Vehicle Description
Here's one of our favorite cars ever! FORD 1960 GALAXY CONVERTIBLE
Quad headlight design! 352ci V8 'X' code Flattened Tail Fins! Three
Tone Interior! Chrome and Stainless that Go On Forever! All
Original Body Panels,, Check out the stampings and factory
inspection markings. Power Convertible Top and Boot! Beautiful
Monte Carlo Red exterior, shows some patina but is original and
still provides plenty of shine and looks great! Miles are over 100K
miles The Galaxie was the top series for 1960 and included lots of
chrome. It had chrome "A" Pillar mouldings, chrome window
mouldings, horizontal chrome strip on the side of the body, ribbed
aluminum stone shield behind the rear wheel opening, and a stamped
aluminum escutcheon panel between the taillights. Depending on
which model you got it had either "Galaxie", "Starliner",
"Sunliner" script on the trunk lid. For the 1960 year, the very
popular Starliner body style was featured as an addition to the
lineup. The Starliner was a dashing sports car sedan that came with
a 'rakish roofline' with no door post that featured an open air
effect throughout the car. The most unique and considered to be the
'raciest' of Ford's larger-than-normal '60's vehicles, the Ford
Galaxie Starliner and Sunliner were unveiled and were now nearly
six inches longer in length, almost 200 lbs heavier and nearly five
inches wider. The styling was sleek and graceful and helped to hide
some of the weight and was also aided with a sloped hood, simple
grille, chrome-edged fender-lines, straight A-pillars and
horizontal tailfins. The Starliner has always been noted for its
elegant hardtop that featured very narrow B-pillars. The Sunliner
led the top-line Galaxie lineup in 1960, but the Starliner was
unique with a pillar-less semi-fastback two-door hardtop that
replaced the '59's ultra popular square-roof version. Selling
really competitively, the Starliner was unfortunately not keeping
up to Ford's standards, and for 1961 a conventional hardtop coupe
was reinstated this year. Starliner sales plummeted, and the model
didn't return to the lineup. For 1961 the Starliner featured a
bullet-embellished front bumper and afterburner taillights.
Customers could choose over a dozen interior color options,
meanwhile the interiors varied from model to model. Some of the
selling points of the '60 and '61 Galaxie Starliner and Sunliner
was the plush ride, the room and spaciousness of the cabin, the
ample club support and the fact that its 'moving up strongly in
value'. Other pluses were the smooth V8 power-teams, the swooping
styling and that fact that it is still quite affordable to own. The
downsides of both of these cars are the fact that it's quite
difficult to find originals still in good condition and the also
that trim and body parts are hard to find. For sale now in our
showroom Great Lakes Classic Cars 6 Upton Street Hilton, N.Y. 14468
(800)510-3797 We sell and ship worldwide! Tinted Glass, Armrests -
Dual Front, Power Steering, Automatic Transmission, Am/Fm Radio,
All-Season Tires, Full-Size Spare Tire, Spare Tire
