Gotta like before and after pics. Now we’re not talking about turning a sow’s ear into a silk purse exactly but there is something transformative around giving a barn find a bath and seeing what’s under all of that grime. And that’s the case here with this 1967 Ford Galaxie 500. It’s a rough start but maybe a positive outcome. This Galaxie is located in Romney, West Virginia and is available, here on Facebook Marketplace for $6,500.
The storyline around this Galaxie is a little confusing as the seller states, “Tossing around the idea of selling my 67 Galaxie 500…(it) was a “barn find”. From my understanding, it was a one-owner car, and it never left the local area of where it resided and has since sat since 1998, hence the 39k original miles“. So it sounds as if this Ford was purchased as a barn find, had some after-market wheels added, cleaned up a bit, and is now for sale. Other than the rusty front and rear bumpers, the body on this Galaxie appears to be pretty stout – there’s no sign of rust-through or crash damage. Additionally, its extensive stainless trim is still attached and shows well. Also stated is, “Car is stupid clean and straight with very minimal rust“. Stupid clean? hmm, OK.
Powering this barn find is a 270 gross HP, 390 CI V8 engine attached to a three-speed Cruise-O-Matic automatic transmission. The seller adds, “It starts, drives, runs, stops, but needs carburetor work and a fuel tank, could maybe get away with cleaning the fuel tank and using it“. There isn’t a good picture of the engine and that’s unfortunate as it is often a key to determining a range of potential mileage.
Unfortunately, the interior missed the cut as the listing claims, “Needs complete interior which is fairly inexpensive, I stripped it due to rodent damage“. If the interior has truly been completely gutted, it’s not going to be “inexpensive” to replace – that’s definitely an item for further inquiry and discussion. On the positive sign, this old, worn Ford “Nightmist Blue Metallic” code K finish cleans up smartly with a buffer and some compound. I’ll admit it, I’m surprised with the outcome.
Finally, it is stated that it ” Does not have a title currently but could easily be obtained, I started the paperwork for it but just don’t have the time and extra funds to continue messing with it. The title would cost about $350 to obtain, and I can help to get that taken care of, it’s a simple and easy process“. I guess that all depends on where the new owner wants to title and register this car. It seems to me that it would vary considerably from state to state. The transformation here is pretty impressive with the unknown interior situation probably being the biggest unknown. Worth further investigation? At this price point, and from what can be seen, I’d say sure, why not?
Is that overspray on the data tag? What are the as discovered wheels and tires?
Rodent damage? Looks like a a raccoon shredded the mattress in the before pics. Hope the windows were up…
How about “$6950 with clear title my (the seller’s) name”?
I’d drive it like I stole it.
Congratulations to the seller for making the effort to clean up the beast before he listed it for sale. Based on that fact alone he can be forgiven for the missing title. Don’t know if it’s worth the ask but then again it’s worth whatever someone will pay for it.
marketplace add said that he striped the interior due to rodent damage but it runs body looks good
Oddly enough this is a wish list car for me. My Dad was a big Ford man but never had one.of these. My friend Allen had one in green. Great looking, smooth driving, plenty of power.
I am trying to limit myself to one car a year and already bought a project Grand Prix. But maybe. 2022 is only what? 8 days away lol
Merry Christmas to all my fellow Barn Finds readers!
Any car can be brought back from oblivion with the funds, talent and a nice hideaway to do the work in.. These older Fords are making a come back.. As long as the floor pan and outer sheetmetal is in good shape, they’re worth grabbing. I’m a little worried about the title issue..
Does the seller understand that on a 5 digit odometer the 1 in front of the 39,000 doesn’t magically appear and it just starts over from zero.
Stupid clean? Another idiotic saying that we have to hear these days. Check the frame real good, on these fords they rotted thru fast here in new yawk. Other than that if you wanted to fix the gut and throw on a couple of rechromed bumpers you would have a great cruiser. These were nice cars.
good luck and have a cool yule!
Cheers
GPC
I agree 100%, I lost two of these here in PA to frame rot, while the bodies of both cars looked presentable. In my experience, all four corners of the frame beneath the passenger compartment are susceptible to rust-through. Back then, and probably now, they weren’t worth the cost of replacing the frame, and welding the affected area just led to a failure somewhere else. I gave up!
Perfect car and price for nascar clone of the era. Cage and suspension mods, do the motor, add 4spd. and 9″ with full floating axles. Have fun.!
In ’67, Ford was running Fairlanes in NASCAR, so a Galaxie NASCAR clone wouldn’t be too convincing.
But I had an AMT kit that could be made into one.
Does $6,500 include the bag of recyclable aluminum cans?
when I think ‘large car” (which is not for me) I think these & the 1st, 2nd and esp the 4th (Kennedy-mo-bile) gen lincoln. This the daily, the 4th gen Lincolyn – on Sundays…
Any w/stacked hdlghts has extra appeal. This, w/a “muscle set up” would bring plenty smiles. How much to get there is not appearent w/all the un-needed before pic. All I C is the 2 hat heads swillin beer in the back there – so trust no thing presented…
$3, to 500$ is where I’d start & complement them on the buff. But not much else seems to have been done (do they want paid for that’n movin it around?)~