1965 Galaxie Fastback
-352 ci Motor (5.8 liter)

The Good
-Runs & Drives, shifts good
-NEW Disc brake conversion (front only) includes proportion valve, vacuum booster, master cylinder, rotors, calipers
-NEW Interior, from carpet to headliner
-NEW Electronic Ignition conversion (no points)
-NEWLY rebuilt rear end (third member) by Dan's Driveline
-Body is straight and solid, no bondo that I can find, rockers, inner fenders and floors are solid as can be
-NEW door weather stripping, window felts
-NEW trunk weather seal
-All gauges work, has an aftermarket temp gauge
-NEW LED lights in dash, no bulbs. 25+ year life.
-NEW slave cylinder in driver rear brakes. NEW brake line in driver rear.
-Glass packed exhaust sounds nice
-Lots of new and old parts available, especially mechanical.
-Haggerty puts the value at like $12K
-Title in my name, Nevada
-Cheap to license and insure

The Bad
-Cheap tint job that needs to be removed
-Little hard to start after sits, may just be the check valve in the fuel line???
-Front end could use new bushings, tends to wander a bit on the road, maybe just a characteristic of the car??
-Paint is rough. I didnt want to paint it and put off buyers who care about the color.
-Cracking windshield
-Someone did a half ass job putting front and back glass in, there is black gooey stuff all around the edges...
-Driver window regulator may need replacing, or possibly could be adjusted out, leaves a small gap when rolled up, sometimes.

The Meh..
-Edelbrock 1405 Carb
-American racing wheels
-Tires are OK. Look good, but a bad alignment has worn them unevenly. Should be rotated, or fronts replaced...?? Rears are good.
-No speakers or modern stereo. I built a new rear deck, would be easy to install system, door panels are new, could be cut for speakers.
-Grant steering wheel kit on it, I have the original wheel but i think the horn ring wont go on due to broken center bit.
-"Galaxie 500" badge is in two or three pieces, I have it. I think they look terrible anyway, placement is on the front fender traditionally
-Brake pedal is a bit high, only takes a minute to get used to, could be adjusted by putting spacer between vacuum booster and fire wall or a shorter eye bolt to the pedal.
-Odometer says 13,xxx is it 213,xxx? 113,xxx? who knows
-Cruise-o-Matic trans (has two Drive positions, one starts in 1st gear, the other starts it off in 2nd)
-Had factory air, someone ripped it out, still has plumbing.

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Project Ugly Horse: Part VII

Fri, 12 Apr 2013

Devils, Details and Weight Reduction
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I've spent three days crammed in the axle well of this 1989 Mustang with nothing to keep me company beyond a trouble light, a DeWalt drill on the very last of its legs and billion razor sharp, red hot slivers of metal with an affinity for my most sensitive of regions. My joints are raw from crawling around on the concrete. I'm half deaf from the shriek of the spot weld cutter and the boom of the cold chisel and hammer.

2015 Galpin Ford GTR1

Mon, 25 Aug 2014

Last year in Monterey, we met GTR1 for the first time. Galpin Auto Sports pulled the wraps off its Ford GT-based supercar, powered by a twin-turbocharged 5.4-liter V8 good for a whopping 1,024 horsepower and 739 pound-feet of torque. The thing was totally custom-made and reportedly took some 12,000 man hours to create. And there it sat on the Pebble Beach grass, $1,000,000-plus price tag and all.
This year, the Galpin was back, albeit with one big change. That twin-turbo engine? Gone. In its place, a 5.4-liter V8 with a 4.0-liter Whipple supercharger bolted on, delivering an astonishing 1,058 hp and 992 lb-ft of torque on 110-octane fuel. 0-60? 2.9 seconds. Top speed? Somewhere above 225 miles per hour.
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Ford looks to protect logo from Toronto mayor followers

Fri, 15 Nov 2013

One is a member of the Detroit Three and the maker of the Mustang, Fusion, Explorer and F-150. The other is an admitted loudmouthed, drunk-driving, crack-smoking mayor in Canada. Unfortunately for one, it shares its name with the other. Yes, Ford Motor Company is going to great lengths to keep its iconic Blue Oval logo from being appropriated by supporters of besieged Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
At a United Way event earlier this week, some of Mayor Ford's fans showed up with shirts that featured the automaker's logo with the words "Ford Nation," on them. Naturally, Mayor Ford signed them. FoMoCo was quick to issue an unhappy statement:
"Ford did not grant permission for use of its logo. We view it as an unauthorized use of our trademark and have asked it to be stopped," spokesperson Jay Cooney said. There was also a statement from Ford of Canada's Twitter account after a user alerted the company:

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