Ford Galaxie 500 - The successful full-size Ford of the sixties
Summary
From 1964 to 1967, Ford built the Galaxie 500 with stacked twin headlights and a no-frills design, which was intended to be as quiet as a Rolls-Royce, but was of course much cheaper and a typical American full-size passenger car. This vehicle report shows a Ford Galaxie 500 and its predecessors in many pictures and describes the different models and their characteristics.
This article contains the following chapters
- Launch as a luxury version of the Fairlane
- Independent model
- With superimposed twin headlights
- More options than a salesperson can memorize
- All conceivable customer wishes were fulfilled
- American upper class
- Successful against Chevy
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Ben was driving down the country road in his truck, lost in thought, when he saw a lonely woman at the side of the road. He stopped and asked: "Hi, can I give you a lift?" The woman got into the truck without saying a word. "My name's Ben, by the way, and yours?" - "I'm Emily! Sorry ... I'm a bit confused. Galaxie, my stallion, died today." So Ben drove through Texas for a while, and Emily stared at the vast landscape. The funny dancing oil pumps couldn't cheer her up. Suddenly Ben said: "Look over there at the crossroads. It even has the same name as your horse." There was a '67 Ford Galaxie 500 for sale at a car dealer. Yes, somehow it looked at her with its four faithful eyes like the deceased Galaxie. Emily thinks about it and says: "Let me out of here, Ben. And thanks for the ride!"
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