I'm getting closer to being able to say "everything I own runs" (except the 65 Galaxie). You know what that means, Something is thinking about breaking very unexpectedly & inconvenient-like. For the moment, Carb Cheater is available again at thecarbcheater.com/ until it sells out again - last batch for a few months as we want to spend our time with R&D for a standalone timing control product, and frankly just to catch our breath!
2 videos in a week fuck yeah edit i remember when you put that air filter on, and when washign a car go in circles with the sponge or what ever your using, helps to not get straight lines
@@ThunderHead289 I mean this sint the first time, but yeah can't wait to see what the gremlin turns out too look like. ever since you got it, i have just been thinking damn that grimmy would look pretty nice cleaned.
I saw this useful looking implement today at Home Depot. It was a long round stick. With a board stuck across the bottom of it. And the board had thousands of tiny little sticks coming out the bottom of it. A guy was pushing it around the floor in the lumber department and the only problem he was having is that it kept building up dirt in front of the tiny sticks. Anyway, thinking outside the box like I do, it occurred to me that they might have one of those things in Iowa and maybe they'd let you borrow it for your barn floor.
Are you Floor Sweeper certified though? Better be careful or the Sweeper Union guys will come after you. That's why Luke won't touch one until he takes the three-day twenty hour test to become a Sweeper's Apprentice first.
Luke, the used engine lubricant that came out of that engine will darken that pressure treated wood pretty good. Glad to see you got back to this thing I drive mine all the time and love it. Best driving car I've ever had honestly.
That is a really neat car, never underestimate a simple wash to bring back some life. Car is in awesome condition and kudos for always having it garaged or in storage.
Wow, that brings back memories for me. When I was in highschool my mom and dad gave me one they got from one of my uncles. I drove that car for a long time when I was in highschool back in the day.
Use hylomar as dressing for those gaskets on both sides. Hylomar is better than grease. It stays the consistancy of grape jelly. Hylomar allows the gasket to be removed whole without sticking. Used it assembling my FE 360 in my 1968 F100. My truck is the same color as your Galaxie 500.
The trick for getting Cork gaskets to work is using Gasket Shellac, specifically "Indian Head" although now its Lions Head, a Permatex product, little brown bottle with the red or white cap. Its non-permeable and non-hardening, and fills in all of the crevasses and imperfections of the gasket and the gasket surface. Its the only way to go for old engine gaskets, use it on literally everything, especially FE. RTV and Silicone simply won't prevent leakage, long term or otherwise.
Luke, i like your videos and i am in general really impressed about your detailed knowledge about old cars and also your attitude on youtube and also about life - at least what you share about. one thing that i already saw a few times in your video i want to talk about: its that you pour old gasoline, engine degreaser or other waste fluids directly to the ground. i was a little surprised that this seems to be usual for you guys? when i am working on engines, collecting that fluids is also a pain in the ass, but i i cant just spill it on the ground with the knowledge that it will harm nature. my consciense cant live with that. please dont get me wrong here, this is just a small input from my side and nothing that should insult in any way. maybe its something that you would consider in future but also maybe not🙂 thank you for all the videos, im looking forward to your new content. Markus (from Austria)
Nice video, Luke. The bumper for the Galaxie is going to set you back almost $500 unless you get one from the junkyard. I'm glad you replaced the Motorcraft 2 barrel with the Summit 4 barrel. I enjoyed the wedding memories. I remember when you got married. I was hopeful you wouldn't drop the channel back then. I'm not sure that FE has 130K miles. There's no blowback and the exhaust is clean. 👍🏻
It's a very good running fe - it sat for a really long time before I got it. Actually was a factory 4 barrel car with the autolites throttle blades being seized, being sentimental with this particular summit 600, I rebushed the worn throttle shaft and stuck it on back in the day 🙂
I used to always wonder how it happened to folks when I was real young, but the older I get, boy the more I understand. One of those "don't pass judgement unless you have been in their shoes" scenarios for sure
I painted the valve covers on my 71 charger cause I try to kill as much rust as I can. Took ten minutes to make look new and pleased me. I have painted intake manifold and breather too. Just seems lazy to me not to. Cool old car. Maybe a little paint and it would have sold.
Really nice car! You should blast that engine/bay too. And then buy a big bag of shop rags and use them often, 😅🤣 your dirty handprints are everyehere! Use fender blankets too! You gotta keep that car man! It's your wedding car! Congradulations🎉! Think that weather is hitting us in WI now! Let treated be for a year then use that steel wool mix....
the stone guard or baffle behind the front bumper is supposed to be silver like it is. Many people get this wrong when restoring and paint it body color.
I 31:11 I remember the first time you showed the great trick many moons ago about the greasing of the gaskets and I have been doing a couple here and there depending on what the customer is going to do with the car or what it is. My stuff is going to get the grease treatment.
WOW nice find - I did not know the 352 had 4-BBL other the the police interceptors (like the very hot 58 ford 2 doo posts) with 3 speed manual. LOL just caught the food bump on the top of the head - I forgot your tall too 6'4" here
Get a torch and scorch it good..lightly sand..repeat if ya want to get a mix of colors and it will definitely get darker .you can seal it if ya want with a deck sealer ..
Maybe if you had a leaf blower you could open the doors and blow all the dirt and dust out of there but i work for a lawn service and a leaf blower comes in handy for alot of things
You: Question 1, did you think about the dentside? Question 2, did you buy the dentside? ; Regarding the PT 4x4 posts, they will take a while to fade w/o weather exposure AND they will reject coatings. However, wood-boring insects will not attack the end grain. The wood that garage was built with cannot be matched. It has 65+ years of aging and may have been virgin growth. Just live with it is my advice. Or get cedar posts if you cannot.
