This 1960 Ford Galaxie Starliner is a restored and modified example of a body style Ford offered for only two model years. The VIN decodes as an Atlanta-built car that left the plant with the 352 four-barrel V8, and it has since been reworked with a larger FE and a manual driveline. It is finished in burnt orange with a contrasting dark roof, and the exterior detail work includes Kindig-It door handles frenched into the body for an uninterrupted door skin.
Power now comes from a 390 FE V8, the larger-displacement descendant of the 352 this car was born with and a natural fit within the same engine family. It breathes through an Edelbrock intake manifold and an Edelbrock AVS2 carburetor, a well-matched combination that favors street drivability and straightforward tuning. Behind it is a Ford Toploader four-speed manual, sending power to a 3.56-geared rear end. That ratio was a factory-listed option in 1960, and paired with the Toploader it gives the car strong response off the line without making highway cruising a chore.
Braking has been updated to front discs with rear drums, a meaningful improvement over the original four-wheel drum setup and the kind of change that makes a car of this size and weight far more usable on modern roads. The Starliner sits on 17-inch American Racing wheels. Inside, the black interior is in excellent condition, with seats and carpet that show no meaningful wear. A digital dash replaces the original instrumentation, a Grant steering wheel sits ahead of the driver, and a Sony head unit with Bluetooth handles audio.
The Starliner name is what makes this car worth seeking out. Ford completely restyled its full-size line for 1960, and the Starliner's low fastback roof was the aerodynamic answer to NASCAR's superspeedways at a time when stock car bodies genuinely were stock. Ford abandoned the roofline after 1961 in favor of a squared-off formal hardtop, then tried to recover the advantage with the bolt-on Starlift roof, which NASCAR disallowed. That leaves 1960 and 1961 as the only two years this shape was available, and the 1960 body is a one-year design distinct from the 1961 restyle. Between the roofline, the FE and Toploader combination, and the custom bodywork, this is a Starliner built to be driven rather than parked.
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