1963 Ford 300 427 4-Speed 4 Door Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode 309
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- 1963 Ford 300 427 4-Speed 4 Door Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode 309
We normally don’t associate high-performance 1960s cars with having 4 doors, but we also don’t see many 1960s 4-door sedans powered by high-compression, dual-quad fed 427s with 4-speed hanging on them from the factory! Well this is just such a machine.
And we have to correct ourselves already… we called this one a “Custom 300” in the intro, but in fact, Ford’s low-price entry in the full size field was just named the 300 for 1963, a name used for a single year model, even though low-price full size Fords had been around for decades.
The 300 shared the chassis, suspension, drivetrains, and other basic structural elements with the flashier Galaxie and Galaxie 500, but it was far more bare-bones, without fancy trim or other luxury items. Most were straight six or small V8 powered with manuals on the column. 300s were slab-sided sleds sold in several solid skins set off by 3 selections of seat stain. Some suggest it’s short on style, but we think simple is solid when it’s served with serious steam.
300s were also used largely in fleet vehicle trim, ranging from taxicabs to police cars. Interestingly, Ford had several levels of Police Car trim offerings in ‘63, ranging from the 138 HP six-cylinder Deputy model designed for “General Purpose” police work, the Police Sentinel, with it’s small block 260 V8 making 164 HP of law enforcement power, the 352 powered Guardian, for “all around” police work, up to the 330-hp 390 powered Interceptor versions, far more capable of chasing down bad guys on their way out of Mayberry.
But our 300 is even more than that, although we really don’t know if it ever served in a municipal capacity. The black and blue color scheme sure looks official. 300s could be ordered with any of the Ford V8s, including the 425 HP 427, no matter how many doors it had. We’re not exactly sure how many of these were built, but it’s not many.
Inside, this 4-door 300 is as bare as they come, with giant flat bench seats, crank-up windows, minimal trim, and very few amenities. This one sports an AM radio and a heater, but perhaps the most important feature is the 4-speed shifter in front of the bench seat.
Outside, the only indicator of this beasts potential is the little 427 badge on the fender, which almost seems like a gag when you look at this basic 4 door box. But opening the hood is no laughing matter, as you are stared-down by a high-strung big block Ford FE engine breathing through dual 4 barrels atop a mid-rise aluminum intake, high-flow heads, a solid lifter cam, and snarling through header-like cast iron exhaust manifolds. This one has a few chrome touches beyond the valve covers, like the radiator expansion tank and the fan shroud, but nothing looks upgraded from stock. Manual brakes and steering add to the experience of keeping this flying brick on course.
It does have heavy duty suspension and oversized drum brakes behind 14” stamped steel wheels wearing conservative hubcaps. The rear axle is a tough 9” unit managed by heavy leaf springs and shock absorbers, but a canon-carver she ain’t. But that park bench seat discourages high-speed turning maneuvers, no matter how hard you white knuckle the steering wheel. But this one shines in a straight line, and no doubt ranks as one of the top sleepers in The Brothers Collection.
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As a lifetime Ford guy, I've seen a lot of unique Fords. But I've NEVER SEEN one like this!!! Thanks!
I'm a Mopar guy & I want one!
Muscle cars are 2 door..But this would make a good moonshine car.. Inconspicuous look.
427 and a 4 speed can make anything cool.
My Dad had a 63 Galaxie company car 260 2 speed auto. Bought it after 2 years and made it our family car. Great memories and man would I love to have this 427!
I think Fred Lorenzo won all of Nascar in those years 63 and 64 awesome
My dad a Galaxie 500 with a 352 I didn't know they came with 427 with dual quads thanks for your service GS out
My Dad had a 64 galaxy 500 black 4 door 352 4 barrel factory duals, posi trac 250 horse police special, fond memories. He would often curse the (positive traction) when getting on it.
People who don't like 4 doors are irrelevant to the automotive community. These are just amazingly cool. Also really happy to see some branched out variety.
