1961 Ford Galaxie

4 door sedan

352

automatic 3 speed cruiseomatic

Clear

Unbelievable time capsule. This 65,000 mile car is the straightest, most rust free, most original car you may ever see. After 40 years of collecting cars, this may be the best original car I have seen. This car has always been in the south and in a garage and driven by someone who loved it. I am unable to find any rust. This car does not even have a parking lot ding. The stainless is perfect. Factory air with factory green glass. It has power steering and tires with 95% tread. The seats cloth inserts are torn at the drivers position and faded as well. The vinyl is soft and about perfect so you could have new cloth inserts sewn in with no problems. When you look around the front and rear wheel openings it is amazing how they look. No rust flakes or even gravel chips in the original paint. About 30 something years ago, for some reason, the roof, the tops of the quarter panels between the tail fin chrome and the trunk edge and the top of the passenger side doors were re painted. Some of that paint flaked off exposing the original paint underneath. (see last 2 photos) There is no flaking now and the remaining paint is secure. The rest of the paint on the car is original, somewhat thin and dull in areas but very presentable. The headliner and padded visors are perfect. This car even has the rare factory rocker moldings. The car drives nicely, runs smoothly and has good brakes. The grill and headlight rings and bumpers are incredibly nice with no dents. The padded dash has some cracks. The engine cranks right up, is strong and quiet with no smoking. The transmission shifts smoothly. The 51 year old aluminum washboards behind the back wheels look new. The door panels are very nice too. email me at jimmywilfongatgmail.com for lots of big photos. On Sep-23-12 at 19:06:43 PDT, seller added the following information: The carpet has worn spots underneath the front floor mats, otherwise this original carpet is in remarkable condition and looks really good everywhere else.