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March 8, 2012

OK - finally back to the fun - working hard to get the Galaxie done. Sometimes I'm surprised at how much I decided to do on it this year....

New Addcco (from PST) 1 1/8th sway bar on front was installed - what a difference in size. Should make a major difference in the slalom - or at least freak out some tuners on the street! Rear bar is still en route after they sent an incorrect one....




KYB Gas Shocks replaced very old - if not original - units. This will add yet another level of control in the corners. Ever seen an 18 foot long land yacht carve corners? Stay tuned!

Spent about 5 hours today mocking up, fitting and welding the front sections of the dual exhaust pipes. Here I'm shaping the smaller primaries to blend into the new 2.5" pipes. A full set of headers will be installed on the 4 bbl 390 I'm rebuilding but until then, I'll be running the stock manifolds.


I tried to tuck them up as close to the trans cross-member as possible.

Dual exhaust was a LONG time coming for the Old Gal! I can only imagine what uncorking this restriction will do to our power levels! Next week we'll see for sure with some "seat of the pants" dyno numbers.

Still a few things to do before calling her done though.....
 Front shocks....

New brake shoes, E-cables and brake hardware all around.
Aswell, new speakers for our tunes - finally, no more AM Talk Radio while cruising!

As I said, I'm trying to tie-up the Galaxie while awaiting metal parts for this 1967 CougarI'm restoring for a freind. This week the front and rear glass came out and while the front area was perfect, the rear showed typical rust damage in the bottom corners and, while not nasty, there was enough rust damage to warrant some metal replacement.






Even though the owner stripped 90% of the parts, the truck will still fill up with other stuff!