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I have a 69 Mach 1 coming to the shop this week too. Oooooooooo, don't tease me... The Mach 1 or BOSS series, IMHO, are the sexiest Fords ever built.. Good work ND.. The pics showing the before/after are outstanding..
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Very nice!
How are you treating the rust on the back side of the panels and inaccessible locations? It kind of depends on the location. I use a combination of products. Rust inhibitor products (paints) such as por15, eastwood rust encapsulator, rust bullet etc get used quite a lot under the car and inside these structure/support areas. I also use 2K high solids epoxy primer and in contact areas that get factory type spot welds (pinch welds) I use a zinc rich primer that can be welded through. It pops and snaps when you start the weld but it does work and that way you have a coating on the steal in those sandwiched metal areas between and around spot welds/plug welds.
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Dave, the guy building my brother's 63 Galaxie is well connected with that small group of folks that have Ford muscle parts. Body parts, engines and engine parts,( SOHC engines and some Boss 429s, as well as a bunch of 427s). Electrical wiring harnesses, gauges, factory dashboards, suspension stuff, rear ends, transmissions.......... If you get jammed up sourcing a specific part, let me know.
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This one has not been restored, but it has been very well maintained. Belongs to a fellow I know here in town. It's a 390, with automatic. Everything on it works perfectly, and it's his daily driver.
Sam......
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Camp is where you make it.
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My wife's uncle has a 1967 Galaxie 500 coupe fastback with a 390 in it. He bought it when he got back from Vietnam. It now has about 65,000 miles on it and he never took the plastic off the seats. The rear seats have never been sat in. It's never been outside his county. Crazy. I'm hoping to keep that car in the family. It looks like this one but in green with black top.
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DAMMIT Dave, you make me drool all over my keyboard.
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Old cat turd!
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Great thread on a great car. My brother had a '63 Galaxie convertible with the 352 two barrel, dual exhaust, buckets and automatic. Sweet ride.
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Had a bud with one. We put a set of 352 heads on his 390 and it was a screamer. Had a c6 trans and a posi in the rear,it did some large smoke screams when wanted. As for small block Ford engines,to me there is none better when it is wound up. Put a ignition block switch to cut spark when shifting and watch the flames come out when you are doing fast runs at the drag strip.
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Holman-Moody Nascar. Dave - this is what I was talking about on facebook when I posted that picture of the Galaxie with the cammer in it.
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Did NASCAR ever allow the 427 cammer in competition?
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Don't ya love that Minnesota Rust? I don't miss it one damned bit... There is a bone yard down in Annandale MN that is 400 plus acres and is full of really cool old cars, minus all the rust on them...use to do a lot of business with them back when I lived in MN... Cool project tho Dave...always liked those early to mid 60s Fords, Galaxies, XL500s etc...some darn cool engines with some high HP available... by 68 tho, they had become kinda milk toast in the cool factor...
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This one has not been restored, but it has been very well maintained. Belongs to a fellow I know here in town. It's a 390, with automatic. Everything on it works perfectly, and it's his daily driver. beautiful, thanks for the lead on parts too. Holman-Moody Nascar. Dave - this is what I was talking about on facebook when I posted that picture of the Galaxie with the cammer in it. Yep, I knew what you was speaking bout.
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Today I started with RH mid trunk brace and trunk floor. The rotten stuff removed, new brace end welded in place. Trunk floor over brace repaired. A look from under the car.
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Looking good!
I always enjoy ND car threads.
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Now for the passenger side, same area. A look from the top. A new arrival to the shop put the work on hold about mid day. The mach 1 was on the lift for a while so I could check it out and show the owner what we are going to have to do to it. We have to do a LOT. lol! It's been "fixed" before. With a gas axe and some angle iron scraps... sigh. So, I get to un-fix before I can fix properly on that one. But I'm still super excited to have a 69 Mach 1 in the shop. They have a 390 for it, but the VIN shows it's a W code car, originally a 351 I believe.
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I better get back out to the Galaxie, the RH trunk brace isn't going to grow back by itself.
(I know because I put some miracle grow on it last week and it didn't work)
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that is awesome dave, I'm happy you get to do what you love. I had a 62 falcon when I was in the Navy, sold it before moving home in 08. engine purred like a kitten but the body needed work. wish I still had it.
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I drove right by your place today while equipment shopping. Now I'm kicking myself for not stopping by to have a look at those beauties.....
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My phone is not downloading any pictures. I will have to check this tonight. My brother had a 64 Galaxie in high school. It had a 352, dual exhaust, 4 barrel carrb, 3 on the tree with overdrive.
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