1962 Ford Galaxie 500XL Club Victoria Coupe: For Raymore man, this car takes ... - Kansas City Star
When Norman Kressmann was having his 1957 Cadillac restored in 1998, a car in a side lot caught his eye, and memories of when he was 18 years old in 1962 came rushing back. “It was a very different time,” said Kressmann, who lives in Raymore. We felt strong, as now, but there were influences coming against us. ”. It was also the year the Ford came out with a 406 engine that produced 450 horsepower. Kressmann knew he had to have one. The first new car he bought as an 18-year old was a 1962 Ford Galaxie 406. “When I got married I decided to get very conservative and traded 450 horsepower for 101 horsepower,” Kressmann said. So when Kressmann spotted the 1962 Ford Galaxie 500XL Club Victoria Coupe in 1998, it didn’t matter to him that the car needed plenty of work. He wanted what he considered the twin of the car he bought as an 18 year old. The body was fine, but the entire car needed to be repainted. “It was a basket case,” Kressmann said. Kressmann knew it was going to take time and money to get the car up and running like the car he owned in 1962. “You have to be extremely patient,” he said. When Kressmann got behind the wheel, he felt like that 18-year-old many years ago, when. Source: www.kansascity.com
