The ‘66-67 Fairlane was simply one of the most perfect designs of the muscle car era. Even a six cylinder or a little 289 looks great. This monster just clawed its way into my heart…so beautiful.

I love how jay appreciates all kinds of cars and don't really discriminate any manufacturer, he just can find something to like about any car and appreciate their build and design

That sound... that power... that stance... that CRED. Amazing build!

Jay is a class act. Loves everything about cars, loves diagnosing problems with them and always willing to help if a problem should arise.

the perfect mother in law car.. can't hear a word she's saying.. nicely done

one of my favorite episodes. love how they included the throttle failure. that's real life hot-rodding.

That's the car my brother had, a 1967 Ford Fairlane with the XL Package! It was a yellow rag-top with a 475-hp 429-ci and she SCREAMED! This Ford, Lincoln, Mercury guy loves this build! Beautiful Ford! Thanks Jay! 👀

After I went in the Navy in '64 my dad bought a '65 Fairlane with the v8 in it. I was told he bought it for me when I would come home on leave. I had some wonderful times in it. Wish I cold still thank my dad, instead, I'll thank you Jay. Thanks a lot Jay!!!!

I appreciated the genuine "drama" as opposed to the contrived drama that Velocity uses endlessly. Thank you. I love reality.

I love how honest this show is.

Love the crisp, clean lines of the '66 - '67 Fairlane.

My dad bought a '67 Fairlane GT 390 upon returning from his first tour in Vietnam. I got my love of Fords from him. This has always been one of my favorite cars.

Listening to this beast idle is like a motor heads symphony. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

That rear wheel arch facelift really makes this car. The relationship between the fenders and the A-pillar-to-roof line is gorgeous. Perfect, perfect shape.

I owned a 67 Fairlane 500-factory 390 ,4 speed. Loved that car -wish i still owned it.

I had a 67 GTA convertible when I was 22, I loved the looks of the car inside and out. This car has the overall look and sound of a NASCAR Ford of the era. Nothing compares to having a SOHC motor under the hood.

thanks for keeping a FORD a FORD. very nice build!!!

This might be my favorite car ever on this show. Nice work Strope.

The exhaust fabrication is nuts. I love it.

Wow! This is the first video I've seen where Jay seems genuinely on edge while driving. He's normally so relaxed and cool while at the wheel. This beast made him pay attention... Thanks for sharing this with us Jay!

THE UNDERSIDE !!! THOSE HEADERS !!!! ,the team that put that piece of kit together are just pure artisans . The skill level required in design,fab and finish is amazing .

To "Ed, the owner" - you are one lucky son of a gun. I am incredibly jealous...what a beauty!

My favorite Jay Leno clip of all time, that engine is absolutely amazing!

Love the car alarms going off! The throttle cable issue made this a really interesting video. Well done, yet again Jay!

Man I appreciate how Jay shows DETAILS, because that shits where it's at! Keep being you Jay!

Fairlane with a SOHC. How can you not love that?!

I love the stacked headlights on those 60's fords or a mercury or even or even a plymouth fury. That gives that front such a badass look to them.

I love Steve Strope's work and how when he talks about the build he's not saying I I I it's we we we, most builders seem to take credit for the work of their entire team puts into making an amazing car

Took my driving test in Grandpa's '67 Fairlaine. Love the look, and what a great mod! Thanks for keeping it all FORD.

Wow- that engine bay is ridiculously clean and simple

Nothing tops the amount of diversity in Jays garage. It could be a model t, or a super rare moped for example. The man would have a certain type of lawn mower if it had a cool enough story. I love going for the ride along in steam powered cars, all the way into his Lamborghinis. Keep up the good work Jay. I know this video is old but I’m up to date with all your new ones and just rewatching them old stuff lol. Glad your still alive after that little accident you had. Well wishes from one car lover to another ❤

This is the epitome of a muscle car

When this thing is driving down the road, seismologists in California are wondering if this is the big one.

Gawddamn that's the best sounding car ever.

Love Jay's enthusiasm for cars! Guy who loves old cars, is ok by me anytime.

I gota share this with ya Jay. My brother served in the U.S.M.C. in the early 60's when he was stationed on the east coast he had a white fairlane with a 427 he had all the work done in daytona and while on leave drove it back home in baltimore at that time brand new engine & broke it in from florida to maryland. I was just 12 yrs.old but i remember my dad yelling on the phone a month later about all the speeding tickets they mailed from alot of states and he was already on a ship heading back to vietnam wooo boy them state troopers . They could'nt detain or arrest him becuz he was still at war. Any way he came home and the war was over but not in a many of Veterans minds just like in my brothers mind .i will never forget that car or that day i was getting ready for school and he rolled out for work he came walkn back like 10 min. Later he chopped a telegraph pole in two and i never seen such a perfect 3 foot U shaped dent in the center of a car passenger door folded nicely all around the pole. LOL he got the bill for that too.

