It's kind of funny when you say 427.. a lot of the public seem to think it's a general motors engine.. but Chevy people that race certainly know what a 427 Ford is... The leader of the pack
G'day Dave, Absolutely adore the 1963 & half Galaxie 500 XL there is no bad angle on them. We're the diffs standard LSD or single spinner. Saw one 1963 & Half Galaxie 500 XL in all red at a car show here & a genuine R Code. It was a humbling experience something you don't see here in Australia 🇦🇺. Great video thoroughly enjoyed it. Cheers Louis Kats 🇦🇺 👍 🇺🇸
They were all open differentials on these cars, that might have been my friend Larry's car you saw that day. He is the only guy I know of who has a red 63 R code in Australia. Thanks again for watching!
Very interesting. I love the 1963 Galaxie, in Fastback, and 2 , and 4 door sedans . Galaxie's had a great dominance in racing , somewhat embarrassing the Brits in their formerly unbeatable Jaguars, I bet they weren't expecting that. My ultimate '63 Galaxie would be a 2 door sedan, with all the fancy trim and badges, black with a red interior , with any of the FE engine sizes, but preferably at least a 390 .I found it interesting, the mention of 6 cylinder frames being lighter than for the V8 cars , is that true?
A freind had a 427 Holman Moody highrise. It would regularly turn 9,000 rpm, it could turn 10,000. But there was no horsepower increase. Another freind has several in his galaxies. He got a bunch of Holman Moody stuff with a cometition boat. He sold the boat, kept the parts.
Adrian Clements is a great source on these cars too.. I am not sure but I believe that he at one point ran the 427 Registry. People claim to have 427,powered 1967 Mustangs and there really were none. It would have been such an expensive option that it would never have flown with the bean counters. Tasca was right to hit the parts bin and come up with the 428 Cobra Jet. There has never been a 427 installed on the line. You could buy a 427 in a crate and had it installed, but it was still a 428 Police engine or the S code 390. No unicorn. And man these cars got sliced and diced to the point that some aren’t even safe to drive. Your 67 Galaxie 427 is a real survivor!
Adrian runs the 1967 Full Size Ford Registry, I created and ran the 427 Galaxie Registry. Yep the 427 Mustang was a myth but it would have been very easy to do. Cougars had a 427. Fits just like a 390 with the right heads
@@mydirtygarage I agree, the 427 could have been in the Mustang. I never understood why they didn’t take the 410 from the Mercury and put a 427 cam and the 2x4 PI intake and some better exhaust manifolds. It would have been a 1967 replacement for the 390, torque for days and a low cost Intermediate and Pony car engine with the 428 a premium option. The 410 is a good engine. It isn’t high strung but you know that you have a stoplight to stoplight runner and with the 410 hp solid, a 1 hp per cube competitor that could haul ass and hold together. The 66 PI 428 had a bit more slugging mixture motion. The 410 with smaller bores could have kept the early style C6AE-R heads with LR valves 2.09/1.6 valves would have good mixture motion, lower emissions, and a better use of its strong points in a street car.
I had a Minnesota build car and it was owned in Minnesota. The frame rusted out and I had to put a 66 model frame. The body was barely rusted. Just the toeboard. The car is not tight as a drum. But I m blind now and can’t drive. Such a shame.
Thank you for posting this vid. Do wish I'd of had it in '72 to prove my know it all dad wrong. Mom bought a new 63 1/2 Q-code. In '72 I bought a '63 1/2 Q-code from an original owner. He wasn't a perservist any more than I was, except he was one that just maintained with FoMoCo parts only. Dad swore mine couldn't be ALL original due to the different hubcaps than what mom had on hers. "If he swapped out the hubcaps he swapped out other things too" was his thought. Even shown facts a few times of him being wrong didn't change what he thought he knew, he just wouldn't argue about it from then on, but his facts were still his facts, went to the grave in his head. I didn't care about originality, week I bought it the Q-code and trans came out nd was replaced with a 406 while waiting on a stroked Merc 410. Didn't change a lot on the car but it was being used for street and strip so smaller items were changed. When I sold it the buyer got the Q-code and trans, wheels, tires, hubcaps, generator, manifolds, etc and he gave me the 410 just for pulling it so he didn't have to do so. Month later I felt like taking a hammer to my noggin for even selling it instead of parking it in the back of the equipment building.
