Just as the full-size Chevy of the era had three tiers of plushness, from Biscayne to Bel Air to Impala, its 1965 competitor at Ford had the Galaxie 500, the Galaxie 500 XL, and the Galaxie 500 LTD. (Ford also had the spartan, fleet-oriented Custom and Custom 500, which were only available as pillared two- and four-door sedans.)
We've seen a '65 Galaxie 500 XL convertible on this blog before. Even though the badges have been removed from this Silver Blue, the placement of the mounting holes reveals this one to have been a base Galaxie 500.
The badges low on the front fenders, though, indicate it didn't have the base 240 cubic inch inline-six or the 289 Challenger V-8. Those badges came with the Thunderbird big block V-8s, in either the 352, 390, or 427 size. These gave a wide range of power outputs, from the two-barrel 250 hp 352 through the 300 horsepower 390 four-barrel to the dual-quad 427 horse big block thumping out 425 SAE gross horses.
This one was photographed in October of 2020 using a Nikon D700 and a 24-85mm f/2.8-4D zoom lens.
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