Imagine how good it would have looked if you used a car wash n wax to wash it, it would have been amazing. A lovely old car, she’s a goin to town rig now 😂😁
It's worth a shot, be nice to preserve the car and enjoy it for a long time- happens to be my wife's favorite car and the one we go places together in. She's not so much for the mad max stuff, but that's probably good
Dude, it's only 1 rattle can if baby blue on those valve covers, just sayin. True ASMR when you throw a bit of soap on there, with your daisy dukes and shit kickers...50% used engine oil, 25% deisel, 10% peroxide, 10% mineral oil, 3% mineral spirits, 2% transmission oil, and 1 beer to coat those wooden jack stands in your gradge. See if you can't find a 65' fairlane 289 in your area, I've heard they are cheap in Iowa... possibly get off some of that soybean money, break down and get a soap dispenser for your pressure washer, they're like $ 12.89 at harbor freight..😉👍👍💚🤔💐🍻🍻🍻 great video btw.
Shmoo is an interesting term. Old L'il Abner cartoons from the '50's featured blob-like creatures called shmoos. And that's all I remember at the moment! Time for some research!
I've made fun of people for using those before - I actually wouldn't even of known about them if I didn't see people using them instead of freeze plugs on 350s. I'm about 2000 miles in and it hasn't popped but boy it makes me nervous. Now I have the room where years ago when I did that I didn't- I'll just pull the engine next time 😄
I've started work on swapping the rear gear in the 9 inch from 3.70 to 4.56 🙂 It's pretty high on my list to get out of there - can't stand seeing it sit
It is sad isn't it - I need to get to it this year. I miss driving it, it's just out of the way and not a need, so it's taken to the backburner time and time again. We're settled in, so I'm really hoping this is the year
You should get a picture of you and your wife standing next to the Galaxy 500 at your 10-year anniversary God bless you guys that is a great car I wish I had it to Cruise in
Lol, my "Purse", as I call it, is my grab bag that I throw in the truck, being in a builder & might need, harhar! Since I'm an old boy scout, I like to be prepared, so it weighs around 30 #'s !!
My dad passed away this past January. He left me a 63-1/2 Galaxie with a 427 before he passed (originally a 390 Cruise-O-Matic car). The 427 was the 427 out of his R car he had before starting a family. He kept the engine, had it in a 67 Mustang for a while. Then put it and a C6 in the 63-1/2 in the early 80’s. Hasn’t ran in a couple years. Hope to get it on the road soon.
Man your dad would be proud to see you driving around in that car. There was a reason he gave it to you. Probably because it would make you smile and think about him while you are driving it.
My grandfather was like a father to me when I was pretty young and he taught me how to be respectful to others. When I drive around in my car I’m always talking to him about how I miss him and things I’d like to hopefully do if I make to where he is.
@@paulym5814 yeah this engine was the first engine I took apart, inspected, and reassembled. I was only 10 years old. We were returning from a car show and experienced oil pressure issues. Once home I tore it apart while my dad was at work and inspected things during my summer break. We discovered that my dad’s friend re-used a gasket on the upper part of the windage tray and used lots of rtv. Well it squeezed out and was clogging the pickup screen. All parts looked good including all bearings. So I re-assembled. It was the first engine I tore down and re-assembled. So that car has a special place in my memories and heart.
@@jasonwalker999 All the more reason for you to give it the love of taking it and giving it another shot, and getting it running. Like Pole Barn Garage said in a video "Old cars have souls" and from the sounds of it, so does that old 427. Give 'er a chance to purr like a kitten again Jason.
Luke, always liked the 60 through 64 Fords. Had a friend in high school with a 63 Galaxy 427 4-speed. Was pretty hard to beat. He used to go up against a guy with his Chevelle with an L88. Ah good times. 66-68 were good years. Cars were cheap.
@@ThunderHead289 I suppose you're just tall enough to have an excuse for liking fullsize cars, though it still makes more sense to squeeze into the Maverick daily. I generally hop up from midsize cars to boogie vans and never had much interest in fullsize cars like Galaxie, though it is a size that no longer exists, can tow trailers if they have hitches, and at least I can sleep in them sideways across the benches, where I can't quite stretch out across my B200s, though I lived in my B100 for about 2 months, and spent close to another month in a G20, so at least the wagons have some redeeming value.
I never had any money to have the "cool" old cars, so the downtrodden and disliked cars were always what I ended up with - and honestly, I'm glad it went that way, made me appreciate things more.
You knowledge is indeed exemplary, but your laid back personality is the biggest draw to your channel. Plus a refreshing lack of vulgar speech. Yes I am old BUT it means something to me. Thank you for continuing to make these videos!
This old 64 reminded me of one of my favorites growing up. My dad sold Fords from 1951 until 1977 so I grew up in a Ford family with new Fords every year. In 1964 I was 11 and we had 2 different Galaxys. The first was a white 289 car with red interior then a turquoise and white 4 door hardtop wth the 352 and ac.
@@ThunderHead289 My folks bought a new '64 XL 2dr hardtop in October of '63. Early production car, #837 out of Chicago assembly. I was 7. Our Ford dealer in Milan, IL located the car in Clinton, IA and we drove it home from there. I vividly remember the ride home from Clinton, in the back seat, marveling at how cool that white interior with black accents looked. I was smitten. Made me a Ford guy for life. Nine years later I inherited the car @ 15 with the 352 broken, my dad and I did an engine swap that summer and I started driving in it. Watching you wash the car I knew every detail, body line and crease by memory. I love me some '64 Galaxies.
