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1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Xl 5.8l on 2040-cars

Year:1965 Mileage:13000
Location:

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

1965 Galaxie Fastback
-352 ci Motor (5.8 liter)

The Good
-Runs & Drives, shifts good
-NEW Disc brake conversion (front only) includes proportion valve, vacuum booster, master cylinder, rotors, calipers
-NEW Interior, from carpet to headliner
-NEW Electronic Ignition conversion (no points)
-NEWLY rebuilt rear end (third member) by Dan's Driveline
-Body is straight and solid, no bondo that I can find, rockers, inner fenders and floors are solid as can be
-NEW door weather stripping, window felts
-NEW trunk weather seal
-All gauges work, has an aftermarket temp gauge
-NEW LED lights in dash, no bulbs. 25+ year life.
-NEW slave cylinder in driver rear brakes. NEW brake line in driver rear.
-Glass packed exhaust sounds nice
-Lots of new and old parts available, especially mechanical. 
-Haggerty puts the value at like $12K
-Title in my name, Nevada
-Cheap to license and insure

The Bad
-Cheap tint job that needs to be removed
-Little hard to start after sits, may just be the check valve in the fuel line???
-Front end could use new bushings, tends to wander a bit on the road, maybe just a characteristic of the car??
-Paint is rough. I didnt want to paint it and put off buyers who care about the color.
-Cracking windshield
-Someone did a half ass job putting front and back glass in, there is black gooey stuff all around the edges...
-Driver window regulator may need replacing, or possibly could be adjusted out, leaves a small gap when rolled up, sometimes.


The Meh..
-Edelbrock 1405 Carb
-American racing wheels
-Tires are OK. Look good, but a bad alignment has worn them unevenly. Should be rotated, or fronts replaced...?? Rears are good.
-No speakers or modern stereo. I built a new rear deck, would be easy to install system, door panels are new, could be cut for speakers. 
-Grant steering wheel kit on it, I have the original wheel but i think the horn ring wont go on due to broken center bit.
-"Galaxie 500" badge is in two or three pieces, I have it. I think they look terrible anyway, placement is on the front fender traditionally
-Brake pedal is a bit high, only takes a minute to get used to, could be adjusted by putting spacer between vacuum booster and fire wall or a shorter eye bolt to the pedal. 
-Odometer says 13,xxx is it 213,xxx? 113,xxx? who knows
-Cruise-o-Matic trans (has two Drive positions, one starts in 1st gear, the other starts it off in 2nd)
-Had factory air, someone ripped it out, still has plumbing. 

 

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