1963 Ford Galaxie With 427FE Ripping Through The Gears! -[HD] Bullet Motorsports
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- ***SOLD***This is a real deal 60s muscle car. You would not expect this car to move the way it does. It has a total of 23,XXX original miles on the body, the paint is 90% original and the interior is 95% original! It has zero rust, and only Ford components were used for the restoration of the FE 427ci Motor. She sounds like a jet taking off. First Person to see and hear her in person will surely buy it. It is a no B/S car with the original build sheet included. This specific unit was built by a former Galaxie / 427 collector. It was done right!
Interior:
The interior is near perfect; the only mark I can find is on the rear seat bolster (drivers side) less than ¾ if an inch located near the hinge. Otherwise, it is pristine. Take a look at the pictures and you will see what I mean, It’s like you stepped back in time! It even has the OE mats inside! The Hurst Shifter looks menacing and shifts flawlessly. All the glass goes up and down with ease; all of the gaskets are in pristine condition! Watch our walk around/ test drive video! The trunk is like new inside, and you could easily fit
Exterior:
The exterior has 90% original paint with two small touch-ups. I would rate the paint an 8-10. There are minor imperfections due to the sheer size of the canvas! The paint shows very well and has great luster. Wheels and tires are excellent and all of the dog dishes are near perfect. All the chrome is in excellent condition. The Door handles are original and show minor wear. All of the seals are in excellent condition. Looks like it rolled off the assembly line. There is absolutely no Rust on this chassis and or body.
Mechanicals:
This is a straight line Speed Boat. I use the word boat because of the sheer size. It is powered by a 427 FE motor from 65 mated to a T10 transmission with all the power laid out via a Detroit locked 28 spline 3.50 Ford 9 inch rear. She has 3-inch big bearing brakes up front. The Carbs are correct and have the Green tags on them, when the secondary’s open up, hold on because this high revving motor will not stop pulling. This is the same motor run in the Lemans Racecars of the era. It was built to run at high rpm for hours on end. The internals of this FE motor are all OE Ford components She easily has 450+hp. It is set up exactly how a weekend drag car would have been from the era, this includes the Track Bars and Full 3 inch Exhaust. All the bushings are in excellent condition and the suspension feels great. This big girl hooks and pulls until you let off. This is a turn-key Galaxie that needs nothing to enjoy!
Key Facts
1965 Ford 427 FE motor
Correct Green tagged Carbs
Borg Warner T-10
Believed to be 23,xxx miles
Crites Headers
Big Pulley Generator
Original Build Sheet
Original Owners Manual
Original Floor mats
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My grandma had one like this 427 in it white, I used to love going to Krogers with her in it she would get on it too and say I'm just keeping up with traffic. and I thought to myself grandmas a badass.
haha, awsome.
Lmao
IKR my Granny used to ride us to Walmart in the L-88 Corvette, scared the dogshit outta me
Mine had a 62 fairlane with a 352 cleveland, not a very pretty car, but damn it would run!!
@@trumpetmano LOL!
To the 518 thumbs down, you will never understand & if you have to be told then just dont bother.
When the moon shine has GOT to be there on time.
This is excellent
Thanks for the car show next to a busy highway
Copperhead Road!
@@joevogliardo3131 Better than a car show on a busy highway.
1939/40 Ford Flathead V8 with a supercharger.Moonshine Express
My uncle had one of these back in '63. I was 14 at the time he took me for a ride in it and really got on the gas. I'll never forget that ride. I've had a lot of fast rides but that one stands out as unforgettable.
That car isn't pulling the wheels off the ground from a standstill, that is a fine piece of Ford history!
What do you mean
@@Fee.1 pretty sure he is hating on lowriders
07:58 ... 3 gears to get to 60 MPH... ???
@@BuzzLOLOL short shifting car will run 60 in 2nd
From a big Mopar fan, this is special to see . Not surprised it sold in a week, super gorgeous bare bones killer, makes the rice rockets look like Leggo.