Oh noooooo I could have never driven by that Ford truck and not found out what its deal was, for sale not for sale, price too high. I know about every old Ford within a 100 miles of me. 😂😂. They are my weakness. I buy every 1 I can afford. I got a yard full.
Luke's been watchin too much Peg, and its inspired him to start collectin piss jugs! Next thing you know, he's gonna end up with a shop full of dump bees. 🤣
Someone showed up with double what I paid for it - at the time, I took a look at my life: how much utility and usefulness that car could have, the cost of even getting it to the point of starting to see what else did or didn't work and the investment if my time to get there, what other things I could do with the money instead.... All signs pointed to "take the money". If I lived closer to a drag strip that might have changed things, but it was a very purpose built car - wasn't going to just easily drive it to work or anything without major changes. So, out the door it went - and it funded several things important to my life here like all my hay equipment. And that's the story of the torino 🙂 First time I've really ever told anyone in any real detail
THAT CRUISAMATIC FX/MX BECAME THE FMX FOR 69 351 AND BIGGER ENGINES AND LATER TRANSFORMED INTO THE AOD. "What makes the FMX different than the C4 and C6 is its Ravineaux twin-planetary gearset design, which was also employed in the later AOD, AODE, and 4R70W automatic overdrives".
@@ThunderHead289 I rebuilt my FX small case cruise o matic and there's nothing cheap or flimsy about it at all. It's been holding up behind a healthy 390 just great. Not a whole lot of transmissions can run for 56 years and 158,000 miles without being messed with. Only thing that was wrong with mine was hard seals and the clutches in the reverse/high drum were worn - likely from the hard seals. Best shifting automatc I have.
@@ThunderHead289 Ford called ALL of them Cruise-O-Matics (CoM), regardless of "Case" Size, which is actually how they are designated. The CoM on your Galaxie SHOULD be an MX, Medium case, which is actually a precursor to the C6 technically, as the "big block" FEs started switching over to C6s starting in '66. The FX is the smaller case, and is actually the precursor to the C4, which is the light duty trans, made for the Windsor series motors. To make it even more complicated, Ford created the FMX - the most common trans for Ford vernacular, which is even MORE different, but is a combination of the FX/MX with modern touches, like a drop in dipstick tube and gearsets similar to a C6, and was built as a heavier duty automatic for the Small Blocks. What gets even more fun is that a Cruise-O-Matic could be a 3 speed OR even a 2 speed in the earlier years, which was previously denoted as the "Ford-O-Matic". Ford in their ultimate wisdom. I am told they are relatively heavy duty, yet I have also broken 2 of them so far in my 62 Tbird and 66 Country Sedan Wagon. They have a few major weaknesses, mainly to do with the valve body design, losing 2nd and 3rd or Reverse is really common.
@@erincherry3870 More years ago than I will elaborate, I replaced the reverse servo in my first car, '64 XL 2-door. Wimbledon White over Dynasty green with that gorgeous two-tone Turquoise interior. Ended up getting it rebuilt at a long-time local transmission shop. The old guy (the father) did the work. He fitted a shift kit that was on a dusty back shelf - no joke.
Wow.. so much to say... so much already said. All I can say is this... my man, you are a breath of fresh air in a stale community. Thank you, Uncle Luke, for staying true to yourself and us. Noticed something I forgot to comment on. When you were backing the car out of the garage/barn? the headlights, all of them, were pulsing off and on. Short or camera effect??
Lifelong Ford guy here. Ive owned six mustangs and even a 68 Mercury Cougar XR7, but have really been a Fairlane, Torino and Cyclone guy. Owned a few trucks from a 69 F-100 to a 2015 F-250 Super Duty 4x4 Diesel. Ive owned and worked on just about every Ford engine from 170 straight six to 5.4 modular V8. My 65 "K" code Fairlane. My 67 Fairlane GTA that had a 428cj in it and a 70 Torino Cobra with a 429scj in it that i was the second owner of just to name a few. I had a 66 Cyclone GT FE with four speed from factory with fiberglass hood , deck and fenders. With aluminum bumpers front and rear. These FEs are great motors. I built one for a tow driver friend of mine's roll back.
A friends dad would gice us a ride to school in a car just like that but it was white with a red interior but i remember how his dad would always have his hand on the shift lever and manually go through the gears. I'm 65 now but funny the little things that stick in your memory!😊 Great wedding photos too!
For what its worth, I put a whole can of Seafoam cleaner in my 22R pickup motor and ran it 200 miles. Changed the oil and then put a whole quart of Marvel oil in and ran the motor another 200 miles. "ALL" of the carbon that once came out the exhaust was gone and the oil pressure at idle went from 10 to 25 lbs and the running pressure went from 60 to 75 lbs. Then I ran some "Restore" engine treatment and the power went up about 15% but the mileage stayed the same. Now I put Marvel oil in the gas. 1 table spoon per tank. An old tired 22R is now running cooler and much more smoothly. Like Leno, I'm not much for mechanic in a can. Hope that helps!!
My dad and I restored a 71 mach1 in the early 2000's. We replaced the fmx with an AOD that's how you would shift it while racing. First then second then back to first. Great memories. Thank you for that, man.
I'm told here in other comments that the cruise o magic became the fmx which became the aod - I'll have to see if Google thinks that's true, I just always assumed it was an early c4
Cruise-O-Matic was name given to the green/white dot, dual range automatic transmissions. Early C4 & C6 were Cruise-O-Matics. Name dropped in '67 when the "normal" PRN321 was finally implemented. Same transmission in Mercury were Merc-O-Matic. I owned two '64 Fastbacks. One loaded with 390 & Cruise-O, other 289 & three on tree that was my favorite. I bought & swapped 390 & three on tree drive train from a identical T-boned '64(less than half the miles). Sold both in the early/mid '70s in favor of a four speed 428 Cobra Jet Cobra Fairlane that I still have.
