This Black Hole turned into a Galaxie!

By Josh December 31, 2013 Classic Cars No Comments

We’ve been hard at work here at Cj’s (even though we’re not always posting about it) and one of our long-term projects is finally on the road again. A customer brought in a 1965 Galaxie that seemed to need everything. The engine and transmission were missing, the seats weren’t attached the vehicle, there weren’t any rear lights attached to it, the air suspension leaked and the brake pedal was a small square Titanic. Needless to say, we needed to collect a lot of parts for a car whose parts aren’t always available.

We drew up a plan according the customer’s dream car and spent some time in the planning and gathering stages. Then we had two big moves—out of our old building and (six and a half months later) into our new building. So we got restarted on the Galaxie in July. The front right air line was leaking and we got it fixed up with a handful of parts from our good neighbors at Tri-Valley Hose. (Go see them, seriously.) We restored the brakes with a hefty cleaning, new fluid and a good bleeding. The owner brought us a FE390 and C6 from a ’67 Thunderbird and we got cracking on making the drivetrain roadworthy.

Galaxie engine as it came to us, FE390 C6

We got some new mounts and sourced out a transmission crossmember and driveshaft for the C6. That’s important since the car didn’t come with a transmission crossmember or the correct driveshaft for a C6. Galaxies didn’t come C6 powered in 1965, 1966 being the first year for the bigger Ford transmission and 31-spline yoke. A pair of conversion U-joints later, we had a 390/C6 in a Galaxie. We verified the driveshaft length and got the engine torn down. The owner had a pile of aftermarket parts to install and dress up the engine bay including an Edelbrock Performer intake manifold, Ford Performance valve covers and a chrome oil pan. (As it turns out the trunk was full of goodies, like new fender bolts and some new old stock parts for the taillights. We also found the nuts to bolt the seat down when I removed the interior to run battery cable for the remote-located battery in the trunk.) We installed a brand new Holley Carburetor and made new transmission kickdown linkage for the aftermarket carburetor and cleaned and painted the original mounts for the throttle cable, ignition coil, and distributor hold down. The Thunderbird has gauges instead of lights for its dashboard engine monitoring, so we had to change the sending units for oil pressure and water temperature for 1965 Galaxie parts. (Who knew they’d be so hard to find!?) A carburetor spacer was necessary to get the throttle linkage to work with the intake manifold and a drop hat for the air cleaner was used to provide hood clearance. The starter solenoid was stuck in the on position, so we swapped it out for one the owner provided. We also found a new ignition coil in the trunk so we installed that along with new spark plugs, ignition wires, distributor cap and rotor.

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Once we got it all rounded up, we needed an exhaust system. We couldn’t coerce the customer to get headers, so we adopted a set of aluminized pipes and some Cherry Bomb mufflers as the new hallway to the environment for our exploded dinosaurs.

On a pre-EPA car like this, the air injection that came factory is just an eyesore, so out with the air pump and in with the block offs. We ran some brand new fuel line to the fuel pump and installed a filter leading up to the carburetor. Enter fluids and we have ignition! (Our first start up is a clip on Instagram you can see here.) Then it was on to tuning. We didn’t have to adjust the timing much, but the Holleys come with a little too much accelerator pump usually, and we dialed in the idle circuit. Happy as a pup with two tails. It runs! But does it drive? The brake master cylinder on this ole girl was anemic, so it went to the skid pad in the sky and shiny new one was bled and installed. And of course, no vehicle outfit is complete without new shoes. We took off the mangy steelies and rolled in a set of Keystone Rallyes that the owner scoured online. We wrapped those in tread and stood back to admire. Running, driving, and badass. That’s how we like ‘em here at Cj’s. Then came the caveats. The nearly 50 year old alternator gave up the ghost and took the voltage regulator with it. The power steering lines for Thunderbird are different than they are for a Galaxie, and transmission cooler lines sprung a leak. New, new and more new makes reliability top notch. Issues resolved, and out comes a driver. A long road for this one in converting linkages, mounting points, electrical and accessories. But the finished product always seems to be worth the effort.