P code 65

[Royce]

Would a 65 Galaxie P code have just the flat exhaust manifold?  A buddy bought one with the long cast headers. Previous owner swears original.

[Gregwill16]

The earlier P codes had hipo shorty manifolds. No shorty's 65 and up, so not out of question imo.

[WerbyFord]

Interesting find!
I dont think the HiPo 406 Shorty Iron fits the 65-up chassis IIRC.

My dad said they ran out of 406 Shorty iron about mid-1964 so even some 64s left Wayne Assembly with flat "300hp" flat iron.
He never mentioned 65 but I just assumed they were flat.
Those late long irons are so rare, seems they'd be a lot more plentiful if they came factory on all those cop cars.

My dad DID say often though, that if the line ran out of parts, you could give the customer an UPGRADE, but not a downgrade, to keep the line moving.
Using up a pair of long iron to keep the line moving if they ran out of flat logs or maybe cracked one would've been a no-brainer.
But, would the long 427 iron FIT? I'd assume most cop cars had power steering - did this one?

Would the choke tube fit? How? Little details like that are tricky when the line's moving.
What carb is on this one? Is there a factory choke tube on it?

If anything needed the late 427 Iron it would've been the 66 428PI, solid 427 Cam, the flat logs really hurt that.

[Royce]

I will do some more investigating... Data plate confirms P code 4speed 3:50 gears  Galaxie 500

[427John]

I've seen a bone stock 66 WA state patrol 428PI car and for the life of me I can't remember what manifolds it had.I want to say flat logs but I just can't remember for sure.The next time I talk to Mike I'll ask him if he remembers,he was with me and we both looked the car over pretty good.

[Dr Mabuse]

Back in the mid 1970's, a local small independent car lot dealer had an ex-Tennessee state police 1965 390 police engine, auto trans 2 door sedan on the back of his lot. I wanted very badly to buy it, but he told me he couldn't sell it because he lacked a title for it.

The car was a rust-free, and a weather beaten steel blue plain-Jane. I regret to this day I didn't pursue it's purchase further - it was a rare keeper.

It had the flat exhaust manifolds, and appeared to be an all original, unmarked car.

[427John]

Talked to Mike and he remembers it having flat manifolds also.We both regret not buying the car.He also had a 65 XL 390 4 speed car that he sold to a friend who replaced the 390 with a 428 and put early HP shorties on it but had to clearance the frame for them to fit.