Today I took my wife christmas shopping in it and it was the first time she had ridden in it since the rebuild.

Anyway, we pulled up to a stoplight next to a little old lady in a VW Gti. Wendi sort of laughed and said "look at her water". She had a water bottle in a cup holder on the dash. The water was rippling in sync with the rough idle of the galaxie. It was very Jerassic Park like.

Chuck

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'04 ERA Cobra (will be) 427 Toploader
'67 Galaxie 390 TKO-600 .64 OD 3.89 Detroit Locker
'66 F-100 (patiently waiting)
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1954 Ford Customline 2-dr. sedan 390 4-speed
1955 Ford Fairlane Victoria 2-dr. hdtp, 292
1962 Ford Galaxie 500, 4-dr. sedan, 292
1968 Ford LTD 2-dr hdtp, 390 auto. (rough but driveable)
1970 F-100 360 auto (owned since 1985)

A proper Hot Rod should scare animals, small children and old people. My Mom being the exception, she's 80 and still digs riding in my Galaxie which is very loud. (or was when it still had an engine in it) ww

1965 Galaxie 500XL 445ci Stroker (soon) C-6
1965 Galaxie 500XL 390ci P-Code, 4-Speed
1965 Galaxie 500XL 289ci Cruse-O-Matic
2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew 5.4L
2006 John Deer X320 Garden Tractor

starts vibrating off from the exhaust pulses. My kid and his preteen friend's reactions in seeing this phenomenon was one of the priceless moments of fatherhood........ And that was from a B303 cammed 302.

There was always a standing rule at my folks house that whenever you left your car there, you left your keys there too...just in case of "emergency". If you came back to find that there was substantially less rubber on the tires...rest assured my mother had something to do with it.

I left my '63 Fairlane (5.0, 5spd.) at her house one time. Mom decided to take my 90 year old gramma to the doctor in it. When I came back to get the car, granny told of the great fun they had "spin'n tires". Guess it's hereditary.

The 427 in my Mustang is a little more of a challenge for the 77 year old. She'll gas it, lift, gass it, lift, afraid to go for second gear. Good! Her personal hot rod is a '56 T-Bird with a +.060 312, ported heads, Isky cam, and Pertronix ignition. Spin'n tires...no problem!

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1967 FE 390GT engine: 416 CID 233/238* @ 0.050 Solid Lifter w/ 4 spd TL.
1968 GT/CS Mustang. 289/c4
1995 Mercedes e320 I6 DOHC, 216 HP wagon.
2003 Tundra SR5, 4.7 DOHC, 4x4.
Another Galaxie (one day.)

Oh and a Bicycle - daily driver to save gas for the 'F'un 'E'xcursions.

chuck. I love the Jurasic Park line. Glad to see your enjoying your Gal. Mike

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Absolutely awesome! Nothing like the thump of a big-block camming away at a stop light!

Nothing says "Welcome to the neighborhood!" like forty-foot ruts through the front yard!