I had a post here about looking at a Galaxie for sale, it had proceeded to me making an offer tomorrow, and posting some pics from today, the other post dissappeared, so here is a new one for you guys to check out..............Let me know what you think of the car, Blair

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That car is awesome and looks to be in great shape for its age.

What's the current going price for it? Have you negotiated with the owner?

How does it run? How many miles, what are the specs. etc....?

Good luck and I hope you get it

 

I just took a look in my Ford Bible (90 Years of Ford). I found a picture of one just like this one, only with a black vinyl instead of a white vinyl top. It is a 1965, no doubt based on the pics. Here's the caption that goes with the picture:

"Sales leader of the new 2-model Galaxie 500 LTD sub-series was the 4-door Hardtop Sedan, which drew 68,038 sales. Known as Style 57F, the car had a base price of $3,245 and weighed 3,588 pounds. A vinyl top with distinctive trim and chrome rocker molding and stone guards quickly set the car apart from other 4-doors. In addition to the trim and luxury interiors, all LTDs were fitted with the 200 horsepower 289 cubic inch V-8 and Cruise-O-Matic transmission as standard fare. Of course, larger V-8 engines could be ordered, but the six was not available.

 

Looks very nice. Just give it a good look-over for rust/bondo. '65 Fords, like just about any mid-Sixtie's car, had little in the way of rust protection.

What engine?

 

Bitchen wheels doood.

Been there, done the 60's, got the tie-dyed T-shirt.

 

Miles are around 97,000, don't know if she ever rolled on the odometer. It has a 352 v8, auto, really not too many features. Banged around for body puddy, doesn't seem to have any, if you get close to the car you can see where the paint is starting to fade, but almost no rust, except for a few minor scratches. I haven't run it yet, she has basn't been run much in the last couple (4/5) years, once in a while at best, trannie fluid looked O.K. and didn't smell burnt, oil looked fairly old, but not completely blackened. The carb looks to be a mess though. I took off the air cleaner amd there seem to be varnish buildup everywhere. Especially on the venturies (??). I want to run her, but the owner was up front, said she runs fairly rough, it will go, but slowly. He was asking $2,900, we ended haggling it out at an even $1,500. I'm taking him the money tomorrow afternoon after work. I'm thinking for starters, a tune-up bigtime, looks like the plugs have been there for a while, wires look pretty ragged, I pretty sure she has points, but I don't know a thing about how they work or how to tell if they are good or not. The carb is in desperate need of a superclean, maybe just go ahead and soak and rebuild it now. I will probably go ahead and drop the gas tank and have it cleaned by a rad shop or something like that. I have a feeling, its had the same gas in it for a while now. Overall, I think its a overly fair price for the car, any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated, unless its going to pose a problem on here at this site. Thanks, Blair

 

Blair there are a few Galaxie related web sites around.

I have this one saved in my Favourite's.
His name is Dennis,Btw.

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/galaxies/

Then there is the Galxaie Club of America

http://www.galaxieclub.com/


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Sounds like a solid, original car. You're paying $1500? You'd pay at least twice that for a car like that in my area. If the body and frame are solid, then I don't see how you could go wrong at that price. Just don't look for a big return on your invenstment- it's a Ford sedan with a 352. Not all nice old cars are "classics." Now, if it were a convertible or a 7-litre: well, that's a different story...

 

I wish I had $1501 that is a pretty car. Not too hard to work on either.

 

Boy o' boy, finally got her home last night about 10pm. Should've seen us trying to push the old girl onto a tow dolly in the dark. Someone left the drivers door hung open a little, draining the battery. However the lot was sloped so it wasn't too bad. But my poor lil' work truck. She was straining to pull the beast of a car. It only has the 4.6 v8, 4x2, just not much muscle. But we made it, and now I'm off to work on my other "toy", the 78'. Maybe luck will be with me and the 460 with breathe later today. Thanks for all the coments, Blair

 

Congratulations, that's a very nice looking car. I'm a Galaxie fan
myself, though my preference is the '67s.

One thing I can warn you about, though, is these cars (65-68) seem
to have major problems with the frames, 'specially here in the salt
belt. Somehow water gets into the frames in these cars in the more
humid/wet climates and can't get back out. It finds the lowest point
in the frame (the side rails) and sits there, slowly eating away at
the frame rail until there's big, gaping hole.

I've owned bout a dozen '67s and this has been a thorn in my side in
all but two of them. And since the '65-68 big Fords all use the
same frames, (except convertibles), it's something to look carefully
for in your new ride.

If you DO find frame rot, don't dispair. The hardtop and sedan
models have plenty of structural reinforcement to get you by until
you can locate a suitable replacement frame or get the existing one
patched. Any competent frame shop can handle that for you, but don't
expect it to be cheap.

Hopefully, yours will come up clean. The 352 V8 in there is a fine
motor, just about perfect for these cars. The 390s had more power,
true, but the 352s weren't exactly slugs. Ford spent a lot of money
and time re-engineering their big cars for the 1965 model year and
they build them solid as a rock, even allowing for the frame problems.

My own current project is a 1967 Galaxie 500 convertible (trucked in
from the desert climates of Arizona) and the body and frame are in
very good condition. The motor and interior are another matter.

I think you'll enjoy that car quite a bit.

 

That is a beautiful car and a steal at $1500, no matter what problems you may find.

 

Dude, $2900 to $1500? Next time I buy anything, I'm gonna have you negotiate the sale.

Jared