I love to see oddball cars like this one. I've seen a couple late 60s full size Chevy wagons with factory 427-4 speed combos. It gets old seeing Mustang's, Camaro's, and Chevelle's nonstop. I like the blue 4 door 65 Galaxie R-Code 427 they've got in the collection too. Only one ever made
4 doors were always my favorite and what I could afford in the past...
My dad was an RCMP officer in 1967, junior constable. The worn out ready to retire on the detachment fleet was a 2 door 63 300, with a 260, 3 on the tree you could beat in a foot race. Members sometimes showed up early to get ahold of the grey on black, 2 door 4 speed big block Custom.
I love it for everything it is, and everything it isn't! And a 'hat tip' to Kevin for being a true horsepower fashionista & dressing to match the car!
I love cars like these, especially the Galaxie-esque types that look like a plain old errand runner. I'd gladly accept one of these any day.
Hell yeah! That's a cool car I don't care who you are or what you like
Great looking car what a great classic. Thumbs up.
Only a wagon body could serve as a better disguise. The historical literature about the 300 was an added bonus.
If this one was mine, I’d take it directly to a body shop and turn it into a 2-door panel. Authenticity of the thing doesn't matter for me .
@Arthur Jones Thanks, I have seen that episode.
martin martin YIKES 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼🤪
Love the alliteration through the beginning of your video. This one's a real gem. Can't beat 425 horses and 4 speeds.
Yeah you can. It's called 454 LS6.
For sure!! Blue oval
@@cali2468 Yeah right LS6 Won't even come close when comparing it to the FORD 427. Especially in that Almost 4,000 lbs. Chevelle. I'm Born and Raised in a FORD Family. I would take the Buick GS 455 Stage 1 Now that was a Beautiful Car with insane Low End Torque, the infamous HEMI Killer. IMO the Street Hemi wasn't All That, Very Overrated. Like i said Big Time FORD Guy, but i Always Loved the 69-72 Novas, and the 70-72 Buicks with the 455 Torque Monster. Hands Down the Best 455 Engine GM ever produced. Pontiac NO, Oldsmobile NO, Buick 455 YES !!!
Rated at 360 HP and 510 Ft.Lbs. The Stage 1 Was a Beast. If i were to ever own a 69-72 Nova, First thing is to Repower it with a 429-460 BBF. If i were to own a Buick GS or Skylark, would probably keep the Buick Powerplant. Don't know, something about that Beautiful Car and that insane Torque Down Low, will definitely get that Heavy Weight Buick out of the Hole, Very Quickly. Way quicker than any 454 LS6. The Stage 1 455 was rated at 360 HP, Shit the 1971 BOSS 351 Mustang was rated at 330 HP, and i know for a Fact that it made Well Over 400 HP. Pretty Damn Sure the Buick Over 400 HP too. But it's that Crazy Torque that gets it up and Hauling Ass !!!
@@badass6.0powerstroke10 Blah blah and after all that garbage spewed, go look at 1/4 mile for this car and compare it to an LS6 Chevelle. The 427 powered 300 was barely in the 13s and trapped 100 mph. The almighty LS6 Chevelle was a bottom 13 second car and trapped 107-108 mph regularly. 100% bone-stock. The 70 Chevelle with the RPO Z15 option LS6 454 was no pretender, but it would outrun pretty much every car on the road in it's day; even the Hemi. These aren't assumptions these are FACTS!
@@badass6.0powerstroke10 I was so eagerly awaiting a response from this "Furd Boy" that I revisited the comments and all I hear is crickets. 😂😂 Ford had NOTHING that could run with the ALMIGHTY LS6 Chevelle. 🙃
I'm not a Ford man but this one is beautiful and I would love to have It.
Absolutely love it. It's an earlier year model of 2 cars I owned, a 1970 Plymouth Fury 1 police pursuit 440, 4 door sedan, black with blue interior, then a 1971 Ford Custom 429 N code, 4 door sedan, black with blue interior.
Very tough.....I've owned 18 Galaxies and will always love them...
