Update 4/21/15 – This one has now been listed here on eBay with bidding starting at $7k with no reserve. Thanks goes to Blake S. for the tip!

From 3/12/15 – It’s not often that you see a barn find stock car! While this Ford did not compete in what is now Sprint Cup racing, it was driven by a former driver from that series and as far as I can tell, he was a pretty darn successful driver. This Ford Galaxie is in San Jose, California and is for sale here on craigslist without a price listed.

Gordon “Gordy” Haines raced throughout the 50’s and 60’s, entering 7 top of the line NASCAR races in 1956, scoring a second and one other top five and four top 10’s, as well as leading 66 laps. He later raced throughout the Pacific Northwest in several series including Winston West. He ran car dealerships right up until his death in 2012 at age 91. It’s unclear from the advertisement where and when this particular car was raced, although it carries Gordy’s traditional number “100” and still wears the paint shown in the period picture above. The seller does state in the ad that they have documentation, pictures and video footage from the 1960’s showing this car, so the purchaser will know exactly what the car’s record was.

It’s amazing to me how clean and original this car looks. What a chance to own a fantastic piece of history! The ad does say that it’s missing the original 427 side oiler V-8, but there is a 428 available and the car comes with the top loader 4-speed transmission and the original oil pan. I’m sure this would be eligible for a lot of vintage race series, and imagine the looks on some of the faces if you showed up in the car looking just like this, especially with a Ford big-block back in place. I found some references to a 1961 Ford Starliner that Gordy drove that has been restored and actually appeared recently at the Monterey Historics, so there’s some precedent there.

I believe this picture shows Gordy in the 1961 Ford. I wish he were still around to guide whomever purchases the Galaxie. What I can’t figure out is what a car like this is worth? What price history? I know you can purchase a non-winning out of date NASCAR Sprint Cup roller for around $30,000 if it has no history, and a lot of folks do just that, drop a crate motor in and go vintage racing for what isn’t much compared to, say, a Lotus 23. But a car this old with this kind of patina? I don’t know; you tell me what you think below. I just know it would be fun!