1967 Ford Fairlane 500 Ex–Drag Racer Is Today's Bring a Trailer Pick
There is no better day for the driving of the green than St. Patrick's Day, and no ordinary green car will do. Obviously, you can't have a Viper or a Cobra—Pat had some strong views on driving snakes, but not like that—and it'd be handy to have a big back seat for all those leprechauns. Well mo chara, have we got the ride for you. Pick o' the day at the Bring a Trailer auction site (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos) is a bit of a unicorn: a 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 with a W-code 427-cubic-inch V-8, a four-speed manual transmission, and the ultra-rare drag pack. Anointed by Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, this is just the machine for cruising in the Boston parade and then throwing on a set of those Highway Max tires