1971 Ford LTD Galaxie Custom 500

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ho alcune notizie interessanti riguardo il colore e riguardo l'auto in generale



The reason the moonrunners paint over the chrome is so when they run at night, "if" there being pursued by feds they can turn off the headlights and run by the light of the moon, (hence the name moonrunners) and the light won't reflect off the chrome. and that gives them an advantage to escape. (at least thats what I heard.)



In ep 1.5 when this car was first unveiled, and in the chase scene it was either an Ltd or a Galaxie hardtop. Iv got my money on Galaxie hardtop but In the scene where Jesse gets pulled over and then when he runs out of gas it was the custom 500, however since the bumpers, door handles, and wind shield trim are painted over it could very well mean that the door trim is painted over as well and if that's the case this car is not a custom but a Galaxie. The only person who would know for sure is the person who painted this car all black, so I guess it dosn't matter anyways, its probably a safe bet just keep it listed as a custom 500.





the actual name Uncle Jesse had given this old Ford was "Black Tilly"--but he sometimes referred to it as "Sweet Tilly" in fond remembrance.



However, the whole "Black Tilly" concept ends up contradicting itself. This is the first episode ("High Octane") that we find about Uncle Jesse's old "ridge-runner" car (an old Black 1971 Ford Galaxie Custom 500) Jesse calls Black Tilly. However, later in 2nd season's premiere, we learn that Uncle Jesse's original Black Tilly was an old 1930's or early 40's black car that he used to run shine in with Boss when they were young. In that same episode, he challenges Boss to a race and fixes up an old "junker" late 60's black Mustang. He decides to name it "Black Tilly II (the 2nd). It should have been Black Tilly III (the 3rd)...as this 1971 Ford should have been Black Tilly II because it would have been the last one he used before getting shut down by the government. The Mustang was later (and not an actual moonshine runner) and it should have been Black Tilly III.