My first car was a 64 Galaxie 500 XL. Bought when i was 15 in 1979. Rebuilt the 335 HP 390 in High School. Baby Blue with White interior. Lots of memories. .. Good Luck with your project. Muck of the XL trim was Stainless Steel, may be some on the 500 as well...
I stopped into your channel when I saw the car. I think the 64 Galaxie is one of the finest designs that was made. Then I found that you were the age I was when I was going to swap meets, junk yarding, cruise ins etc. There were a hand full of us guys like you have that hung out most of the time with very limited budgets trying to make a couple of cars work, doing our own work, always finding more problems than we thought we would have to deal with. So I have been poking around in your videos and finding them very interesting. We didn't have college, but we did work full time + and had very little time to work on the vehicles or a place to do it. Enjoy the car clubs, internet and Craig's List. None of that existed when we were doing it. I'm loving the Galaxie and watching for more. Truck is very interesting.
Keep up the swamp meet videos! Gotta love the treasures that are getting rarer and rarer to find now a days. Huge fan of the channel and the awesome rides.
clarke pearson nope . that,s not the corvette from the movie. it looks kinda like it. but the real one is in Effingham, ILL. the place is called Mid-America. they sell parts for vette,s,porsche,s and old v.w,s.
Great find on the horn ring! My first car was a 64 Galaxie. There should be a plastic ring on the back of the horn ring with 3 tabs. They go into the ring on the steering wheel, IIRC it's about 1/8 turn clockwise to lock it in. All the steering wheels that came on those cars where that flat black plastic that yours is. They were painted the interior color but most if not all had some of the paint worn through in a few years. Good luck with your car!
Craig, the OEM hubcaps for that car have a blue center cap that is the same color as the horn ring. They are quite nice. You may have them, I've forgotten.
The horn ring should go right on, twist it counter clockwise until it goes in the holes then clockwise and that is all that is to it. I just had to take my Falcon's column off the other day. Make sure to buy the spring that goes in between it though otherwise your horn will stay on if you let go
That pain't can be buffed real nice and from personal experience I know how hard it is to get galaxie parts but believe it or not eBay has a lot of part like the window trim your looking for.
i thought you might be down at the swap meet , I got sun burnt also, meet only goes to saturday now. I had my rv down there, we have gone for 30 plus years now. friday night there were two different live bands,
That Ford 3 spoke steering wheel was used from about 1963 to 66 in cars and til 72 in pickup trucks. A good replacement shouldn't be hard to find, for short money.
Does the galaxy have a dent in the left bumper just curious because my step grandfather restore one of those in the 80s and a motorcycle hit it then he sold it I'm just curious
Your horn ring looks like it's in better condition than mine. If you happen to find a sending unit for a 65 Galaxie 500 gas tank, let me know. I look forward to seeing what all you can do with your car.
The steering wheel can be repaired to like new condition. The pros get some stuff they sell some where to put in the cracks and sand it down and paint it. I think the horn rim and the gauges will work together they look nice. The scratches on the horn rim on the blue part will sand out with some 600 grit and 1200 grit sand paper and buff it. Its hard plastic you would be surprised how easy it is to buff it out. Cool Car man I love it. You got a lot to work with its got some good bones. Your really need to start using real auto paint with hardener in it bump up your game and become more advanced on the paint but your chassis your working on with the Crown Vic front end is very pro looking. Wish you would get to work on it again.
Cheap Steering wheel fix, Remove all loose pieces pack dry baking soda into cracks soak with super glue it cures instantly build layers sand smooth & paint. They sell kits of goop to do the same thing maybe color matching. There is a guy from Australia that makes custom old school steering wheels you ship yours off to him he can make the coolest wheel you ever have seen "Pearlcraft custom steering wheel " this will be dear $$$ Cheapest baking soda super glue plastic coat paint.
@Thecraig909 I just picked up a rust free 1979 f250 4x4 auto with a 351 modified runs amazing no bed on it $400 has a tow bar on the front just tow it home
There is a website called "Mac's Auto parts" and the only thing he dose is Ford and Mercury and has a lot of Galaxie parts and also another place to get Galaxie parts from is "Dennis Carpenter"
Nice score !!! If you concentrate your search in the northern state you’ll find much better interior parts ! Southern states have better bodies and northern states have better engines and interiors . If you have a list I could send you local boneyards phone numbers that have or might have your parts .
I found that same car online And it was for sale in Florida in 2008 I wonder how it made it to ca www.corvetteblogger.com/2008/02/05/Corvette-Summer-Dream-Turns-Into-Nightmare/
Wish i could have gong to that swap meet...lol...i'm in Georgia...they have a swap meet in moultry Ga.twice a year.they have just about every thing you could possibly need...i bought a polished grille for my 65 it's beautiful..and i've seen every year steering wheel for every galaxie made Hope you suceed in this endeavor you will learn a lot from this and you may get Galaxie fever for which there is no cure just treatment..lol.Cheers from stockbridge Georgia 🍺🇺🇸
Hey Craig. Find the movie "Corvette Summer". Then you'll know what they were thinking with the Vette @ the 3:58 mark.
