1961 Ford Galaxie 390 3 on the tree

Not a fan of 4 door Sedans or most Fords for the most part but, this 1961 Ford Galaxie 390 3 on the tree with a Hot Cam is pretty damn cool

So a car like this brings back quite a few memories for me for quite a few reasons. As I have said in past posts I am not a Ford fan and that is partly do to the 390 that is powering this Galaxie. One of my first Fords that I owned was a 1969 F100 that had a Mercury 390 swapped into it. Seeing that it had a 390 form a different vehicle transplanted into the truck made it a nightmare to get correct parts as 390 get a bit car/year specific

However I must admit that it was one of my favorite Ford engines as I just couldn’t seem to blow the thing up! Used to drive it foot to the floor winding that engine out and it never gave me a problem believe it or not. Not to mention the truck was a granny gear 3 speed but, that was part of the reason I learned to hate Fords. Trying to find a clutch to go onto a Merc 390 in a Truck with a big granny gear trans was quite fun.

So that brings us to this 3 on the tree Galaxie with a hot 390. Once again I had a few 3 on the tree cars too but, they were all straight sixes having no power at all. Never a Big Block in front of it possibly making it a bit more fun.

I was never able to chirp a gear on an upshift like he does with this Police Interceptor cammed 390. So I have to look at it as a big 4 door sedan that no one would think anything about being able to chirp the tires going 1st to 2nd gear That and looking at that old dash would be pretty cool doing it at the same time.

So for some reason I cannot believe that I would add this as a car on my list that I would possibly want Seriously a 4 door 3 on the tree Ford Sedan is now on my cars to have list….who woulda thunk it

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