Makes pure mescaline seem like ginger beer-fear and loathing
I don’t care what someone as a fan of this goddamn thing is beautiful , dying looking at this and not owning one
@@jeremythompson9122 True, but I believe you are thinking of the Ford 427 SOHC Cammer. It's the one with the big heads and 4 valves per cylinder. This one is a 427 FE. Still pretty sweet. I love all makes, but especially the big blocks. Have a 59 T-bird that I dropped a 390 with a 428 crank in it. 4 speed top loader (wide ratio) 4.00 Rousch yates detroit locker, 9 inch pumpkin, 31 spline axles. Yes, I cut a hole in the floor to put the manual trans in. Lots of little extras that gives me about 400hp and over 470 torque at 6500 elevation. It's a kick in the ass to drive.
It’s an original 352 car, and not an original 427 car.
@@davib7534 It doesn't have 4 valves per cylinder only. Its an ohc not dohc
I hqd a friend in high school (we graduated in 1965) who drove a 1963 1/2 Galaxie 500XL 406 dual quad (His folks had WAY woo much money). He never took it to the local drag strip, but on Friday night, the Dodges still had more, but the 409's (as long as we had more than 1/4 mile) never shut him down. The soul of this car came at the other end of the road. As you head out of town, the roads are a mile apart. He had already figured what car dealer or grocery store was about 120 yards past 440 yards. Worked almost every time!
I am a real Ford Fan, this is a great example of a Blue Oval. Thank you for this great upload.
FORD, LINCOLN "KEEPING AMERICANS WORKING"
Many years ago while still in high school, a buddies dad bought him a brand new '63 Galaxie, two-door sedan (sleeper), 406, 4-speed. My buddy had the coolest dad in the world!
“I’m totally doing that again.”
Me I totally doing that all day.
Well done video thanks.
Ahhh, the memories..... I spent my youth cruising around in my '63 1/2 500 XL - white w/ red interior. It only had the 289, but it was great!
Me too. Loved that 63 1/2 body. (even with a 289) lol.
Love those Ford's! In 1975 I bought a 427 with a rod broken on the small end and wrapped around it's neighbor wedged between the counter weights... rebuilt it at Junior College auto shop..stuffed it in my blue and white 59 Galaxy with a three speed and overdrive...scattered that tranny on the first full power run. Went a wrecking yard and got everything from the bellhousing back for $250.00.
Put stock full hubcaps on the car with only cheater slicks hinting at what the car was designed to do...sucker 327 Chevy's into street races they had no chance of winning....A 63 1/2 Galaxies with a 427 four speed with 3 K miles could be bought off a used car lot in Santa Rosa for 2900.00 at that time..good old days for sure!!!
Oops! Typo...1965!
My brothers first car '63 boxtop Galaxy and I'm pretty sure a 260 V8 it was a dog
Those FE motors were awesome 👍🏻
The later 429 and 460 was actually a better block, and weighed 75 pounds less somehow.
I got my first car at 16 in 1971. A 1964 Galaxie 500XL, 427 FE, 4 speed, 456 posi, black on black. I paid $1,000 for it. I had a blast with this car in high school!
The one that got away
Great looking '63 Galaxie Ranch Wagon running around Portland, Oregon. Dropped just a bit and it is just stunning! I like the high quality interior that was available in this era Galaxie. Love the insides of early '60's Pontiac's too and would also love to get a '62 Catalina 421 SD.
421s were bad ass too!!
THE best looking FORD of the '60s, '70s, 80's ... aw heck ... Best looking FORD since 1958 ...
Yea, not many could go bare bones and look this good. I personally like the 59 Fairlane 500 Galaxie. Best looking interior ever. I could also take any from then to 71. Love them all. But none except the 64 would look as good as this 63 bare bones.
