Ford Galaxie Sunliner, 1960
Ford Galaxie II
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Chassis No.: 0C55X153573
Auction: Kissimmee 2021
Auction date: January 16, 2021
Lot No.: F155
$120,000 | High bid
- Exterior: Raven Black
- Interior: Red/black/white
- Body: Sunliner
- AACA 1st Junior Hershey, Pennsylvania
- AACA Senior Oakbrook, Illinois
- Hilton Head Concours Palmeto Award Winner
- AACA Grand National 1st Lebanon, Tennessee
- AACA Grand National Senior Tucson, Arizona
- Y-code 352/360 HP engine
- 3-speed transmission
- Raven Black with Tri-tone interior
- Concours restored
- Dual antennas
Ford motored into the ‘60s with a redesigned lineup from its compact Falcon and personal-luxury Thunderbird to this range-topping 1960 Ford Galaxie Sunliner that was factory equipped with the first production V-8 engine to produce greater than 1 HP per cubic inch. The high-performance convertible underwent a concours-level restoration to exacting standards confirmed by a Palmetto Award at the Hilton Head Concours.
The Sunliner has since earned Antique Automobile Club of America honors across the U.S. from First Place Junior in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and a Senior award in Oakbrook, Illinois, to Grand National First Place in Lebanon, Tennessee, and a Grand National Senior win out in sunny Tucson, Arizona. Nestled into the faithfully restored engine compartment is a 352 CI Y-code Thunderbird Super V-8 that was rated for 360 HP at 6,000 RPM with a special Holley 4-barrel carburetor, aluminum intake manifold, solid-lifter camshaft, dual spring valves with special retainers, low-restriction exhaust manifolds, Turbo-Action spark plugs and dual exhaust.
The factory-engineered hot setup is backed by a 3-speed manual transmission. Independent front suspension with a stabilizer bar and leaf-spring rear-axle work with 11-inch anti-dive brakes for authoritative road handling to match groundbreaking V-8 performance. Mirror-finish Raven Black paint topped by full-length chrome trim complements new-for-1960 Galaxie Sunliner style from the hood ornament out to the horizontal splitter exhaust tips. The matching black flush-folding vinyl convertible top lowers to reveal a white, red and black tri-tone interior with a foam-padded bench seat upholstered in morocco-grained vinyl over deep-pile Luxury Loom carpeting.
A deep-center steering wheel and column shift work together for three-pedal performance control. Dual rear antennae pull in signals for the Console Range radio. The award-winning Galaxie Sunliner rides on body-color heavy-duty steel wheels and Firestone tires dressed with Ford-logo partial wheel covers.
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