
The '65 Galaxie is instantly identified by its twin stacked headlights and forward leaning face -- a corporate front end that was carried over to the mid-sized Fairlane in '66. Surprisingly enough, if you jack up the rear end on the Galaxie you won't find a leaf spring setup (like everything else from the blue oval in that era) and instead you'll find a sophisticated three-link setup with coil springs.
Under the hood you'll find a Z-code 390 cubic inch V8 with 4bbl carburetor that was rated at 300 (SAE gross) horsepower and 427 ft-lbs of torque. Mated to the 3-speed auto doesn't result in the fastest car on the block (especially when compared to modern things) but it will have a nice old-school squat-and-go action that you won't mind when you need to fill up the 20 gallon tank every 200 miles.
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Owned by a FATASS with that seat crater....!
ReplyDeleteI'm not fat, I'm big boned!
Deletenever saw a fat skeleton
DeleteJeebus, it's fifty years old. Probably installed new covers without new foam.
DeleteFifty years of a three-hundie and that seat would be squashed to the floor. Had relatives like that.
Looks like a poorly executed install of a front seat cover to me, All the wrinkles around the bottom of the seat weren't caused by somebody setting on it...
ReplyDeleteThe breadth and variety of what the classic
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