1966 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible restoration part 35 got the fender lined up
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- Got the fender and door adjusted perfectly! The door opens and closes like a new car. Bought a Harbor Freight portapower. It's one of those tools I wanted for years... more like decades. Finally got one. Had to exchange it tho, because the first one leaked all over the floor. Hoping to get the undercarriage cleaned and sanded to the axle this weekend. Next week I hope to be in paint mode. Why I wait for things to dry, I will go threw the power steering gear, wiper motor, and all that kind of stuff.
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I enjoy your posts. It is pleasing to watch a guy who knows what he is doing!
When I painted my 65 I took off the hood, trunk, both fenders, the cowl and the stone guard. Painted those, then I had access to the door jambs so I didn't need to pull the doors. Looking good Howard!!!
I need to repair some minor rust on the drivers door, and some minor surface rust off the bottom of the passenger door. I find it much easer just to pull the doors to do the work. Then I can paint the underside of the doors like new.
Happy Thanksgiving your project is a great gift to all of us!!
👍Good stuff👍
Happy Thanksgiving Howard
Happy Thanksgiving Howard.
Yes. I love to see the attn to detail. Disassemble & spray the fenders, sill clips and inside/unseen areas ? - Definitely. 'If a job's worth doing.. .' Cheers
Happy Thanksgiving Howard! Love your content and LOVE this car!
Yea I might keep this this one for a couple years... maybe. It's super solid!
Really enjoying your build! Happy Thanksgiving Howard to you and your familiy.
You need a Concours d'Elegance driver. My vote, continue to make it gorgeous. It’s looking sweet.
Edit: Pebble Beach is calling.
Thats the problem, I make them to nice to drive. I am going to drive this car no mater what. I think next summer I will use it as my daly driver.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
You will be much happier when the car is done if you pull the fenders . Thanks for the video updates on your car . Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours . Be well !
Happy Thanksgiving Day I watch all your videos and they are very informative.
Happy Thanksgiving Howard. Enjoy your videos. Wish you were my neighbor.
When the neighbors drop by, I get nothing done, as we end up BS-ing for hours. I try to hand them sandpaper, and put them to work, but that never happens, for some odd reason..... I have awesome neighbors! I am so lucky.
My vote is yes for pulling fenders you know you want to so why not it's going to be a complete job then I'm excited about this car can't wait to see you're done have a great Thanksgiving looking forward to the next video
Yea, I really want to shoot the inner side of the fenders with body color, just like it came from the factory. This is the FIRST car I have restored that has NOT been undercoated. It makes for a much easer back to factory original restoration. If the inside of the fenders were undercoated, I doubt I would pull them off.
Happy Thanksgiving
Enjoying all the videos 😁 keep'em coming, looking really good Howard, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and as always"Howdy from Texas 😁"!!!
i would have to fix the fender aswell or it would make me crazy!! lol .happy thanksgiving!
Yes, things not lining up looks super bad, and can easily ruin the look of a nice classic car.
Happy Thanksgiving! Since you are so far into tearing the front end apart, it would be good I think to go ahead and take the fenders off. You are only a few more bolts away from taking the radiator core support and inner fenders off while you are at it. I'm jealous, I had a '67 Galaxie that had holes in the frame near the torque boxes you could put your fist in. Whatever you decide, it's gonna turn out great!
I looked at a fully loaded 67 Country Squire, before buying the Galaxie. It had the same common rusted out frame issues. They can be repaired, but its a ton of work, and the frame need to come out from under the body to weld it up properly.
It is said there are three stages to any project: 1. "its going cost HOW much?"
2. "as long as we're at it we might as well..."
3. "I don't care how much it is; just finish it"
Great videos > i know exactly what you mean, i started restoring my c2 corvette and went too far and now it's worth too much cash and kind of afraid to drive it too much >> when to stop is the question > now i'm looking for something else to restore , but this time, this one will be a driver .
Yes, thats why I don't do anymore frame off restorations. My brother has been trying to get me to pull the body off the frame. Thats just going to happen.
love the lights with the snow.happy thanksgiving to you also.