My first car was a 64 Galaxie 500 XL. Bought when i was 15 in 1979. Rebuilt the 335 HP 390 in High School. Baby Blue with White interior. Lots of memories. .. Good Luck with your project. Muck of the XL trim was Stainless Steel, may be some on the 500 as well...
Love the swap meets videos, keep doing them! 😂 sweet video
I stopped into your channel when I saw the car. I think the 64 Galaxie is one of the finest designs that was made. Then I found that you were the age I was when I was going to swap meets, junk yarding, cruise ins etc. There were a hand full of us guys like you have that hung out most of the time with very limited budgets trying to make a couple of cars work, doing our own work, always finding more problems than we thought we would have to deal with. So I have been poking around in your videos and finding them very interesting. We didn't have college, but we did work full time + and had very little time to work on the vehicles or a place to do it. Enjoy the car clubs, internet and Craig's List. None of that existed when we were doing it. I'm loving the Galaxie and watching for more. Truck is very interesting.
Doors are a SCORE! Haven't heard back from you on the clip roof car. Don't recall what the steering wheel was like on it!
Keep up the swamp meet videos! Gotta love the treasures that are getting rarer and rarer to find now a days. Huge fan of the channel and the awesome rides.
The Corvette is from movie Corvette summer with Mark Hammel and annie Potts, pretty fun movie
clarke pearson nope . that,s not the corvette from the movie. it looks kinda like it. but the real one is in Effingham, ILL. the place is called Mid-America. they sell parts for vette,s,porsche,s and old v.w,s.
Ya I know, but of all the redos I see of that car, I've never seen any with the Chevy tail lights
Great find on the horn ring! My first car was a 64 Galaxie. There should be a plastic ring on the back of the horn ring with 3 tabs. They go into the ring on the steering wheel, IIRC it's about 1/8 turn clockwise to lock it in.
All the steering wheels that came on those cars where that flat black plastic that yours is. They were painted the interior color but most if not all had some of the paint worn through in a few years.
Good luck with your car!
Craig, the OEM hubcaps for that car have a blue center cap that is the same color as the horn ring. They are quite nice. You may have them, I've forgotten.
You be a great guy to hang out with and work on cars with. Thanks for the videos.
Its not very period correct already it has a roller 302 and an AOD but i mean i get it
The horn ring should go right on, twist it counter clockwise until it goes in the holes then clockwise and that is all that is to it. I just had to take my Falcon's column off the other day. Make sure to buy the spring that goes in between it though otherwise your horn will stay on if you let go
Going period correct but thinking of leaving the guages?🤔
Put some blue window tint on your gauges to match the horn rim center or take them apart & thin-spray the faces blue.
You can repair the steering wheel with apoxie sculpt. Great stuff and easy to use. Repaired my 55 Lincoln steering wheel with it and it was thrashed
Love the galaxy, I think a original galaxy would be a nice direction for this project since the truck is heavy custom. Thanks for doing what you do.
At about 9:25 is that a 76or 79 ford
That pain't can be buffed real nice and from personal experience I know how hard it is to get galaxie parts but believe it or not eBay has a lot of part like the window trim your looking for.
Swap meets are neat to watch because you always find something cool or different
i thought you might be down at the swap meet , I got sun burnt also, meet only goes to saturday now. I had my rv down there, we have gone for 30 plus years now. friday night there were two different live bands,
You may find that the clear plastic on the Galaxie horn ring can be polished back to nice and clear, like the plastic headlights on modern vehicles...
Friday is the best because you get first looks and it’s not a mad house like Saturday! Sunday is deal day! “Make offer I don’t want to haul it home!”
So are you gonna hot rod it 60s style/period? Or put it original?
Love Swap Meet Videos Along With Junkyard Videos
OMG!! LIKE DUDE!!! are those gauges original to the car? WOW I have never seen that before not on that car.
I like the aftermarket guages with the old wheel, it works.
They need to have a swap meet like this in Daytona, FL. Cali has some nice stuff but I'm on the opposite side of the country.
Custom made dash gauge cluster or does someone manufacture that?
Cheers,
Bugs
I have a 65 custom and it’s impossible to find parts for especially that year
Steering wheels can be refinished and painted the color you want.
Swap meets are great fun. Take a trolley and spending hours digging around old stuff 👍
That Ford 3 spoke steering wheel was used from about 1963 to 66 in cars and til 72 in pickup trucks. A good replacement shouldn't be hard to find, for short money.
Does the galaxy have a dent in the left bumper just curious because my step grandfather restore one of those in the 80s and a motorcycle hit it then he sold it I'm just curious
You going sniper efi on the truck?
Kool video... Go back and find buckets and console for the Galaxie...
Is that a rust hole in your roof
I dig the swap meet videos man keep it up
Is you car a Galaxie 500 or just a plain Galaxie?
