1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL - The Star of NASCAR Races in the Sixties

Ford car modifications have showed great performances at the beginning of 1960 NASCAR races. Ford then got "500", added the name of the range of galaxy size. Ford Galaxie 500 XL was the first high-performance cars for Ford, finished with a luxurious interior, console, seats, and sculpted appearance.

Ford Galaxie 500 XL was a luxury model, the Ford, who became the hallmark of quality. It was introduced in mid 1982 and became a series of cars which were invented in collections to suit the tastes of buyers. Standard interior features were locked and the location of the console, wall to wall carpet for a full wheel covers, courtesy lights, deluxe and textured seat upholstery. For the exterior, Ford Galaxie 500XL was padded dash and visors, backup lights, swing away steering wheel, deluxe wheel covers air conditioning and reflex mirror luxury options. Power, he had a powerful brakes, power steering, power windows and power front seat.

It was a decade or more exterior colors. Two-tone colored car modifications were also available. Ford Galaxy 500Xl also offered more opportunities for transmission. He offered an automatic manual transmission. Includes manual gearbox synchro Smooth shifting, and column 4-speed manual shift and floor lamps. Automatic Transmission Components Cruise-O-Matic Three-car speed and the Ford-O-Matic drive automatic. Maximum speed was 108 mph performance and use premium gasoline as fuel.

Motor's position was in front of a cylinder 8 valves and 16 valves. He had a right to the performance of 145 hp at 4,400 rpm. / Min, and the engine offers six horses to the 425th Power to weight ratio was 25.5 pounds / horsepower and compression ratio was 8.7:1. He was a 2-barrel carburetor with a 4-barrel carburetor option. Dimensions are 210 cm, 119 cm wheelbase, and it was a 3672-3722 pound weight.

1965 Ford Galaxy 500XL Ford discontinued lines. But XL feature survived many changes in the five years up to the 1970th.