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Car of the Day: April 23, 2015; Auto World '64 Ford Galaxie 500
Topic Started: Apr 23 2015, 08:03 AM (423 Views)
juantoo3
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Car of the Day for April 23, 2015 is the Auto World 1964 Ford Galaxie 500

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The Ford Galaxie is a full-size car built in the United States by the Ford Motor Company for model years 1959 through 1974. The name was used for the top models in Ford's full-size range from 1959 until 1961, in a marketing attempt to appeal to the excitement surrounding the Space Race.


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The Galaxie was the high volume counterpart to the Chevrolet Impala. Some Galaxies were high-performance, racing specification machines, a larger forebear to the muscle car era. Others were plain family sedans.


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Model year 1964 was the fourth and final year of this body style. Interior trim was much altered, and the exterior featured a more sculpted look which was actually designed to make the car more aerodynamic for NASCAR. The formal-roof "boxtop" style was replaced by a slanted-roof design for all non-wagon or convertible models, including sedans. Ford's quality control, spotty when the first Galaxie was introduced, was now as good as it ever was, and many 1964 Fords passed the 100,000-mile (160,000 km) mark intact.


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The 1964 models gained an enviable reputation as durable, comfortable cars that offered decent handling and road-ability at a reasonable price, so it is no wonder they sold so well. Of the XL models, the 1964 hardtop coupe takes the prize for the most produced. The base 300 was replaced by a line of Custom and Custom 500 models. The 289 continued as the base V8 and was standard in the XL series. XL models got new thin-shell bucket seats with chrome trim. They were designed to cradle the driver better than the previous style, and Federal regulations now required lap-style safety belts for both front outboard occupants.

Under the hood, the 427 cu in (7.0 l) engine carried on the high performance duties. Ford again took the 427-equipped Galaxie to the racetracks in serious fashion in 1964, building 50 lightweight fiberglass-equipped cars just for the purpose of drag racing. These competed with success in North America but were still too heavy and Ford introduced the lightweight Fairlane Thunderbolt which used the 427 engine and was immediately competitive.


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For more info see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Galaxie

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Growing up I thought the 64 Galaxie was a sharp looking car...and I still think that. I'm glad Auto World stepped up to make this one.

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pjedsel
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I was really glad Auto World did the '64 Galaxie 500 - it was one of our "family" cars which was a bit surprising since my dad was primarily a Chevy man. We had a turquoise one similar to the other version from AW. Man could that thing move!
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ivantt
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Best of the '64 Galaxies in 1/64, by far. Got me a few and admire them from every angle. :thumbup:
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Those Galaxie 500 are stunning models and AW did a great job on them. :thumbup:
Edited by carcollector, Apr 23 2015, 03:46 PM.
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daniel60
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This is a great car and it's interesting for the time how the makes resembled each other though they could be from Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge etc... PJ how did you end up being the Ford man since your Dad was Chevrolet oriented.
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Thats a good focus.
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