Ford Country Sedan

• albada

• Mar 4, 2022

I grew up surrounded by cars of that vintage. Nice shot.
BTW, from its lack of grain, I thought this shot was on medium format. Nope. 35mm with Acros II. I'll have to try Acros...

 

• gone

• Mar 4, 2022

Yep, Acros is known for those smooth tones. I like this shot, and like all the Fords from that era. They had the over and under headlights only from 1965 to 1968 I believe, and these Galaxies w/ 427 engines were racing against the 426 and 440 Mopars at tracks like Daytona. The one above probably has a 390 V8.

 

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  Craig

• Mar 5, 2022

The Country Sedan was the mid line wagon trim for 67, above the Ranch Wagon and below the Country Squire. Standard engine was the 240 6 cylinder, with 289 V8, 390 (both available with either 2 or 4 bbl carbs) and 428 optional. As a mid range car, my guess it probably has a 289. I can't quite read the badge on the fender, that would say!

The tones on the faded paint are wonderful!

 

• mshchem

• Mar 5, 2022

That's a beautiful car. California no rust! How beautiful with weathered paint. Good job.

 

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  Donald Qualls

• Mar 5, 2022

Pretty sure the first number on the engine tag on the fender is a 4 which would make it a 428. My best friend my senior year of high school had (access to) the Mercury version of this car, a '63 or '64 model (side by side headlights). It had a remarkably tight turning radius for this size, and if tuned up a bit better (so it didn't waste a couple seconds coughing when you tromped the pedal) would have been quick.

Worth noting, premium was 35 cents a gallon when those were built...

 

• CMoore

• Mar 5, 2022

Nice Shot.!
4k dollars worth of wheels on 200 dollars worth of car.

 

• CMoore

• Mar 5, 2022

@Craig ............. my friends parents had one with a 390.
I went with them to New Brighton State Beach one summer.
They used The Ford to tow their trailer.
Must have been about 1969 or 1970.
Simpler times to be sure

 

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  Craig

• Mar 5, 2022

I'm kind of amazed cars like that are still around to be photographed. Where I live, cars like that rusted and went to the crusher decades ago.

 

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  Roger Thoms

• Mar 6, 2022

Thanks everyone for all the comments, it’s great learning a bit about the car. I’m actually surprised at the number of old cars I’m finding. Obviously I’m at an advantage here in California, but I’m still surprised. A good number of the cars I find are in my neighborhood, which is the Sunset here in San Francisco.

Roger

 

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  jvo

• Mar 7, 2022

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