My father bought a '64 Galaxie 500 four-door just like that new -- it was Guardsman Blue with a white top and had a three-speed stick transmission. Otherwise, it was mechanically identical to this one. My mother kept the car after he bought a new one in '67 -- it became the car in which I learned to drive and was my favorite car of all of them he had. My dad always believed the 352 FE block V-8 was the best engine Ford ever built. I would love to have that car but I already have a '55 Chevy that is my money pit. It eventually racked up some 132,000 before mom traded it and it still ran great. I really loved that car.
My Mom had a 1964 Galaxie 500 R code and it was an insane car. 400+ horsepower 390 engine with the biggest four barrel carb I had ever seen. Four bucket seats and a floor shifter. I had a hard time keeping the plugs clean with the 13:1 compression ratio and the crappy gas of the '70s, but it was a fun car to drive in the twisty roads of the California foothills. I wish I had it now!
Very nice Galaxy. It shined up easy. That marvel mistery stuf seems to do the same trick as a quart of ATF added to the engine oil would do. ATF has about the viscocity of 5W30 oil and it's jam packed with cleaning dopes. I have used it to restore stuck hydraulic tappets.
You need to go back to that old Truck buy it and Save it. My heart sinks when i see stuff abandoned outside. i think its an old 1978 or 79 maybe? Ford half ton..F 100 or F150 Ranger With the explorer trim level. What do i know, not much im a Mopar guy 😂🤔 🙄
26:37 It will be interesting to see what lives under the valve cover of my grampa's old C10. I will need to do this same job on it sooner or later. During the revival process I've been doing real frequent oil changes(It's due for its third since I got it and I've only put ~120 miles on the thing) and every time I drop the oil it comes out jet black. Detergent oil doing detergent things!
It could be that freeze plug began to weep and you didn't know where it was coming from so you bought those water pump gaskets. Then you figured out it was a freeze plug and put that compressed rubber abomination into the block. 🤔
Gotta love those summer boil up rains, actually, a good time to wash, the rainwater makes a great rinse....How good was the old paint if it will come back after 60 years? Dang good....
Be sure to take your wife out for a drive in the car and reminisce about how far you’ve come together since you drove the car to your wedding. Little moments can be big memories.
Try oven cleaner next time you do valve covers. The cheapest stuff you can find. Works way better on that baked on oil sludge than engine degreaser at a fraction of the cost.
I'm getting closer to being able to say "everything I own runs" (except the 65 Galaxie).
You know what that means, Something is thinking about breaking very unexpectedly & inconvenient-like.
For the moment, Carb Cheater is available again at thecarbcheater.com/ until it sells out again - last batch for a few months as we want to spend our time with R&D for a standalone timing control product, and frankly just to catch our breath!
2 videos in a week fuck yeah
edit i remember when you put that air filter on, and when washign a car go in circles with the sponge or what ever your using, helps to not get straight lines
@Cloud_Shire_82 I didnt want to admit that I accidentally released it this AM, but yeah that's why 😄
@@ThunderHead289 I mean this sint the first time, but yeah can't wait to see what the gremlin turns out too look like.
ever since you got it, i have just been thinking damn that grimmy would look pretty nice cleaned.
Thanks uncle Luke
Some motor oil on the post
I saw this useful looking implement today at Home Depot. It was a long round stick. With a board stuck across the bottom of it. And the board had thousands of tiny little sticks coming out the bottom of it. A guy was pushing it around the floor in the lumber department and the only problem he was having is that it kept building up dirt in front of the tiny sticks. Anyway, thinking outside the box like I do, it occurred to me that they might have one of those things in Iowa and maybe they'd let you borrow it for your barn floor.
I love this comment 😄
Are you Floor Sweeper certified though?
Better be careful or the Sweeper Union guys will come after you.
That's why Luke won't touch one until he takes the three-day twenty hour test to become a Sweeper's Apprentice first.
Luke, the used engine lubricant that came out of that engine will darken that pressure treated wood pretty good. Glad to see you got back to this thing I drive mine all the time and love it. Best driving car I've ever had honestly.
That is a really neat car, never underestimate a simple wash to bring back some life. Car is in awesome condition and kudos for always having it garaged or in storage.
Wow, that brings back memories for me. When I was in highschool my mom and dad gave me one they got from one of my uncles. I drove that car for a long time when I was in highschool back in the day.
Use hylomar as dressing for those gaskets on both sides. Hylomar is better than grease. It stays the consistancy of grape jelly. Hylomar allows the gasket to be removed whole without sticking. Used it assembling my FE 360 in my 1968 F100. My truck is the same color as your Galaxie 500.
Nice to see your big Gal on the road again👍
LOVE THAT FORD !
Looks really good, love that blue color.
The color and two tone really make the car in my opinion
Don't lie, Luke. We have all pissed in a bottle at some point 😂😂😂😂.
The trick for getting Cork gaskets to work is using Gasket Shellac, specifically "Indian Head" although now its Lions Head, a Permatex product, little brown bottle with the red or white cap. Its non-permeable and non-hardening, and fills in all of the crevasses and imperfections of the gasket and the gasket surface. Its the only way to go for old engine gaskets, use it on literally everything, especially FE. RTV and Silicone simply won't prevent leakage, long term or otherwise.
