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Robin Shackleton is a big fan of racing driver Jack Sears. “I’m too young to have seen him drive back in the Sixties,” explains Robin, “but I’ve been to the Goodwood Revival a number of times and was fascinated by the 1963 Ford Galaxies in the saloon car races. They just looked so ungainly, getting to the first corner ahead of the pack through superior acceleration, then being caught by the Minis and Lotus Cortinas because they had to brake so much earlier for the bends.
“I owned a black 1964 Galaxie, but that’s the wrong year for the race cars and I’d always preferred the 1963 styling, so I sold it and went on a two-year hunt. It had to be a 1963 Galaxie two-door with bucket seats, manual four-speed and ideally a 500/XL. I saw some rusty UK cars then spotted one for sale at Frankman Motor Company in
