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FE Power Forums => Member Projects => Topic started by: Galaxie352 on November 02, 2013, 03:48:13 PM
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Hi guys.
Great forum you have her. I am new her and thought i should share some pictures off my Fe powered galaxie, And i am sorry if my spelling is getting wrong, i am from norway :) Well, i bought a 1965 galaxie about a month ago. The car have a history in the family . My brother owned this car when i was around 7 years old (22 years now). So this is the car i spent some off my child hood inn. After some phone calls i got in contact with the current owner off the car. It turns out that the car was for sale because the owner had cancer. Pretty sad. So i hit the road with my brother and bought back the old galaxie. The car is a 1965 Galaxie 500 XL with a 352 Fe. Its in the same shape when my brother owned. The only change is the paint that have gone from blue to Green with silver roof. I am thinking off building a copy off 28 fred lorenzen galaxie. Maybe a 390 crank in it ? Need some help and tech from you guys later on with that project. Enjoy the pictures if i manage to upload them.
Robin
Norway
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Anyone know how to post pictures here ? When i try to post it just says the file is to large =/
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I realize this probably isn't what you are looking for at the moment, but it is probably a simpler and easier solution in the long run.
Set up an account on Photobucket. It's free and at least when I did it, it was very simple. Photobucket is also very easy to use. Open up the page, click the download link, and either browse to where the pics are on your computer or, even better, open up the folder containing your picture and drag them right in to Photobucket. After you have them loaded up, whenever you look at your photobucket page, you will have links to choose from that you can use to post that current pic to a forum. I have a thumbnail link, an image ling, and a direct link which I use depending on what forum I'm visiting (some like different formats) and how many pictures I plan to post. In this case, I'll post up a random Galaxie pic from my photobucket account....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Wademeister/IMG_1344.jpg)
If I were on the old FE forum, this would be the text posted to display the same picture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Wademeister/IMG_1344.jpg
There are other photo hosting sites that may be equal to or even better than Photobucket, but it's the one I happen to be familiar with and it has been flawless for years so I recommend it as an excellent service.
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I think Wade has it right. Another set of instructions are in the forum info post, link here:
http://fepower.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=2.0
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Cool!
Hey by the way, welcome to the forum Galaxie352.
Sounds like a very cool project, I'm eager to see the pics. And yes, boring and stroking a 352 to 390 specs is a pretty normal occurrence. Since the all parts of the 390 rotating assembly are standard items and 352 stroker pistons are not, you won't want to do just the crank.
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(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/1375934_10201039783852277_1933693622_n_zps819ccfa3.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/Yblock55/media/1375934_10201039783852277_1933693622_n_zps819ccfa3.jpg.html)
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(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/20131020_135008_zps910bb1e4.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/Yblock55/media/20131020_135008_zps910bb1e4.jpg.html)
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(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/20131020_134331_zps91046f70.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/Yblock55/media/20131020_134331_zps91046f70.jpg.html)
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(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/20131020_134128_zps742e0dc5.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/Yblock55/media/20131020_134128_zps742e0dc5.jpg.html)
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(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/20131020_130009_zps2e34b052.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/Yblock55/media/20131020_130009_zps2e34b052.jpg.html)
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I dont know why, but the pictures appears to upload twice. At least i manage to upload the with your help. As usual, the guys on the forum in the us are very helpful. Cant wait to ask some questions around here :)
Robin
Norway
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65er. Is the red and white Galaxie yours ? Nice ride :)
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Nice car, Robin. It looks really clean; has it been restored at some point? Do they salt the roads in Norway during the winter? Any old Galaxie you see here in the northern US usually has a terminal case of rust...
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65er. Is the red and white Galaxie yours ? Nice ride :)
Thanks! Yes, that's my one and only car. Transportation and recreation all in one big package ;)
Good job on getting your photo hosting set up, your Galaxie looks great! Better than mine for sure.
On the double posting, it looks like you're just trying too hard. All you need to do it copy the link that has the IMG tags from Photobucket and paste it in here as a piece of text. Looks like maybe you're trying to insert the link as an image but the forum doesn't need all that info. The thing you post should look like this, except with square brackets [] instead of parenthesis ()...
(IMG)http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/20131020_134128_zps742e0dc5.jpg(/IMG)
Also you should be able to go back and edit your old posts to remove the duplicate (but nice) pics.
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The car have been paintet from blue/blue vinyl roof to green with silver roof. Everything else is all original. The car was bought in canada (One owner).The first picture is taken in canada. My brother bought it from the guy who importet the car from canada. My brother used the car on the winter, at that time it was not so much salt. Today there is waay to much salt on the road. Even the new cars today rust here in norway :( After my brother sold the car it was repaintet to the green color. Its a really good feel car. Only thing that annoys me is the steering wheel. I have the original but it have some cracks in it =/
Robin Norway
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(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/20131013_142604_zps15e9eacd.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/Yblock55/media/20131013_142604_zps15e9eacd.jpg.html)
Here is a picture of the guy i bought the galaxie from. The mustang is a 2 owner car (He is number 2). 289 and four on the flour. The first car he bought and the last one he would sell.