Basically a brand new car now :) Looks awesome
Luke, i like your videos and i am in general really impressed about your detailed knowledge about old cars and also your attitude on youtube and also about life - at least what you share about.
one thing that i already saw a few times in your video i want to talk about:
its that you pour old gasoline, engine degreaser or other waste fluids directly to the ground. i was a little surprised that this seems to be usual for you guys?
when i am working on engines, collecting that fluids is also a pain in the ass, but i i cant just spill it on the ground with the knowledge that it will harm nature. my consciense cant live with that.
please dont get me wrong here, this is just a small input from my side and nothing that should insult in any way. maybe its something that you would consider in future but also maybe not🙂
thank you for all the videos, im looking forward to your new content.
Markus (from Austria)
Nice video, Luke.
The bumper for the Galaxie is going to set you back almost $500 unless you get one from the junkyard.
I'm glad you replaced the Motorcraft 2 barrel with the Summit 4 barrel.
I enjoyed the wedding memories. I remember when you got married. I was hopeful you wouldn't drop the channel back then.
I'm not sure that FE has 130K miles. There's no blowback and the exhaust is clean. 👍🏻
It's a very good running fe - it sat for a really long time before I got it. Actually was a factory 4 barrel car with the autolites throttle blades being seized, being sentimental with this particular summit 600, I rebushed the worn throttle shaft and stuck it on back in the day 🙂
The motor sounds great.
Long live the gremlin. Outlived the static it use to get. Sweet galaxy.
She is a beauty!
Luke - I really enjoy your videos! I totally understand life gets in the way. I appreciate what you do and the knowledge you share. Cool car!
I used to always wonder how it happened to folks when I was real young, but the older I get, boy the more I understand.
One of those "don't pass judgement unless you have been in their shoes" scenarios for sure
I loved my 66 352 fe. When I had my 66 galaxie500xL.
Glad to see you are putting out more regular content, really enjoy your videos
enjoyed the video! Your wife was absolutely beautiful on the big day!!!!
You can paint those posts with that oil...they will look fantastic
Well done that Man and his good lady, greetings from Spain. Love the Chanel
Greeting from smack dab in the center of the US 🙂
I painted the valve covers on my 71 charger cause I try to kill as much rust as I can. Took ten minutes to make look new and pleased me. I have painted intake manifold and breather too. Just seems lazy to me not to. Cool old car. Maybe a little paint and it would have sold.
Loved seeing your Galaxie parked next to the Cougar and the Pontiac. Your workmates also have some cool cars.
That they definitely do - the convertible truck the one fella has as a joke and drives around with a mullet wig in town 😄
just sitting in the grass, having a little picnic with your valve covers.
I moved on from the trailer park physically, but perhaps not entirely mentally 😄
Very nice looking Galaxy
Really nice car! You should blast that engine/bay too. And then buy a big bag of shop rags and use them often, 😅🤣 your dirty handprints are everyehere! Use fender blankets too!
You gotta keep that car man! It's your wedding car! Congradulations🎉!
Think that weather is hitting us in WI now!
Let treated be for a year then use that steel wool mix....
the stone guard or baffle behind the front bumper is supposed to be silver like it is. Many people get this wrong when restoring and paint it body color.
I 31:11 I remember the first time you showed the great trick many moons ago about the greasing of the gaskets and I have been doing a couple here and there depending on what the customer is going to do with the car or what it is. My stuff is going to get the grease treatment.
Comet Cleanser and a soft rag works well at removing oxidation and as a polish. And a lot cheaper.
Take a grinder with a wire wheel it will remove the softer parts and leave the rooms exposed thinking another look warrior posts then add the mixture😊
WOW nice find - I did not know the 352 had 4-BBL other the the police interceptors (like the very hot 58 ford 2 doo posts) with 3 speed manual. LOL just caught the food bump on the top of the head - I forgot your tall too 6'4" here
For your wood posts, get your benzomatic torch and put a burn on ‘em to compliment the other wood.
Get a torch and scorch it good..lightly sand..repeat if ya want to get a mix of colors and it will definitely get darker .you can seal it if ya want with a deck sealer ..
Take the wife out for a date night cruise and ask her to open the glove box. She we love it.
Maybe if you had a leaf blower you could open the doors and blow all the dirt and dust out of there but i work for a lawn service and a leaf blower comes in handy for alot of things
You: Question 1, did you think about the dentside? Question 2, did you buy the dentside? ; Regarding the PT 4x4 posts, they will take a while to fade w/o weather exposure AND they will reject coatings. However, wood-boring insects will not attack the end grain. The wood that garage was built with cannot be matched. It has 65+ years of aging and may have been virgin growth. Just live with it is my advice. Or get cedar posts if you cannot.
Paint the boards with used motor oil, works good.
Imagine how good it would have looked if you used a car wash n wax to wash it, it would have been amazing. A lovely old car, she’s a goin to town rig now 😂😁
What about putting some of that sweet patina clear coat on it? That seems to seal in the rust and everything and preserve exactly what it is
It's worth a shot, be nice to preserve the car and enjoy it for a long time- happens to be my wife's favorite car and the one we go places together in.
She's not so much for the mad max stuff, but that's probably good
Don't ever sell this beautiful classic
I wonder if the paint on that old Ford truck in the background would clean up and come back around like that
Dude, it's only 1 rattle can if baby blue on those valve covers, just sayin. True ASMR when you throw a bit of soap on there, with your daisy dukes and shit kickers...50% used engine oil, 25% deisel, 10% peroxide, 10% mineral oil, 3% mineral spirits, 2% transmission oil, and 1 beer to coat those wooden jack stands in your gradge. See if you can't find a 65' fairlane 289 in your area, I've heard they are cheap in Iowa... possibly get off some of that soybean money, break down and get a soap dispenser for your pressure washer, they're like $ 12.89 at harbor freight..😉👍👍💚🤔💐🍻🍻🍻 great video btw.
Best thing to rub on treated lumber is used motor oil, and you should have a fair bit of that.