Your horn ring looks like it's in better condition than mine. If you happen to find a sending unit for a 65 Galaxie 500 gas tank, let me know. I look forward to seeing what all you can do with your car.
that plymouth looked sweet with the ratty paint!!!
My dad had a turquoise 63 galaxie when I was a kid and I loved that car.
I LOVE SWAP MEET VIDS!
The steering wheel can be repaired to like new condition. The pros get some stuff they sell some where to put in the cracks and sand it down and paint it. I think the horn rim and the gauges will work together they look nice. The scratches on the horn rim on the blue part will sand out with some 600 grit and 1200 grit sand paper and buff it. Its hard plastic you would be surprised how easy it is to buff it out. Cool Car man I love it. You got a lot to work with its got some good bones. Your really need to start using real auto paint with hardener in it bump up your game and become more advanced on the paint but your chassis your working on with the Crown Vic front end is very pro looking. Wish you would get to work on it again.
reproduction factory looking steering wheels are available for the 63-64
Cheap Steering wheel fix, Remove all loose pieces pack dry baking soda into cracks soak with super glue it cures instantly build layers sand smooth & paint. They sell kits of goop to do the same thing maybe color matching. There is a guy from Australia that makes custom old school steering wheels you ship yours off to him he can make the coolest wheel you ever have seen "Pearlcraft custom steering wheel " this will be dear $$$ Cheapest baking soda super glue plastic coat paint.
Oh yeah one of those ramptrucks I would like to build one
Nice. Was at the Big3 on Saturday.
3:52 Watch “Corvette Summer“
I love the swap meet vids
I always click off big youtubers when I see another 🔥 vid by Craig always got enjoyable content. Keep them vids coming.
Heck yea new video!
have some custom gauge faces made to match the horn button.
@Thecraig909 I just picked up a rust free 1979 f250 4x4 auto with a 351 modified runs amazing no bed on it $400 has a tow bar on the front just tow it home
Hey Craig not sure but too bad you couldn't get the same steering wheel but wood grain that would look nice in that car,
There is a website called "Mac's Auto parts" and the only thing he dose is Ford and Mercury and has a lot of Galaxie parts and also another place to get Galaxie parts from is "Dennis Carpenter"
Ya those ramp trucks cool
Keep the steering wheel. You can’t beat that feel of old thin wheel with chrome horn ring,
My dad had a 1963 Ford galaxie 500 and we sold it for 24k which was close to the amount we put in it to restore it.
As far as tools go,as long as they have lifetime warranty your good to go.
Ever go to any Aztec football games??
Sand the center of the horn ring and clear it
Yes we like the swopmeet videos
Nice buy on the Snap-on Tools!
Swap meet vids are awesome
mint
Love swap meet videos
i love swap meet videos!
Definitely like the swap meet vids.
Make a thunderbolt tribute...sweet ride
Nice score !!! If you concentrate your search in the northern state you’ll find much better interior parts ! Southern states have better bodies and northern states have better engines and interiors . If you have a list I could send you local boneyards phone numbers that have or might have your parts .
Finnegan has one for sale.
Love the swap meet video
Corvette from the movie Corvette Summer well a clone maybe
I found that same car online And it was for sale in Florida in 2008 I wonder how it made it to ca www.corvetteblogger.com/2008/02/05/Corvette-Summer-Dream-Turns-Into-Nightmare/
Thank god your not putting a stupid aftermarket steering wheel in that Galaxy !!
Your galaxy reminds me of the one my uncle had. Keep up the great content
Timothy Patterson
Ford spelled the name Galaxie, not with a y. FYI
awesome looking gauges leave them and keep the original steering wheel.
Swap meet vids are cool!
If you're keeping it "period correct" are you still gonna run the AOD?
Good job liked it
Swap meet videos are cool.
Love the swap meet video's
Snap On tools are over rated for their sockets they will not replace them if you wear them out you have to break it for them to replace it
Keep them coming
Corvette summer
Danm that Plymouth at the start was looking good too bad you skipped right over it
79tazman
That looked like a Rambler wagon to me.
Wish i could have gong to that swap meet...lol...i'm in Georgia...they have a swap meet in moultry Ga.twice a year.they have just about
every thing you could possibly need...i bought a polished grille for my 65 it's beautiful..and i've seen every year steering wheel for every galaxie made
Hope you suceed in this endeavor you will learn a lot from this and you may get Galaxie fever for which there is no cure just treatment..lol.Cheers from stockbridge Georgia 🍺🇺🇸
Swap meet vids are cool
temporary fix is to put on a steering wheel cover tell you find something better
Swap meets are awesome ... Get that flag back on the roof. Fly It !
Keep it up my friend- sincerely Rusty
Sick video bro
Why do you only have 45k subs you should atleast have 500k
I love your videos bro i own a 69 f100
I have one
Yea we like swap meets
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20Gs for a 6 cylinder ford truck. GTFOH with that shit! Lmfknao Hahaha
One mans trash is another mans treasure. Cool find for your Gal-Axie
Dude do you have a guy in your high school who's always messing with you name of reggie
paint blue gauge housings.