Here’s a big green V-8 Ford for people who are tired of St. Patrick’s Day. This Fairlane is said to be the only one bought in 1967 with the much rarer drag pack. It was already very rare because it had a W-code 427-cubic-inch V-8 engine. It has 410 horsepower, so you can finally catch those annoying kids before they steal your Lucky Charms. On St. Patrick’s Day, you can’t just drive any green car; there is no better day to drive green. There’s no way for Pat to drive a Viper or a Cobra because he has strong feelings about them. Also, the back seat should be big enough for all of those leprechauns. Can we give you a ride, mo Chara? One of the best cars for sale today on the Bring a Trailer website is a 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 with a W-code 427-cubic-inch V-8 engine, a four-speed manual gearbox, and the very rare drag pack. It looks like a horse. This is the perfect car to drive through the Boston parade while honoring Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration. After that, put on a set of green-smoking Highway Max tires and burn out all the way to Dublin. In 1967, only 11 W-code Fairlanes were built by the plant. That’s fewer than a four-leaf clover. With a four-barrel single carburetor, this car was said to have 410 horsepower, which was a little less than the R-code engines. Picture pulling up to a red light in a regular two-door Mustang from back in the day and slamming on the brakes like the Notre Dame starting lineup was under your car. In that amount of time, this car did exactly that, though it did it on a legal speed strip where there is no need to feel bad. Dave Van Luke from Michigan got the only W-code Fairlane 500 that was bought with the Drag Pack. The radio and sound-deadening material were taken off the R-code car, which was originally bought for drag racing, by the drag pack to make the car lighter. Van Luke drove it 400 miles on the street while he waited for the race parts to arrive. He may have been going the speed limit. Then he took it to the track and won the NHRA Super Stock/B championships twice in a row, in 1970 and 1971. Pictures of the truck show that it is ready for racing, with fat drag radials as wide as the Shannon River. It took 10.9 seconds and 128 miles per hour to go through the strip. In the 1990s, this Ford was brought back to its original state by getting rid of the tubbed rear and restoring the car to its more savage skinny-tire shape. However, it was never meant for anything other than bowling balls in dryers and 427 side emblems. On the other hand, being kind and having a big shillelagh seem like things St. Patrick would be proud of. If you want to win this very rare car, you need a pot of gold. This Sunday, look for any little people hiding in the bracken. March 20 is the last day of the sale.
