A modern, turbo-diesel inline six in a full-sized 60s sedan. Why not?
This Galaxie was featured on BangShift.com before it was painted matte black. It features a Cummins turbo-diesel inline six with a claimed 500+ horsepower and who knows how much torque.
The asking price is high, but so is the cool factor! The matte finish is polarizing and killed the sleeper value, but there’s no way this car is quiet, anyway. The biggest problem we have here is the exhaust – it dumps right in front of any poor, unsuspecting front-seat passenger. Rolling coal in this beast would punish all of its occupants!
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Griffin, GA
$37,950 buy-it-now with offers considered
This is a cool, mean-looking Galaxie. The post-less four-door is a classic.
Front and is blacked out and stacked headlights are classics.
The contrasting top does add something here.
Yes, it does have windows.
Signature Galaxie tail light design works well with the blacked out look.
Semi-finished, wrapped, original steering wheel is an odd choice, but it’s obvious the interior wasn’t the priority here, save for functional items, like full gauges.
Upholstery is simple, but matches the exterior design.
A fuel cell occupies a good amount of trunk space, but perhaps not more than the spare would have taken. Note that the battery is back here, too.
And…here it is! The 5.9L Cummins has similar displacement to the 390 V8 used in so many Galaxies; but, as the seller states, it weighs a lot more. Of course, its torque more than offsets the mass, as long as you want to go in a straight line.
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The 1965 Galaxie! Once seen that’s what you will call this 1965 Satin Galaxie 500 5.9 Cummins! Yes I said a 5.9 Cummins Turbo Diesel powered by a built automatic transmission with a manual valve body, putting that 500+hp through a DANA rear end. Im going to tell you…It’s the coolest car we have ever owned…I say that to tell you when you drive this Galaxie that 5.9 rattle turns heads (Everyone is looking for a truck) when they see this beauty they lose their mind…this ride turns almost every head on the road.
We here at IVEautosales.com we love the satin look, we picked satin Black with a satin gold roof accented in gloss contrasting emblems. The interior we had done in flat black with beautifully completed black seats with brushed gold piping. The headlights have been upgraded to ballasted xenon’s which looks great, reminds me of the Green Hornet. This is one good looking ROD. Below is a article from Bangshift.com written before we acquired the car::::::::::::::::::
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“As youll see more of today, the diesel swap in a car thing is gaining more and more steam by the week. From 1980s economy boxes getting smallish turbo diesels to cars like this 1965 Galaxie getting a face full of wicked up Cummins power, the economy and performance of these engines is really taking the hot rodding world by storm. Never in a million years did we see this combo coming, though! We have to thank Chris Cabe for the tip on this Galaxie that is currently for sale by IVEautosales.com. With a 500hp Cummins 6BT engine in the front, a Dana 60 axle in the back and a rebuilt and refreshed overdrive automatic trans between the two, this thing has to be awesome to rattle down the road with. The seller is claiming 30mpg and we have no reason to dispute that.
With a slightly lowered stance and larger wheels, the car has a whiff of a pro touring vibe. The one thing we would change if we took ownership would be to go with a set of body colored steelies with some fatter meat in the back to give it more of a street racer/drag racer look. Were not knocking the car at all, just a personal stylistic choice, thats all. The 500hp output of the engine means that it is barely breathing hard at this point. There is a TON more power to he had there. In fairness, it is making prodigious torque and enough horsepower now to be hilarious to drive but this thing could be made into Captain Insano levels of fun by standing on that inliner a little harder. A six speed manual transmission would also add to the top end fun here, but again, were just dreaming out loud.
Four wheel disc brakes on the corners, a beefy Dana 60 axle out backwhats not to love here? Yes, the Cummins weights in at about 975lb wet and thats a few hundred pounds heavier than a 427 FE engine would be so corner burning may not be its thing, but scaring the pants off of unsuspecting street squirrels sure would be. The want is definitely strong here.”