Yes, I dig it! Widen those wheels, refit the stock hub caps and run some new wide radials to fill out those guards and you’d have a sleeper that could turn too.
Maybe some seat belts as well.😄
in the 1980s my father in law had the 63 ford 300 with the 260 v8 and 3 speed on the tree, my girl and i drove it every where ,lots of good memories in that old boat of a car!
A good friend had a Galaxie 500,I think it was the XL,but it's been over 40 years ago & I'm not positive. It was a factory 427 dual 4,4speed I know. Black w/red interior,a real beauty! I remember seeing a '67 Fairlane wagon,I think it was a two door. It was a 427,4speed. I seen it in Super Stock & Drag Illustrated,I always wanted a car like that!♡
Kevin Oeste, king of the automotive one liners! Love it!!
Not a fan of 4 door muscle cars, but there's always an exception.👍
There were a number of Hemi powered 4 dr cars made.
There was a 421 powered dual quad Pontiac 4 door as well...
More doors more whores back in the 80s.
@Richard Skipper yep lots of room to sleep on those seats... 😂😂😂😂
that was just an awesome pick for this week's muscle car, and the narrator couldn't be any better... keep up the good work 👍
Alliteration at it's finest.The car is pretty bad ass as well!!!
my dad brought home a 65 dodge coronet with a 426 and a 3 on the tree once.Wild what you could get.at least it was a 2 door
Proves less is more in my book.
Growing up in Hialeah, Florida my dad had a 59 Contry Sedan with a 332. Our neighbor's mom had a 60 Ford Custom, 4 door, 6 cylinder, three on the tree. The dad had a 60 custom wagon, 427, automatic. On occasion, he would outrun the city cops just for grins. He knew them all.
As a Ford guy I love this car. This is the definition of the term sleeper. A plain Jane base model sedan with an engine under the hood that was designed for NASCAR and NHRA Drag Racing. One of the coolest cars I've seen on MCotW so far. Keep em comin fellas!
Jeremy Thompson ford is gay
@@lathanosleroyjordan9424 why you watching videos on Ford's then? A little gay yourself are ya?
@@lathanosleroyjordan9424 Ford is the only manufacturer that taxpayers didn't have to bail out to keep from going bankrupt. Why? Because Ford outsells every other brand in America. I like Mopars too. Government Motors sucks shit. Chevy built nice cars years ago but now they are the shittiest brand in America. I'll never buy a GM product again
@@lathanosleroyjordan9424 you seem a little fruity yourself
holy cow. that is amazing. Only makes sense that it had to operate on one side of the law, no matter which.
My daily is a ‘68 4 door Satellite with a 383 big block. It surprises a few SUV’s.
I could imagine trying to run this hard in the turns with no seat belts and no power steering or breaks. You would need be fairly strong, one hand on wheel and one hand on the shifter. This is a great find.
The 300 was Ford's fleet car primarily, for taxis and law enforcement, although some frugal private citizens would buy them to save a few bucks. The frames of the 300s were of a lighter gauge, hence cheaper, which helped reduce their cost. Fun fact: the Lightweight Galaxies utilized the 300's weaker frame. Startling when you consider the horsepower and twisting of the chassis associated with the high speed clutch dumps and shifts happening with the LWGs. The lightweight frames continued through the 1968 year with the Custom and Custom 500 models, also full sized price and equipment step downs from the Galaxie line.
big v8 on the simple an family car only in the 60'. This channel its the better
Not the better, the BEST 🎯‼️❗️
@@mrdiplomat9018 i remember this Dodge diplomat, much used in police, very strong, fast, durable, i love this Dodges
don't wonder i turned out the way i did -- was 16 when that car arrived -- and was the ultimate sleeper right next to the Pontiac Super Duty, the hemi coronet and 427 Nova a few years later. What a time to be alive and a car nut. Yes i love today's cars like my hot rod lincoln (MKZ) twin turbo'd escape lol and C6 vette -- but they are all luxurious comfortable safe and more or less reliable ........ bombs like this black custom were a dream come true back then -- prob a good thing i was still in school and at home. :)
Great vid as usual Kevin -- keep em comin brother and tnx.