Shmoo is an interesting term. Old L'il Abner cartoons from the '50's featured blob-like creatures called shmoos. And that's all I remember at the moment! Time for some research!
Stain the posts a color to match your old garage
That plug was a capital crime. No expung8ng that.
I've made fun of people for using those before - I actually wouldn't even of known about them if I didn't see people using them instead of freeze plugs on 350s.
I'm about 2000 miles in and it hasn't popped but boy it makes me nervous.
Now I have the room where years ago when I did that I didn't- I'll just pull the engine next time 😄
Use your old motor oil to darken the wood.
Did you try burned oil on the wood? You can mix burned oil with gas.
Never heard of Skorned. Sounds like Alice in Chains
Get yur ass back to that blue F100 and save it! It needs you!
I've started work on swapping the rear gear in the 9 inch from 3.70 to 4.56 🙂
It's pretty high on my list to get out of there - can't stand seeing it sit
i loveee 4 doors
Poor 65 Galaxie... It might be on life support but Uncle Luke will bring her back from the grave!
It is sad isn't it - I need to get to it this year. I miss driving it, it's just out of the way and not a need, so it's taken to the backburner time and time again.
We're settled in, so I'm really hoping this is the year
@@ThunderHead289 Just keep at it Luke, love the channel! Somethings take priority--like scoring auction tractors that run and keep the farm going!
I wonder what color of the maverick is underneath all that dirt
Deep down, under the primer black and surface rust, it was once a dark blue 🙂
👍👍👍
I hope you have better water pressure than what you were using to wash that old car. Low water pressure makes me feel like I'm in MCJ.
Very nice!!! 🤘
You should get a picture of you and your wife standing next to the Galaxy 500 at your 10-year anniversary God bless you guys that is a great car I wish I had it to Cruise in
That is a perfect idea! After seeing her drive that tractor in the last video I think that would be great.
Missy seems to have a problem with her middle finger acting up. I'd get that checked right away.🙄
Great show. Your getting a lot better editing 😊
“I could wear gloves, but I could also hit it with my purse” had me rolling! (I do wear gloves… ummm… I’ll go hide my purse)
Lol, my "Purse", as I call it, is my grab bag that I throw in the truck, being in a builder & might need, harhar! Since I'm an old boy scout, I like to be prepared, so it weighs around 30 #'s !!
Grab the bitch mittens. Lmao 😅
My dad passed away this past January. He left me a 63-1/2 Galaxie with a 427 before he passed (originally a 390 Cruise-O-Matic car). The 427 was the 427 out of his R car he had before starting a family. He kept the engine, had it in a 67 Mustang for a while. Then put it and a C6 in the 63-1/2 in the early 80’s.
Hasn’t ran in a couple years. Hope to get it on the road soon.
Man your dad would be proud to see you driving around in that car. There was a reason he gave it to you. Probably because it would make you smile and think about him while you are driving it.
My grandfather was like a father to me when I was pretty young and he taught me how to be respectful to others. When I drive around in my car I’m always talking to him about how I miss him and things I’d like to hopefully do if I make to where he is.
@@paulym5814 yeah this engine was the first engine I took apart, inspected, and reassembled. I was only 10 years old. We were returning from a car show and experienced oil pressure issues.
Once home I tore it apart while my dad was at work and inspected things during my summer break. We discovered that my dad’s friend re-used a gasket on the upper part of the windage tray and used lots of rtv. Well it squeezed out and was clogging the pickup screen.
All parts looked good including all bearings. So I re-assembled. It was the first engine I tore down and re-assembled.
So that car has a special place in my memories and heart.
@@jasonwalker999 All the more reason for you to give it the love of taking it and giving it another shot, and getting it running.
Like Pole Barn Garage said in a video "Old cars have souls" and from the sounds of it, so does that old 427. Give 'er a chance to purr like a kitten again Jason.
Luke, always liked the 60 through 64 Fords. Had a friend in high school with a 63 Galaxy 427 4-speed. Was pretty hard to beat. He used to go up against a guy with his Chevelle with an L88. Ah good times. 66-68 were good years. Cars were cheap.
As a kid I started working at a Ford dealership in 1964 washing cars and doing other scut work, the 64 Galaxy is probably my favorite Ford ever.
They got a lot of styling and mechanical just right in 64
@@ThunderHead289 I suppose you're just tall enough to have an excuse for liking fullsize cars, though it still makes more sense to squeeze into the Maverick daily. I generally hop up from midsize cars to boogie vans and never had much interest in fullsize cars like Galaxie, though it is a size that no longer exists, can tow trailers if they have hitches, and at least I can sleep in them sideways across the benches, where I can't quite stretch out across my B200s, though I lived in my B100 for about 2 months, and spent close to another month in a G20, so at least the wagons have some redeeming value.
@@ThunderHead289 64s were and are great.
Uncle Luke washing a car in the rain. Discovering washing an old car is very satisfying... nice! I keep my car wash mits in my....um....purse....
There is no '64 Galaxy, that car came out in '95. You mean the Galaxie
Wedding pictures were cool. Been married forever and love that old stuff.
She's a beautiful old girl. Sure shines nice now. Glad to see someone actually liking a sweet old four door like yours.
I never had any money to have the "cool" old cars, so the downtrodden and disliked cars were always what I ended up with - and honestly, I'm glad it went that way, made me appreciate things more.
Like you I’ve always gravitated towards the “other” muscle cars. It’s one reason why the Maverick became my favorite car. 👍🏻
You knowledge is indeed exemplary, but your laid back personality is the biggest draw to your channel. Plus a refreshing lack of vulgar speech. Yes I am old BUT it means something to me. Thank you for continuing to make these videos!
