History of the 1965 Ford Falcon “Wild Child” with owner Joe Germann at OHTM (extended)

Check out this in-depth history of the 1965 Ford Falcon “Wild Child” drag racer with owner, restorer, & auto auction consignor Joe Germann. Mr. Germann leaves no stone unturned in his description of the vehicle’s journey from its manufacture to its upcoming appearance in the 39th annual New England Auto Auction™ at the Owls Head Transportation Museum on August 19th and 20th, 2016.

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2016 | Owls Head Transportation Museum

Special Thanks to The Lang Education Center &
The Richard C. Paine Jr. Automobile Collection Charitable Trust
Produced on behalf of the Owls Head Transportation Museum by
Thomas Goodwin

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"1000 Miles" by Jahzzar

[jeffwhite]

As the grandson of Ev Rowse, this is really cool to see. It makes me happy to see the Wild Child restored.

[rickeymitchell]

Lots of history presented in this video that I wasn't aware of. The car is an absolutely gorgeous restoration for all to see. The '64 Falcon was the best looking Falcon in my book. Great video, well presented and I enjoyed the driving portion very much. Thank you for sharing this Historic car.

[jimpuglisi]

Saw this car at Lebanon valley dragway a few years ago very cool 👍🏻

[josephryan]

Beautiful work. She has definitely seen some good times and some not so good as most race cars do. But awesome job on the restoration.

[richardharrigan]

Enjoyed the video and the history of a famous drag car! Fantastic that it has been restored!

[uriccrawford]

Great history. I built the 1:25 scale with information Ev Rowse supplied

[howardbenoit]

hi I remember the ford dealer RANKIN in London Ontario, I was 20 at the time, my friend bought a 1957 chevy nomand two door green 100 rust free at that time, it was in 1966 for 50 dollars, them times r gone ha

[edgesword]

Steel Pistons ? Maybe Forged Aluminum Pistons ? In 1971 Ford dropped out of racing and Holman Moody sent out a letter offering the 427 SOHC to the public for $695.00 delivered with a 650 hp dyno sheet . 2-4bbl .engines .The Salesman was Gurd Wunderlick .

[tomparry]

Better sounding then any Hemi engine ever built period. Kind of like the newer SOHC 4.6 engines, hard to beat the sound especially with a cam(s).

[CJColvin]

What part of Canada are you from. Badass Falcon with the 427 SOHC Cammer V8 by the way.

[richramos]

Nope. Back in the day Ford ruled with FE (not even SOHC). It was with 427 ci.

[secghia]

i can't understand him ?? hees talkin about a

[arttrombley]

Put a 289 Hipo with a Paxton in it and go faster.

[Shawnsrobloxworld]

425 hp from the Hemi? Please!!!! Hemis would run with this all day long.

[johnslade]

Awesome car with an equally awesome story

[randycoursey]

The 427 SOHC was as Bad Ass as they came back then. A 90 day wonder actually built for NASCAR but shot down by Bill France. It never saw a NASCAR race.

[timbo]

i never heard of steel pistons in a ford engine!

[davidthomas]

My dad Mike Thomas from the Dekalb Georgia had a 64 or 65 Falcon funny car. The car's name was Homemade hell. He ended up running a blown and injected SOHC engine and the car. Wonder what happened to it? I still have the Hill born 4 butterfly injector

[HighlanderNorth]

🤪Ooh ooh ooh! I think I've got the answer to ^his "when to shift" dilemma! You're supposed to shift AFTER the engine blows up, right? 🤔

[packingten]

Ford's ALWAYS had a better sounding engine &back then I was a Chevy nut....