1963 /2 Ford Galaxie 500 XL R Code 1427 cu m w/zxa harrel sarasl Owners Bruce a Karen Cowam Unlon, WA .. This car was the start of the "Muscle Car" era for Ford Motor Co. .. Ford was racing the Fastback with the 427 cu in engine on the NASCAR circuit, however, Ford had no production cars furthls model. Mldryear, in 1963, Ford introduced this model, thus, the 1963 V1. .7 I bought the car in 1965 and put it into a ditch in 1979. l started the frame-off restoration in 1995. The ol' girl was back on the road in the Spring of 2013, W She is still, basically, all stock with matching numbers and with the build sheet to authenticate. (wheels, tlres, and ignition have been modtfiedl Istlll have the transistor box, however, it maltunctioned. l was unable to locate parts sol switched Over to a Petronlx system. The 427 has never started so fast ~ My favorlte racing story dates back to 1975 l wasjust leaVlng my gun club after a long day or trapshooting and l was tired. I pulled out of the club and headed home when a red 911 Porsche passed me, Then he slowed down, malung me slow down , then he would speed up and slow down. This went on tor 3 mlles and my temper was rising. As we went through a small town he turned off onto 'my road that was a 13 mile curvy road that paralleled a waterway known as Hood Canal. I thought to myself buddy, youjust made a mistake", The road starts with a straight stretch that ends wlth a serles of 5' turns. A puff of smoke came from ls exhaust Indicating a downrshlft to thlrd gear. 50, l followed Suit. He went through the turns as fast as he Could and he looked lnto his rearrview mirror to see how far l was behind l was about 1 foot on his bumper His vislbly startled reaction made me smile and the race was on., We went the 13 mlles hltting; 80 to 100 mph. Fortunately, [hls was at a urne when the populace and trafflc was minlnlal (thls could not be done now..l l did not try to pass hlm llust pushnd hlnt, hugglng hls bumper, all theway.. He rould not get away lrom me on the Curves or the straighten ways and after 13 lTlilCS he pulled over and put lus hands In the .ur.. surrendenng lwlsh, to thls day, that l had pulled over to tolk to talk to hlm because, by thls tune, there wtts no more temper lust mung l let-l qulte certaln that he, probably, nave-r told allvlmdy about this blg ol' ualaxte klcklllg hls outt , l ran not utpress how good u lottls to u. lve those Lurves agar attel H years (although at .1lttllthsluwtrpateltttul to have the Gdldxl? tome In (11E again. Brute ( uwun