Tonetwisters I personally like the 64
1961 Ford looked good as well. There was a sky blue Fairlane in the family long ago I still recall riding in.
Was 8 years old when my Dad came home one day with a brand new 63 Ford Galaxie 500 he bought for my Mom. He bought it off the showroom at Frank Dore Ford in Whittier, CA. It was a floor shift automatic with a 390 engine and bucket seats. That car stayed in the family over 30 years and was a hot rod the whole time.
If Darth Vader needed a car, this would be the one.
He traded this in...and got a HEMI
In 1962 I owned a 59 Galaxie 352" with a three speed & overdrive. I was offered a blownup 427 out of 63 1/2 Galaxie...broken rod wrapped around it's neighbor and wedged between the counterweights...cost me $75.00.
Rebuilt the engine in Junior college machine shop with used parts.
Installed it and after break in put my foot in it at a stop light... scattered the three speed...went to another junk yard and got everything from the engine back out of a wrecked 427 car...cost $250.00.
Put stock wheels with full hubcaps on it with a set of Lutz cheater slicks.....passed it off as stock...left the column shift in place....had a single Carter AFB with 352 air cleaner and valve covers.. looked stock under the hood....had a blast playing with all 327" Chevys in town.
I lived in Santa Rosa CA next door to Petaluma where A.G. was filmed...yes it was like that back in the day!!!
Wow! it looks like my Dad's Galaxy! he had that thing running like a stock car. we loved to go with him on the race tracks around Detroit.
Absolutely beautiful and she's all Ford ❤️
Too - Too KEWL!!! ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you for making this recording and posting it. Those were, indeed, the days!!
My buddy , his dad had a 1962 1/2 Galaxy with a 406 tri-power. 4spd convertible.
This is a beautiful ride! Th.
I had a 1963 1/2 XL with a 390 back in 1975. Still my favorite car. This is beautiful.
That repair is right where our 63 Ford Galaxy 500 rusted out. Its a water trap (1 of many on these old Galaxies) and had to be fixed on ours multiple times.
Incredible deep paint and one of my favorite engines too. Long ago at a race engine machine shop where I worked we had a 427 Fairlane Thunderbolt engine for some work and it had "the best" parts in it, including lightweight stainless intake valves and Sodium cooled stainless exhaust valves. It was what I call a "lust object".
The Thunderbolts were equipped with the 427 “high riser” engine. Very special for sure.
Deep paint on a '64 Ford? ROFLMAO. Yeah. It's as "deep" as an FE is "fast".
So it had the typical truck motor exhaust valves like all Ford-Edsel truck motors regardless of the "performance level". A "lust object" ? Were you "driving" a skateboard at the time?
Some people aren’t happy unless they’re hating something. Don’t let it get you down. Nice Galaxy! When I was in High school my friends Dad bought A ‘64 from a local Ford dealer. It had bucket seats a 390 cube motor & it was dark green w/ light green interior. My friends & I drooled
man when i saw this beaut my damn heart sank man , it reminds me of when my dads 1969 ford XL429 was on the streets and at car shows . i still have the car but she's in bad shape man.
Those and the Mercs are very hard to find. You've got a good example of some history yourself, sir.
A car I wanted ., when I was 12.. in Midwest City , Oklahoma., 427 side oiler ., and room for the Drive-in pitcher-show .. I driven the 390 ‘s Galaxy 500., never the 2/4 427 ., one day dreams and saving happens ., and to take care of it too ..thanks for sharing this on TH-cam ✨👋🏻✨👀from Duncan Oklahoma..
Thanks for investing your time to shoot and edit such a video. Well presented and built from interesting parts!
The overall shape and lines of this car making this car a beautiful machine. Definetly a dreamcar!!!!
I'm really not at all a Ford fan. But, that is a freakishly nice car!
But who can say "no" to Good Old American Muscle ? ? ?
Any man doesn't like this car *m u s t b e g h a y* . . .
