1965 Ford Galaxie 500 LTD Fastback

History

The 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.

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Ford LTD Overview

The Ford LTD was a car model name that has been used by the Ford Motor Company both in North America and Australia.

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. There is evidence that, at least in Australia, it originally stood for "Lincoln Type Design." The original "Car Life" review at the time the first LTD was released suggests that it stood for nothing and was just three meaningless letters (that article also noted it could not stand for "limited" as Chrysler at the time already was using and had the copyright on that car name/designation). It was to be called the Galaxie LTD, in reference to the introduction of the Chevrolet Caprice which itself was an upscale model of the similar Chevrolet Impala model line and the similar body style but varying trim levels found in the Dodge Monaco and Polara.

These upscale models had features found primarily on luxury models from these same manufacturers, but were sold with much lower retail prices. The standard upgrade on these cars were power windows, a power drivers seat, power brakes, power steering, air conditioning, a full or half-vinyl top (called a landau or brougham randomly across different models by the same manufacturers. For example, the LTD was offered with a Landau top, but the Mercury Marquis and Ford Torino offered exactly the same roof as a Brougham package). Another list of upgrades were interiors made of better materials and more powerful engine options. Most of these upper trim models were usually all hardtops as opposed to pillared bodies.

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