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- 4,360 below average
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- O'Fallon, IL
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- classiccars.com
- 4,360 below average red automatic
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. 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. 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.
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