Leno's 1966 Ford Galaxie

[Morris Minor]

I enjoyed this, from he of denim-on-denim fame.
http://youtu.be/V-BL7G5m98M

[Rupert]

King of Denim, Master of Redundant Overtalking.

One of the better videos, though. Neat car.

[GoCougs]

Man oh man does he love his denim. He also sounds and looks drunk in the opening scene.

[Madman]

Leno's double denim is outdone only by Clarkson's TRIPLE denim!

[Morris Minor]

When i was a sniveling child at "preparatory school," one of my classmates was the rich bastard son of the family that owned the local department store. We thought our dads were really cool in their Triumphs and Rovers, until this kid was dropped off one sunny day by his father in a fucking huge American Ford Galaxie convertible. I'd never seen anything like it; it was like a spaceship.

That sowed my first tangible inkling of a clue that the USA was up on a level altogether different from that to which I was used.

I suppose we must have beaten the kid up to make ourselves feel better.

[GoCougs]

When my dad graduated from grad school he immediately bought himself a brand new '67 Galaxy 390 and drove it half way across the country to go work at Boeing. It looked exactly like this, even down to the hubcaps:



I would do exactly what Jay does WRT cars - resto modding. Any sort of hod rodding wears thin after a few years - keeping the styling/look the same yet amping up the mechanicals is the way to go. This Galaxy is simply awesome - helps to have your own CNC, 3D printer, and full time crew .

[JWC]

The mid-sixties Fords are a favorite of mine.  I briefly owned a 1967 Fairlane GTA 390.  A lot of my family members had Fords.  We had a Fairlane and my aunt had a 1965 Galaxie XLT.  It was Aqua Marine with a red interior.  She loved the colors.

Forty-plus years later, I was working at the Ford dealership here in town and mentioned that Galaxie and the odd colors.  The old sales manager and the owner looked at each other and laughed.  They remembered the car.  The dealership's owner's father had ordered it...and checked the wrong box for interior color.  When the car came in, he was pissed and blamed the sales manager (the guy I was working with was still there in his seventies).  He finally admitted it was his fault, but wondered what they were going to do.  No one was going to buy a greenish colored car with a red interior.  My aunt happened by the next day, saw it, and paid full boat for it...she loved it that much.  The guys said...nothing against your aunt's taste in colors, but we thought we'd never get rid of that thing and it was gone the next day.

[FoMoJo]

I'd love to have some of Leno's toys...just one of them.  That Galaxie is gorgeous...though my personal favourite is the '63.

[Secret Chimp]

The only thing I don't like about this car are the wheels. Why do something as lame and old-hat as Torq Thrust-looking things? Otherwise I totally totally dig it.

[Raza]

The only thing I don't like about this car are the wheels. Why do something as lame and old-hat as Torq Thrust-looking things? Otherwise I totally totally dig it.

I have similar ones on my Boss in Horizon.  I dig them.  They look modern-ish without looking out of place.

[GoCougs]

The only thing I don't like about this car are the wheels. Why do something as lame and old-hat as Torq Thrust-looking things? Otherwise I totally totally dig it.

Leno likes preserving original styling - it's retro without being flashy. Customization wears thin and a lot of it is done poorly. It's easy to slap on some random oversized wheels - it takes real moxie to gin up modern variants of a classic wheel. One of my favorites of his is the '66 Toronado with 1,000 hp TT and C5 chassis w/RWD (car was originally FWD) shown in the video. Looks completely stock including fully custom machined 17" wheels styled after the originals

[Secret Chimp]

In earlier videos he said he was going to do something similar to what he did with the Toronado with the Galaxie wheels, but apparently that never happened. I'm not saying he should have put on some retarded 18 inch Chip Foose bullshit, the wheels just look kind of lame and low-buck for the car they're on.

[Byteme]

The only thing I don't like about this car are the wheels. Why do something as lame and old-hat as Torq Thrust-looking things?

Perhaps because they look good on the car?   

[JWC]

I've always loved that style of wheel.  On this car, where you want low-key and "sleeper" they are perfect.

[Byteme]

I took driver's education in high school in a 1966 LTD with a 428 engine.  I recall it was quite easy to smoke the tires and fortunately the coach who taught the course has a sense of humor.

[GoCougs]

Perhaps because they look good on the car?   

I've always loved that style of wheel.  On this car, where you want low-key and "sleeper" they are perfect.

I think they look fantastic.

[dazzleman]

When my dad graduated from grad school he immediately bought himself a brand new '67 Galaxy 390 and drove it half way across the country to go work at Boeing. It looked exactly like this, even down to the hubcaps:



I would do exactly what Jay does WRT cars - resto modding. Any sort of hod rodding wears thin after a few years - keeping the styling/look the same yet amping up the mechanicals is the way to go. This Galaxy is simply awesome - helps to have your own CNC, 3D printer, and full time crew .

That is sweet.  My grandpop had a '65 Ford Galaxie, though it was a 4-door.  I loved that car.  He kept it in impeccable condition. I wish I still had it.

[dazzleman]

I took driver's education in high school in a 1966 LTD with a 428 engine.  I recall it was quite easy to smoke the tires and fortunately the coach who taught the course has a sense of humor.

I took driver's ed in 1978.  By then, we had been downgraded to the LTD II. 

[Madman]

I took driver's ed in 1984.  I had to endure the misery of a Chevrolet Cavalier. 

[veeman]

driver's ed in 1989.  brown ford escort.  it was a fine car for driver's ed.  it was easy to pass the manuverability section of the driver's test in it. 

[Byteme]

I took driver's ed in 1978.  By then, we had been downgraded to the LTD II. 

The full story.

I'm driving, three other students in the back seat, coach in the passenger seat.  We each got about 10-15 minutes wheel time each day.  Anyway, I'm at a 4 way stop.  A college student with an armload of books (no one carried a backpack in 1966) was on the corner on the other side of the cross street.  I was waiting on him to cross before I took off;  he was waiting on me to go first.  We both gestured for the other to go.  We both didn't move and then I thought 'if you are going to wait for me I might as well go', so I decided to take off smartly.  Just as I stepped on the gas the guy steps off the curb.  I started off way too smartly; essentially floored it, the car lurched, burned rubber and generated lots of tire noise.  The startled college student threw his armload of books straight up in the air as he jumped backwards onto the curb.  I figured I had just became the first male student to fail driver's ed.   One glance at the coach, who was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes, told me otherwise.

[Secret Chimp]

The full story.

I'm driving, three other students in the back seat, coach in the passenger seat.  We each got about 10-15 minutes wheel time each day.  Anyway, I'm at a 4 way stop.  A college student with an armload of books (no one carried a backpack in 1966) was on the corner on the other side of the cross street.  I was waiting on him to cross before I took off;  he was waiting on me to go first.  We both gestured for the other to go.  We both didn't move and then I thought 'if you are going to wait for me I might as well go', so I decided to take off smartly.  Just as I stepped on the gas the guy steps off the curb.  I started off way too smartly; essentially floored it, the car lurched, burned rubber and generated lots of tire noise.  The startled college student threw his armload of books straight up in the air as he jumped backwards onto the curb.  I figured I had just became the first male student to fail driver's ed.   One glance at the coach, who was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes, told me otherwise.

Badass!