That video of the lights is from the 80's. My dad had this huge VHS camera, you would perch over your shoulder, that probably weighed 25 plus pounds. He used it all the time, and took some video of that tree. The tree, I cut down from a coworkers front yard, and just staked it there and filled it with vintage C-9 lights. He wanted the tree gone, so I cut it down and took it. There were twelve, 25 bulb light sets in the tree. At 9 1/4 watts a bulb, yea it runs up the electric bill....
yes i remember those VHS camera`s they where heavy. I loved the old style lights you just don`t see them anymore.thank`s again for sharing
Happy Thanksgiving to you Howard-my advice to you is to say yes to multiple servings of pie!
According to my calculations you have over 16k into your 66 convertible great video's Howie
I would love to know where you pull these number from.... I have a hobby account, it has a certain amount of money in it. When it runs out, the progress on the car will stop. SO far I am within my budget. I may go over, because of the chrome and top. Thats where the money I make off my videos may come to the rescue.
Looks like a crease in the fender and door right where you had the porta power was
Yep, an easy repair when I get to that part.
I am very impressed with the speed and level of work you have accomplished so far!
I am curious to know what the original color of the vehicle was.
And wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Ford calls it "Medium Sage Gold Metallic". It's a light green with gold metallic.
You have it this far torn down, might as well go ahead and pull the front fenders, come next spring when you pop the hood and see how beautiful it is you will be happy you did.
Yea, your 100% correct!
Can you please video taking the door apart when you get to that point? Thanks.
I will video what I can. I got to repair or replace the window regulator in the drivers door, so I will video that for sure.
Niceee!!!!!!!!
Howard, I’m not sure who gets more excited with your car progress; you or I! Lol. I really look forward to each of your videos! Fantastic job on a really nice car!
As stated before pull the fenders. Clean up will be a snap
Happy Thanksgiving!! Steer clear of the Apple pie! You'll be 10 pounds up before you realize it! Mother in law trys to fatten me up every year with one! 😂
I have been cutting back, and have lost 25 pounds since Labor Day. I want to loose another 25 pounds I hope. I feel so much better since loosing the weight. No more back aches!
@@OldCarAlley Good for you Howard! 👍Yes I've dropped 45 over the last 5 years! And feel so much better. I stopped eating sugar and high carb foods.
The fender really straightened out nice! Looking forward to seeing your progress. Thanks for sharing!
@@trifivegarage8683 I cut out all "processed food". I make everything from scratch. Takes more time, but well worth it. I like to cook too.
I am super happy with the fit. Couldn't be any better.
Pull the fenders. With that being a metallic color, if you paint the fenders and doors on a different day with different ambient temps, would you be concerned that they would not perfectly match, due to the way the metallic flakes lay in the base coat? Air pressure, viscosity of material and ambient are all factors, or have I been out of it too long? Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Howard.
Painted hundreds of cars. Never had a miss-match from weather... only from when I needed more paint mixed, and they messed it up. I am not using base coat. I am going to use acrylic enamel. Over "long term", it will look and hold up better. The acrylic enamel on my Bel Air is over 37 years old and still looks great.
Looks great, Howard! What a pristine old girl! Wishing you and yours the Happiest of Thanksgivings!
Happy Thanksgiving Howard to you and your family! Car resto going great.
Just what i explained wirh you earlier about installing front springs into my 67 Impala SS with a Harbor Freight tool..The tool broke just as i was putting the nut on the lower ball joint..Lucky the floor jack was holding everything up otherwise im sure i wouldnt be making this comment..cheap junk low quality tools = Harbor Freight...
Yep I remember your earlier comment. Things like that, use only good quality brand name tools.
Is fitily horsing around a technical term? LOL
I'll probably smell as bad as that technical term too!
@@OldCarAlley This is really fun for me to watch. I do not have your skills, but I am a guy that grew up in the 60's so this Galaxy is waaaay cool.
@@johnhenrydough8047 As a kid all my neighbors had Galaxie's and Ford wagons, from the 60's, as most worked at the Ford Proving Grounds just outside of Romeo, Mi.
I vote for pulling the fenders , that way you can get in the lower firewall and paint an seal that rust prone area .
Yea, there almost off, so no biggie to remove them.
I would like to cast my supporting vote for pulling those front fenders. Being this close, the added satisfaction of being able to paint them inside, and the backs of the inner fender wells, will make a lot of difference to your self-satisfaction. I KNOW it would for mine :-) Happy Thanksgiving Howard.
Yea, kinda crazy to have it this far apart and not pull them.