1966 Ford Galaxie Custom 500

My new project, Love the look of 60's cars so bought this about 3 weeks ago. When it arrived it was one ugly thing, but I could see the potential underneath. The wife couldn't at first :lol: Its a Ford Galaxie 500 2 door sedan, straight 6 engine 3.9 L. Has wear and tear as you'd expect for an old car, but sound chassis and panels. Originally 3 speed manual column change but some previous owner has fitted a floor shifter. The last PO got the car running again and Mot'd having been off the road for maybe 10 years. So expecting a few teething troubles whilst I iron out the bugs of a long sleep!
This is how it was purchased. It arrived on a low loader at 23:00hrs Friday night. The paint scheme just had to go and fast! By 10am Saturday morning it was rollered Satin black:tup: Not pretty but at least one colour. So now looks good from 20 yards:lol: Now doesnt look like it should be in safari park chasing lions :lol:







Borrowed the 20" rims of my mates truck.





The rims are too big and the ride height is far too high, but we had some fun and looks 100% better in less than 12 hours of arriving at my house.








Next thing to tackle was a quick makeover of the seats. My eldest daughters arty talents kicked in here.





The front was riding high compared to the rear, so cut 1/2 coil off the front to level it up ( the whole car stills needs to come down) but level is good for now:tup:

next up oil change, set rockers, new leads, rad flush and carb rebuild, and a spot of paint on the rocker cover:tup:





Got a set of 15 x 6 cragar polished rims with the car, then got 2 more 8 x 15 for the rear and set of white wall flaps, playing around with tyres sizes at the mo, think I'll settle on 215/60/15 front and 265/50/15 rears.





Next job to sort out is it's throwing the water out, suspect blocked stat or water pump from standing so long and petrol tank leak, then hopefully on the road.