1961 Ford Galaxie Starliner Retrieval!
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- In this installment the FullSizeFord crew heads west to rescue a 1961 Ford Galaxie Starliner. Bought sight unseen, will this 352, automatic equipped Galaxie be a solid project or a rusty pile?
Music by: / @thatfatf1sh
I miss my 1960 Starliner.
Just signed on I am a ford guy through and through my folks had a 61 Just like it
Welcome aboard!
Once I saw one of these on Perry Mason, I thought yeah...a black on black convertible with the fiberglass "2 seater" insert would be a nice touch.
I look at them the same way. First car I remember riding in was my dad's 1962 light blue galaxie 2 door sedan.
Cool. I have just subscribed. Like you I love my full size Fords, Mercurys and Lincolns but have plenty of others on my channel too.
I'd sooner restore a '61 than I would a '60. Whichever, my concern would be body parts, which are unusually difficult to obtain than most Fords.
In honesty, I hope you do something with it especially for restoration. Wouldn't take too much to do.
This car has been sold, new owner has a medium riser 427 ready for install. This car is definitely going to live again!
@@FullSizeFord alot of work
If you restore it, restomod it, but retain the stock look of the car. You can do a custom interior, and whack out some rock and roll making a street machine out of THIS!
To me, a car that old that has been through snowy winters might have a lot of frame rusting, one of the first things I would check
We don’t see a lot of frame issues here in the Pacific Northwest on ‘64 and older, ‘65 and up is a completely different story!
@@FullSizeFord My father had a 69' Ford that he kept in great mechanical shape but the body disintegrated, the talk at the time is they were using Japanese steel but I don't know if that's true.
you could make a half dozen kia's out of it. no not,,
Why don't you invest in a battery operated hydraulic line to get your barn find Ford on the trailer? Watching you hand crank the 61 buggy onto your trailer, makes my arms sore, and you walk away with Popeye style arm muscles. Do that kind of vehicle mounting the Easy Peasy way. Don't be cheap on yourself.
I see your vision about that 61 Ford.
I see your walker open wide, and become empty real quick. Why start another car project when you can't finish the other one's. Next video we will see is a video of your surviving family members selling half finished vehicles to the highest junk yard owner. Don't suffer from car restoration ADHD. Complete one vehicle road ready job, then start another one.
With this "new" barn clunker, you're becoming a incomplete car hoarder.
Yup, in about 5 to 10 year's from now, some junk yard owner is gonna get a phone call to bring his wrecker and haul those disassembled clunkers to the junk pile, with them being shipped to the China steel mills from there. Slow down, you ain't no Chip Foose with a full crew of professional vehicle restorators working for you.
We’ll take our chances. Lol. BTW, the ‘61 has already been sold, new owner installing a 427. It’s not so much about restoration for us. It’s about getting these cars out of barns, fields, lean to’s, etc. and back on the road where they can be enjoyed.
@@FullSizeFord I hear you. I have friends and relatives who do the same thing that you do. But, what happens is that everyday life gets in the way. Before you know it, nothing gets done according to personal schedule. I have heard many times, the phrase: " It's no wonder we can't get anything done around here".
The same holds true for me. Just when I think I'm gonna get something started around the home, the telephone rings.
Then the day is shot by the time I get back home from completing the answering the phone project. GRRR.
Welp, as long as you can keep up your end of the project bargain, and you don't allow your hobby to be bogged down by life's everyday interruptions, bringing another idle car back on the asphalt ro breathe the open road is better than sitting behind bars in jail or prison. Keep the old iron metal away from the scrap yard, and showing it's rusty might and horsepower. Roar & Zoom on - Peace.
should have walked away from that one
“Tractor beam. Sucked me right in.”