Definitely a heart breaker and pink slip taker!!!! So cool.
I had a friend in high school who claimed his Dad had one of these. It was even black and a 4 door base model. I called him a liar when he said it was a 427 with 2x4s on it with a 4 speed. I never got to see it in person. Okay I'm old and you couldn't just look up possible options back then. I was sure it had to be a 2 door R code car to get the 427. I owe that guy an apology. And here I thought my drag pack Mustang and GTA Fairlane were special. I love this channel and all the unusual cars they bring to show us.
Why didn't you just go and take a peak before calling him a liar?
@@grex1242 The keyword was HAD. There wasn't anything to look at. I was 16 and you couldn't look up Ford's production online in 1976.
This belonged in my top 3 among the collection, but after seeing the 427 Fairlane, it is now in the top 5. The Fairlane might be number 1. The light blue moves it up the sleeper scale.
A friend of mine's Dad had a 63 Merc with a 406 and 4spd. Ernie said cops would come lookin for him to race.
Mr Old Pueblo
Awesome. Mercs definitely don’t get enough love
On the last lap of the Daytona 500 your in the lead and your 4 year old son who was sleeping in the back pops his head up over the front seat and says faster Daddy !! and it all started when you made a wrong turn into the parking area but wound up on the starting grid. You later told junior to keep quiet about the prize money but Mom figured it all out later when she noticed the lipstick from the race queen on your shirt. Only in America !
I bought one in 1973 for $25 off a dealer. He made sure I knew it was a cop car so I was on my own. I had more fun with it than a free trip to Disney.
My uncle had one what nice ride to Canada we had the more the woman botched the faster he went I never knew it had a 427 that's why it sold so fast!!
"The look is total sleeper. It's got four doors, a complete lack of trim, little dog dish hubcaps, black paint and a blue gut...we bet this one left a few egos black and blue." Amen, brother Oeste
Love it. No fuss no muss. And you guys mentioned some of the police models too. Would love to hear more about other police models. Some of them had big blocks too. Tks.
Yeah, the 352 Police Interceptor was the first potent big block offering i believe.
I remember as a kid walking to the "Mister Doughnuts" and seeing the 64, 65, 66 & 67 Ford FHP cars. Black with yellow roof, trunk, and upper rear fenders, all had the 427 badges.
I still remember when i was 12 or 13 a friend of my Bro had a old Ford Police car that had a 406 P.I.4 speed. Once he got rolling with that thing it sure would motor. He had a hard time keeping it straight. Sadly he missed a shift one day and it was all over for the 406. It ended up with a 390 in it.
Beautiful simplicity and classy look. Still a beautiful car today.
I'm so glad I found yur channel as it's soooo professionally done! I'm in my '60's, always a gearhead but I've NEVER heard of the Ford 300 with the huge 427 with it's dual carbs! This is a 1st for Ford and for me!
With the VIN you should be able to trace it back and find out if it was a government duty car. Love this! And I love the FEs!!!!!!
Man that's a sweet ride! Gotta go for the straight away but what a way to go! This is how people should learn how to drive and get the feel of their vehicle! Manual brakes and steering teaches you to think and PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING!
Good looking car
In high school I had a black ‘63 4-door Galaxie with a blue interior and a 390 with automatic. No power steering or power brakes. It was a bear to drive but it could get up and go. Just before college I replaced with a well-used ‘70 Mustang Mach I. For college graduation in 1980 days I replaced it with a new plain-Jane Mu
Mustang with a straight 6. Not fast or flashy, but it was new and reliable.
I love the plain black wrapper with drag racing guts. Anyone else that would have been guilty of a 260 V8 emblem swap upon receipt?
BloodRaven1969 Or no badge like a Mileage Master Six
@@sammolloy8129 Back then those emblems were attached with a pair of speed nuts on post through the panel, that is why I think 260 badges. If they were stick on like today I would go no badge in a hoofbeat.
