The owner of this Galaxie is a man who keeps good records and is happy to share information on the journey that this Galaxie has undertaken. As you can see from the above photo, the Galaxie has spent some time in storage. In fact, it spent 26 years in dry storage until it was brought out into the light by the current owner in October 2017. He has performed some work on the car and has now listed it for sale here on eBay. It is located in Portland, Oregon, and is offered for sale with a clear title. The owner has set a BIN price of $26,500 for the Galaxie, but the option is there to make an offer.
The car certainly looks different now to how it looked when it came out of storage. According to the owner, there were some minor paint repairs performed, but the rest of the improvements to the car’s appearance are the result of 250 hours of meticulous detailing, checking, and performing any remedial mechanical work in preparation for the car to return to active use.
The car is said to wear virtually all of its original Wimbledon White paint, and all of the glass, chrome, and trim is original. The car is not perfect, but for a 54-year-old car that is largely original, it’s still pretty impressive. I’ve always loved these ’64 Galaxies, because, to me, Ford managed to get the low and muscular stance just right. The owner provides a number of photos of the underside of the car, and it is just immaculate.
As with the exterior of the car, the interior presents really well. There is virtually nothing for the new owner to do here, although I would probably want to lose the wheel wrap. The one qualification that I will make on that is that if the wheel doesn’t actually have any wear on it, then the wrap is a good way of keeping it that way. I tend to think that way, and have covers on the seats in my own car. Under those covers, the seat upholstery looks brand new. It might be good insurance in this case.
The originality of this Galaxie extends to the engine and transmission. The car is still fitted with its original 390-4V engine and Cruise-O-Matic transmission, along with power steering and power brakes. This 300hp engine has been given a full service, and the original carburetor has also been rebuilt. While it doesn’t rate a mention, it appears that all of the hoses and the distributor have been replaced as part of the revival process. The owner doesn’t provide any information about how well the car runs and drives, but if the appearance of the engine bay is any sort of indication, then you would have to expect that it drives really well.
This 1964 Galaxie is a truly nice looking car. The fact that it is largely original, and is numbers matching, really helps its cause. Good, original, and unmolested examples are proving to be a popular car, and this basically goes close to meeting those criteria. Cars of this specification sell within a fairly broad price range. I have seen examples selling for around $25,500, and up to $40,000. This one seems to fit within that bracket somewhere, and it’s a car that someone will undoubtedly buy and be very proud of. Then again, who could blame them?
Fantastic job of detailing this classic Ford,air cleaner was used on earlier years and should be the same color as valve covers.
This checks all the boxes for me except not being a 4 speed. But I have had both knees replaced so maybe that’s a good thing. If I had the dough it would be a go, but alas all I can do is look. Very nice car.and good luck to whoever is fortunate enough to buy it. Good looking car.
Extra box check for being a two door.
One of the best looking Fords since the ’37.
I seen them on auto.com 390 4speeds 11000 to 20000 one is a completely restored 390 hp 4 speed convertible for 19500. So I would say price is about 8-10 thousand to high.
It is a Z code which is a 390, but 390’s came from the factory painted gold. 352’s were painted blue. Looks like this engine was pulled and repainted too bad they did it in the wrong color. Other than that she looks real nice.
Kind of makes you wonder what engine is in this car.
Why would someone change the color if they`re just detailing?
A four-speed would be very cool however it needs A/C.
Now that’s one beautiful motor car.
Hi, everyone – there has been a lot of ’64 Fords on this site lately, and this car jogged my memory of a short film on a site called Vimeo. Car is not for sale, but video was in 2011 who knows if it is today. Just a fun one to watch, whatever brand of muscle you like. Enjoy!
https://vimeo.com/channels/311168/20017992
…just watched the video again. So much fun. Gets your blood pumping when he fires up the big Ford! Production value on the video is great, too. Music is just right. Story fits in at “barnfinds.com! Going to become a member today!
Ford came out with the broad C pillar on the 1958 Thunderbird and everyone decided it looked cool. Ford even advertised it as “the World’s Most Contagious Roofline”. But by 1963 the Sting Ray came out and fastbacks were in style again so Ford came up with this awkward cross between the faux convertible Impala 2-door and a true fastback.
Never liked these when they were new, but time heals all wounds and this car is just NICE. When I saw the first picture and the price I thought they were dreaming but upon closer inspection it’s priced fairly. Nice find.
The roof line was in production in mid 1963 for NASCAR use. Actually it was one of the opening shots in the Aero Wars. The jog in the end of the deck lid also was to smooth turbulence to give a bit of down force. Good article on them in a book called NASCAR AERO WARS The Quest for 200mph
Sharp car, I always liked this year and model. But Houndawg is correct, all this work and the valve covers should be gold and block black. It wasn’t until 1966 they went with blue and if I recall after early 1980s dropped the blue.
I just finished a1964 390 myself. And expert rebuilder wanted to paint it blue.
I said, no, gold and black and got the paint myself.
Not a deal breaker, but buyer could offer less because of it.
Would like a 4 speed as well. The down side to that is a clutch in nightmare rush hour traffiic, having to shift. Automatic wins that race hands down.
Wow, looks like someone got carried away stuffing foam under the upholstery . . .
I can’t say I blame them. I hate sitting in a hole when I drive.
My first car was a White ’64 Galaxie 500 (not an XL).
It had almost 60,000 miles on it,& I bought it for $400,& sold
it for $600!
I really like these,but wouldn’t pay a lot for one.
An additional comment on the blue paint. Wasn’t correct and buyers could be unhappy.
I showed my restored 64 Mercury to a well known former Tonight Show host. Who called me out in wrong radiator. I said, yes I told them to add an electric fan before going to 4 core aluminum radiator.
I explained that cooling this car was over $3,000 because they believed returning to factory specs would cure problem. Wrong, it did not. Every mistake they made I had to pay for.
I finally took to another shop, picked up car a few days later, problems cured. This is the type of cost overruns you will face when restoring a car or any vehicle.
Which is why it could be much smarter to allow the other guy go through the nightmares.then buy it from him.
But Jay said wrong radiator lowers the value to collector. He’s right, and the blue paint would probably do the same. He is a Stickler for correctness.
More clarification on engine colors: ALL 1964 V8’s had black blocks and heads; 390’s had gold air cleaner/valve covers, 352’s had light blue air cleaner/valve covers, 289’s had red air cleaner/valve covers. The Ford Corporate Blue here didn’t arrive until 1966. A strange error considering (1) how easy both the correct color info and correct paint/colors are to obtain, and (2) the otherwise flawless attention to detail in this beautiful car. Which, BTW, if it had factory A/C, it’d be perfect.
My ’65 Country Sedan had a 352. It was a black block with gold rocker covers and air cleaner.
My ’83 Country Squire 302 had a gray engine block and rocker covers, with an unpainted aluminum air cleaner.
FWIW
Lot of Ford experts on the color of engine.
My beef is the steering wheel. Obviously some cracks so they lace a cover over it.
There are steering wheel repair guys who would have repaired the wheel.
NADA says high retail is 24 grand.
But these guys have done a great job of detailing. Except for us nit pickers.
Well worth the price
Nice…..
Some cars just have a way, a certain stance or “look” to them, know what I mean? This Galaxie could’ve been powered for driving to church or armed to the teeth for battle, either way the car just looks tough.
This car does not have power brakes.
Yes it does. What do you think that can behind the master cylinder is.