Munda had a friend who worked for the State of Georgia. They’d get excited when Munda opened the hood to reveal the engine bay with the massive 427 cubic-inch V-8 engine, and its two four-barrel Holly carburetors tucked away under the big, oval air cleaner. When they caught sight of the 427 fender emblems, it was as if a magnet would pull them closer. People would just gravitate to it for a closer look. The 1963½ R-Code convertible would draw a crowd no matter where it went. A few years later he closed shop, and opened the first of three successful automotive parts stores in the Atlanta metropolitan area. In 1956 he left the team to start his own auto repair garage near Atlanta. Munda spent many hours behind the wheel of the race cars during test-and-tuning sessions while setting up the cars for race day. He was part of the team who built, and maintained race cars, including the 1939 Ford coupe driven by Sosebee at the Flying Mile on Daytona Beach. With the power and torque produced from the 427 R-Code engine, and its 425 horsepower rating, he was told that a heavier frame could minimize body twist when driven hard.Įarlier in his career Beeler worked for the Gober Sosebee Cherokee Garage in Atlanta, Georgia. Soon after the purchase, his father started schooling him about the engine, horsepower, and reason for picking the convertible model with its heavier frame instead of a hardtop. More than 50 years later, he recalls being star struck when his father drove up the gravel driveway in his new Maroon Galaxie convertible with the top down, and smiling from ear to ear. Sid was just 8 years old when his father, Beeler Munda, purchased a 1963½ Ford Galaxie 500 convertible from Otwell Ford in Cumming, Georgia. Borrowing a quote oft-used by his father, he nodded his head with approval, and remarked, “ What about that!” As it got within eyesight, he took notice of the gold 427 script and cross-flags fender badging. DEARBORN - Back in 1963, Sid Munda stared out the living room window as his father drove the family’s new Ford Galaxie up their gravel driveway.
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