird where the transmission code should be
The original owner bugged his local Ford dealership for a long time about getting the combo, everyone at the dealership told him it couldn't be done and finally one of them said "you want it done, write to this guy"
Guy I knew in HS had a Mopar guy dad. They had a Belvedere wagon, looked very generic, beige over beige, dog dish hubcaps, bench seat and column shift automatic. Apparently the towing package was not enough for him, and a hemi will bolt right in there, front clip is the same as the sedan I guess. I don't know if you could order an elephant power wagon from the factory, but that is what it ended up with. It was kind of a sleeper
it would be cool to find a stack of order sheets from back then to see what was available and what you could delete......
saw a "1 of 1" wagon at fords 100'th anniversary in MI (03). Same interior, 428 4 spd., but a different color exterior. documented as one of Fords executives special order. MAY have been a 68; don't remember. Was 100% unrestored original... said it sat under a tree for many years.
In the middle of making my 67 a modern version of that - They sold a 66 a few weeks for 25ish, that was a base 390 car. Expecting this to go for quite a bit more as a 1 of 1, but really it would just sit in another garage.
Modern - closest would be a CTS-V wagon, that used is still more than what this is currently at.
Would be interesting to see someone drop the new 7.3 in once of these, since its a modern take on a similar lump. I've stuck with the replacement FE motor that came with it (no original since a 73 or later service block), but figuring out the TKO600 install.
Toebra said:Guy I knew in HS had a Mopar guy dad. They had a Belvedere wagon, looked very generic, beige over beige, dog dish hubcaps, bench seat and column shift automatic. Apparently the towing package was not enough for him, and a hemi will bolt right in there, front clip is the same as the sedan I guess. I don't know if you could order an elephant power wagon from the factory, but that is what it ended up with. It was kind of a sleeper
I don't think they ever made any factory hemi wagons. Apparently they made a total of four Hemi four-doors (out of 11k 426 hemi cars produced total). But a hemi will bolt up anywhere a 383/440 will (although it's wider/taller/heavier than a big block; enough so that I don't think you can put one in an A-body without cutting out the fenderwells). So any car with a factory big block could get a hemi swapped in easily enough.
https://www.hemmings.com/users/57589/ride/828.html
Loweguy5 (Forum Supporter) said:I like the idea of this wagon but don't like the addition of FI. Seems like it defeats the point of a nicely preserved original.
having a 67 390 - EFI was the first thing I ordered for it. Cable choke or electric, both are miserable. when I bought mine out in CO, and drove it back, every morning was 10+minutes getting the thing to start and stay running. Looks like he started to make this a usable car (disc brake kit, efi, etc). hurts the 1 of 1, but minor things that make it a way, way better car.
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