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1966 Ford Galaxie on 2040-cars

Year:1966 Mileage:160000
Location:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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1966 Galaxie -2 dr ht

This car is a reliable driving car that needs some tinkering that is all pretty easy small repairs

The Mechanical things that need attention
-the brakes are really grabby,unless you pump them a little first.Pretty darn sure this is an air bubble and the brakes need to be bleed.
-the carb has a bit of run on ,it is running rich and just needs some fine tuning I beilieve(thus the car failed air care in B.C.)
-the fuel gauge doesn't work
-the horn works but is wired off the dash
-the dip stick on the transmission is broken and there is a bit of a leak at the pan,just needs a new gasket.May need linkage adjusted ,needs to warm up before going into drive,once it is warmed up in the morning,it's good for the day
-the wiper switch is touchy,(I have a spare)

the mechanical that has been replaced in the last year
-new brakes,rotors and drums
-new shocks
-new carb
-new tires
-steering box
-battery
-all the turn signals and lights work
-the car was bought in Washigton and safety inspected when brought into BC.It is a relatively simple process to import a car into the US 
-previous owner told me he put a rebuilt 392 in,I have no way of verify this however a compression test was done six months ago and it came out with perfect compression
-the vin tag says 352,I can't say this is original motor or not.I am pretty sure it has been rebuilt 
interior
-overall quite nice cloth seats quite obviously redone in the last few years
-the seats and are nice no rips no tears
-the dash was replaced,no cracks
-the drivers seat has a bit of sag like an old but its a detail
-the door panels are straight,no wrinkles(the knob to a window roller is missing)
-the headliner is nice,a small tear \i have tried to capture in pictures
overall a very nice interior 

the body
-there is no trim on the car but I have a trunk full of it.The best I can tell is one of the four  pieces of stainless around the back window is missing and some of the ford letters,the rest seems to be all there but I cannot say for sure
-the paint is a home job and needs to be redone.It has nicks and scrapes. 
-the floors are solid no holes
-the frame has no rust
-the trunk is solid,no holes but there has been some fiberglass repair done on the back panel
-there is no rust hols in the body,some surface rust here and there,I am sure there has been fiberglass and Bondo here and there
-there has been a bit of a crunch(ie back into a pole at low speed in a parking lot)oops.The back bumper has been pulled out and is straight,however there is a but of repair needed,it was not a high speed accident
 So in short this is a good running car,I have driven and would drive it on the highway just about anywhere you would drive a 45 year old car.I used it as a daily driver and it was alwasys  stellar .I have been using this as daily driver and due to impending move I have to thin down my collection.I encourage you to check out the car or if you have any questions please call me at 778 229 5357


On Sep-12-14 at 11:19:17 PDT, seller added the following information:

an addendum.

The gear selector on the column is a bit off but works fine 

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