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1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre

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My original idea was to build a replica of my own Galaxie, but my body modifications skills are not yet up to the task. I would produce something not very attractive, and would end ruining the kit. I'm practicing on some old bodies, but molding some exclusive parts like the grille and taillights still is a problem, so let's postpone the 1974 Galaxie 500 project for a while. 

Since I was with the AMT '66 Galaxie kit on hand, I decided to build a better replica of the 7 Litre I had built back in 2009.

That car was painted Emberglo, and had the red interior. My favorite color among the ones offered by Ford in 1966 is Candy Apple Red, so I had some paint mixed and went to work!!

The AMT kit has a very accurate body, but has some problems caused by the transformation of that body from Promo into a full detail kit. 

For starters, the interior is the one from the convertible... On a fastback... 

This little detail I didn't fix, but fixed another detail, the brake pedal. The AMT kit has only the four speed Top Loader transmission, but the interior has the automatic transmission pedal. Easy fix, just had to build a set of new pedals. 

Also the steering wheel is the one from the Galaxie 500 (sans XL, or 7 Litre options) so a correct one had to be scratchbuilt. 

Also separated the exhaust from the rear end, and added a few under hood details, along with a set of decals for the engine and emblems. 

Well, I hope you guys like the result, and if you are interested I have a few videos on YouTube covering the build.

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr

Harry P. MCM Ohana

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Tulio! Wow! You wired the engine!!!! :o

That is an absolutely beautiful model of an absolutely beautiful car, one of the best looking big Fords ever.

CometMan MCM Ohana

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Well done Tulio! You have out-done yourself yet again! I can fully understand why that design continued to sell well over seas for many years after the style changed in America.

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How close are you to Rio? Are you going to see any of the Olympics?

I'm far from Rio de Janeiro, as I live in Florianópolis. I flown there a couple of times to see car shows, as well as to São paulo to the Águas de Lindoia car show, that is 400 km from Rio, but the Olympics are not my cup of tea, so I will not go.

Another thing I'm not into is football. The country is crazy about it, I can't see the fun of it. 11 grown men running after a ball? Give each one his own ball and they'll all be happy:lol:

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I'm far from Rio de Janeiro, as I live in Florianópolis.

Give each one his own ball and they'll all be happy:lol:

I googled it. I see where you are... way down south.

As far as giving each guy his own ball... don't they already have two of their own? :P

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Tulio! I LOVE this! The details you got into this are top notch and the paint is perfect! 

Gotta childhood story to tell you about this car------back when I was a kid (1967-68) a neighbor a few houses up from us had one of these. Kind of a dark Burgundy (Vintage Burgundy?) with a black top. I wasn't sure about years of cars or anything at that age, but I remember the car as it was unique as were a lot of cars back then.

One morning coming outside to play, I noticed that the entire front end of the car was smashed in. Seems as though the neighbor fell asleep at the wheel and hit something----more than likely a tree. Why he had it towed back to the house instead of the garage I don't know, but it was there for a few days and then it was gone. I couldn't tell you what engine was in the car, 'cept that when it started it did make a bit of a racket, so it may have been the 7 Liter.

Anyway, just another one of those childhood car memories that stick in my mind. ;) 

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I googled it. I see where you are... way down south.

As far as giving each guy his own ball... don't they already have two of their own? :P

For sure they won't appreciate kicking those aroundB)

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Tulio! I LOVE this! The details you got into this are top notch and the paint is perfect! 

Gotta childhood story to tell you about this car------back when I was a kid (1967-68) a neighbor a few houses up from us had one of these. Kind of a dark Burgundy (Vintage Burgundy?) with a black top. I wasn't sure about years of cars or anything at that age, but I remember the car as it was unique as were a lot of cars back then.

One morning coming outside to play, I noticed that the entire front end of the car was smashed in. Seems as though the neighbor fell asleep at the wheel and hit something----more than likely a tree. Why he had it towed back to the house instead of the garage I don't know, but it was there for a few days and then it was gone. I couldn't tell you what engine was in the car, 'cept that when it started it did make a bit of a racket, so it may have been the 7 Liter.

Anyway, just another one of those childhood car memories that stick in my mind. ;) 

Thanks Bill. Being a big fan of your art (not modeling, you are past this point) it's great praise for me your liking of my Galaxie!!

That's a sad story. Poor Galaxie. Well, not so bad, at the time they were new, so fixing her should have being easy.

The 7 Litre was not the real power house it looked like with the standard 428 engine. The objective was to be super smooth, and with tons of torque. If one wanted a true Chevy killer street machine the engine of choice should be the R Code 427. The 7 Litre so equipped was not smooth at all, but like the Beach Boys sing, would burn rubber on all four gears!!

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Lovely build! A great addition to your cabinet.

Cheers Misha

Thanks Misha!!

Wow Tulio. I never cease to marvel at your skills as a modeler and as a painter.

Thanks a lot Pat!!

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That's drop dead gorgeous!

do you have a photo of the one you want to do?  you mentioned the grill .. I'd throw it at everyone here for suggestions on how to build it.

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Tulio, while not being a perfect match by any means, a grille from a '65 Merc, and taillights from a '70 Ford might at least be a starting point for your '74 conversion.

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Tulio, while not being a perfect match by any means, a grille from a '65 Merc, and taillights from a '70 Ford might at least be a starting point for your '74 conversion.

Thanks! 

Ford has the habit of reusing bits and pieces of styling, or let's say, to get inspired by themselves. Even tough, it's rare that the resulting parts are the same. That happens to the grille of the Mercury, and taillights of the '70 Ford just like you said.

I think the best is to start from scratch anyway. I did it before, making a front bumper and grille for a 1:12 '57 Bel Air, but the scale factor and the design of the Chevrolet parts made things a lot easier. 

My idea is to make a negative mold in clay, and cast a prototype grille and rear fascia in resin. The problem is: I can't make a perfect mold. I want it to be as good as a kit part, and not a terrible bend and inaccurate thing like most aftermarket resin bodies and parts. 

I even got a resin body, a four door conversion body on ebay that is in fact a '65 Galaxie, but that thing is unusable. The proportions are all wrong.

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That is real nice, I love the paint job, and that engine bay, I thought I was looking at a real engine for a moment, well done. 

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