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Post by poet on May 28, 2021 8:19:33 GMT -7
Hey Folks! With my trike in putty and primer, I decided to take on a simple build. This will be another tribute build and will be in memory of my brother-in-law, who was my best friends brother, and whom I connected with because of his love for cars. He had a 63 Ford Galaxie 500 (not XL) that originally came with a 289 and bench seats and I want to duplicate more in the mold of what he wanted to do with his rather than what it was. We yanked out the tired 289 and dropped a 390 in it that turned out to be a smoker, then swapped that out for a 352, which had its own issues but still ran pretty well after some work. As I mentioned, his had bench seats but the kit comes with bucket seats so I think I'll run with those because I'm sure I can't find bench seats to match the rear seats. He had chrome reverse wheels with baby moon hubcaps which I have from the 53 Ford Truck kit, and L60 tires on the rear. This was around the year 1972.
I'm posting a pic of a random car that matches the color scheme of his, and a mock-up of the kit. Thanks for looking and commenting.
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Post by mrmike on May 28, 2021 11:53:50 GMT -7
Looking forward to your version of the '63 Galaxie! I once owned '63 Galaxie 500 with a 352 and a 4-barrel carb and dual exhausts. I used the kit you described and left the interior as is with the bucket seats, but painted the body light metallic brown with a white roof and fender skirts as my 1:1 was.
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Post by RetroSpectKustoms on May 30, 2021 19:10:55 GMT -7
Great start, I'll be watching this one!
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Post by poet on May 31, 2021 6:11:18 GMT -7
Looking forward to your version of the '63 Galaxie! I once owned '63 Galaxie 500 with a 352 and a 4-barrel carb and dual exhausts. I used the kit you described and left the interior as is with the bucket seats, but painted the body light metallic brown with a white roof and fender skirts as my 1:1 was. Sounds like you had a nice car. Even with the 352 those things could move! |
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Post by poet on May 31, 2021 6:11:47 GMT -7
Great start, I'll be watching this one! Thanks Bruce. |
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Post by mrmike on May 31, 2021 7:22:53 GMT -7
Looking forward to your version of the '63 Galaxie! I once owned '63 Galaxie 500 with a 352 and a 4-barrel carb and dual exhausts. I used the kit you described and left the interior as is with the bucket seats, but painted the body light metallic brown with a white roof and fender skirts as my 1:1 was. Sounds like you had a nice car. Even with the 352 those things could move! My '63 Galaxie had a numerically low gear rear end, but once the car got moving, it would go! It had a 4 barrel carb and a low restriction air cleaner from a '70 Roadrunner. Long dual exhausts with a Cherry Bomb muffler at the ends behind the rear bumper. It had a nice grumble.and wasn't too loud! |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jun 1, 2021 14:31:51 GMT -7
I'll be watchin' this..............
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Post by pete on Jun 1, 2021 17:25:54 GMT -7
Those big Fords look good in Poppy or Rangoon Red! I am a fan of baby moons and chrome reverse rims too. This is gonna be a stunner when done!!  |
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Post by poet on Jun 2, 2021 17:23:01 GMT -7
Those big Fords look good in Poppy or Rangoon Red! I am a fan of baby moons and chrome reverse rims too. This is gonna be a stunner when done!! Thanks Pete, but I didn't buy the correct color, just the red I had as it is just a quickie build. Here it is fresh out of the booth.
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Post by leon on Jun 3, 2021 3:42:28 GMT -7
Off to a nice start Dennis!
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