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Car As Art Take Four: The Galaxie Chronicles · **4 Likes**

This car is real estate. With a trunk big enough to haul lots of groceries, and a back seat large enough to take a nap on, one could almost call it home.

reh321 · 07-15-2018, 06:12 PM

What model year is this car? 1959? I remember several different years in which they had round tail-lights, but I don't have the different model years memorized

BTW - I like this angle, because of the way that the bumper reflects its environment

Racer X 69 · 07-15-2018, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by reh321

What model year is this car? 1959? I remember several different years in which they had round tail-lights, but I don't have the different model years memorized

1963

Its a big block car too, 390.

Originally posted by reh321

BTW - I like this angle, because of the way that the bumper reflects its environment

Thank you!

**Sailor** · 07-15-2018, 07:43 PM

Man, I'm enjoying this big red blast from the past.

Jer

**FozzFoster** · 07-23-2018, 11:54 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

This car is real estate. With a trunk big enough to haul lots of groceries, and a back seat large enough to take a nap on, one could almost call it home.

nice perspective Racer! good shot!

Racer X 69 · 07-23-2018, 12:44 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by FozzFoster

nice perspective Racer! good shot!

Thanks Fozz!

SSGGeezer · 07-23-2018, 12:52 PM

We had a 68 convertible that leaked like a sieve in thunderstorms back in the Midwest. The conversions were done by drunken monkeys based on how well the roof sealed.

**paulh** · 07-23-2018, 12:59 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by reh321

I remember several different years in which they had round tail-lights,

The '61 through '64 Galaxies had round taillights, IIRC - then they were rectangular-ish in '65. Nice one, Racer!

gmans · 07-23-2018, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by Racer X 69

This car is real estate. With a trunk big enough to haul lots of groceries, and a back seat large enough to take a nap on, one could almost call it home.

Good one and thanks.

Cheers

Racer X 69 · 07-23-2018, 06:30 PM

Originally posted by gmans

Good one and thanks.

Cheers

Thank you!

Racer X 69 · 07-23-2018, 06:30 PM

Originally posted by paulh

Nice one, Racer!

Thank you Paul!

**clackers** · 07-23-2018, 09:35 PM

My woodwork teacher at high school had a beautiful light blue one, not sure if it was the same year.

Don't know how he afforded the fuel for it - it feels like he burnt about $20 just reversing onto the street.

**RGlasel** · 07-23-2018, 10:30 PM

Originally posted by clackers

Don't know how he afforded the fuel for it

I'm sure you aren't as old as I am, but the price of crude oil was much lower than today for most of the eighties and nineties. I don't think I paid more than 30 cents a liter until at least the mid-eighties. $20 would fill the tank with some change left over. (I also paid as little as 20 cents for a small glass of draft beer, for $20 I could get tanked on a Friday night and have enough money left over for a medium pizza) The lack of emission controls in the sixties also permitted much better fuel economy than the emasculated iron horses of the late seventies (at least in North America, my understanding was that Australia was far less restrictive at that time). Fuel economy-wise, things got much better by the mid eighties, on a cross country trip in '85 with my Mustang GT, I was able to get 9 kilometers per liter (25 miles per Imperial gallon) with an average speed of 160 kph during a two hour stretch on the prairies.

**clackers** · 07-24-2018, 01:35 AM

I'm joking ... mostly.

In the Seventies V8s were what we all dreamed of owning. The GM and Ford subsidiaries here were putting 350 and 351 cubic inches into what were essentially four door family sedans.

Oil prices and the reduction of tariffs hit us badly and our mindsets are so different the imported Mazda 3 became the top selling car.

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reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,186	What model year is this car? 1959? I remember several different years in which they had round tail-lights, but I don't have the different model years memorized BTW - I like this angle, because of the way that the bumper reflects its environment

07-15-2018, 06:34 PM	#3
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,077 Original Poster	Originally posted by reh321 What model year is this car? 1959? I remember several different years in which they had round tail-lights, but I don't have the different model years memorized 1963 Its a big block car too, 390. Originally posted by reh321 BTW - I like this angle, because of the way that the bumper reflects its environment Thank you!

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Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,203	Man, I'm enjoying this big red blast from the past. Jer

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FozzFoster Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Alberta Photos: Albums Posts: 6,808	Originally posted by Racer X 69 This car is real estate. With a trunk big enough to haul lots of groceries, and a back seat large enough to take a nap on, one could almost call it home. nice perspective Racer! good shot!

07-23-2018, 12:44 PM - 1 Like	#6
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,077 Original Poster	Originally posted by FozzFoster nice perspective Racer! good shot! Thanks Fozz!

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SSGGeezer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Indiana, U.S. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,845	We had a 68 convertible that leaked like a sieve in thunderstorms back in the Midwest. The conversions were done by drunken monkeys based on how well the roof sealed.

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paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,319	Originally posted by reh321 I remember several different years in which they had round tail-lights, The '61 through '64 Galaxies had round taillights, IIRC - then they were rectangular-ish in '65. Nice one, Racer!

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gmans Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Hunter Valley,NSW, Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,466	Originally posted by Racer X 69 This car is real estate. With a trunk big enough to haul lots of groceries, and a back seat large enough to take a nap on, one could almost call it home. Good one and thanks. Cheers

07-23-2018, 06:30 PM	#10
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,077 Original Poster	Originally posted by gmans Good one and thanks. Cheers Thank you!

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Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,077 Original Poster	Originally posted by paulh Nice one, Racer! Thank you Paul!

07-23-2018, 09:35 PM	#12
clackers Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 16,397	My woodwork teacher at high school had a beautiful light blue one, not sure if it was the same year. Don't know how he afforded the fuel for it - it feels like he burnt about $20 just reversing onto the street.

07-23-2018, 10:30 PM	#13
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,229	Originally posted by clackers Don't know how he afforded the fuel for it I'm sure you aren't as old as I am, but the price of crude oil was much lower than today for most of the eighties and nineties. I don't think I paid more than 30 cents a liter until at least the mid-eighties. $20 would fill the tank with some change left over. (I also paid as little as 20 cents for a small glass of draft beer, for $20 I could get tanked on a Friday night and have enough money left over for a medium pizza) The lack of emission controls in the sixties also permitted much better fuel economy than the emasculated iron horses of the late seventies (at least in North America, my understanding was that Australia was far less restrictive at that time). Fuel economy-wise, things got much better by the mid eighties, on a cross country trip in '85 with my Mustang GT, I was able to get 9 kilometers per liter (25 miles per Imperial gallon) with an average speed of 160 kph during a two hour stretch on the prairies.

07-24-2018, 01:35 AM	#14
clackers Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 16,397	I'm joking ... mostly. In the Seventies V8s were what we all dreamed of owning. The GM and Ford subsidiaries here were putting 350 and 351 cubic inches into what were essentially four door family sedans. Oil prices and the reduction of tariffs hit us badly and our mindsets are so different the imported Mazda 3 became the top selling car.

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