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Only thing that annoys me is the steering wheel. I have the original but it have some cracks in it =/
Robin Norway
I actually kind of like the steering wheel. Back in the 1970s when you bought a car like that, adding a custom steering wheel was one of the first modifications people would make. I can understand the desire to keep the car stock, but that steering wheel looks good in there :D
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I am acutally wondering to do a 28 fred lorenzen clone :) But it is something with those stock steering wheel that i like. Maybe there are some other stock steering wheel out there that will fit ? The 7l in 66 had a wood steering wheel ? Looked allot like the mustang steering wheel ?
Robin
Norway
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... Only thing that annoys me is the steering wheel. I have the original but it have some cracks in it =/
Robin Norway
If you don't like that wheel, here's one suggestion for you. Put a period correct cover on that factory wheel. I'd say that's about the best of both worlds. Not to mention I really like the feel of this one. Pay no attention to the leftover column shifter. I'm going to pull the column and fix the that one of these days...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Wademeister/Galaxie/IMG_1921.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Wademeister/WP_000425_zpse7c0c5ef.jpg)
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I actually kind of like the steering wheel. Back in the 1970s when you bought a car like that, adding a custom steering wheel was one of the first modifications people would make. I can understand the desire to keep the car stock, but that steering wheel looks good in there :D
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Yes a good old Superior 500 first thing you bought and mounted
then some Slotmags or Cragar SS :D :D
If you had lived closer we could have swaped steering Wheels
beacuse i Think i have a stock one from a 65 i had
You can fix the cracks.
If you have Another old Wheel grind of some of it and
mix it with epoxi glue and fill in the cracks and after it dried
you can sand it smooth and paint the Wheel in the desired
colour
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65er: What do you call that kind of cover in the us ? That is exactly the same type of cover my brother had on the steering wheel when he owned the car. One of the owner after him have removed it :(
Heo: Thanks for the advise. It seems to me that these steering wheel should have some chrome wrap around rings around the wheel. Do not know have to got those details right. I guess i will find out one way ore other :)
Robin
Norway
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It's just a vintage leather wrap. Should be able to find one with some spider web searching.
They are actually fairly comfortable. I've had one on the Lane's wheel for years.
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65er: What do you call that kind of cover in the us ? That is exactly the same type of cover my brother had on the steering wheel when he owned the car. One of the owner after him have removed it :(
Heo: Thanks for the advise. It seems to me that these steering wheel should have some chrome wrap around rings around the wheel. Do not know have to got those details right. I guess i will find out one way ore other :)
Robin
Norway
The one I have is just like this, except change the "B" to and "R" at the end of the part number.
http://www.amazon.com/Superior-58-0450B-Sport-Grip-Black/dp/B00029KA5O
If you get it, make sure to buy the "500" that says it's for wheels up to 16.5". I had to really work at getting this one on the wheel and was afraid it might snap, but I guess it's pretty tough plastic. I don't think I'd have been able to use a smaller one. I'm sure there are others including leather ones but this was the one that took me back in time when I saw the box.
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Brings back old memories. Always hated those super thin OEM steering wheels. As previously stated, many got dumped on Day 1 for (usually) a Grant thick rimmed wheel.
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;D ;D ;D ;DAt the bus station there was a
Baja arcade game with a Wheel like
that that a guy stole and mounted it on his
dune buggy same Wheel but it read Atari 500
;D ;D ;D
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Thanks for the link 65er. Does anyone have any wheels experience on these galaxies ? I am looking at these wheels from summit http://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/wvi-62-5812044/overview/ But not shure how it will fit. Any thoughts ?
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There is a very good calculator here http://rimsntires.com/specs.jsp
On my 66, I have 15 x 7 with 3.75 backspace on the front and ran into clearance issues with a 245/60R15 tire. 15 x 8 x 4 also rubbed the outer fenders on the rear with 275/60R15 rubber. I am getting by with my rims by running the 245's on the back and the original 215/70R15's on the front.
I am confident that the 275's would fit the back with no troubl if I had a little more backspace.
You might be ok with the 4.25 backspace, but check it with the calculator, along with the tire sizes that you intend to run.
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I had crome reverse 15x6 with 215 tires no rubbing
dont remember the backspace..... maby 2 inch
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Thanks for the link 65er. Does anyone have any wheels experience on these galaxies ? I am looking at these wheels from summit http://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/wvi-62-5812044/overview/ But not shure how it will fit. Any thoughts ?