Since I ran the 427 Galaxie Registry my knowledge is with the 427 cars. I would leave the 406 cars to someone who knows them better than me. Thanks for watching!!
I really wish in all of my years I had found a 427 FE , specifically the SO. But 390s were it. I had some th at could bore to 428, but I never bored them that big for strength. The COAE-D with 2.09 and 1.65 valves worked well. I always wanted a 427 . I have built 396 ci engines with crankshaft lightening and piston lightening with the thinnest rings and gapped well. Cylinder heads that were welded in the chamber to improve tumbling into swirl and 2.15 5/16 stems with guides to fit and 11/32 stems on 1.63 valves.,roller cams and dual quad aluminum intake and 585 cfm 4150 DPs.. 2 inch tube headers. 550 hp and 510 ft lbs in a black on black 66 Galaxie that was surprisingly fast . You could run fat tires on the back and a short Hurst shifter was the best bang shifter I ever had. I miss the old girl. 396 ci FE was a beast! A lot of custom work I did myself but I learned a lot.
Are you sure about the lower control arms? I have a 63 boxtop P code with cast shorty headers and front routed brake line but it Doesn't have the belcrank arrangement on the lower control arm bushings. As far as I can find out taxis and police units had the straight bushing setup as original equipment.
They we're made from the same press molds as the Mercury ones but the centers were blank, very different. The spinners were the standard Ford spinner used through the 60's. Thanks for watching
It's kind of funny when you say 427.. a lot of the public seem to think it's a general motors engine.. but Chevy people that race certainly know what a 427 Ford is... The leader of the pack
Amazing how many unique parts were made for the 427. Great video!
G'day Dave,
Absolutely adore the 1963 & half
Galaxie 500 XL there is no bad angle on them.
We're the diffs standard LSD or single spinner.
Saw one 1963 & Half Galaxie 500 XL in all red at a car show here & a genuine R Code.
It was a humbling experience something you don't see here in Australia 🇦🇺.
Great video thoroughly enjoyed it.
Cheers
Louis Kats 🇦🇺 👍 🇺🇸
They were all open differentials on these cars, that might have been my friend Larry's car you saw that day. He is the only guy I know of who has a red 63 R code in Australia. Thanks again for watching!
@@mydirtygarage👍👍
Thank you. That was the best 427 Galaxie specific video I have ever seen. And will help me on the way with my Q code restoration.
Very interesting. I love the 1963 Galaxie, in Fastback, and 2 , and 4 door sedans . Galaxie's had a great dominance in racing , somewhat embarrassing the Brits in their formerly unbeatable Jaguars, I bet they weren't expecting that. My ultimate '63 Galaxie would be a 2 door sedan, with all the fancy trim and badges, black with a red interior , with any of the FE engine sizes, but preferably at least a 390 .I found it interesting, the mention of 6 cylinder frames being lighter than for the V8 cars , is that true?
I like hardtop cars, sedans not so much.
A freind had a 427 Holman Moody highrise. It would regularly turn 9,000 rpm, it could turn 10,000. But there was no horsepower increase. Another freind has several in his galaxies. He got a bunch of Holman Moody stuff with a cometition boat. He sold the boat, kept the parts.
Adrian Clements is a great source on these cars too.. I am not sure but I believe that he at one point ran the 427 Registry. People claim to have 427,powered 1967 Mustangs and there really were none. It would have been such an expensive option that it would never have flown with the bean counters. Tasca was right to hit the parts bin and come up with the 428 Cobra Jet. There has never been a 427 installed on the line. You could buy a 427 in a crate and had it installed, but it was still a 428 Police engine or the S code 390. No unicorn. And man these cars got sliced and diced to the point that some aren’t even safe to drive. Your 67 Galaxie 427 is a real survivor!
