Anyone know anything about 1964 ford galaxy 500's?

[Yvonne Belisle]

We are looking at getting our first car together and we don't know very much about the one we are looking at. It's a ford Galaxy 500 from 1964 and we need to now how easy are they to repair? If we take good care of it does it need a lot of maintenence? How reliable are they?........Any thing you know that may help would be apriciated before we make the final choice on it.

[mol]

Originally posted by Yvonne Thomas
We are looking at getting our first car together and we don't know very much about the one we are looking at. It's a ford Galaxy 500 from 1964 and we need to now how easy are they to repair? If we take good care of it does it need a lot of maintenence? How reliable are they?........Any thing you know that may help would be apriciated before we make the final choice on it.

I had a 68 Galaxy 500. They are a dream. Easy to work on. V8..probably has a 302 in it and a 2-BBL carb. Easy to maintain...and the parts are cheap.

Also, there are quite a few places that make after-market parts for Galaxy's.

[Rick]

...I know it's really old... :p

As mol says, they are good cars (many of my family members had Ford Galaxies, Fairlanes, etc. I had a Mercury version, a Montclair). Hope you got the 289 V8, but it's all good. If it's in good condition to begin with & you check your fluid levels regularly, it might last forever.

[Yvonne Belisle]

This is great all I knew was that it was made before ford began to stand for fix or repair daily.

[gunner]

i owned three '68 fords on a row with the "302" motor, couldn't kill that engine, the bodies rusted off but the engines ran forever

[mol]

Originally posted by gunner
i owned three '68 fords on a row with the "302" motor, couldn't kill that engine, the bodies rusted off but the engines ran forever

;)

[Yvonne Belisle]

My friend is putting down our choice saying it's too old to be of any use to anyone. She wants us to get into more debt by getting a job then using the money we have for the car as a downpayment on a newer car and making payments. She said a lot of things that really hurt me yesterday. She tore into me for a lot of my choices and I am very wounded right now so I probably won't be on much today. I know that I have my callwave off and that lets us get phonecalls to an online answering machine so we can hear the caller when they leave a message.I also have all but my Aim off so if anyone needs me email I will check from time to time during the day. Or if you see my aim on you can im me.

[quixote]

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If you need parts or anything else I would recommend Hemmings Motor News, available at newsstands. I've used it in the past when I had a 46 Dodge truck-lots of sources.
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[quixote]

MM
I hope the last post isn't considered spam, just read the string on spam, and thought Id clarify my intent. No spam intended.
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[gunner]

no quixote, i think mol would agree that was a helpful suggestion not spam.

[gunner]

"My friend is putting down our choice saying it's too old to be of any use to anyone."

is it in good running order? engine not burning a lot of oil?, brakes in good condition? transmission good? cooling system o.k.? body not too badly rusted? exhaust system tight, no leaks? electrical system good? will it pass the state inspection? is the price "affordable" in your eyes? if all the answers are "yes" or "repairable within your budget" then tell your friend to get stuffed and go ahead. an old car in decent shape is as good as any other, as long as it gets you from "point A" to "point B" safely and reliably. my crown vic has a quarter million miles behind it and it's 13 years old, it spent the last 3 years commuting 120 miles round trip a day cruising between 70-75 mph. "old" doesn't necessarily mean "junk" no matter what this person may think.

[Yvonne Belisle]

Thank you Gunner I copied this thread into an email and sent it to her this morning. I don't think she has read it yet since I got no answer of course I set a different email first that wasn't very nice.

[gunner]

you're welcome yvonne and good luck with the car if you do decide to take it. somehow i kind of doubt she will answer you and that's no real loss. besides "hemmings" that quixote mentioned you might look up a copy of the " j.c. whitney" catalogue, they're good for "veteran car" parts and check a listing of "classic car" categories, your prospective car would fit one i'm certain so you can tell her "my car is a classic car".

[Ellegon]

Everything I have read in this thread has made complete sense and I totally agree with all that gunner stated. I had a '65 Ford Galaxie and ran it dern near until the wheels fell off...then sold it for $80 several, as in many, moons ago...As far as old being junk...HOGWASH! These cars were built in a time when pride in engineering really meant something. I had a '79 Chevy Caprice that I sold 2 years ago and it was in mint condition with only 136,000 actual miles...I miss that car now, but I do so love my pickemup truck! HaHa!

Good Luck and Goddess Bless,

Elle )0(