This old 64 reminded me of one of my favorites growing up. My dad sold Fords from 1951 until 1977 so I grew up in a Ford family with new Fords every year. In 1964 I was 11 and we had 2 different Galaxys. The first was a white 289 car with red interior then a turquoise and white 4 door hardtop wth the 352 and ac.
You my friend lived through some of America's better eras
@@ThunderHead289 My folks bought a new '64 XL 2dr hardtop in October of '63. Early production car, #837 out of Chicago assembly. I was 7. Our Ford dealer in Milan, IL located the car in Clinton, IA and we drove it home from there. I vividly remember the ride home from Clinton, in the back seat, marveling at how cool that white interior with black accents looked. I was smitten. Made me a Ford guy for life. Nine years later I inherited the car @ 15 with the 352 broken, my dad and I did an engine swap that summer and I started driving in it. Watching you wash the car I knew every detail, body line and crease by memory. I love me some '64 Galaxies.
Nothing better than waking up to a new thunderhead video on a Saturday morning
Oh noooooo I could have never driven by that Ford truck and not found out what its deal was, for sale not for sale, price too high. I know about every old Ford within a 100 miles of me. 😂😂. They are my weakness. I buy every 1 I can afford. I got a yard full.
Luke's been watchin too much Peg, and its inspired him to start collectin piss jugs! Next thing you know, he's gonna end up with a shop full of dump bees. 🤣
Unkle Peg is a God among men!
Peg is a clown 🤡, alberta hate him. Canada hates him.
Awesome I made it, whatever happened to the drag racing Torino?
Someone showed up with double what I paid for it - at the time, I took a look at my life: how much utility and usefulness that car could have, the cost of even getting it to the point of starting to see what else did or didn't work and the investment if my time to get there, what other things I could do with the money instead....
All signs pointed to "take the money".
If I lived closer to a drag strip that might have changed things, but it was a very purpose built car - wasn't going to just easily drive it to work or anything without major changes.
So, out the door it went - and it funded several things important to my life here like all my hay equipment.
And that's the story of the torino 🙂
First time I've really ever told anyone in any real detail
Glad we got the closure, was looking forward to seeing it run @ThunderHead289
@@ThunderHead289 Stuff happens... and life goes on.
THAT CRUISAMATIC FX/MX BECAME THE FMX FOR 69 351 AND BIGGER ENGINES AND LATER TRANSFORMED INTO THE AOD. "What makes the FMX different than the C4 and C6 is its Ravineaux twin-planetary gearset design, which was also employed in the later AOD, AODE, and 4R70W automatic overdrives".
The cruise-0-matic in my opinion seems to be a pretty good trans. I'm amazed it still works as well as it does
@@ThunderHead289 I rebuilt my FX small case cruise o matic and there's nothing cheap or flimsy about it at all. It's been holding up behind a healthy 390 just great. Not a whole lot of transmissions can run for 56 years and 158,000 miles without being messed with. Only thing that was wrong with mine was hard seals and the clutches in the reverse/high drum were worn - likely from the hard seals. Best shifting automatc I have.
My favorite classic "Ford" transmission the FMX.
@@ThunderHead289 Ford called ALL of them Cruise-O-Matics (CoM), regardless of "Case" Size, which is actually how they are designated. The CoM on your Galaxie SHOULD be an MX, Medium case, which is actually a precursor to the C6 technically, as the "big block" FEs started switching over to C6s starting in '66. The FX is the smaller case, and is actually the precursor to the C4, which is the light duty trans, made for the Windsor series motors. To make it even more complicated, Ford created the FMX - the most common trans for Ford vernacular, which is even MORE different, but is a combination of the FX/MX with modern touches, like a drop in dipstick tube and gearsets similar to a C6, and was built as a heavier duty automatic for the Small Blocks. What gets even more fun is that a Cruise-O-Matic could be a 3 speed OR even a 2 speed in the earlier years, which was previously denoted as the "Ford-O-Matic". Ford in their ultimate wisdom. I am told they are relatively heavy duty, yet I have also broken 2 of them so far in my 62 Tbird and 66 Country Sedan Wagon. They have a few major weaknesses, mainly to do with the valve body design, losing 2nd and 3rd or Reverse is really common.
@@erincherry3870 More years ago than I will elaborate, I replaced the reverse servo in my first car, '64 XL 2-door. Wimbledon White over Dynasty green with that gorgeous two-tone Turquoise interior. Ended up getting it rebuilt at a long-time local transmission shop. The old guy (the father) did the work. He fitted a shift kit that was on a dusty back shelf - no joke.
Wow.. so much to say... so much already said. All I can say is this... my man, you are a breath of fresh air in a stale community.
Thank you, Uncle Luke, for staying true to yourself and us.
Noticed something I forgot to comment on. When you were backing the car out of the garage/barn? the headlights, all of them, were pulsing off and on. Short or camera effect??
All I know how to be is myself 🙂
Everybody up at 448 to watch this beautiful production!
Well hello there my pacific timezone friend 🙂
Lifelong Ford guy here. Ive owned six mustangs and even a 68 Mercury Cougar XR7, but have really been a Fairlane, Torino and Cyclone guy. Owned a few trucks from a 69 F-100 to a 2015 F-250 Super Duty 4x4 Diesel. Ive owned and worked on just about every Ford engine from 170 straight six to 5.4 modular V8. My 65 "K" code Fairlane. My 67 Fairlane GTA that had a 428cj in it and a 70 Torino Cobra with a 429scj in it that i was the second owner of just to name a few. I had a 66 Cyclone GT FE with four speed from factory with fiberglass hood , deck and fenders. With aluminum bumpers front and rear. These FEs are great motors. I built one for a tow driver friend of mine's roll back.