I'm 69 years and owned pretty much all the brands of muscle cars 442 , road runner z 28 mustangs , cougars if it was fast I wanted it but I've always been a Ford man my last Ford product was a 2004 Mercury Marauder , but I wanted something a little quicker and faster so I bought a 2005 Dodge Magnum R.T. 5.7 hemi dam was I ever disappointed the Marauder would wind up and be gone while the Magnum was still trying to get going
🎁
Wilma J. Wilkey ... Not to mention that the Magnum is butt ugly.
@@wilmaj.wilkey5346 Wow, kind of surprised you were so disappointed with the Dodge. I bet that Marauder was awesome, though.
I like the Ford. My brother has a 1967 mercury cyclone GT. The car is beautiful and over 700hp. I've. Never seen his car anywhere except on tv and it wasn't the same year
We had these sorts of cars in Australia once, the Australia that used to be, and oh these cars are missed. Relatives had a beautiful 1966 Ford Galaxie, pulling into exiting our longish driveway the sound of that V8's burble was music.
Absolutely beautiful!
Love this. Great work. Fletch, NSW Australia - Classic Restos TV.
My dad bought a brand new '64 Ford Galaxie XL with the 390. I was so proud of his car when he bought it.
A '64 Galaxie 500 XL with the 390 has to be one of the best all 'round show and go all purpose car ever built. I had it all. Gorgeous looks, decent performance, and not so hot your grandma couldn't drive it when she went to church or down the street to get groceries. I LOVE these cars!
@@daleandrews3552 What impressed me so much was the fact these same cars (modified of course) raced at the Daytona Firecracker 400 each July 4th. My dad used to take me to those races each year and wow, what an event. So many great memories, great cars, great drivers.
beautiful example of a 63 with the 427. pretty neat. ford made a real drag version all lightweigh. aluminum and plexiglass. no heater or radio. i rode in a 64 version on a a short strip. wow ! yikes ! egads ! the owner/driver was a local ford mechanic well known for winning. had also had a 64 thunderbolt...the real bad boy ! lol ! u know those were the days ! awesome !
dual quads ... gotta love old school go fast parts!!
I had a '59 Chevy Biscayne two-door with a full house 348 (tri-power,etc.) that bowed to few until these 400+cubic inch beasts came along. I was 21 in 1963 having some of the best times of my life. Great cars, great girls, last of the peaceful times.
It is a sleeper and a BEAST. LOVE IT.
YES!
Beautiful brutality is what that car is, it's incredible....
thank for giving us a pull around the 7min mark. I had insta-grin for a moment lol!
Hello all, seeing the comments wow! Yes it originally was a 352, but it is a real deal FE motor stuffed in there. It is as hotrod as it gets for the 60s. It sold within 1 week of listing it up. This was one of the cars I never wanted to sell. I appreciate all the kind words from the gear heads all around the world. It does have extensive race history, and was signed by some of the greatest. This car was a blast to film. Sorry Im young and can afford and drive all these cars while you haters type your rude comments. The best part is I love what I do and get to drive something different every day. I built this company from Nothing and if you have to dislike and tell me how to film my cars, I think you should go buy some of my inventory and show me how to do it properly :-).
good for you dude fuck em
BulletmotorsportsInc Darth Vader's personal hot rod, Lol.
Seriously though, that is one bad-ass, sinister looking ride right there. Great job, bro. Screw those idiots, they're jealous.
Well said. I envy you for sure.
Very nice car. I’d sure love to have it. Screw the haters. Most of them couldn’t afford an original 427 Galaxie, anyway. Some of them probably drive a mimi van or their mom’s Camry.
No need to be so petty. You are listing on a publically available site. So you are open to public comment good or bad.
Not a Ford guy at all but damn that is one sweet ride absolutely gorgeous Ford's 427 was definitely a thumper
Man, that sound when you stand on it - stupendous!
That could be the car my uncle used to race at Contentinal Divide Raceway south of Colorado Springs after he drove it off the show room floor. A real trip down memory lane.
first thing i would add is disc brakes and a dual power master, so i could drive it and live to remember it.
OMG I was thinking the same thing! I’ve driven some old single circuit drum brake cars and even when they’re “right” it’s still terrifying to drive ... especially when you have big power sitting up front.
