Vehicle Description
For sale in our Denver showroom is a 1961 Ford Galaxie Sunliner.
The same year this car rolled off the assembly line. Ham the
chimpanzee is the first primate in space, aboard Mercury/Redstone
2. And The first six flags theme parks opens "Six Flags Over Texas"
at Arlington, Texas. This beautiful red convertible had the engine
rebuilt in 2005, while the body and paint was completed in 2011.
The Ford Galaxie was a full-sized car that was built in the United
States of America by Ford for model years 1959 through to 1974. The
name was used for the top models in Ford's full-size range from
1958 until 1961, in a marketing attempt to appeal to the excitement
surrounding the Space Race. For 1962, all full-size Fords wore the
Galaxie badge, with "500" and "500/XL" denoting the higher series.
The Galaxie 500/LTD was introduced for 1965 followed by the Galaxie
500 7-Litre for 1966. For 1961, the bodywork was redone again,
although the underpinnings were the same as for 1960. This time,
the tailfins were almost gone; the small blade-like fins capped
smaller versions of 1959's "pie-plate" round taillamps once again.
Performance was beginning to be a selling point, and the 1961
Galaxie offered a new 390 CID version of Ford's FE series pushrod
V8, which was available with either a four-barrel carburetor or,
for serious performance, three two-barrel carburetors. The latter
was rated at 401 HP. The 352 was downgraded in favor of the 390; it
was equipped with a 2-barrel carburetor and single exhaust. The
Starliner was again offered this year, and Ford promoted this model
with luxury and power equipment, but it was dropped at the end of
the year, as the re-introduced square-roof hardtop coupe, the
Galaxie Club Victoria, took the bulk of sales. To view the car in
greater detail, including an HD video and 100+ HD pictures please
visit www.gatewayclassiccars.com or our Denver showroom. Call
303-872-4722 for more information.
