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1966 Ford Galaxie 7-Litre resto thread

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This '66 Ford Galaxie 7-Litre recently arrived in the shop for a resto... we're excited about working with the owner on an uncommon Muscle Car!



This one will be an all-stock restoration, as the car has been in the same family since new! It's a very cool car.

It's a pretty solid car, and we're really diggin' the Emberglow color scheme.

These 1966 Ford 7-Litres are very unique cars because they were used as a platform to launch the new for 1966 Ford 428 in. V-8 engine.
 
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We had the pleasure of spending some time with a very rare 427 powered 7-Litre on Muscle Car Of The Week. This is one of 2 427-powered convertibles ever built:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uMPl8t31w4

And a '66 Galaxie 500 XL R-Code car...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2M39X46mqA

Now our '66 7-Litre is not as rare as the 427 Convertible, but it is a pretty low production car, with around 11,175 built, with 2367 convertibles.

We extracted this car out of a storage barn and brought it to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop for a once over.





 
#4 ·
One of the most unique features of these cars is the interior. The bucket seats are similar to what you would see in a Thunderbird, but it has a full backseat with plenty of room. The wood rimmed steering wheel is spoked with racy-looking holes, and it has a full length automatic console on the floor.










This is a true hardtop, meeting there is no pillar when the windows are rolled down.

 
#5 ·
nice...looking forward to see the restoration.. :tup:
 
#12 ·
We were impressed by the fit of this car, the door gaps, deck lid, and even the hood fit very well. The hood was interesting, because there were no hinges installed when we picked it up. The engine have been removed and rebuilt several years ago, and we did not bring it in with the car. We will freshen up and install the engine later.









 
#19 ·
The back sides of the fenders seemed to be dirty but not rusty.



THe disassembly continued removing the heater assembly from the firewall.



The crew was happy to see that the floor seemed to be in excellent shape.



The original bucket seats were dirty, but perhaps they will clean up without the need for reupholstering.

 
#22 ·
And the body was mounted on the rotisserie for paint removal.



The chassis was disassembled for media blasting.



We elected to use a dustless media blasting technique for paint removal. In this process, crushed recycled glass bead is the cutting media, and it is blasted at the subject with high-pressure water. The water contains a rust inhibitor, so the clean panels do not immediately start corroding. The benefit is that the water keeps the temperature down to prevent the friction of the glass bead impact from heating and warping the panels. The other benefit is that the glass bead does not harm the environment, as the dust simply integrates with the gravel in our lot.

Go Green Dustless Blasting brought their mobile unit to our shop to do the work.





 
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Numerous pinholes and previously damaged areas were revealed after paint stripping.



The Go Green crew rinsed the body shell and we rolled the body shell into the paint booth for epoxy primer.



There are numerous areas that will require repairs.



This is below the rear package tray.



Quarter panel:



Other quarter panel:

 
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