@@whodahellru8124 True dat, the stock brakes would glaze up like a dozen Krispy Kremes... been there, done that, got the shit scared outta more than once!
stop driving like an idiot that needs big disk brakes then.
Frigglebiscuit tell that to the person who cuts you off or runs a traffic signal after you’ve been heating up your brakes in stop and go traffic!
@@whodahellru8124 disk brakes ain't gonna save you from that either. most people can't brake work a fuck anyway, and lock the disk brakes up. abs modules always fail too.
This car is another reason I lament no longer getting black lacquer. The new paints simply don't measure up. Great video.
That sound bleeds red ,white and blue.God i love America.
Somebody stop me! A real beast! Lucky I didn't have this in high school.
It has a 427FE engine and this vid has 427,000 views!
Merica!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
Awesome Comment!
63' Galaxie 500 with a 352 ci engine and a cruise-o-matic was my 1st car as a kid when my Grandmother got a new LTD. Drove it for several years untie the valve body in the trans cracked, after that car would go in reverse in drive etc. Was a maroon color and had rust issues behind the chrome pieces on the rear roof pillars. Wish I hadn't junked it but next car was a 65' Mustang with a six cyl and a 3spd manual on the floor. all of my six rides since have been 4wd's.
Kids today think a Honda Civic with a Fart Can Exhaust and huge idiotic looking spoilers are muscle cars LoL Yeah I guess you can make them quick with some modifications, but I can make my lawnmower fly if I did enough mods to it LoL
Someone got beat by a kid in a Civic... Honda's are popular because parts are dirt cheap, insurance is cheap, they are lightweight and incredibly reliable even when built. Don't mistake a ricer (all "show" and no go) for a properly built and tuned Honda. TH-cam is FULL of videos of Honda's embarrassing "muscle" cars and all they added was decent exhaust and a simple supercharger or turbo kit. (5000 dollars to easily out pull a Viper) th-cam.com/video/B-IVMjzYKrc/w-d-xo.html
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@@brettoberry3586 Like I said I could make my lawnmower fast if I do enough mods to it. See 30 million Honda Civics every day otw to work. Don't wanna watch em on TH-cam too. I guess everyone forgot about pearl harbor
@@brettoberry3586 Sure they're a good reliable economy car..... But nothing more than that
Never gets old, driving power.
So beautiful, wow, thank you
We had a car like this at the shop I used to work at, looks like the same year as well. It has a 427 4 speed. It had nascar looking graphics on it. The car also had no air cleaner, but ducting from the inner headlights plumbed straight to the carbs. I had to special order an oil filter for it from the dealership and it was the size of a big gulp from 711.
Now that is one STUNNING motor vehicle! Who cares if it's been modded... after all, they are period correct mods. It is absolutely perfect.
Had a 63 fast back,,390 ..high school days of the past
Used to have a clean 62 Ford XL 390/300...Burgundy. I was commuting from Eugene to Ft Sam Texas while in the US Army...1965-71. That big Ford used to cruise at 90 thru Nevada like a walk in the park. It was always pretty quick and never missed a beat while I had it.....
You simply cannot beat the sound of these classic cares.
Sounds much like a go-fast boat. Love it.
That's what the good ole days were made of. I had a 62 Fairlane 500 that originally had a 221 ci engine in it but i put a 429 cj engine into it and omg that thing was scary fast, wish i would have kept it.
Bad ass car! First On Race Day
Unless the opponent was a 426 Dodge that was barely street legal from the factory.
Really enjoyed this video, grew up a chevy guy who raced ford friends out in the country.
Now that's what I call a beautiful machine! Thanks for putting together a great video guys!
Amazing car!!! Omg I'm in love with a black woman born in 1963!!!!😘🥰😘
I had a 62 Black Galaxy 500 XL with black buckets. 406, 4 speed, 3-2 barrels, 4:56 limited slip in 1965. Looked and sounded great!
