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Originally Posted by Grumpy Rick
A friend has a couple '60 Starliners, and he tells me they are the largest model Ford ever built.
Never checked that out.
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The entire body of the new model was only slightly more than 36 inches high at the beltline, with an overall height of just 54.5 inches for the sleek new Galaxie Special Starliner models, and up to just 56.5 inches for the station wagons.
They were more than five inches wider than the 1959 models, with the brochures proudly announcing the tread width was now more than five feet!
The new Fords were actually wider than the legal limit in some states, although we know of no one receiving a citation for driving an “oversize
load.”
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http://www.mre-books.com/sa25/sa25_4.html
Same issue as dualing headlamps in 1958.
The 60 STAR (and 352/360HP engine) was designed for NASCAR competition. FORD finally decided to no longer comply with the 1958 AMA ban on racing beginning with the 1960 model year. The 61 STAR returned to more earlier trim designs while basically the same car.
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