My first car was a '66 Fairlane 30 years ago. I've seen a lot of these cars over the years and I'm here to tell you this is the nicest,meanest,most badass Fairlane I have ever seen. I LOVE IT !

Awesome episode and I loved how you guys pulled and figured out the problem and limped the car home. True car guys. Car is gorgeous too.

the moment the video opened with the exaust setting off car alarms, I knew this was gonna be good.

I just keep looking at this beautiful Ford, that looks amazing! What an outstanding job on the entire car. Wow!! Great job Guys! 👍👍

I'm not a Ford guy but this is a fantastic build.

Love it Jay. My dad had the 1967 Australian version of the Ford Fairlane. Very Similar but the headlights were laid out horizontally. It was the V8 version 289ci I think.. Had great memories of it as kid on the long hot summer holiday road trips.

When you tell a Ford guy to "stick a sock in it", he hears "stick a SOHC in it", and is in total agreement.

Awesome build. Good narrative on this amazing accomplishment. Two things I would love to see on this build........(1) A Ford Fairlane GT hood and somewhere on it a Holman-Moody badge. I mean 60’s Ford beasts Holman-Moody always touched them. Way to go Jay.

You can just tell by how he talks that Steve is so proud and enjoys the work he and his team does. And I love his work also. He's one of the more underrated builders in the industry. My two favorite cars of his are the 69 Anvil Mustang (the one the tank ran over in Fast 6) and my all time favorite the 68 Dodge Charger 514 GTB; an Italian inspired right hand drive custom beauty.

Hi Jay , first of all . I am happy knowing you are still the Showman that you are . the world still gets to enjoy your talent , style , and mannerism's . its exciting to watch your videos explaining all the details of the Automobiles you show us . my favorite part of all your videos is when you drive and get gas between your toes ! . Love every thing about your channel Jay . Thank You ! . Ray in Pa.

As a Ford muscle car lover this is the greatest car you have had on the show The 427 sohc is the Unicorn end-all-be-all engines for Ford guys we all covet them lol awesome video

For me this is one of the best videos you’ve done. Loved how you took us along for the ride home. We had a couple of Ford guys in high school in the early 60’s. Thx Jay for the journey into the car world!! Enjoy your day

From concept to build that is one super work of art. I am envious of everyone who had a piece of the build. What a talented bunch!

LOL CAR ALARMS ARE GOING OFF. What an epic build!

If there is a such place as heaven on earth for gearheads it has to be Jay's garage among all these beautiful cars !

This show has absolutely made me fall in love with 60s model vehicles. This car is beautiful. I love the way how he made it as if it was a concept Ford actually build to test racing tech. Really cool idea.

As a Ford guy I got to say I appreciate keeping this car true to it's roots. It trully is an amazing piece of car, thanks for letting us see it.

Now thats a car right there. Love it.

The whole world could learn from Jay Leno how to be a gentleman. He is like everyone's favorite uncle rolled into one guy.

That exhaust is so raucous, but it fits the theme of this build perfectly. Love it.

I love when you show the technical side, even when it's something simple like the throttle cable.

Steve seems like such a great guy. Love all of the builds I see from his shop.

I'm not a Ford guy but I love this car. Back when I was about ten years old my buddy said you got to see Uncle Bill's new Fairlane. It was a factory sleeper. Uncle popped the hood and my buddy gasped as the big V8 was revealed. It came with a 4 on the floor, which in those days was quite rare. He took us for a ride out on the highway, and was pleased to wind it out. Aunt July was not too impressed, and said, "Um, maybe you better slow down Bill..." It is a Ford, but I love it.

Dear old mom had a '67 convertible with the 390. Loved loved loved that car. This thing is off the charts. Would love a shake down drive in that.

Those Ford FE motors are some of the best sounding engines ever made.

that fords a absolute beast.

"For the want of a spring the throttle was lost" -Oak “For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”- Ben Franklin

I love Steve’s builds. The martini is one my all time favorite cars. Very beautiful and the detail is out of this world. Good job guys

I've always loved how the front end of these things looked... very bold, very obviously a machine.

This Fairlane is absolutely incredible...

Jay, I am proud of how far you have come! From standup, and now a car guy who makes me drool! I am from Nashua, N.H. same neck of the woods! Plus, our mothers are of Scottish descent! I would love to hear you speak in a Scottish brough My brother in law had a black Judge, one of 500 with an aluminum block. Thank You Jay

You're a national treasure Jay. Nobody can do a great monologue and a great interview like you. I guess all those tonight shows paid off.