Probably great on the front with up to a 245/60-15 tire. On the rear though the backspacing is a bit shallow. You might be able to run 245 series all around but would probably be safer with 235 series on those wheels.
I used to have (as shown in the engine swap pic) 255/60-15 tires all around on Wheel Vintiques Magnum 500's with 4.50 Backspacing. The rears were tight on the outsides of the tires and the fronts were tight on the insides. In fact, one of them rubbed the ball joint and I had to make 1/4" spacers for my front wheels. I think my car would ideally like 8" wheels to have 4.25 backspace on the front and 4.75 on the rear. Mmmm... Maybe even 5" in the rear... now I'm going to have to go measure some stuff...
I'll get back to you tomorrow with some more solid info.
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Did you find out anything 65er ? I was thinking about these tires http://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/cok-62450/overview/ But i am afraid they get to expensive to me. So i guess i go for the radial tire.
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Did you find out anything 65er ? I was thinking about these tires http://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/cok-62450/overview/ But i am afraid they get to expensive to me. So i guess i go for the radial tire.
Wow, turns out I've got more room than I realized back there. With my current 255/60-15's on 8" wheels with 4.5" backspace, I have about 5/8" clearance between the tire and fender, but there's a full 1.5" between the tire and frame. Looks like a 275/60-15 should fit just fine on a 9" wide rim with 5.5" backspacing.
So let's say 245/60-15 tires on 8" wheels with 4.25 backspacing for the front, and 275/60-15 tires on 9" wheels with 5.5" backspace for the rear are about as big as will comfortably fit.
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I do remember that a few who max'ed out their 1965's made it a point to add hard urethane bushings (or even spherical rod ends) to the lateral Panhard bar. Older Ford rubbers would allow a lot of side-to-side slop in hard cornering, with the tires hitting one or both sides of the fender/wheelwell. See linky for sources of adjustable Panhard bars and other neat '65-'66 Galaxie parts.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182/thread/1293953170/1965-1966+Galaxie+pictures
Here's a fine R code I drooled over last year, have no idea what it sold for!
http://www.russoandsteele.com/past-collector-car/1965-Ford-Galaxie-500-R-Code/13571
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Hey that's a good point Bob, although the really critical feature on the Spohn Panhard bar is the adjustability. The stock bar has no adjustment and will favor one side depending on ride height. I had a tire rub a few times before I modified my panhard bar with a tie rod link like so...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Wademeister/Galaxie/IMG_2083_zps9ec03407.jpg)
I haven't had a tire rub since doing that mod even with the stock 50 year old (but still serviceable) rubber bushings.
Also on the 15x9 wheels and 5.5 backspace as I mentioned above, I did some shopping and found very very few 15X9 wheels. Oddly enough, the only one I saw with 5.5 backspacing was the Weld Racing Pro Star, which is a very close match to the wheels on my car! 15X8 with 5.00 backspace should be fine with a 275 tire and might be easier to find.
And now I see I've gone waaaay off on a tangent. Here I am talking about a 275/60-15 which is nearly 3" wider than the F70-15 linked from Summit. Yeah Galaxie352, those wheels and tires you linked should drop right in place with no problem.
As for the Lorenzen idea, he certainly used a bigger tire and went about it in a different way... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Wademeister/Galaxie/Lorenzen_zps480ea974.jpg)
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Thanks for the idea about tire size. I probably go for radials because the bias tire is get to expensive for me, but i do not need 275 tire, maybe a 235 all around.
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(http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/Yblock55/5139901118_4063ca1164_zpseba057ca.jpg) (http://s953.photobucket.com/user/Yblock55/media/5139901118_4063ca1164_zpseba057ca.jpg.html) Here you have what i am more looking at for the fred lorenzen copy.. I have also tried to find out what kind of wheels and tire he was running but with no luck. I want it too look right :)
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Those look like the picup Wheels with 5.5 inch
bolt circle I Heard the used 2 centers stacked
on each other and welded together to strengten
the Wheels
on the street you probably dont need that
The tires was probably slicks but i dont sure
about that
Probably they used different tires for ovals
and for the roadcourse
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Coker still sells a knock-off NASCAR steel wheel that restorers use.
Look way down this link for pictures:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=298658&page=12
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Now we talking.. Cooker you said ? Have to find that wheels, that would been perfect on my galaxie
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Those tire are not displayed on cookers website =/
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It's actually COKER.....see link below. They may only make up NASCAR wheels by special order, only a guess. If not listed, I'd e-mail them for details.
https://www.cokertire.com/
This steel wheel, in various sizes, looks mighty close to the H-M wheel in the previous H.A.M.B. picture.
http://www.cokertire.com/wheels/o-e-style-ford-wheel-primed.html
And yes, the H-M wheels had a double center section welded in to provide more strength.....not really needed for street driving.
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Search on coker for Firestone indy 15 inch tires
there you have the Tires
The rims i dont know