My dad gave me this car after I begged him for years. It just sat behind the barn rotting and I just couldn't stand looking at so much potential rusting away. It ran, but was in dire need of an overhaul. It's a 66 Galaxie 500. 352 FE Big block w/the FMX 3spd auto. The interior is custom finished in red. I took out the old tired 352 and and had it rebuilt by NAPA. They did a great job with the blueprinting and line-bore. The cylinders had such bad scaring that in addition to a prior .030 bore they had to bore another .030 to smooth them out. The last time this engine was rebuilt by whomever they bored it .030 and put the same pistons and rings back in it. I got the engine back assembled from oil pan to the intake. Even running off an old Holley 600 carb and the original distributor there was no question about power. That was great for all of one day. Disaster struck while my dad and I were out on our first real drive. Lost all oil pressure, pulled over emediately, but being a new engine with those tight tollerences it siezed right there. Came to find out that the oil pump NAPA installed locked up, twisted the oil pump drive rod like a staircase railing then snapped.
All is well, NAPA took the engine back and did a complete rebuild again with a high volume oil pump. Not to mention I now have a 352 that's been bored a complete .090 to a 4.090 bore and 370ci and still has plenty of cushion with waterjackets.
This is going to be a resto-mod. A daily driver beast.
Here's my Crazy old Fart before the build. Surprizingly it ran when this was taken
Rock out w/ you Block out
Interior is still perfect
This is just another example of a great car not taken care of.
Mod List
Engine
Built bottom end forged rods n pistons
Performance Distributors 50,000 volt DUI distributor/Autolite double platinums
MSD 8.5mm wires
Chrome oil pan, Mellinh high vol oil pump, ARP oil pump drive rod
3 row aluminum radiator w/push/pull E-fans
Exhaust
Mad Dog long tube headers
Flowmaster Super 44s
Basani X pipe
All joined with 3" pipe dumping right before axle
Transmission
FMX 3spd auto
1:1 3rd with 3.00 gears
Suspension/Brakes
Spring assisted shocks
Rebuilt 4 wheel drums
Wheels/Tires
04 Mach1 17x8's wrapped in 275/45 Nitto 555 rear and 245/45 Invo's up front
2" wheelspacers
Paint & Body
5001/5006 600K HID conversion
Restoration
Tearing out the interior to patch the floors and reseal the cabin. I'd like to put the red interior back in but I'd have to replace a few pieces. Cadillac's Pearl White will look great under a few coats of clear after a debadging and refinishing the main chrome pieces.
Mods to come
TCI Super Streetfighter C6 trans
TCI Breakaway 2400-2600 stall
Tracklock
1 wire 100 amp alternator
Quick Fuel 650
Edelbrock Performer RPM intake (port&polished)
Edelbrock aluminum heads (port&polished)
Trans cooler
Oil filter relocation kit/oil cooler
Wagon Springs
Racing bucket seats
Lots of other goodies.....
