1967 Ford Galaxie 500

“ Make a statement this summer, in this wonderful 60's Ford. ”Thousands spent, including front disc conversion.

BackgroundThe Ford Galaxie (no, not the Galaxy, the Galaxie…) was Ford’s largest model across three decades, spanning the years from 1959 all the way to 1974.

Conventionally built using a separate chassis and body, it competed against cars such as the Chevrolet Impala and Plymouth Belvedere. Obviously heavily influenced by the space-race – an era beautifully captured by Bill Bryson in The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, if you’re interested in exploring that period in more depth - it’s a riot of chrome ‘n’ fins ‘n’ rocket-influenced lights on the outside – and it is, if anything, even funkier on the inside.

With a range of engines that started with straight-six of 3.7-litres (223ci, for those of an imperial persuasion), the Galaxie rocked seven different V8s from a 4.3-litre (260ci) all the way to a gloriously absurd seven-litre (427ci). Buyers of the era could mate them to a three- or four-speed manual or a choice of the (wonderfully named) two-speed Ford-O-Matic or the three-speed Cruise-O-Matic.

Almost 18 feet long, owners could also opt for a two- or four-door hardtop or sedan, or even a two-door convertible like this.

OverviewA 1967 Ford Galaxie 500, ‘JUF 592E’ was imported in 2016, therefore celebrating a decade on these shores.

Resplendent in Springtime Yellow (paint code 8) and a black vinyl interior (trim code 6A), it’s powered by the 289/4.7-litre Windsor V8 and three-speed Cruise-O-Matic gearbox.

Built at the Mahwah plant in New Jersey, the same town where the protagonist in Springsteen’s Johnny 99 killed a night clerk after being laid off from the auto plant, Johnny might even have had a hand in building it.

The previous owner improved on Johnny’s handiwork by subtly upgrading it with a front disc brake conversion to ensure it stops as well as it goes, and fitted new polished wheels in place of the rusty steelies it came with.

The current owner, who’s been looking after it for the past couple of years, kept up the regimen by treating the Galaxie to a bit of bodywork in addition to some mechanical work that included a gearbox and brake service.

If you’ve browsed through the photos already then it probably won’t surprise you to learn that it was featured in the July 2024 edition of Classic American magazine.

Estimate: £15,000 - £18,000

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