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Stangman

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #135 on: December 08, 2025, 10:35:24 PM »
Well it’s not like the TFS heads are junk. She should still run well. I forget what manifold are you running

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #136 on: December 09, 2025, 09:53:20 AM »
Joe, I have an edelbrock performer rpm intake for it. It'll look almost the same as it did previously, but I think I'm going to leave the intake unpainted this time and now I have a Hipo air cleaner for it. I think the trick flow heads should work well! I had Jason Anderson go through them and fix them up so they don't back up anymore. Nothing wrong with the trick flow heads, just feels a little wrong to bolt someone else's parts on it when we make our own that flow better. I'm just getting over-eager to get the car on the road this spring. We're getting over the final hurdles with our heads, so there's always a chance that those are ready before I drop the engine in the car.


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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #137 on: December 09, 2025, 12:12:46 PM »
Well fingers crossed

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #138 on: July 13, 2026, 08:19:47 AM »
Been making some progress in this department over the last month or so. Got the engine started yesterday. We ran it just long enough to get the temp up. Oil pressure was good. Should be in the car soon!

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #139 on: July 13, 2026, 08:38:30 AM »
Looking good Mike!
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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #140 on: July 13, 2026, 05:52:19 PM »
+1!
Since I pestered you before about paint I'll ask:
What formula gold did you use on the valve covers?

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #141 on: July 14, 2026, 08:21:52 AM »
Looking good Mike!

Thanks Ross!

+1!
Since I pestered you before about paint I'll ask:
What formula gold did you use on the valve covers?

I'm not certain what the color mix is in the gold paint. We have a friend that is a painter and I dropped them off with him and told him to paint them "Castilian Gold". He took it from there.
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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #142 on: July 15, 2026, 07:13:46 PM »
The paint code for Castilian Gold used on the engines is F and the paint formula # is 32277. Most paint stores can't figure it out and mix a much darker color as a lot of modern color libraries have the color cross-referenced incorrectly. I have 2 labels for 2 different brands of paint I can give you the specific recipe for if you need. I found if you ask the store to look up 63 full size they'll usually find the correct code. Castilian gold is a spring of 1962 color, prior to that there was a gold that is very close but not exactly the same called Tahiti gold.

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Re: '62 Galaxie Progress Report
« Reply #143 on: July 16, 2026, 08:27:13 PM »
Thanks for the great info. Not to divert the thread but I was thinking of sampling the 21903 gold for my 1962 406 valve covers. Maybe I will compare to the 32277 to see which I like better.