Junkyard Find: 1962 Galaxie 500 With Rare Harlequin Paint Option
Just so nobody thinks they might be able to rescue this poor abused Ford, The Crusher ate it up a couple months back.
You’ve got to wonder what the last owner was thinking when he or she did this McDonald’s-ish paint job. This Galaxie seems pretty thoroughly trashed, but still… orange and yellow?
Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.
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It was a 63 Galaxie, Obbop. I've been to Mayberry twice and would still go if my car show hadn't changed venues. Mt. Airy NC is a neat ol' place.
Between 58-60 the fords had the same engines and drivelines, 59-64 used the same chassis. engines and drivelines remained the same from 58 to 64, only in 61 the 390 version of the FE engine was introduced, 62 the 406 version was introduced. They were the same engine as the 332/352 FE, only difference being bore and stroke. And the familiar Y block was available from 58-62. So what makes the 60 model bad and the other years tough?