Dignlif '64 Galaxie 500

[Monk]

Hey Dig
Check this one out that was on EBay..........I've been following
this car.....it's been re listed several times.

Might provide some ideas.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230920559300

[Deaf Bob]

Rich, sent you an email..

Boy.. What a bonehead I am.... Dunno why or what but I added too many letters.. Someone got an email that made no sense..lol

Hopefully this time it went to the right Rich...

[Beagle]

...most expensive part may be the bell housing adaptor to put the 5 or 6 speed behind the FE - maybe American powertrain has something?
....

shouldnt' be all that big of a deal? Get a Tremec with a Toploader pattern, there should be a bunch of those.

[Beagle]

after doing a bunch of reading it seems the Galaxie guys are pretty happy with the front ends anyway? I found one where the guy welded up a stub and the CV front end, which would probably be cool but seems like hella work for something that may not really be needed.

How much "driver" are you heading towards here? 5.00 / gallon gas makes me wonder if a set of Edelbrock heads on a 360 with a mild cam might not make for an interesting and possibly even somewhat economical ride? They made decent torque in the trucks. Cam it to move the torque peak around to wherever your gears are, and there's no reason you couldn't get some mileage out of it. An RPM Air Gap dual quad would look sick , but I'd love to see what it could do with a mild economy minded build. I probably would splurge for a single 4bbl air-gap though. If it's as good on the FE as it is on everything else, it would be worth it.

[Deaf Bob]

Rich, sent you an email..

[DanStokes]

I was really careful with the JB Weld so that none of it got into the works inside the column. There's probably plenty of room but I sure didn't want to JB Weld stuff together that I would later wish was mobile.

Dan

[Dignlif]

That sounds like a fairly easy solution to get rid of the shifter bump Dan...I'll file that away for future reference.

[Dignlif]

oof that picture looks cool. That must be what my friend Dave was talking about with the 2 x 4 setup. I really like that overflow/ radiator fill setup.

Yeah the frame on this won't work but I imagine the Crown setup would work on other cars, like converting a shock tower car over?? Probably too wide for a Mustang but there's bound to be others that could use it. Maybe a newer Galaxy/ Fairlane since they have single attach lower control arm like the early Mustangs.

My uncle lives in Independence KY and he's supposed to meet me for DragWeek again this year.

[kyhunter89]

After reading this thread, I'm confused. I know where a 390 out of a Fairlane 500 is setting I could get for scrap price, I thought that was around the right price range, next to free. I know shipping would cost a leg (guessing $300). I even know where some 427/428s are in an outbuilding waiting.

455 FE. Do it


Nice car btw

[BBR]

Yeah I noticed the spring pockets are part of the stock frame. Boo.

[Beagle]

I think the frame rails are too jacked up on a car for the CV front end.

First things first, if the frame rails are 34" apart, you have a good start.

[DanStokes]

I've cut off the column auto shifter pivot and filled the hole with JB Weld followed by filler. This will be nicer for sure. Cool to see the project coming along.

Dan

[Deaf Bob]

Cool.. Should be the same.. If not, the one in the car should fit that one...

[Dignlif]

first step toward the man pedal in the Galaxie

It's a column out of a '63 floor shift car. It looks like the support is different but length looks good.

[DanStokes]

That looks like it could fit a lot of applications and is spiffy in the bargain. I like it!

Dan