Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 25, 2018 Author Posted March 25, 2018 Ford Galaxie. Mais silencioso porque é mais bem construído (Ford Galaxie. Quieter, as it's better built) Filmed in a historic town in Minas gerais called Ouro Preto, with stone paved roads from the 19th century. A car has to be good just to keep in one piece there. My friend Douglas went there (Ouro Preto) and on return his 1 year old Honda Civic was full of noises it hadn't before. As a curiosity, Fiat used the town to test the suspension of their first Brazilian built car back in 1977, the Fiat 147 (Fiat 127 in Italy). They had to reinforce the front suspension as the bearings on top of the McPherson towers were disintegrating... Also, the rear leaf spring (just one, transverse that acted on separate arms) had to be reinforced. At the time my grandfather Mr. Ênio Lazzaroni was working at Fiat, as he was fluent in Italian and Portuguese. The cars as built in Italy would last two days without a major break in Ouro Preto. Even cracks on the body, near the "A" pillars were reported. The little car had to be massively reinforced.
ChrisBcritter Posted March 25, 2018 Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) Aww, I thought from the title you were going to be working your magic on an AMT '67 Galaxie, especially since you have cats . What type of radio is shown in the Brazilian Ford? Looks like AM/FM/shortwave? Edited March 25, 2018 by ChrisBcritter
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 25, 2018 Author Posted March 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, ChrisBcritter said: Aww, I thought from the title you were going to be working your magic on an AMT '67 Galaxie, especially since you have cats . What type of radio is shown in the Brazilian Ford? Looks like AM/FM/shortwave? I have one, but it's so rare to find, and precious I'm not really going to build it. Once in a while I look for a restorable glue bomb. The standard radio is AM only. The AM/FM/shortwave was an option. FM was almost a desert in 1967. Some years ago, I had the luck of working on a unrestored original '67 Galaxie, that was mint. I have it on youtube.
jefropas Posted March 26, 2018 Posted March 26, 2018 I wish I didn't have to sell a kidney to buy a 67' Galaxie... I have so many I'd like ti build up, maybe it'll come back to life oneday by Round2... Jeff
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