1963 1/2 Ford Galaxie 390 engine. Original condition "Sports Roof" hard top

I am listing this vehicle for a friend who's husband passed away The car is listed locally and the right is reserved to cancel this auction at anytime if the vehicle sells locally. The description is as follows;76000 original miles. Auto trans. 390Thunderbird engine. AM/FM radio. Maroon paint. Original condition and very well maintained The VIN # Decoded is below along with a short history on the car by the current owner. In the door jamb the info is listed as Body 638 or 63B Color X. Trim 66 and Date of 230 The VIN # reads 3P66Z176314. Actual VIN number decodes as the following. 3 = Year 1963P = assembly Twin Cities MN66 = Body Galaxie 500 2 - door FastbackZ = Engine 8 cyl 390cid Horsepower 330 Carb 1- 4bbl Compression 10-1:1+176314 = Serial NumberDescriptionHistoryThe Ford Galaxie was the primary full-sized model of automobile built in the United States by the Ford Motor Company for model years 1959 through 1974. A version of the car was produced in Brazil under the names Galaxie 500. LTD and Landau from 1968 to 1982. As often is the case with American cars. the model names shifted around from year to year. but the Galaxie was always Ford's full-size car. In the late 1960s. the low trim Fords would be the Ford Custom 500. while the high end would be the XL and LTD. but the Galaxie was normally the high volume counterpart to the Chevrolet Impala. Some Galaxies were high-performance. racing specification machines. a larger forebear to the muscle car era. Others were plain. family sedans. Assembly: Twin Cities. MNFord Motor Company's Twin Cities Assembly Plant is located next to the Mississippi River in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul. Minnesota. It is the oldest Ford plant still in operation. having been first built in 1924. Today. the plant manufactures the Ford Ranger pickup truck and the similar Mazda B-Series. In 2004. a vehicle took an average of 20. 77 hours of labor to roll through the assembly line. 3. 5 hours faster than might be expected in comparison to other plants. The site also primarily runs on clean hydroelectric power from a company-owned dam on the river. resulting in significant savings in cost and fuel usage. For many years. the soft sandstone underneath the plant was mined to obtain raw material to make glass for vehicle windows. The mining has long since ended. but the tunnels remain. Body: Galaxie 500For 1963. Ford saw no reason to radically change a good thing. and the 1963 model was essentially unchanged save for some freshening and added trim. A lower. fastback roofline was added mid year to improve looks and make the big cars more competitive on the NASCAR tracks. This 1963½ model was called the "Sports Roof" hardtop. While not much changed for the everyday buyer. for the performance oriented things were a little different — for partway through this year and in limited quantities there became available Ford's new racing secret weapon. the 427. replacing the 406. This new engine. designed for performance rather than refinement. was offered to the public simply because racing rules required the use of only engines sold in sufficient numbers in production vehicles. Ford took the 427 CID (7. 0 L) equipped Galaxie to the dragstrip in serious fashion beginning in 1963. building a number of lightweight cars just for that purpose. They featured fiberglass fenders. doors. trunklid and aluminum bumpers. Rated conservatively at 425 hp. this engine also featured in Carroll Shelby's final incarnation of the AC Cobra. The base Galaxie was joined in 1963 by the barebones Ford 300 sedan. Engine: 8 Cyl. 390 CIDThe 390 CID (of 389. 6 CID or 6. 4 L true displacement) engine. with a bore of 4. 05 in (103 mm) and stroke of 3. 78 in (96 mm). was the most common FE engine in later application. It was used in many Ford cars as the standard engine. as well as many trucks. It was a popular high-performance engine too; although not as powerful as the 427 and 428 models. it provided good performance. particularly in the lighter weight vehicles. and was in much greater supply. the 390cid 2v is rated at 265 bhp @ 4. 00 rpm. No warranty expressed or implied. See the handwritten note in the description in the pictures section for some history. If there are questions I can't answer I can contact the seller or representative possibly putting you in contact with them. This vehicle is listed locally and the auction may end at anytime. Thank you for looking On Apr-27-15 at 21:40:45 PDT. seller added the following information: We have been getting a lot of questions about paying cash. My suggestion is bid then. This deal will only take place on ebay. If other deals are worked out with the owner that is up to her. The car is in excellent shape. No accidents or paintwork done in the 17 plus years she has owned it.