Looking at a teardrop hood for the Galaxie...opinions welcome

[57 lima bean]

             I vote no on a tear drop.....but you might call here,,   https://critesperformanceparts.com/page6

[gdaddy01]

if you have a spare hood , what about grafting a 64 , 65 t- bird scoop onto it ? it would be stock , just two car hoods , both ford .

[AlanCasida]

Come on, Alan. I finally start running times that are competitive to yours, so you have to up the ante and run faster? I say keep the stock hood and keep the car slooow. 

Kidding aside, I do think teardrop hoods look good on any Galaxie up to '66, and especially the '63-'66 years. It just comes down to what you want for the car. I've thought about performance upgrades to the '65, but then I'll start to lose the cruiser aspect, and I'd like to keep a car that I can hop in and drive anywhere. I think your car is awesome just the way it is; looking 100% stock (except for wheels), but with a nasty bite when you want to show its teeth. Your car is the definition of "sleeper", and it's proven it can go the distance, time and time again.

That's the thing for me too, Doug. With that Ivy Green cloth interior and column shift it makes it look pretty docile. I remember my first pass in DW 2014 the announcers were kind of ho-hum until I ran a 12.20 and they were like good grief!
 I even told my buddy if I put the teardrop on it it wouldn't look right with the interior I have.
 As I told Tom, I'll probably save that for last and see how it runs with the hood and maybe with the hood off.  As for improvements, I am looking at either upping the compression on my 520 to 12.1 or a 11.5 552 rotating assembly.

     Alan ,
        If you go with the teardrop I'd be happy to let you test my dual Holley set up. Blue Thunder manifold and two original 710 cfm 427 carbs. Linkage air cleaner , fuel log , gaskets etc. I'd like to see how it compares to the Vic Jr. maybe more trouble than it's worth to you but  I'd offer it to you to test.
    Randy

Thanks for the offer, Randy but I already have a BT 2x4 460 CJ port intake with linkage and carbs that I will try if I do this. If it runs as well as the Victor I'll use it and that will save me the hassle of swapping carbs every day at the track during Drag Week.

[gt350hr]

   Thanks Alan , I want to know how the intake compares and you're already ahead of me on it!
  Randy

[TomP]

That shaker looks like it belongs on Jays convertible! Nice job.