Adrian runs the 1967 Full Size Ford Registry, I created and ran the 427 Galaxie Registry. Yep the 427 Mustang was a myth but it would have been very easy to do. Cougars had a 427. Fits just like a 390 with the right heads
@@mydirtygarage I agree, the 427 could have been in the Mustang. I never understood why they didn’t take the 410 from the Mercury and put a 427 cam and the 2x4 PI intake and some better exhaust manifolds. It would have been a 1967 replacement for the 390, torque for days and a low cost Intermediate and Pony car engine with the 428 a premium option. The 410 is a good engine. It isn’t high strung but you know that you have a stoplight to stoplight runner and with the 410 hp solid, a 1 hp per cube competitor that could haul ass and hold together. The 66 PI 428 had a bit more slugging mixture motion. The 410 with smaller bores could have kept the early style C6AE-R heads with LR valves 2.09/1.6 valves would have good mixture motion, lower emissions, and a better use of its strong points in a street car.
I had a 63.5 Falcon Sprint with an sbf and a 4spd. There was no yellow paint on the trans. I had it in 67.
I had a Minnesota build car and it was owned in Minnesota. The frame rusted out and I had to put a 66 model frame. The body was barely rusted. Just the toeboard. The car is not tight as a drum. But I m blind now and can’t drive. Such a shame.
That was top notch!
Thank you!!
Thank you for posting this vid. Do wish I'd of had it in '72 to prove my know it all dad wrong. Mom bought a new 63 1/2 Q-code. In '72 I bought a '63 1/2 Q-code from an original owner. He wasn't a perservist any more than I was, except he was one that just maintained with FoMoCo parts only. Dad swore mine couldn't be ALL original due to the different hubcaps than what mom had on hers. "If he swapped out the hubcaps he swapped out other things too" was his thought. Even shown facts a few times of him being wrong didn't change what he thought he knew, he just wouldn't argue about it from then on, but his facts were still his facts, went to the grave in his head.
I didn't care about originality, week I bought it the Q-code and trans came out nd was replaced with a 406 while waiting on a stroked Merc 410. Didn't change a lot on the car but it was being used for street and strip so smaller items were changed. When I sold it the buyer got the Q-code and trans, wheels, tires, hubcaps, generator, manifolds, etc and he gave me the 410 just for pulling it so he didn't have to do so.
Month later I felt like taking a hammer to my noggin for even selling it instead of parking it in the back of the equipment building.
That was an awesome video. Anyway you could do a 62 406 video in similar fashion?
Since I ran the 427 Galaxie Registry my knowledge is with the 427 cars. I would leave the 406 cars to someone who knows them better than me. Thanks for watching!!
Excellent..
Awesome see my Dad in a pic.
As always a great video from you
I appreciate that, thanks Dave
I really wish in all of my years I had found a 427 FE , specifically the SO. But 390s were it. I had some th at could bore to 428, but I never bored them that big for strength. The COAE-D with 2.09 and 1.65 valves worked well. I always wanted a 427 . I have built 396 ci engines with crankshaft lightening and piston lightening with the thinnest rings and gapped well. Cylinder heads that were welded in the chamber to improve tumbling into swirl and 2.15 5/16 stems with guides to fit and 11/32 stems on 1.63 valves.,roller cams and dual quad aluminum intake and 585 cfm 4150 DPs.. 2 inch tube headers. 550 hp and 510 ft lbs in a black on black 66 Galaxie that was surprisingly fast . You could run fat tires on the back and a short Hurst shifter was the best bang shifter I ever had. I miss the old girl. 396 ci FE was a beast! A lot of custom work I did myself but I learned a lot.
absolutely awesome video
Are you sure about the lower control arms?
I have a 63 boxtop P code with cast shorty headers and front routed brake line but it Doesn't have the belcrank arrangement on the lower control arm bushings.
As far as I can find out taxis and police units had the straight bushing setup as original equipment.
That’s Union labor for you.
love the video
Awesome 😎 info Dave!!!!
Good video Dave as always
Where are those full wheel covers made from an earlier 15 inch Mercury wheel cover and adding a 1963 style 3 bar spinner from wire wheel covers?
They we're made from the same press molds as the Mercury ones but the centers were blank, very different. The spinners were the standard Ford spinner used through the 60's. Thanks for watching
If anybody has one of those KH wheels for sale please let me know.
Please stop saying vin number , do you stutter? It is vin , vehicle identification number not vehicle identification number number
Nit picking much….
You may need a hobby if this bothers you
I’ll bet you insist on saying “pounds feet” 😆