1971 Ford Country Squire

Wagon

429

Automatic

Clear

Gasoline

This is my 1971 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon. This is the K-code 429, 2 barrel 600 cfm carburetor, 320HP 429 all original engine. This is a factory a/c car. Also has factory cruise control that works and rim-blow steering wheel, which is awesome by itself. It has the very rare factory 429 V8. Super rare desirable station wagon, Ford made 528 or so with the factory 429 but there are few left. Find one that has this many miles! That is a dare. It is factory red. It is a true barn find car as it has been garaged for the majority of the last 27 years. I drove for a time and it has been parked in my garage for the last 7 years. The woodgrain is getting discolored a little. All original. I have two of the original steel wheels that are getting hard to find as they are 1" wider than the wheels that go on just the ltd's or galaxies. This is a rare car as most of these were derbied or the engine removed for something else. I do have the original hubcaps that came with the car and am trying to find the set of factory wire hubcaps I have as well. The tires are BFG Radial T/A's 255/70 R15's, 2 are old and 2 are new, but they don't have much wear. It really just needs driven. I have a brand new battery installed. There is very little rust, only in the doglegs in front of the rear tires and in back of them and I have the replacement dog legs in the cargo area. It has the Magic Gate rear door that opens both ways - it's cool. The weatherstripping is like brand new, a testament to low mileage and being stored inside. It has dual side facing rear seats. Everything is there.......I am listing as I am planning on moving and won't be able to take with me. Ford guys should already know this, that this 429 is the high compression 429, the last year for such. I believe it is 10.5:1 or 11:1, as opposed to the 1972, which was only 8.5:1 compression. This engine is also 320 HP in 2-barrel formation and has the DOVE - heads. In 1972, HP dropped to 208. A huge difference. That alone makes this a very desirable car. I added a picture of another 1971 in Michigan that is not in much better condition than mine, many more miles and does not have the 429 motor - that sold for $16,900! I should not have to say anything more.............. I flushed the transmission fluid and replaced the transmission filter. The factory cruise control works dead-on. New alternator, voltage regulator, points, rotor, condenser, oil changed, antifreeze flushed, carburetor rebuilt, needs very little! As I am doing work to her and driving, the price is definitely staying more firm! She purrs like a kitten and roars like a lion! The story of the car goes, it was purchased new at Moffitt's Ford in Boone, Iowa by a woman that had lived in Pilot Mound, Iowa, not far from Boone. The Moffitt's metal badge is still on the tailgate. She owned the car for a long time and worked at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. She drove it until she no longer drove, and it sat in her garage for the next 19 years until her passing. Her niece acquired the car in the estate as part of her inheritance, as I understand. Her and her husband brought it to Pilot Mound and did the things necessary to be roadworthy again after 19 years. I do not know the specifics, but it does not sound like much had to be done. They decided to pass the car on to a new owner and that's when I found her sitting besides a defunct Kerr-McGee gas station on a weekend camping trip to Don Williams County Park north of Ogden, Iowa. I called on the car, which only had a for sale sign, 429 engine and phone number on the sign. I met with them the next day and talked to the niece's husband for a while as he was leaning over the hood of the car. He was a small man with a large white beard that very much reminded me of Santa Claus. After a short time of chat about the car and specifics, I said to him, "Well, fire her up! I want to hear it run." He explained to me that it had been running the whole time and he proved it by opening the hood. That was in 2007 and I bought her home the next day, much to the dismay of my then wife. I hope you liked the story of the wagon and how it came to me.