Big, black, low and nasty…all words that come to mind seeing this 1972 Ford Galaxie two-door. There isn’t much that the ad does say about this nearly monochromatic coupe – literally, the ad says “one of a kind” and gives out a phone number – but it’s what is already here coupled with what could be that is making us twitch. Normally I’m not one for a fully monochromatic paint job, especially in black. I prefer “black and chrome”: all factory chrome in excellent shape with a mile-deep black paint job. This Galaxie bridges the gap between the two well enough that I don’t mind it. The blue interior looks good, though we’d get rid of the stick-on Ford emblem on the dashboard. But it’s under hood that really has us salivating. An educated guess says there is a 351 or maybe a 390 under the hood, but picturing a 428 under the hood making enough torque to crack asphalt sounds just about right to us. What do you think?
Craigslist Link: 1972 Ford Galaxie
As my local Man in Black – this beauty should be sitting in my garage, especially as my mates all agree I look quite sinister!
What lets this car down though is the completely stock appearing engine – surely some subtle colour coding or dress-up items could have been used as that would have only cost a few dollars more.
Don’t know about today, but late ’60s southern California I had a ’57 Ford p\u black exterior & interior and dechromed. I was constantly followed and bugged by police, big time. I “solved” the problem by switching to a red on red Fairlane GTA. Ya, that fixed the problem lol.
What do I think? You know damn well what I think, that’s why you sent me the damn photo before you ran the article you big, hairy jerk!
HAHAHA….Hey, I was thinking that you might want to go take a closer look, since you’re so close! I was being thoughtful!
That thing looks like a beast!
By ’72 the big engine would have been a 429 or a 460. The 390 / 428 were last used in ’68.
Cool car though.
Chuck