Jimmy's 1967 Ford Galaxie

[Ragtop Man]

On 11/17/2024 at 8:01 PM, customline said:

That 427 badge is kinda weird, Len. Could that have been done by the glue bomber ? It's not even the same font.  Nice re-engineering on the chassis, firewall and rad support.?

Here's what probably happened: Promo production always came before annual kit production. Thus, the 428 shipped to dealers (with surplus to toy stores) and in the conversion to annual kit... someone said, "Hey, how come that doesn't say 427?" Sent it back to the engraver, who did their best, but it is slightly wonky. Alas, the 427 Galaxie production for 1967 totalled 89 cars, all in for Custom, XL, 7L and LTD (!) 

IMO, sand it off, use the shields from the '66 427 Fairlane. While they need to be thinned a bit, they are quite good. Also - the 427 colors (in their OE configuration) are three shades between red and red-orange. Roger Towne of the FB 7-Litre group did some extensive research on the subject. 

[LennyB]

22 hours ago, Ragtop Man said:

Here's what probably happened: Promo production always came before annual kit production. Thus, the 428 shipped to dealers (with surplus to toy stores) and in the conversion to annual kit... someone said, "Hey, how come that doesn't say 427?" Sent it back to the engraver, who did their best, but it is slightly wonky. Alas, the 427 Galaxie production for 1967 totalled 89 cars, all in for Custom, XL, 7L and LTD (!) 

IMO, sand it off, use the shields from the '66 427 Fairlane. While they need to be thinned a bit, they are quite good. Also - the 427 colors (in their OE configuration) are three shades between red and red-orange. Roger Towne of the FB 7-Litre group did some extensive research on the subject. 

Bob, that's a reasonable hypothesis. As for the ones on there now they are going to stay, too far into this build to sand them off now. Besides, the engine in the original car was a 390 so either badge would be incorrect.

[LennyB]

Getting close to the end here. Body and chassis are now one. Few small details left to do. Sun was shining this afternoon so I took her out for a few pics.