A friend told me he would let it go but he is reluctant to price it because he really doesn’t want to sell it and I can’t blame him. I’m in the process of trying to buy one for my 67 Cyclone I am going to build. Something about a 427 FE that does it for me too. I love the colors and the jet era styling. I love all Ford muscle but this is so much more of a car than most. You can store either in a dry dark area for a couple years and it will stay fresh.
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Race gas is alcohol free so I like to use 90 octane recreation gas which is also alcohol free. Ran great with 12.5:1 compression but with all the ethanol in the pump gas nowadays I don’t like using it anymore because it goes stale in a couple weeks and corrodes your carburetors. I used to mix 110 Torco 50/50 with 93 and it came to about 100. You can cut it down to the high 90s with 93 and it will run fine and save a little cash.
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Plus for 11.5:1 you don’t really need 110 or 116 octane. Aside from googling you can go to any car show or drag strip and start asking around. Yes race gas is readily available as Steve R said. Would you like to wring out this high-strung Galaxie? Of course, the Galaxie doesn’t have traction control or blind-spot monitoring, but if you drift this Galaxie into another lane and blip the throttle, folks will make room with alacrity. It may look like a giant battle tank, but the two-ton curb weight makes it about one passenger heavier than a 2021 Mustang, Camaro, or Challenger. It would be hard to imagine an interior more different than today’s performance cars, but throw some modern tires on this Ford and it will extinguish the high-tech hopes of many poseurs.
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Showing well inside and out, the big Ford offers room for six if the middle passenger up front doesn’t mind the driver getting friendly while operating the crooked floor shifter. Twin rocket-inspired tail lights were a Ford signature in those days, and this Galaxie would give most challengers a quick look at those tail lights before vanishing into the night. Sometimes referred to as a “1963 1/2” Galaxie, the fastback roof line entered the market as a mid-year option designed to be slipperier in NASCAR competition and sportier in the show room.
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Rated at 425 HP (gross), the high-winding 427 used a solid lifter camshaft, 11.5:1 compression ratio, and twin four-barrel carburetors to deliver every bit of its advertised power and more. It’s unlikely that anyone “accidentally” ordered the 427 because they asked for the “big engine” to tow a boat or travel trailer. The listing lays out numerous pictures and a spartan description that includes “runs great,” and at least eight bidders have driven the market value beyond $30,000 without meeting the seller’s Reserve.
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The closest thing you could get to a street-going NASCAR racer demanded respect, and you can experience or re-experience the legendary 427 with a high bid here on eBay. The 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 in Rockford, Illinois is a claimed original R-code dual-quad four-speed 427, the angriest full-sized beast offered by the Blue Oval that year. While late 1960s rides often steal the show, it would be a mistake to overlook potent earlier cars like this shiny black Galaxie.