Had the throttle cable break on me coming home from work one evening in the middle of nowhere on my 71 Maverick Grabber. Pretty much stranded with no houses around and of course no cell phones in the early 80`s. I dug around in the trunk and found a couple of clothes hangers and a small block of 2 x 4 wood. I straightened out the clothes hangers, hooked one to the carb linkage, put the 2 x 4 between the fender and hood, latched the hood on the first latch, ran the clothes hanger through the gap, made a loop to cut the corner around the windshield and worked the throttle with my left hand out the drivers door window. Not that easy to operate with a stick shift and a car that pulled to the left when I let go of the steering wheel to shift. Bad part was I was broke and had to drive it that way for awhile. That wasn`t as bad as having to take a wiper off and stick my arm out the window and manually wipe the rain off a portion of the windshield when it rained. Luckily I never had to do both those procedures at the same time. All that just to keep a freakin job that paid minimum wage that I really didn`t like. I worked at a wooden boat factory at the time using an electric sander standing in a water hole when it rained. Everytime it rained I thought...Is today the day I get electrocuted? The car problems with little pay and going hungry all week were not much concern compared to that. LOL

This is why I am a subscriber. Keep up the good work Jay. Love the car.

This reminded when my buddy's throttle linkage broke on a six pack carbed GTO. We ran a line of bailing wire from the linkage through the firewall and wound the remaining wire around a screwdriver. I sat in the back seat and pulled the wire to accelerate and he shifted and drove her home. True story...1979 Santa Rosa California..the good old days when nobody wanted a ten year gas guzzler muscle cars but high school hot rodders like us. You could buy them cheap back then...I miss those days. Thanks for review.

Love that generation Fairlane. This is one of the sweetest I've ever seen. Love the triggering car alarms 😂My Dad's buddy had a 67 GTA convertible. 390 White with red interior. Very nice 😊

That car is a vision... I'm a Galaxie guy but always loved the Fairlanes too...

Already one of my favorite JLG videos. Really like watching these shakedown runs and Stephen is a cool guy. Great video Jay! Like always.

Don't know if Jay reads comments. My first car was a 67 Fairlane 500 4dr with a 289ci. It was quite rusty in 1975, but I loved it! Ever since I have always been a Ford man from Vt/NH. I'm a big fan, especially since I know you are so into cars. Great video. Stay strong.

I will never forget going to a junk yard in SoCal a seeing a 67 Fairlane with a 427 and 4 speed, color blue like this one, JUNKED !

Jay's lead footing stretched the throttle cable! LOL!

All builds, bugs must be shaken out. This is one major reason why I love cars. Breakdowns are welcome. The fun lies in the ingenuity of the fix.

Jay keep the Love of the Ford !! I have my first car.... 2nd owner , '67 Galaxie Xl 2 dr , 390 , clean... Thank you for giving mid '60's Fords !!!!

Nice shake-down cruise. Gotta take care of the "fiddly bits". Even in stock form a 67 Fairlane 500 or GT (coupe or convertible) with the 390 engine are terrific cars. The exhaust and suspension system on the car in this video is amazing craftsmanship. Thanks to Stephen for bringing it by and walking through all the features.

That engine is a thing of beauty my god that things massive.

A work of art! I love these reproduction geniuses! It's so clean, so sharp...that engine compartment just amazing. The whole thing an incredible labor of love. I always loved this Fairlane year. Thanks!

I loved my 66 in High School but this is a pure Beauty, Loved it.

My first car - a '67 Fairlane wagon with the 390 windsor engine, 2bbl carb, C6 trans and posi rear. (and yes, it had the fake wood on the sides!). Bought it in '76 with 96,000 miles on it for 300 bucks. A beast of a car. I put another 70,000 miles on it before it was ready for the crusher. So much torque, had to replace the left motor mount twice! Thanks Jay, for the memories.

thanks for not editing out the throttle linkage fix!

That is an impressively brutal sounding engine. Love the whole thing. Really need a nice horn cap though. Would like to hear the car after the small muffler job is done.

Mother Of God ! I'm leaving another comment because I hadn't watched far enough to see that you have a Cammer in that beast!!! We have remarkably similar tastes, Mr. Leno. While mine are (so far) only expressed in pipe dreams, you make such dreams come to life! Bless you, and thank you once again.

So clean underneath you could eat your dinner on it.

Pete Robinson did the first gear drive on this motor - and I actually helped Connie Kalitta set the cam tiing (I held a torque wrench..) on his cammer Bounty Hunter AA/FD..

Got to love a V8 that sets off car alarms

"Mid 600's, mild tune." Thats awesome.

It don’t talk to the heart, it screams. Love it!

I can listen to @17:53 to @18:02 all day long.

amazing car, love the design, the tecnilcal stuff is really high end and special. beautiful car, not overdone, just beautiful. cheers to the amazing builders

I love the premise of the 'Skunk Works' idea/inspiration, the "What Ifs" of the America's Automotive 'Golden Age' are endless and limited only by our imaginations.

💥 certain shapes look good in certain colors and you knocked this one out of the park.

Good job Leno, knew what was wrong before the builder did :D

The engine sound is awesome!!!! So awesome it sets off car alarms. LOL!

Oh, I'm so jealous!! How I would love to have been the owner of this fantastic car! It is so well built, with the interesting "innovation" of a suspension, etc etc! Very well done!!

That is such a cool car. Love the theme, craftsmanship and details....and the idle. Badass.