The past weekend (April 13-15) was one filled with excitement for classic and custom car lovers in America. Two of the nation’s largest auction houses, Barrett-Jackson and Mecum, held two of the ...

1967 was the final model year for the R-Code 427 V8-equipped Ford Galaxie 500. Only 24 of them left the factory out of over 1 million Galaxies built in 1967, making it one of the rarest and most ...

Sid Munda was 8 years old when his father, Beeler, purchased a 1963-1/2 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible from Otwell Ford in Cumming, Georgia. More than 50 years later, he recalls being star struck when ...

The Ford Galaxie 500 wasn’t just another full-size car; it was the Blue Oval’s answer to America’s hunger for style, space, and speed at the dawn of the 1960s. Introduced as an upscale trim above the ...

But for all its success, it was based on '50s engine architecture, and the times were changing. On the drawing boards were much more sophisticated engines with giant ports, big, canted valves, and ...