One such replica, which uses a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 as a base turned up on the Silverstone Auctions website as a NASCAR-racer you could drive on the road. At least in the UK.

Ford's answer came in the form of the 1963 Galaxie 500, and once NASCAR made a rule change stipulating a maximum engine displacement of 7.0 liters, the Blue Oval quickly punched its 406 FE V8 out ...

To be a race car driver back in the day you had to be a little crazy in the head. At least now there's cutting edge technology to help protect that head. On a recent episode of CNBC's "Jay Leno's ...

In 1963, Ford won its third NASCAR championship thanks to the Galaxie, which gained a lower, fastback-style roofline. The road-going version was also notably more powerful thanks to the big-block ...

That's just the charisma and draw of an early '60s Galaxie fastback. We like the NASCAR-inspired roofline, actually inspired by Ford Division Manager Lee Iacocca's raw determination to sell cars ...

The "Dragon Waggin," this concours-restored 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight that we're certain is going to sell at Mecum Auctions' season-starting bid in Kissimmee, Florida, is one of only 212 ...

He also owned a 1963 1/2 Galaxie 427 Lightweight that had been campaigned by a local Alhambra Ford dealer. But he sold it in 1966. "I always regretted the sale of my Lightweight five decades ago ...

We take a look at a 1963 Ford Galaxie Fastback with a 385 big-block with 760 hp ... Iacocca looked at the '61 Starliner with its fastback roofline born of the need for speed in NASCAR competition.

Wynn Hollingshead with his1964 Ford Galaxie XL that looks like a nicely restored original ... in every race at a time Ford had dominated NASCAR events up until the end of 1963. But Ford ...