1966 Ford Fairlane GT-X A Go Show Car - Muscle Car Of The Week Episode

1966 Ford Fairlane GT-X A Go Show Car - Muscle Car Of The Week Episode #356
This awesome 1966 Ford Fairlane show car called the GT-X A Go was featured at the 2019 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals show in Chicago, Il. Designed and painted by Gene Winfield, the Fairlane GT-X toured the country at auto shows as the first Fiarlane with a big block engine. This 1 of 1 car was customized with special trim, as well as a host of performance goodies like Hurst Mags, Ansen shifter, Hurst shocks, M/T valve covers, and much more, including a 427 high riser V8! We dig the sparkle-tone interior. It was a huge hit at the 1966 Detroit Auto Show, and a huge hit again at the 2019 MCACN show!
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[@donalddarnell7467]

That 427 side oiler makes respectable power by todays standards. Ford has made some incredible engines, and cars to carry them.

[@cindymeloche2355]

I remember seeing this car at the Detroit Auto Show with my dad in 1966. I had just turned 16 and fell in love with it.

[@shanebrbich5698]

1966!!!!! WHAT A YEAR FOR MUSCLE CARS! 👍🇦🇺

[@mynameis9057]

How cool is that? To hang out with Gene and work on your car with a legend and a master!!! To bad you can't really drive it though, man I'd be hard pressed not to want to put that 427 through its paces and pedal to the floor! Cool car and story too!!!

[@plymouthduster2252]

I'm a mopar guy myself but I always liked the 66 and 67 body styles of the fords and 65 through 67 GTO's

[@donferensic7482]

I didnt think that lady standing next to him was going to ever stop talking!!!!

[@bailey9r]

Really no wonder it took him so long to get the story out ;

[@waynerichardson1051]

I'm a Mopar man, but Wow!! Love that car and story. Thanks

[@brianpauley4831]

My favorite car of all time. You own the arc of the covenant, the holy grail, one of one . Congratulations. I hope to see it in person one day . '66 Fairlanes forever !

[@hemi300c4]

Awesome car! I'm a big fan of the 67 Fairlane GTA with the 390 being that my dad purchased a new one in 1967. The car would do a burnout like no other car. It didn't take long for my dad to take the keys away having to replace rear tires and a serious speeding ticket thrown in. Not many 16 year old kids have the opportunity to drive a 300+ horsepower factory hotrod. Maybe that's a good thing. Thanks for sharing this special GTA.

[@gt-37guy6]

This car definitely belongs in a museum!

[@edicky2u]

Absolutely incredible piece of history! Love it!

[@darrellkidd5177]

Really cool car, but I like the production models better. However, his story and his enthusiasm were even better!

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Quite an engine with those dual quads!!

[@randybiby9757]

Have always enjoyed all your episodes, but there's nothing better that watching the owner telling about their car. The enthusiasm in their voice and the excitement telling the car's story is the best.

[@jamesbruno3955]

Beautiful car! That must of stole the show back then.. It dominated nascar, drag racing, the streers, the Fairlane's were a bit more money than mopar and gm. You get what you pay for...

[@bgh70]

I didn't get a close look at this car at MCACN, but this filled in what I missed. Nobody ever explained the power cord hanging out the back end.

[@MikeBMW]

Awesome, Kevin! A wonderful bit of history and a fantastic back story. Great video, as usual, thanks! :)

[@blk05gt]

Met Gene a couple times over the last 20+ years. He is has a great attention to detail and great abilities for making it stand out for sure. I am a Fairlane fanatic, own my 1st car a 67 since 1995 bought for $500 and I am about $30k into it. I have replaced almost every bolt myself. My dad has is first car a 66 500XL sitting in the garage since 1979.q

[@brucebryan3710]

From a mopar guy.... beautiful car

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

Definitely a one of a kind.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

A lot of 😎 custom touches on this Uber Rare Muscle Car!!

[@johnmoriarty6158]

Very cool. It's like an old carnival ride.

[@klompsauce]

I like it. And that engine!

[@gusbecerra52]

I remember my parents bought a 65 Ford fairlane station wagon it was just beautiful light blue metallic and white and light blue interior I especially played attention to the squareftont bumper and lights and grill. Unfortunately my dad took it back and bought an ugly red 67 chevy station wagon I was angry and terribly upset but we were poor and I was too young... and Dad had cheap taste of things...

[@islandaerial3414]

Very Kool! I had 500XL 289 'hipo' 4 speed in the early 80s. Would love to get another...

[@larryjohnson1966]

I didn't know anything about this car. Thank You!

[@gregorytimmons4777]

People can debate where 427 Ford's rank in terms of heavy hitting performance muscle but there is no denying that they are a great sounding high performance race engine and a sweet package to aspire to if you were a stock or super stock racer. They may not have been any undisputed king but they were as potent of a car that you could order from Ford in the mid 60's.