I would've asked them to leave off the 427 badges from the factory
Such a simple design...exudes timeless beauty and grace. An era of design forever lost. Today's high performance cars are cool, but this old car beats the looks of all of them - and the sound of those old big blocks CANNOT be matched or duplicated by the newer cars. There's only ONE car that had better looks, - the AC Cobra. Great video, I glad it's here for everybody to see.....
We can dig it 😃😎👍😎👍
What a great car!!! I’d love to find one!
Who needs a radio when you can listen to that motor?
Needs Sgt. Friday driving . Just the facts Mam !
Grandpa had a 67 Ford Galaxie four door post. Used it for towing his campers on mountain roads. It worked. Had the 390 cubic inch. It worked just fine. And when not towing pretty fast stop light to stop light when grandson took it ,cruising on Saturday nights.
Man, that thing is awesome!
The epitome of all speed and no control : 60's full size low buck sleepers with the most exotic engine offerings with pedestrian steering and brakes .
My old man bought one new with a 289 and the 2 speed ford-o-matic trans. never saw many of the Ford 300's , really nice to see this one . Ours was a 2 door though .
I love it and it has to be a rare one.
The 66 Custom 500 with the 428 Interceptor also a 4 door with a top speed of 151mph. I had one. I like all big Fords from 63 to 69 I would like the one you got
Priceless pal.
simply BAD ASS! anytime a full size more-door, crew-cab can roast the tires from a roll, I'm all in!!!
B.T.W.
I do believe it's called a FAT BLOCK TIRE-FRYER .
Pre-elephant, too....
Bruan
Very cool motor - and give the presenter an A (for alliteration).
Beautiful.
I dig it
dang early 60s cars were the best looking
Loved the style of this episode
Not a Ford guy but I love it.
Glad this. Version survived
Stripped full size muscle! Yes, you could order it that way.
Love it, great job showing off the classic Ford “sleeper” 👍
Kevin that car is amazing. Seen a lot of 390 ones. But this one is something Jay Leno would of bought. The brothers collection is by far superb 👍👍
Not many hi po 4dr's aside from cop cars.
I usually like 'em decked out but that all-business FE 300 is some machine. Great job 's's are wild' Kevin :).
Super cool car! Looks like the taxi cab from hell!
I have also heard that sometimes cars back then were ordered like this to pull a boat or camper.
Beautiful 😍
Nice ride, very cool sleeper
I am not a 4 door fan . . but a 427 ?? Gotta love it!
the Get Away movie......"punch it baby."
That engine and bay with just the black and chrome looks Darth Vaderish,purely monochromatic, completely bad ass. The black on the rest of the body seems an extension of the engine bay background,a curtain of darkness that lends it a depth akin to a black hole. Stellar. Thanks again guys! ▪☆☆☆▪
That car has either "revenuer" or " 'shine runner" all over it!
Vincent Enk Or the car driven by men in black suits who visited you when you claimed you saw a UFO and were visited by aliens 👽!
Absolutely. Probably a bootlegger. Most of the police versions had the 390 I believe but it definitely is possible that it's a revenuer's car. I know the FBI ordered two 4 door Dodge Coronet's with the 426 Hemi in 1966
@@jeremythompson9122 no, 2 older ordinary citizens.
I would say it's a bootlegger. What I find strange is they didn't even order a side mirror on the driver's side. I wonder why?
Didn't this compete with the Bel Air 409 back then? It just as much claims sleeper status as the Ford 300 427. This is freakin nice.
Yes & do not forget an often over. Big block Ford,-
Any Ford afficianado knows (hopefully) of the ORIGINAL crossbolted PRE-427.
THE406. THE ORIGINAL was a top ouler. as was the 428 police interceptor
first & foremost was a 390 based top oiller block with a 428 stro,ke.
It too tendedcto blow it's rods. Out the blocks thrust surfaces.
The final 406 was, essentially, the cross bolted 427 hi river W/ dual Hollis with dual pumper accelerator options.
