Hot Rods 63-64 Galaxie 500's

When I was a kid, we were out quail hunting and I ran across a 63 Galaxie in a field. I tried to locate the owner, but no luck. About a year passed and I went back and the farmer had sold the property to a developer and the car was gone....I think about that car a lot. The one that got away.

I think these cars are the most overlooked hot rod. The look good, ride great and have a lot of room for your friends.

I love them. I am always looking for one, because I am running low on projects.

 

Man, oh man I love Galaxies.

The '63 1/2 is by far my favourite, but I'd take an from 1962-1965.

 

There are a number of them that race on the road course at Goodwood in England. They do quite well, it's fun to watch them barrel around the track with a bunch of European cars. Look on YouTube for the Goodwood Revival. The cars that race there are supposed to be 'stock' according to period rules but I suspect the boundaries of those rules have been pushed back quite a bit.

 

I'm not a guy that generally leans towards black cars, but this car screams that it needs to be black with red interior.....

 

This thing is a mishmash of Ford parts, but it is a blast to float down the highway in.

 

I love 'em.
My dad had two - a 4-dr and a convert, both burgundy.

For years, most NASCAR teams used those chassis under whatever brand of body they ran.

Here's our 4-dr in the background of my first roadster build. The only photo I have of them.

 

I agree! Good looking cars!
I just stumbled on a ‘64 a couple of weeks ago, covered up by trees and growth, fenced in behind an historic building here in town! Can’t see it unless you go down the adjacent alley.

 

I tripped across a 63 convertible a year or so ago that I really need to buy… It is a really good deal but I also don’t need any more projects.

 

I fully understand.

 

That’s no way to think!

 

I know, right? Heck, I even have some wheels and tires that would be perfect on it. I actually drove by the guys house Monday but convinced myself not to stop. What he has that I really want is a 33 Ford pickup…

 

Sounds like an opportunity for a package deal.

 

I would have to rent some of Chris’s new shop space to store them.

 

A cool local one

 

had this one about 6 years ago

 

I’ve always thought Fireball Robert’s Galaxie was a good looking racecar, I’d build a street clone of it probably. The Tiny Lund wood brothers 63 Daytona winner also had a nice livery. Both cars pictured here.

 

...Those Galaxies were incredibly popular not only there in East Tennessee, but all throughout the South due to the obvious NASCAR connection since it was such a regional sport back then. I would be willing to bet that more '63-'64 Galaxies were sold in Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida than anywhere else in the country.

 

My '64 that I had years ago.

 

Seen recently in a northern suburb of Melbourne, Oz. Right Hand Drive; B/W number plate could be its original number plate from the sixties; it would be much cheaper for the owner to have the car on the historic vehicle permit system allowing occasional use but some owners will pay for full registration to keep the original plates on the car.

 

I always gravitated towards the 64 and had a bunch of them over the years. Maybe again one day.

 

They are fairly affordable around here.

 

Grandma had a black 64 with red interior , she would take me fishing in it with the trunk full of bamboo poles

 

My dad has a '64 500XL 4-door sedan with the 390. It rides so good.

 

Last I heard this one was for sale. South shore Boston.

 

You can rest assured that anything I buy will be from Oklahoma/Texas. Y'alls cars rust out too much for me.

 

From a car show last summer…it’s like it was made for it!