A friends dad would gice us a ride to school in a car just like that but it was white with a red interior but i remember how his dad would always have his hand on the shift lever and manually go through the gears. I'm 65 now but funny the little things that stick in your memory!😊
Great wedding photos too!
Just a better era back then in so many ways
For what its worth, I put a whole can of Seafoam cleaner in my 22R pickup motor and ran it 200 miles. Changed the oil and then put a whole quart of Marvel oil in and ran the motor another 200 miles. "ALL" of the carbon that once came out the exhaust was gone and the oil pressure at idle went from 10 to 25 lbs and the running pressure went from 60 to 75 lbs. Then I ran some "Restore" engine treatment and the power went up about 15% but the mileage stayed the same. Now I put Marvel oil in the gas. 1 table spoon per tank. An old tired 22R is now running cooler and much more smoothly. Like Leno, I'm not much for mechanic in a can. Hope that helps!!
@47:27...................LOVING that baby blue Cougar!!!! I want it!!!!!
My dad and I restored a 71 mach1 in the early 2000's. We replaced the fmx with an AOD that's how you would shift it while racing. First then second then back to first. Great memories. Thank you for that, man.
I'm told here in other comments that the cruise o magic became the fmx which became the aod - I'll have to see if Google thinks that's true, I just always assumed it was an early c4
. My 71 Torino had a fmx transmission and a 351 Cleveland 2 barrel@@ThunderHead289
AOD shuffle worked in my '86 T bird.
I could get use to a video from Uncle Luke every Saturday morning 😮
Nice looking car, cleaned up amazing. Yes on the Gremlin.
Cruise-O-Matic was name given to the green/white dot, dual range automatic transmissions. Early C4 & C6 were Cruise-O-Matics. Name dropped in '67 when the "normal" PRN321 was finally implemented. Same transmission in Mercury were Merc-O-Matic. I owned two '64 Fastbacks. One loaded with 390 & Cruise-O, other 289 & three on tree that was my favorite. I bought & swapped 390 & three on tree drive train from a identical T-boned '64(less than half the miles). Sold both in the early/mid '70s in favor of a four speed 428 Cobra Jet Cobra Fairlane that I still have.
"That you still have"
Too cool
Oh boy, a new ThunderFace79 video!
Someone caught it - I should probably be more serious 😅
My father bought a '64 Galaxie 500 four-door just like that new -- it was Guardsman Blue with a white top and had a three-speed stick transmission. Otherwise, it was mechanically identical to this one. My mother kept the car after he bought a new one in '67 -- it became the car in which I learned to drive and was my favorite car of all of them he had. My dad always believed the 352 FE block V-8 was the best engine Ford ever built. I would love to have that car but I already have a '55 Chevy that is my money pit. It eventually racked up some 132,000 before mom traded it and it still ran great. I really loved that car.
My Mom had a 1964 Galaxie 500 R code and it was an insane car. 400+ horsepower 390 engine with the biggest four barrel carb I had ever seen. Four bucket seats and a floor shifter. I had a hard time keeping the plugs clean with the 13:1 compression ratio and the crappy gas of the '70s, but it was a fun car to drive in the twisty roads of the California foothills. I wish I had it now!
Your never too old to learn something new, thanks ThunderHead.
F E aka FOREVER... Love it!
Very nice Galaxy. It shined up easy.
That marvel mistery stuf seems to do the same trick as a quart of ATF added to the engine oil would do. ATF has about the viscocity of 5W30 oil and it's jam packed with cleaning dopes. I have used it to restore stuck hydraulic tappets.
You need to go back to that old Truck buy it and Save it. My heart sinks when i see stuff abandoned outside. i think its an old 1978 or 79 maybe? Ford half ton..F 100 or F150 Ranger With the explorer trim level. What do i know, not much im a Mopar guy 😂🤔 🙄
26:37 It will be interesting to see what lives under the valve cover of my grampa's old C10. I will need to do this same job on it sooner or later. During the revival process I've been doing real frequent oil changes(It's due for its third since I got it and I've only put ~120 miles on the thing) and every time I drop the oil it comes out jet black. Detergent oil doing detergent things!
love them fords better than the GM Sh%^&
It could be that freeze plug began to weep and you didn't know where it was coming from so you bought those water pump gaskets. Then you figured out it was a freeze plug and put that compressed rubber abomination into the block. 🤔
Gotta love those summer boil up rains, actually, a good time to wash, the rainwater makes a great rinse....How good was the old paint if it will come back after 60 years? Dang good....
I've never used Marval oil to clean the dirt out of the engine. I have used Dextron Automatic Transmission oil with great luck .
Be sure to take your wife out for a drive in the car and reminisce about how far you’ve come together since you drove the car to your wedding. Little moments can be big memories.
So far, when we go anywhere together now it's in the 64 - for her, that's quite a step up from being stuck with the maverick 🙂
@@ThunderHead289 that Maverick is cool. I don’t know why she wouldn’t love that thing.
great job on the video man
Try oven cleaner next time you do valve covers. The cheapest stuff you can find. Works way better on that baked on oil sludge than engine degreaser at a fraction of the cost.
Dude. Some simple Dawn dishsoap and Turtle Wax would do wonders for that car.
Your wife did a kickass job on the air cleaner and fyi I’m 59 and I like your music 🤘🏻
So Luke, your wife is a veterinarian and she knows American Sign Language, and you rehab vintage cars in your spare time? I want your life!
Friggin RUclips won't let thumbs up vid so I'm doing it manually. 50 thumbs up great content.
Wow! $3.17 for regular at the Kum & Go!! I've got to get the heck out of Calif.