Then came the claim to fame Hemi assassin's.
And, yes, the Hemi WAS humbled.
Look it up!!!
And that was B4 the original 392 hemis.
Google Ed Pink engines
Look up Norms toy.
And it was not a Mr. Norms dodgee..
Nice chatting with you all,
Brian.
@@brianbenson8598 The 392 was 57. FE came around in 58 as the slow 332. You need to calm down.
@@falconater68 I wasn't discussing the 58 powerplant
If the words were lost I intoned the years after the original 390 (59) up to the 61 hipo 390
The first true big Ford .
After being out endured
By lean air at Pikes peak the stage was set for 3 separate Ford's.
These were the early 406 & the 428 police interceptor.
Only then came the 427s.
The ultimate version, the S.O.H.C.,
debuted in mid 1963.
Ed Pink used a camper Nick named 'Norm's toy in honor of It's designer Mr. Norm Faustin.
I dislike this service I have Re: editing & punctuation.
That's better.
And,No-i drive the speed limit.
Many late people should heve, too
Brian.
A 409 was a turtle compared to this. Very few Z-11’s were built but theoretically someone could have.
It's basically Ford's equivalent of a Chevy Biscayne or Pontiac Catalina. The 300 was Ford's entry level full size car
It’s awesome !
A very cool American classic featured in this top class video presentation indeed. Well done MC gang indeed!!!!
The car Andy Griffith wished he drove. 🚓 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
My neighbor was the Sheriff in my small version of Mayberry. He was also our Little League coach so we got to ride with him a bit. In 1965 it was time for his old car to be retired. He got a Chevy Biscayne 4-dr with a 427 engine. If memory serves me, it had a radio and heater option and must have had the 4-speed trans. That was it for options. I remember that it was VERY fast, and he said that no one on the road could outrun HIS car!
@Squirmin Herman the one eyed German I thought that, but wasn't sure. Then it must have had the 4-speed. We always rode in the back, so don't remember how he shifted, but do remember the awesome 427 nailing us to the back of the seat.... :)
in '67 my dad had a '67 Biscayne 2dr with a 427, 4spd, 3.91 posi, heavy duty suspension, no power brakes, no power steering, no radio, gold over gold interior. It was fast out of the box and never lost a race in our small town. It was his daily driver until 1969 when he traded it in for a 69 camaro ss 396 375 hp. That camaro was never as fast or as cool as the old Biscayne.
Those chrome bits under the hood were probably all original.
Heck yeah! I'm in.
You have a marvelous collection of videos of some fabulous cars!!2021
Now that's what I call a sleeper!
Incredible! Each car MC serves up convinces me "that is the one I wish I had!"
GREAT FORD FACTORY BUILD ALL AROUND FAMILY CAR SLEEPER. 👍
Love it, thanks for sharing.
It's the skinny little tires under a big car with high power that makes me giggle.
500 lb ft of torque with those skinny bias ply tires. LOL. Classic sleeper look. Bet you could light 'em up through 1st 2nd and 3rd gear.
Car is awesome. 4 door hot rod.
Very cool car!! And, that's gotta be Nick Offerman (Of Parks & Recreation) with his head and face shaved doing the presentation!
SWEET,SWEET RIDE LOOKING BAD IN BLACK!
A similarly equipped white Chevy tooled Eastern Kentucky, special ordered as a company car for a traveling Ashland Oil (?) company sales rep. No worries as the company bought the gas. I believe the company bought the car and he paid for any optional equipment.
This might have been a competing sales rep’s car. Or as you said a rum runner. I saw a black 65 2 door “7 litre” strippo that had been a Kentucky ABC car. Pushing down on the bumper was like pushing down on concrete. From the looks of the front sway bar this did not have the heavy duty suspension. Also since this has been frame off “restored” (with too much gloss in spots) it could be a “what if” car.
Love it!!!❤
Im so into that car!A sleeper that packs a punch!
I dig it! Excellent video of another amazing car. Thanks for all the muscle car magic you bring everyone.