In 1965, Ford rolled out the LTD as an upscale version of the Galaxie 500. The advertising claimed the new car rode quieter than a Rolls-Royce. The concept was a huge success, prompting Chevrolet to bring out the Caprice (Impala) and Plymouth the VIP (Fury III). For the third and last year in a row, these big Fords wore stacked headlights, and this one sports them well with original dark green paint and a numbers-matching drivetrain. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this smooth-riding Ford is available for $11,000 here on craigslist. Another tip brought to us by Rocco B.!
New to the LTD lineup in 1967 was a pillared 4-door sedan, as the car had only been offered as hardtops in its first two outings. The automobile continued as Ford’s top Model through 1986, after which it was rebranded as the Taurus, the heir apparent. All LTDs had V8 engines back in the day, and this one has a base 289 cubic-inch motor with a 2-barrel carburetor and a Cruise-O-Matic 3-speed automatic transmission.
The history of this car isn’t offered, so we don’t know much besides what the photos tell us. The odometer reading is 66,000 miles and – if accurate – supports an easy life for this Ford over the past 59 years. The body and paint look good, as does the interior, though we wish a full photo of the front seat would have been included. The condition of the vehicle is said to be “excellent,” but a personal inspection will be needed to confirm.
Though Ford created the market segment for the LTD and Chevy Caprice, the latter won the sales race in 1967. Chevrolet had 124,500 deliveries compared to Ford’s 88,200 copies. I’ve always wondered if the Caprice could hold its own compared to the Rolls-Royce in the quiet ride game. BTW, this LTD has a brand-new set of shock absorbers, which would help with that claim.
Looks like a very clean LTD. Unfortunately, the typical low-effort craigslist ad.
I remember the owner of my small-town Ford dealer had loaded one (in black) as a demonstrator in 1967. Even though pre-teen me was more into Mustangs, I recall thinking what an attractive car it was.
I forgot to mention…. Another car which begs for period-correct whitewalls (as opposed to the blackwalls Discount Tire happened to have in stock that day).
Awesome front end on this model 👍
Great color and love the stacked headlights. Like Bob says, this big boy begs for whitewalls.
Looks like a good ride for the money.
Ford and Chevrolet played opposite ends of good to better looks with the 65-67 model years (in my opinion anyway). The 65 full size Chev was best looking in 65, the tweaks for 66 and 67 helped differentiate the years but the 65 was the best of all. With Ford–65 was new and good looking and progressively got better looking with 66 and peaked in appearance in 67. Who could say “no” to cars from the mid 60s and this 67 Ford looks great, only drawback is being a standard 4-door and not either a 2-door or 4-door hardtop.
People complain that the car hobby has become too expensive, but here is proof that it has not, as long as you understand that not everyone is going to own a big-block super muscle car.
Boy does this one take me back!
Not only did I own a Galaxy sedan, but when I was starting out in the music business, my highschool science teacher, Bob
Adams owned an LTD 4-door hardtop in white with a black vinyl
top. He and his family had a bluegrass band called The Adams Family and I’d soon be spending a lot more time in that car with them when I joined the cast of The Breakfast Jamboree
out of Clinton Illinois in 1970. But
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The ’65-’70 big Ford models suffered from frame rot
that made them unsafe to drive
within the first 5 years after purchase. That’s why you don’t see too many of them at your local car show today. Add to that,
a lot of really nice 4-doors and wagons got scrapped after a teen
age kid needed or wanted a 289
or 390 V-8 for their Mustang project. And yeah, I agree with Sir
Roul Duke’s statement about the
state of our hobby today. There are still some nice cars still out there at reasonable prices. And no, they’re not the snazzy coupes
or convertible models that people
covet, but these cars do provide
a cheap way into a hobby with more than enough room for everyone. Cars like this one are the spice of life at car shows where Mustangs, Camaros, Trans
Ams and Chevelles dominate the
scene. Cars like those are a dime
a dozen and almost every car person with deep pockets has one. But for folks like us, these
bread 🍞 and butter cars can make us the most popular folks at the show. They tend to speak to a crowd better than a muscle
car ever could. They were everywhere and either your parents or someone else you knew had one. And yeah, if I owned this car, it would have a decent set of WSW tires on it.
My favorite memories of ’67 Galaxies are actually of the people that owned them. I miss them very much.
A less favorite memory is of one that jumped out of Park and rolled across the street, nearly hitting me.
A great aunt and uncle of mine from whom my parents bought their Ford dealership in the small Mississippi town in which I grew up had a 1967 LTD very similar to the featured car. Although they could have afforded to buy most anything on the planet, they were quite frugal. They drove “Plain Jane” models, even as demonstrators when they had the dealership. Their 1967 LTD was light blue with three options: contrasting blue vinyl seating, tinted glass, and A/C (radio delete). And it had BLACK SIDEWALL TIRES! When they bought their 1974 LTD (same set-up), the person who bought the 1967 immediately put WSW tires on it. Major improvement. Hope this one finds a good home.
With those blackwalls I imagine this LTD as Lewis Erskines’ bosses’ car on the old FBI series in the 60’s .The agents only drove a Custom 500 or occasionally a Galaxie 500😂.
This is one clean Ford here and priced right for the average working person. Maybe add dual exhaust to wake it up a little. I would cruise this one and be proud of it.
Absolutely beautiful car. I want this so much. The color is amazing and it has the correct number of doors for me. And a bench seat too! “Honey, can I show you something? Honey?”
I would LOVE to own rhis one!!!
another really clean crew cab. shame it has a 289 instead of a 390. needs a set of w/w tires bad. looks like it just stepped out of an episode of the FBI.
Contrarian alert: keep the blackwalls. Just my personal preference.
Gosh I like this car, the key to a four door is a pristine factory interior. This one would be something you would fall in love with. That 289 is not so bad at getting this up to highway speed.
So what am I supposed to do now with my 11 Grand? Buy this Ford or the black 1977 Chrysler New Yorker ??????
I like the “black wall tires look” in this car. Has a “plain clothes detective” vibe. Very cool. Why do I have to think of San Francisco and Inspector Callahan …??
Right Dirty Harry special here!
I have always liked the 65, 66 and 67 big Fords. My folks had a 67 Country Squire that they bought off the showroom floor. I thought it was cool then. I took my drivers test in it and got a 96!! I can still parallel park anything! I had a 65 galaxie 500 LTD hardtop that I wish I had never sold. It was a really great car. 390 4V, Power door locks, door ajar light, low fuel light and emergency flashers. Everything worked.
Probably the car Danno and Chin drove around in, on Hawaii Five0.
I had one of these back in the day One Great Car , put a ton of miles on it 100k + till my brother in law did it in ! this one brings back lots of memories !
Nice