That is a sweet machine!..Probably ran 11's back in the day off the showroom floor...Awesome car bro!
Skinny tires would not hook well enough ,Try 13:30s tops stock..
@@niterockerone Spinning the whole quarter mile!!! Still a sweet machine..
“Before you were even born”. He definitely doesn’t know when I was born. 😀 if my smiley face had wrinkles it would look more like me.
Ya heck. Every Sunday, me and my with 5 siblings went to church in a 1960 Ford Galaxy. Brown over white. Spinner hub caps, straight six, three in the tree, no power anything.
ALOT OF THESE WERE GROCERY GETTERS MAN THAT WOULD A KILLER TO GO GET SOME GROCERYS
Beautiful car. But that paint seems way too clear coated from anything I remember back then. But I'm not an expert.
Maybe it's the wax?
Cars were delivered with orange peel and overspray back then. Almost all of them needed to be compounded, buffed or heavily waxed to look like this.
I wondered. My 65 Chevelle didn't have that sheen
Fantastic dream car for me. Watched Bobby Oltoff race at Kyalami against Ford Cotina GT's, Alpha"s and various others, you could always hear it coming over the 4 cylinder cars. In 1963, the only thing holding it back were the brakes.
These were the cars of my childhood.
I finally got to have my dream cars
A Shelby Mustang
And a Shelby 427S/C.
You know it's never going to get a sticker where I live but it's a gem that's a car!!!
You got a pretty good stumble when stomp on it @ 7:07. Might want to check the carb tune.
Yeah... in my experience it's because the accelerator pumps fitted to the carbs are probably too big and are overfueling for the RPM's.
Just gonna roll into it...
Proceeds to mash the floor.
@@MidniteLiquid A stumble like this is usually Fixed by swapping to a Larger Accelerator Pump Shot, like a 50cc, Stumble is caused by Not enough fuel during the transition of the fuel circuits in Carburetor. Most stock Holley 4 Barrels have a 30cc, you would want the larger 50cc.
Yeah, those dual carbs aren't the best for cruising around, then flooring it like this man did. He should have cleaned it out a little before he went sudden full throttle
@@elmerfudpucker3204
I'm sorry, but regardless of what type of automobile(s) they are marketing, I find used car salespersons to be extreme vexations to my spirit ; This one is fairly benign, whereas some are just plain overbearing and obnoxious.
my Mom outran the police one night in 1969 in a '64 Galaxie 500 w/ a 390 engine !!! ... fastest car I'd ever driven when I was 16, failed my first road test in it ... instructor said i drove too fast !!! ... LOL !!!
That is one AWESOME FORD 👍👍👍👍👍
Wow, super nice. Beautiful beast.
Oh that car just made my heart skip a beat. 😍😍😍😍. I'm in love.
I had a red with white top 63 fairlane with a 260 and thats exactly what I wanted to do to mine but I ended up selling it to a friend of my cousin and he totally restored it and but a stroked small block into it. He really turned it into a really sweet ride
Such a shame that Ford produced so few 427 fe s no doubt a legacy in motorsports
Ran out in production in 67. Later Shelbys had 428s
My dad had a very rare 62 Sunliner XL 500 with the factory drag pack 406 tri-power 4sp and had a bench seat from the factory. Only 1 have ever seen.
That has to warrant a smile from we “ old timers “ . I’d sure like it in my garage .
My first car was a 69' Buick LeSabre. My second car was a 62' Ford Galaxy, black exterior and red interior.
Yeah buddy!!!
If i had that car i wouldnt want to sell ot either.
Thanks for letting me check it out before you did.
I run CHEVY'S but the R Code 427 was a Force. Same engine used in 427 Cobra
From a time in America when men were still men and unashamed of it and didn't wear no seatbelts. You went thru the windshield like a MAN and were proud of it in a crash! LOL!
