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.

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.

During the Ford Division's early 1960s " Total Performance " era, Mercury produced some equivalent models, such as the full-size S-55 and the Marauder, which shared the same body styles and mechanics as the Ford Galaxie 500 / XL sports models.

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.

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

The CBC formerly operated Galaxie, a digital television radio service which provides 45 channels of music programming to digital cable subscribers in both English and French.

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.

In 1967, the LTD product line became separate from the Galaxie, which became the mid-line offering.

While the redesign brought the LTD closer to the Mercury Marquis in styling, it was now separated from the Galaxie, which was discontinued after 1974.

In 1972, the brand caused a sensation in the field of ladies ’ watches by introducing the Mimosa and Galaxie models, both of which won the Golden Rose at the Baden-Baden international watch and jewelry competition held in Düsseldorf, Germany – the most important contest of its kind at the time.

The Custom 500 nameplate represented a slightly better trimmed version of the low-priced, economy models of Ford's full-sized car range, which also included the Ford Galaxie 500 and LTD.

For 1963 and later Sports Coupe models, the center console, which had come from the Falcon parts bin for 1962, was changed to be similar to that of the Galaxie.

The locally assembled Galaxie evolved into the LTD which was itself replaced in 1973 by an Australian developed, Fairlane-based model, also known as the Ford LTD.

The CBC channel, Radio-Canada, CBC Newsworld and all other CBC channels like CBC Bold and Galaxie can be received through cable and satellite TV channel providers across Canada, like through Bell Expressvu, Rogers Cable, Videotron, Cogeco, and other smaller TV providers.

Despite the debut of the lead single, " Galaxie ", at number 25 on the Billboard charts, Soup ultimately failed to meet sales expectations.

After leaving Galaxie 500, Wareham tried his hand at production, working with Mercury Rev.

The " regular " Galaxie 500 continued below the LTD as Ford's mid-level full-size model from 1965 until its demise at the end of the 1974 model year.

1959 saw the introduction of the Galaxie name in Ford's model lineup at mid-year.

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.

Bill Lawton's Tasca Galaxie turned the best performance, with a 12. 50 pass at.

The Galaxie 500 would be the # 3-selling convertible in the U. S. in 1966, with 27, 454 sold ; it was beaten by the Mustang ( at 72, 119, by more than 2: 1 ) and by the Impala at 38, 000.

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.

The Galaxie nameplate was discontinued after 1974, leaving the Custom 500 as the base-trim full-size Ford, then LTD, LTD Brougham, and the new LTD Landau at the top of the series for the 1975 model year.

After playing and touring extensively with both Boston-based and national acts such as The Lemonheads, Come, Galaxie 500, Dinosaur Jr., The Afghan Whigs, The Flaming Lips and The Jesus Lizard, as well as playing the second stage at Lollapalooza in 1992, the group released a CD EP titled Revisionist in 1993, and what would be their final CD, Illuminatus in 1995.

A new top-level full-size model was introduced at mid-year 1959, the Ford Galaxie.

During this time the configuration experienced a renaissance of sorts with groups such as Nirvana, Silverchair, Meat Puppets, Violent Femmes, Babes in Toyland, Primus, Hüsker Dü ( and spin off bands Nova Mob and Sugar ), Walt Mink, the Minutemen, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Melvins, Fudge Tunnel, Galaxie 500, DC3, Nomeansno, The Presidents of the United States of America, Low, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Killdozer, Cosmic Psychos, Therapy ?, Placebo, Jawbreaker, Bratmobile, Sleater-Kinney, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, Gov't Mule, Morphine ( bass, sax and drums ) and Ben Folds Five ( piano, bass and drums ).

By this time the Lotus Cortinas were being developed and the big Galaxie became uncompetitive.

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.

In 1967 Ford Australia reintroduced the Fairlane, this time as an Australian-developed, luxury, long-wheelbase version of its mainstream Falcon, positioned between the Falcon and the Galaxie.

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.

Galaxie 500's music had an influence on many later indie music groups, including Low.

* 40 commercial-free digital music channels provided by Galaxie

In Canada, Bell TV and Vidéotron offer 45 channels provided by Galaxie, while Shaw Direct, Shaw Digital Cable and Rogers Digital Cable each offer 40 music channels: 20 provided by Max Trax, the other 20 provided by Galaxie.

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.

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

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 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.

A base-model Galaxie was offered for 1963 only, badged as the Ford 300.

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.