My First Car. Daddy had a non-fastback 390/auto, white with red interior.
By 1963, Ford was just warming up to its racing efforts
with the introduction of 427-cubic-inch V-8 engines. The trickledown
effect from the race cars to the street cars was remarkable and put Ford
in the public eye. Being able to buy a “race car” right from the
showroom played into the classic ‘race on Sunday, sell on Monday’
formula, and it worked very well for the Blue Oval. With competition
from Chevrolet and Plymouth omnipresent and unyielding, Ford had to keep
pace, and the Galaxie 500XL was one of those cars that carried the
torch. This R-Code 1963 Galaxie 500XL features the 427/425 HP engine
with the upgraded 1964 cast-iron transmission and 4.10:1 rear axle like
the factory race cars. Built to race in Australia, it never competed,
but features the unique and super-rare right-hand-drive export
dashboard. Being sold with two sets of wheels and tires, the frame-off
restored car comes rounded out with a letter from Lee Holman of Holman
& Moody, Inc., hugely responsible for many race-winning Ford race
cars of the era.
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