[@kenh9097]

Awesome interview 👍 I owned a 69 Fairlane 500, 302 car though. But still cool!

[@jonwaterbury3312]

I owned a 68 Fairlane 500 with a factory 4v 351W and three on the tree.

[@jswan9658]

What a great Story, thanks for sharing!

[@samuelcreech8369]

1 BADASS FORD!

[@markwegner6100]

This is why MCACN is the best!

[@czechappy]

Awesome, But I wonder if it was wise to tell a great man how to do his job, That he has been doing all his life. He is a legend and the way you said it, He was doing you a favor. I would have told you to take your car and get out of my shop.

[@jeffreyrubish347]

Interesting history on that car!

[@LS1007]

The body reminds me of the ‘67 Comet Capri that was my first car. Thanks for sharing it! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

[@PETERLINNAH]

Wow! A great story and a cool car!

[@bruceh92]

What an awesome looking machine

[@BobbyOfEarth]

Hey, is that Johnny Fever ..from WKRP in Cincinnati?

[@samuelcreech8369]

Yep, and Venus Flytrap is just down the way showing his custom '66 Caddy.

[@acts2211]

That's awesome that the car is 99% New Old stock love that

[@carsbyjeff]

GREAT FIND!

[@robertdeen8741]

Once knew a guy who had a very nice R code1968 428 Cobra jet Fairlane notch back. He worked at a Ford dealership pulling wrenches. Very nice car. In his garage at home he had an original ad for the car. The 428 version was less expensive than the six cylinder model. Guess that's what it took to get 500 out there.

[@JJj-xratedgt]

Absolutely one of the BEST CAR Storey INTERVIEWS!! #HEGETSiT lol...ya GENE GETS iT alright! ThR ONLY ORIGINAL ONCE!, & THEN THR$ GENE! MARTIN - #GET$iT!

[@arkhsm]

Freakin AWESOME !!

[@hanktorrance6855]

Beautiful car

[@michaelmain6378]

Single headlights. . . .

[@NickedBlade]

Love the historic value

[@idleobserver7211]

Guy never heard of a Thunderbolt, I suppose.

[@christ510]

Nice.

[@Rouge_7]

I remember seeing pictures of that Ford when I was 8 years old thinking that it was truly the most bitchen car I'd ever seen.

[@larrykroger3100]

go fast goodies,you know..427 you know..wifes pleased as punch,you know...gene winfield,you know..I'm a fairlane guy you know...yes..we know..

[@Evo1313]

I saw that electric cord out back, is this a hybrid or something? J/k.

[@BrewBlaster]

So I guess with those seats you could get in dripping wet and you would just drain out like some boat, lawnmower or tractor seats.

[@charlies.5777]

GREAT 🏊🏄Pool and Beach car!!😀

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Very nice car.

[@bandagefreak]

:'@D I think his wife has heard that story a few times before!! :@I

[@marvinlohman4403]

My opinion, beautiful car. Love to see a man so passionate and a woman so disinterested. How appropriate. Men, don’t them crush your dreams

[@richardmalone4721]

Marvin Lohman: No doubt we have all been there, but with the wisdom of age, I look at this beautiful woman as the inspiration that drives the passion in this man. Whatever profession this man chose, she’s a large part of any success. Wise women realize her husbands chosen a Automobile as his “other woman”, not in the flesh and also not sitting at a Bar each night. You know that you’ve found the right companion when you want to be at home each night to see that the family’s needs are met. A wise wife of an enthusiastic Car Guy makes a choice to consider all the above and I’m guessing she’s made the right choice and this guys the luckiest man alive as a result. Ditto!

[@chrisdugas1226]

Hi

[@emilysterio2518]

You guys should do trucks of the week that would be amazing for example 1972 Chevy super Cheyenne Dodge lil red express 1990-93 Chevy SS 454 pickup Ford lightings And so much more can’t forget about broncos and k5s

[@jamiemoffatt50]

Seats were horrible but otherwise incredible!

[@tomnekuda3818]

Always liked this year of Fairlane.....don't care for rear tail lights on this one, tho. 2nd thoughts.....I don't like the customizing at all.

[@oldtown6240]

Sorry, but who is this guy?

[@richardhoepfner1633]

That's got to be the ugliest interior I've ever seen. Straight out of a carnival kiddie ride.

[@markhawkins6276]

Mid 60's this was the bomb! Everything had metal flakes in it.

[@scarborosasquatchstation1403]

@@markhawkins6276 : Remember seeing same style of interior and colour in a couple of Fords back in the 80's ….. they really were bang on classy with the metal flakes , especially when viewed from inside the car ….futuristic !!!

[@Knightmare-gz9ls]

Super loud, super annoying ? Sir age is advancing a bit much it sounds.

[@millerlite502]

The style is lame ford didn't really have style until 1967 mustang my opinion.

[@timmebruer5205]

In your opinion 😆