These wagons featured the same tinware as Galaxie 500s inside and out, and were a step up from the base-model Country Sedan.

14-inch wheels became standard equipment, and the Slant-6 was replaced by a larger version for improved base-model performance and greater manufacturing economy — the 198 used the same block as the 225, while the 170 had used a different block.

The one exception to Chevelle / Beaumont availability was a base-model Beaumont convertible.

The 198 was introduced in the North American market for model year 1970 as a more powerful base-model engine than the previous 170 engine.

Like other Subaru models of the same vintage, the XT was sold in three models: the base-model DL, the better-equipped GL, and the top-of-the-range GL-10.

Faux wood trim came standard in Pacifica Touring and Limited models, while the base-model " Pacifica " ( later Pacifica LX ), offered interior colored plastic trim.

For name-brand machine tool builders who made only high-quality tools, there wasn't necessarily any lack of quality in the base-model product for the " luxury model " to improve upon.

* 1961 Ford Fairlane 500 — nicer base-model full-size car

* 1964 – 1978 Ford Custom 500 — nicer base-model full-size car

The units within the product line above the base-model TriCaster 2. 0 enables use of LiveSet 3D Live Virtual Set technology developed by NewTek, that replaces tens of thousands of dollars worth of conventional 3D virtual set equipment alone, and is also found in NewTek's venerable VT Integrated Production Suite, the modern-day successor to the original VideoToaster.

The XT is not to be confused with the similarly named base-model Falcon XT of 2002-current.

The base-model V100 cars received relatively minimal ornamentation.

Displacement ranges from 1. 6 L to 2. 0 L. The M43 powered base-model cars, while higher performance models at the time were powered by the DOHC M42 or M44.

Certain color base-model Neons, including red and black, had bumper covers molded in color rather than painted.

The base-model Highlander wheels also changed from steel-rims to the alloy wheels that were on the 2001 – 2003 model year Highlander Limited and B-Package.

the Bear's Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1991 where they played to a sparse audience that was expecting to see Galaxie 500 spin-off Magnetophone.

The 1960 Edsel Ranger four-door hardtop model used the thin-pillar Ford Fairlane four-door sedan roofline, as opposed to the " square " roofline used on the corresponding Ford four-door hardtop, which was exclusive to the Galaxie line.

The Galaxie four-door hardtop's rear door trim panel, however, was fitted to the Ranger.

Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.

In Liz Phair's song " Stratford-on-Guy ", she sings, " And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video.

The Ford Galaxie was a full-size car built in the United States by the Ford Motor Company for model years 1959 through 1974.

The Galaxie 500 / LTD was introduced for 1965 followed by the Galaxie 500 7-Litre in 1966.

The Galaxie 500 part was dropped from the LTD in 1966, and from the XL in 1967 ; however the basic series structuring levels were maintained.

The Galaxie was the high volume counterpart to the Chevrolet Impala.

A version of the car was also produced in Brazil under the names Galaxie 500, LTD and Landau from 1967 to 1983.

In keeping with the era, the 1959 Galaxie was a chrome and stainless steel-bedecked, two-tone colored vehicle.

The 1960 Galaxie was all-new in style, abandoning the ostentatious ornamentation of the 1950s for a futuristic, sleek look.

The formal roofed 2-door hardtop was not available this year, but the roofline was used for the Galaxie 2-door pillared sedan, complete with chromed window frames.

Performance was beginning to be a selling point, and the 1961 Galaxie offered a new 390 CID ( 6. 4 L ) version of Ford's FE series pushrod V8, which was available with either a four-barrel carburetor or, for serious performance, three two-barrel carburetors.

For 1962, the Galaxie name was applied to all of Ford's full size models, as the Fairlane moved to a new intermediate and Custom was temporarily retired.

The 1962 models, however, were overweight by comparison to the Super Duty Pontiacs with their aluminum body panels and larger-displacement engines, so late in the production run, Ford's Experimental Car Garage was ordered to put the Galaxie on a diet.

It produced 11 " lightweight Galaxies ", making use of fiberglass panels, as well as aluminum bumpers, fender aprons, and brackets ; the result was a Galaxie weighing in at under.

The SportsRoof was available in both Galaxie 500, and Galaxie 500 / XL trim.

Galaxie ( which CBC owned at the time ) supplied some music content for the radio networks.

Entering Alphaville in his Ford Mustang, called a Ford Galaxie, he poses as a journalist named Ivan Johnson, and claims to work for the Figaro-Pravda.

He is remembered for his ability to drive and win in all types of cars and series, including a Lotus-Cortina, with which he won the 1964 British Touring Car Championship ; IndyCar ; NASCAR, driving a Ford Galaxie for the Holman Moody team ; Rallying, where he took part in the 1966 RAC Rally of Great Britain in a Lotus Cortina ; and sports cars.

Galaxie 500 recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 programme, these later released on the Peel Sessions album.

The most produced combonation for the Galaxie and Galaxie 500 was the 352 V8, with Cruise-O-Matic, and the highway friendly 3. 0 rear end ratio.

Ford again took the 427-equipped Galaxie to the racetracks in serious fashion in 1964, building 50 lightweight fiberglass-equipped cars just for the purpose of drag racing.

It should be noted that the Ford Country Squire station wagon, while wearing " Country Squire " badging for many years, was actually part of the Galaxie 500 line.

The new top-of-the-line designation this year was the Galaxie 500 LTD. Engine choices were the same as 1964, except for an all-new six-cylinder and 1965 engine replacing the 50s-era 223 " Mileage-Maker " six and the 352 being equipped with dual exhausts and a four-barrel carburetor.

A new model was introduced for 1966 ; the Galaxie 500 7 Litre, fitted with a new engine, the Thunderbird V8.

Model year 1970 was the last year for the XL, but Galaxie 500 hardtop coupes were also available in both formal-roof and SportsRoof body styles.

The 1974 model year was essentially a repeat of 1973, but it was the last year for the Galaxie 500 name.

" Hutch's automobile was a battered tan 1973 Ford Galaxie 500, which occasionally appeared when the duo needed separate vehicles or for undercover work.

During the 2005 Canadian Media Guild lockout, the normal schedule was temporarily replaced by continuous music from Galaxie, except for short news updates at the top of each hour from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m. local time.

Barris went on to build three fiberglass replicas using the frames and running gear from 1966 Ford Galaxie cars for the show circuit, three of which were covered with a felt-like flocking finish in the 1970s.

The LTD debuted as the highest trim level on the 1965 full-size Ford range under the name Galaxie 500 LTD and became its own series for the first time in 1966.

The LTD designation is considered by some an abbreviation of " Luxury Trim Decor " and by others as a limited body style classification for the Galaxie.