My dad gave me this car after begging for it. It sat behind the barn for a couple years 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 a stunning 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 500 sumthin CFM 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 rod to the distributor 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 370 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
DUI 50,000 volt distributor
MSD 8.5mm wires
Chrome oil pan, Mellinh high vol oil pump, ARP oil pump drive rod
3 row aluminum radiator w/push/pull fans
Parts to come>
Edelbrock Victor Jr. Intake and heads w/full port and polish
XXX Motorsprts custom grind cam
CSI electric water pump
electric cut-outs
200-300hp Zex Nitrous kit
Exhaust
Mad Dog long tube headers
Flowmaster Super 44
x pipe
All joined with 3" pipe dumping right before axle
Transmission
600hp built TCI C6
Suspension/Brakes
Spring assisted struts
Converting front brakes to disk with custom bracket, 68 Mustang rotors and 89 S10 calipers (one day)
Wheels/Tires
04 Mach1 17x8's wrapped in 275/45 Nitto 555 rear and 245/45 Invo's up front
2" wheelspacers
Paint & Body
Shaving doors and trunk
Removing some badges and replacing others
5001/5006 HID conversion (installed)
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.
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