For Sale 63 Galaxie 500 XL 4dr hdtp 390 FOUR SPD
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tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
Ooo, nice car although I would take this 64 2 door. The docent who owns this is a retired airline pilot and a former pilot of a Huey and Cobra helos in Vietnam. Super nice and low key guy and you would have no idea except a hint seeing his newer Corvette with Purple Heart plates.
Ripinator
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I love Galaxies. First new car was a '61 Galaxie convertible. Aaarrff!
commando1
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The main reason I posted this car is because of its weirdness.
A Galaxy 500 XL 4 dr hdtp w/4 spd??
FWIW, my Fantasy Wish List includes a 1963-1/2 fastback BB 4 spd.
A Galaxy 500 XL 4 dr hdtp w/4 spd??
FWIW, my Fantasy Wish List includes a 1963-1/2 fastback BB 4 spd.
Then I'm sure you heard about that nice Toronto owned 63 427 drag car all restored back to street with only 24,000 miles that sold at auction recently.
$350,000 Canadian, way over the presale estimates. Gorgeous.
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/...1964-ford-galaxie-xl-r-code-heads-to-auction/
$350,000 Canadian, way over the presale estimates. Gorgeous.
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/...1964-ford-galaxie-xl-r-code-heads-to-auction/
Knebel
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That is a sweet car. I'm curious, fire extinguisher in the engine bay???
Drag race rules likely required it back in the day. Keep in mind it was a "sympathetic" restoration by the son to what it was as the original owner was prepping for competition.
Knebel
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Interesting. I was actually wondering if it had one of those automated fire fighting systems. Where you have bottles in the engine bay and you just push a button and the extinguisher activates.
Interesting... I wouldn't think so, but who knows?
I love the '63-4 Galaxies, especially with 4-speeds. I do like the '64 better than the 3.
Interesting - I like the 63 better than the 64! Just goes to show!
My fave big Ford from that era -
61 and 62 Starliner 2dr HT
My fave big Ford from that era -
61 and 62 Starliner 2dr HT
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Ooooh yeah!! Lovely!
Ripinator
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I think the StarLiners were '60 and '61. Don't remember a '62.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You are correct, Rip.
Interesting - I couldn't remember if it was 60 - 61 or 61 - 62... I put in 62 for a search and got lots of images saying 62. Likely incorrect!
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
Interesting. If that had been my father's car and then turned over to me you would have to pry my cold dead hands off the wheel before giving it up. I just spent the morning back and forth between CSAA and CHP getting my father's last car ( he gave up driving) registered into my name.
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
That one cracks me up. I don't know what Ford was thinking. If you look closely the back panel is from the Galaxie of that year. Ford simply switched trunk lids and then slapped those tail lights in. Ugly as now the lines are all over the place.
I like it.
Ford was bleeding money huge on the Edsel by then - it was only a few months from being killed, so the engineers were told to go light on the corporate coffers for the styling.
Ford was bleeding money huge on the Edsel by then - it was only a few months from being killed, so the engineers were told to go light on the corporate coffers for the styling.
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