Here’s a nice low mileage survivor that you don’t see every day. This two-door 1970 Ford Galaxie 500 can be found here on Craigslist in Wichita, Kansas, and would certainly be a nice highway cruiser.
The seller doesn’t give a lot of detail on the drivetrain but does state that the AC blows cold and that there are a few cosmetic imperfections. The 74,000 original miles might be what makes this simple old land yacht somewhat desirable.
What’s interesting about this FoMoCo product is knowing what lies beneath the hood. There were a number of engine options available so it’s hard to know without contacting the seller what it has in it. But this car is from an era when horses were allowed to run free. Could a 429 be lurking underneath that hood?
It would be a shame to modify such a nice original, but this might be the perfect sleeper. Hubcaps and all this would be pretty unassuming with a street car with a lot of cubic inches and horsepower, a four-speed manual, and some low gears. If you’re not one for modifying such a nice original it would look to be a great car to put on the road right away. There probably aren’t that many survivor examples two doors like this one out there so is the $6,800 asking price reasonable?
Seems like it may have been a fair deal. It’s already gone so….
I haven’t seen one, especially the SportsRoof version, for a long time. It is interesting.
I grew up Chevy but it always seemed to me that in this general period, Impalas were nicer inside than concurrent Galaxie 500’s.
Like it was going to hang ‘round – even at 6800 beer vouchers
These are nice, but give the frame a look over, especially in front of the rear wheels. A friend of mine had one exactly like this and it broke right in that spot. Luckily our local mechanic was familiar with this problem and able to fix it in time with some weld work.
I am Not fan of Ford Glaxie’s but I hope new owner Not modd or molest it it looks very stock and original classic should Remain that way!! Already too many molested classics in our world !
Nice clean example of a classic Ford land yacht. Pretty heavy car, especially if it has a big block in it. That’s a lot of iron to move. Great cruisers and not often seen these days. I had a ’69 Galaxie, an ex-State Police cruiser with a 428 PI. That’s about what you’d need to get this one to get up and go. I like it.
Very good lines on this model. With bigger tires and just the hub caps off it takes on an aggressive look.
It may (or may not?) have a 429, but I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts it’s not a 429CJ, so it wouldn’t be nearly the same performance. Probably a 3-sp auto backing up a 2V, 240 hp version. This was what a little old man with some money would buy for a daily driver. That being said, I still want it…
The 2BBL 429 had 320 HP tris year while the 4BBL had 360.