Movie Maven: 1962 Ford Galaxie 500
Sometimes having a car be in a movie can add a lot to its value and sometimes it may not make a huge difference. This 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 is listed on eBay with bids of just over $3,000 but of course the reserve isn’t met. It’s located in Chester, Virginia. Lights, camera, action!
I haven’t heard of the movie “Loving” and I’m not sure if it would be my cup of tea, movie-wise, but maybe some of you have heard of it? I’m not a huge love story type of movie guy, I’m more of a Citizen Kane, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and/or School of Rock sort of guy. This is such a good looking car, I can see how the production company chose it.
The Galaxie was all new for 1960 and it was totally redesigned again for the 1961 model year. Being a 1962 model myself I have always been partial for vehicles from 1962. The body looks fantastic on this Galaxie and the seller says that the only rust is on the radiator support shown in this photo. “Floors and trunk are great!” Hagerty is at $6,600 for a #3 good condition car which seems low to me.
A black car with a red interior, and a perfect-condition red interior at that! There isn’t much to not like here in my opinion. Sure, a manual would be fun and unusual but this isn’t a high-horsepower stoplight racer, this is a weekend cruiser. The seller says that the interior “has been redone and has no rips or tears.” I wonder if the production company did the work?
The engine has been detailed nicely, too. I don’t know if the production company would have restored the engine bay for a movie unless part of the plot centers around the hero and/or heroine checking the oil on a regular basis. This is Ford’s 292 cubic-inch V8 which was standard on this model. It would have had around 170 hp. The seller says that “You will be amazed at how great this car runs and drives.” Any thoughts on this super cool Galaxie 500? Have any of you seen the movie, Loving?
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Those seats are the best looking in the Galaxy! Not the whole galaxy, the 1962 Galaxy.
*Galaxie
The Galaxy name actually appeared in ’59 and back then they knew how to make a car look good on the inside as well as the outside.
My dad had a ’59 Galaxie (Turquoise and white) that he traded a 56 Victoria for. I had just come on the scene and the two doors were just a bit too much with three kids. Later traded the ’59 for the ’62 Galaxie as described below. Fond memories. Always a soft spot for the ’59 Galaxie.
It’s spelled Galaxie…
OK? Let’s move on
My dad had nearly the exact same car. Black with red interior. Except his car had 4 doors. Not as cool as this 2-door sedan. But, it was better for me and my two sisters to get in the back seat. It had a 390 4bbl and dual exhaust. Car could really scoot. I learned to drive in it and was the first car I ever drove over 100 mph. It wasn’t even breathing hard. What a car!
Dad had a red and white 59 sedan with red and white interior when I was in kindergarten. It had the 390 Police Interceptor and that sucker hauled @ss. He was a Ford man all the way and loved those FE big blocks. Never built them up but kept them tuned by the best mechanic in town and changed oil religiously with Castrol GTX every 3000miles. Always went with premium rubber too.
I drive a 2005 SLK350 but will always love those old FEs. I’ve thought many times about getting just a block and heads and putting one together dead stone stock. I know a 352 or 390 can be built into a 427 with the right crank and rods.
Looks pretty darn good to me, wonder what the reserve is on it?
What a sweetheart. I’d love to have it.
The movie Loving tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving who were arrested in Virginia in the 60s due to their interracial marriage.
The Lovings were an interracial couple arrested for being married. They challenged the conviction all the way to the Supreme Court. Loving V Virginia was the 1967 Supreme Court case that oulawed state miscegenation laws forbidding interracial marriage. In some ways we’ve come a long way………in others not so far :)
I couldn’t agree more.
Great movie, when I saw it was a movie car, I thought of that movie since I just saw it 3 or 4 months ago.
Nice looking car all around, looks like a updated alum. radiator. Sure worth a litter more then the current bid. I know where there is a 62 convert. about 12 miles from me. It’s been sitting on a dirt floor many years, top down, no cover. Husband passed, The lady let me look at it, but has never called to sell.
I always felt the ’62 was least attractive of the early 60’s Fords, at least compared to the ’60, ’61, ’63, ’64. I’m surprised the 292 was still offered ( last year, 260 came out in ’63) instead of the 390. Ford was lagging behind in ’62, performance wise, and it took the 406, 3-2 barrels to make it move. It was a heavy car. That’s what this car should have, the 406. Seems that’s what people today expect a car like this to have.
Please tell me Howard, how you can consider the 1960 an attractive car.
It doesn’t look to me that any of the body lines go with any other body lines.
The rear end is not attractive at all.
Hey Miguel, we are certainly not in the same gear here, and that’s cool, you like what you like. I think the 1960 Starliner is the most attractive of them all.
https://www.motor1.com/news/88973/ford-galaxie-starliner/
Hey Howard, I agree with you about 1960 Starliner. Fords were at the top of their game style wise in the early 60s. I think 1960 was Fords response to Chevys radical 1959 bat wing style. Also missing that year were the traditional pie plate taillights.
I am with Howard, That 1960 Starliner picture is a beautiful car all the way around.
Hoped it had a 406, how many galaxies were actually built with the 406 anyways? The 292 seems a bit taxed in the big brawny Galaxie.
Clean machine, nice color combination black with red interior, maybe not the sportiest Galaxie but still a nice car. Drop a warm 428 in it and tell people it’s a 406 with a stroker kit, ha, all that engine was anyways.
I’m sitting on a 1982 Suzuki GS450 that was used in the movie “Beverly Hills Cop” The original owner was a Detroit police officer that spent some time around the set as the scenes in Detroit where being filmed. The production company needed a bike and bought it from him then afterward gave it back, $1000 for three days rent! Turns out the scene the bike was in was cut from the official release but is included on a “Directors Cut” DVD. Probably can’t pass it off as a movie vehicle but fans can get pretty passionate about things.
That’s pretty cool, but it’s not like it’s the Bullitt Mustang. My daughter works in the movie biz, and that’s very common. They spend thousands for something, and at the last minute, the directors( who are a bit eccentric) will cut the scene.
No doubt, there’s a big difference between a vehicle that played a big part in a film and something you catch a glimpse of. The scene was cut due to racial overtones, a black man crashed it in a watermelon patch creating a slip sliding mess he wallowed around in and couldn’t get out of. The hokey looking sissy bar was added by the production company to give it a more “outlaw” look.
Sissy bar on a Galaxie?
Fastest car I ever rode in 62 galaxy tudor sedan with a 406 single four. We were going 6000 rpm in 4th gear with the standard tires 14 inch at the time. I think that rpm translated to over 140 mph.
Quote: “This is Ford’s 292 cubic-inch V8 which was standard on this model.”
Nope. The standard engine on this model was the 223 six (138 hp). Only the Galaxie 500XL (introduced midyear) had the 292 as standard equipment. In every other model you had to pay extra for a V8.
regarding movie cars: Car Craft had a story many years ago about the 58 Impala used in “American Graffiti” was sold for $200.00 to a couple of guys in Washington State, shortly after the movie wrapped production.