A great car. I've seen a very few at premium prices. You mentioned the hood. Most 63 & 64 Galaxy 427 had a raised hood to vent heat with some having a center bubble hood. If memory is correct. It also provided more height for the tall air cleaner covering the high rise intake and air cleaner. I believe the single quad 427 was rated at 410 HP and ran quarter-miles around 14..0 remember. This is a big and heavy sedan. I'm not sure about the dual quads 427 (full race engine) other than it was rated at 425 HP. Thanks for sharing a great piece of history
Underrated 2 4's was about 475 HP.
That is so sweet. 6 years older than me and doing better.
That's what a muscle car sounds like, not today's sounding like a mosquito taking a crap.
I miss lumpy idles denoting a performance V8. Now, with fuel injection, its not much difference in sound than a grocery getter. It all depends on your muffler choice
K ris
I'll always love the old school analog carbs on a iron big block. Can't keep up with the new stuff but it will always be cool
Yea 700 hp and you cant even hear it go by. You can hear this.
No. This is what a muscle car sounds like. th-cam.com/video/pzeumxTFoqg/w-d-xo.html
@@johnt4060 thats debateable. new cars arent as quick as you think. all that hp, and they weigh 2 tons or more.
BADASS FORD,,, SOUNDS GOOD!!
Cool story but the car has been gone through repainted and re-gaskets that car that won’t look that good it’s 55 years old the plastic would be coming apart and vinyl I am a body man they don’t stay new looking like that
My father had one of these with an automatic transmission...I remember being in it as a kid in the back seat with the whole family...it was beautiful! Until it caught fire! While driving downtown...I think it was the brakes that started the fire...I was maybe 4 or 5 years old...but it was a great car!
It’s a clone, right ? .. If everyone recognizes that it’s nothing more and the seller is not trying to pass it off as anything more then no prob. ....
Back in my day this was called a sleeper!
I dig the way the pedals are set up tight. I do the same to my motorcycles..
I loved these cars when they first came out. I still love them.
Whenever I see one I always give the driver a thumbs up.
My friends uncle has one of the original one of these. It was a beautiful car when he bought it in 1964 or 5, if I have that right, and still looked great in the late 70's. I want to buy the car back then, and I still do, but I can't afford it. His brother ent to nam a few years laters and bought a 70 shelby. Incredible. Ford built some awesome cars! I'd love to find a two door galaxielike this to build a clone out of, and race it every weekend!
That is one bad ass Ford! Video's fine brother, keep'em coming, 🇺🇸 MERICA
When I was 13 yr.old my dream car was a '63XL with 390 (didn't know about the 427).
You could also get it with a tri-power 406.......
Little trouble slowing down because it has single reservoir, non power assisted drum brakes .
Yeah I noticed he was sweating it when he tried to slow it down saying you HAD to use the engine because.... and he quickly caught himself before he said "the brakes don't work!! Help!!"
And for cars like this you would want to upgrade to dual master cylinder and front discs at a minimum. Safety trumps originality when it comes to braking IMO.
It's totally a period correct built car, though.
Dual master cylinders didn't become mandated til 67 (and were mandated because the automakers didn't want the added expense) and disc brakes were mostly only an Option until about 1975.
If you had built this car from a used 1963 Galaxie 352 Auto grandma car in 1965 or so, the single circuit drum brakes were all you had to work with. Your only real upgrade was to vacuum assist power brakes, and healthy 427s don't make a lot of vacuum.
Cars like this were influential in making dual circuit, disc brakes mainstream and standard equipment.
The car is a clone; the real HP FORDS had bigger brakes on the front along with a number of other differences.
Sintered metallic brake linings were available in 1963 in order to stop once you sent the 120 mph speedo off the scale......
Beautiful Classic in every sense of the word. It is wonderful that some collectors of classic big blocks were able to preserve both the factory 427 and 1963 Hardtop in perfect condition.
Wow this is just badass
My God that's beautiful! One of my favorite Fords from the '60's. I really love these '63 Galaxie's and black with red guts and that running gear is perfection!
Small shot of NOS would be gangster!