Need advice on rear end ratio

[Heo]

I have a complete kit to convert to swing away
that came with the Galaxie when i bought it
And a guy i did some bodywork on a Jaguar for
Test drove my Galaxie and liked it so much
that he bought a 64 XL with swing away
Tested drove that car but i dont know,,,
I'm not that fat YET that i will
convert 

[BattlestarGalactic]

I don't use it typically, though have swung it over at a cruise just to have people go WTF?

It doesn't go full swing because of the stock brake pedal is now in the way.  The original pedal had a big jog to the left to allow swing room.  With a clutch pedal installed, that pedal had to be removed.  I could cut the stock pedal and jog it to the right some?  Just never reached high enough on the "to do" list.

[fryedaddy]

while everyones talking about early galaxies,my rearend in my comet came out of a 63 galaxie that had 3 duecse 4 speed soild lift iron headers.what i want to know is the yolk has a balancer or something on it.it looks heavy duty.anyone know anything about this.my other rearends dont have it.

[Heo]

my stock 3.50 four pinion pumpkin have that
"Damper" to. I think i read somwhere why but
in forgotten where and why

[blu64galaxie]

I believe that damper was part of Ford's attempts back then at reducing NVH (noise, vibration & harshness). They were getting ready for the "Quiet Ford" era ..... those years filled with LTD's, Gran Marquis's and Lincolns, lol  My '64 not only has that damper, but also had a 2-piece driveshaft (which I have eliminated).

Remember that old Ford & LM commercial with the foreign diamond cutter big-wig riding in the back seat , then cutting a stone and spouting "pairrr-fect !"  ...or something like that, lol.  Yes, I'm dating myself here, lol.  :p

While employed at a Ford store back then, we all had to go to a training course specifically to understand, and repair NVH  ....that was circa '77-ish ?  It was a big ta-doo to Ford.

while everyones talking about early galaxies,my rearend in my comet came out of a 63 galaxie that had 3 duecse 4 speed soild lift iron headers.what i want to know is the yolk has a balancer or something on it.it looks heavy duty.anyone know anything about this.my other rearends dont have it.

[Heo]

Galaxie was the worlds most quiet car inside in -64
I picked up some French Hippie hitchhiker somewhere
down in southern Sweden. He was studying to become a
mechanical engineer.
He was amazed how quiet the Galaxie was inside even
though we was doing 80-90 mph. And that he, his girlfriend
and their backpacks fitted in the backseat with room to spare
I Guess by his look he was more used to ride Citroen CV2s,,,,stoned

When i dropped him of he wanted to take pics of the car
and my wife  to show his fellow enginering classmates and
teachers so they believed him

[blu64galaxie]

I'll second that that is probably a real 'wtf' getter, lol !  Even us frequent car show attendees might be used to seeing a T-bird with swing-away ---but to see an actual Galaxie with it...... 

I don't use it typically, though have swung it over at a cruise just to have people go WTF?

It doesn't go full swing because of the stock brake pedal is now in the way.  The original pedal had a big jog to the left to allow swing room.  With a clutch pedal installed, that pedal had to be removed.  I could cut the stock pedal and jog it to the right some?  Just never reached high enough on the "to do" list.