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1960 Ford Facts and Specifications

General Year Information – 1962 Ford Full Size Car

The full size Ford grew more this year, now riding on a 119 inch wheelbase. The engines were carried over from the 1959 Ford, as was the basic chassis design, but the sheetmetal was more modern. The retracting Skyliner hardtop was gone, though the Sunliner convertible remained, and the Fairlane name would last only two years before migrating to the new midsize model.

The car looked all-new with twin headlights riding in a scalloped-square front clip. The Fairlane nameplate was now the base model, along with the Fairlane 500, Galaxie and range-topping Galaxie Special that included the Starliner hardtop and the Sunliner convertible. The Station Wagon Series continued with Ranch Wagon, Country Sedan and Country Squire models, with the latter also becoming part of the Galaxie Special line.

The 1960 full size Fords abandoned the ostentatious ornamentation of the 1950s for a futuristic, sleek look. Round taillights were replaced by half-moon shaped taillights for 1960 only. The focus of Ford’s stylists was to abandon the aviation influences of the “Jet Age” of the previous decade and instead capture the obsession of what would later be called the “Space Race”. The Galaxie nameplate worked well with this trend, as it would turn out. With the change in dimensions from 1959, the New York Times described the 1960 full-size Ford as the “longest, lowest, and widest in the fifty-six year history of the Ford Motor Company.”

All 1960 Fords featured a single chrome strip from the top of the front bumper, sweeping up to the top of the front fender, then back, along the belt line to the back of the car, where it turned inward and capped a small horizontal (versus vertical) fin. Large long taillights were housed in an aluminum panel below the fins and directly above a large bumper. At the front end, a large, recessed mesh grille housed the dual headlights. Each line added more ornamentation as they moved up the luxury-level. (See Models Descried for more information).

Changes were deeper than Just styling alone. For example, windshield wipers were extended to cover more of the windshield, and the center rear fuel door lid was introduced. The dashboard received a significant upgrade – with its width stretching further across the car. Engines offered were the 223 CID I-6 and 292 & 352 CID V-8s. A mid-year engine introduction was the Hi-Po 352 CID V-8 with 360 HP. This was Ford’s first engine with over 1 HP per cubic inch displacement. With the first real racing engine since 1957, the elegant Starliner 2-door hardtop became Ford’s choice for NASCAR racing due to its sweeping backlight that allowed faster speeds.

1960 Ford Facts – Significant Options

• • Air-conditioning, Polar Aire with eight-cylinder ($271).
  • Air-conditioning, Select Aire with eight-cylinder ($404).
  • Backup lights, standard Galaxie 500 ($11).
  • Battery, heavy-duty, 70-amp. ($8).
  • Electric clock, standard Galaxie 500 ($15).
  • Equa-Lock differential ($39).
  • Heater and defroster ($75).
  • Luggage rack, chrome ($39).
  • Manual seat, four-way ($17).
  • Padded dash and visors ($25).
  • Power brakes ($43).
  • Power seat ($64).
  • Power steering ($77).
  • Power tailgate window ($32).
  • Power windows, front and rear ($102).
  • Radio, push button and antenna ($59).
  • Rocker panel molding ($14).
  • Seat belts, front ($24).
  • Tinted glass ($43).
  • Tinted windshield ($25).
  • Transmission, Cruise-O-Matic ($211).
  • Transmission, Ford-O-Matic with six-cylinder ($180).
  • Transmission, Ford-O-Matic with V-8 ($190).
  • Transmission, three-speed manual with overdrive ($108).
  • Tutone paint ($19).
  • Wheel covers ($17).
  • Windshield washer ($14).
  • Windshield wipers, 2-speed ($10).