1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible [Down On The Street]
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We’ve seen another nice Galaxie 500 in this series, but that was a hardtop. Convertible time!
The Galaxie 500 was the middle-of-the-road trim level for the full-sized Ford in 1964; much spiffier than the Custom but not quite as glitzed-out as the Galaxie 500XL. You got a 260-cubic-inch V8 as standard Galaxie 500 equipment, but a few bucks more would buy you the 289 or 390.
Detroit needs to bring back badging that looks like this! And I don’t mean that faux-chrome plastic stuff- I mean genuine low-bidder peely-ass chrome and won’t-stay-shiny-for-long aluminum, like in the old days!
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