R Code 1966 Fairlane on Bring A Trailer

[Diogenes]

Not mine (if it was I wouldn't be selling it)...one of 57, according to the listing. Very nice!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-ford-fairlane-44/

[Stangman]

Nice wonder how much it sold for

[Diogenes]

Nice wonder how much it sold for

It was just posted today, with an end date of March 15. It's already at $100,000.

[CDXXVII]

Nice restoration. Warrantee tag on the door is a reproduction. Kinda makes me wonder.

[TurboChris]

The last 66 R code on BaT sold for $296,000

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-ford-r-code-427-fairlane/

[CDXXVII]

Maybe Atlanta built the 57 R-Codes as a batch? The BaT auction car from 2022 was scheduled 9 calendar days before this current car yet the 2022 car has a higher serial number.

[Tunnelwedge]

Nice restoration. Warrantee tag on the door is a reproduction. Kinda makes me wonder.

Were is the original?
I'd say the tag is worth about 100k maybe more. We will see.

[427FeWedge]

It's a legit 66 R-code. I looked at it in the early 90's.
It was disassembled but very complete and expensive.

Rob

[Tunnelwedge]

A 66 C code with a 427 and a 5 Speed sold for $90,000 at Mecum this weekend.
I know it's like peaches to nectarines.
I hope all Lanes go for wild azz prices. I might be able to sell mine.

https://www.classic.com/a/mecum-glendale-2024-PWxxZ9W/lots/1966-ford-fairlane-500xl-pPRKGXn

[TurboChris]

Yeah, I was looking forward to it ALL week. Then about a minute before they went to commercial and then came back and spent time profiling some other car and then went back to the auction and were 2 cars past the Fairlane. I was PISSED. $90k plus $9k buyers premium tho.... made me feel a lot better about my 66!

[CDXXVII]

Also at Mecum Glendale was a restored 1963.5 Galaxie Lightweight:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1113303/1963-ford-galaxie-500-lightweight/?aa_id=565065-0

Sold for $117,500 plus commission.  Maybe a bargain compared to the BAT Fairlane.

[Tunnelwedge]

Sold for USD $267,000 
Very solid.
He should have lead with the original tag.

[Diogenes]

It is nice seeing some of the FoMoCo greats getting their just due and respect, but there is a large part of me that thinks these people are insane, all the moreso when considering many of these cars are purchased without ever being personally inspected.

[cjshaker]

It is nice seeing some of the FoMoCo greats getting their just due and respect, but there is a large part of me that thinks these people are insane, all the moreso when considering many of these cars are purchased without ever being personally inspected.

When you can blow $267,000 on a car that will never ever be driven, I think it's more about bragging rights of just owning one. Look at all these YouTube videos coming out about guys that have 20-40-100 rare or valuable cars just sitting in barns collecting dust or slowly rotting away. Haggerty has had quite a few of them. Crazy.

[Diogenes]

When you can blow $267,000 on a car that will never ever be driven, I think it's more about bragging rights of just owning one. Look at all these YouTube videos coming out about guys that have 20-40-100 rare or valuable cars just sitting in barns collecting dust or slowly rotting away. Haggerty has had quite a few of them. Crazy.

Agreed. I have a couple of friends who have a couple buildings full, though admittedly they have more of a semi-organized pack-rat thing going on, but a bunch of GM (read "God's Mistake") stuff just sitting in temp controlled buildings. Some of it is cool stuff, being they are primarily Pontiac fiends (Pontiac made some very nice looking cars), but there are a lot of cars just sitting, never to see daylight again in their lifetime. We always joke that their collection will one day make a nice auction for someone.

As I tell people, cars are for driving, not parking on a doily--but that's me....

[TurboChris]

So I pull into my local Cars n Coffee here in So Cal, walking thru looking at all the cars and what do I see? Yep, he's driving it. Spoke to the owner, seemed like a nice guy. Said he's going to put some miles on it. AND it started raining. So he drove it home in the RAIN. A man after my own heart.

Years ago I bought a Porsche 996 Turbo. Bought it in Florida and made plans to fly in and drive it home to So Cal. I made mention of it on the local Porsche forum and people thought I was nuts. Hey I bought it to drive it. I ended up putting about 35,000 miles on it in 3 years.

[dozz302]

This is the car that sold for 267k? The 66 R code?

[TurboChris]

This is the car that sold for 267k? The 66 R code?

Yes, that is it. I had noticed on the BaT auction.... that the gas needle was faded out on half of it. I remember thinking that was strange that it wasn't addressed. When I walked up on the Fairlane at my local Cars and Coffee, and I stuck my head inside to look around, the first thing I noticed was the gas needle was half faded...and I was like "Wait a minute"!

Of course the owner confirmed it soon after that it was the same car.

[dozz302]

That 63.5 light weight was a steal.

[Diogenes]

That 63.5 light weight was a steal.

Your comment had me wondering if there was such a thing as a 1965 or, preferrably, a 1966 Galaxie light weight (these are the Galaxies I prefer). Interestingly, a quick search yielded this:

https://bringatrailer.com/2015/01/24/one-off-factory-r-code-1966-ford-galaxie-427-lightweight/

...quite interesting.

[CDXXVII]

Diogenes,
No 'factory' lightweights in 1965-66. Ford X garage built a 1965 Galaxie with glass nose but it was modified to run in B/FX, not S/S. This was The "Quiet One" sponsored by Bob Ford.

[Diogenes]

Diogenes,
No 'factory' lightweights in 1965-66. Ford X garage built a 1965 Galaxie with glass nose but it was modified to run in B/FX, not S/S. This was The "Quiet One" sponsored by Bob Ford.

What of the story linked above? They claim one was made, and there seems to be some sort of documentation, not that I've been able to access it. It is a curiosity, and would've been interesting, though obviously Ford put their eggs in other smaller/lighter baskets.

[CDXXVII]

Diogenes,
It started as a factory built 427 car, but not a lightweight. Stories get told, owners change, facts fade.

[Diogenes]

Diogenes,
It started as a factory built 427 car, but not a lightweight. Stories get told, owners change, facts fade.

I understand what you're saying.