Big Boned - 1964 Ford Custom Galaxie

[blue04.5]

Great car.

[johnnysuede23]

[E.rodz]

nice job this weekend Mark looks like your changes are going the right direction! I thought I was the only one dumb enough to build a boat of a car and decide to autocross it too. lol. car looked great for such a tight track you are definitely getting it dialed in looking forward to another rematch .

[johnnysuede23]

Originally Posted by E.rodz

nice job this weekend Mark looks like your changes are going the right direction! I thought I was the only one dumb enough to build a boat of a car and decide to autocross it too. lol. car looked great for such a tight track you are definitely getting it dialed in looking forward to another rematch .

Thanks Eric, I still have alot to do to stiffen things up. We really need a CAM sedan class! I was suprised at how well the tiny course flowed. looking forward to Powercruise in a few weeks, I need some nitrous to keep up with you!

[johnnysuede23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-jPpmXJWgI
Hill climb this past weekend. Pretty happy with taking 7th place. I ran into some trouble with my cooling system so I only got 2 timed runs in.

[jasonf]

Searching through old posts and found this one. Not a lot of Galaxies so it's a shame the pictures don't work anymore. . I wonder if this is another dead project.

[johnnysuede23]

Originally Posted by jasonf

Searching through old posts and found this one. Not a lot of Galaxies so it's a shame the pictures don't work anymore. . I wonder if this is another dead project.

Not dead by any means. Photobucket is dead though. I moved most of the photos to www.suedespeed.com

[jasonf]

Originally Posted by johnnysuede23

Not dead by any means. Photobucket is dead though. I moved most of the photos to www.suedespeed.com

Thanks, I will check out that link. Photobucket in deed sucks.

[johnnysuede23]

Were back! After the photobucket disaster I lost interest in keeping the forums updated. Found a decent way to host pictures.. on to the fun stuff.

Galaxies are not the lightest cars, You probably won't see it on Lateral-G list of best autocross platforms. To continue to improve performance the car needed to go on a serious diet. It didn't take long to find places to shave a few pounds. I built a hood which resulted in a loss of 25 lbs, then a front bumper and brackets, which was another 45 lbs savings. And I bought a trunk lid which was around 20 lbs savings.





We managed to win the Minnesota Autosports Club CAMT championship in 2017. I made it out to Goodguys in Des Moines, IA to see how it is done on a national level. All in all a good year. I plan on running the car in 2018 as is and hoping to get my other projects done for 2019.

[egoman]

Do you have any pics of making the molds or pulling molds from the car.
I also will be needing to reduce weight in large chunks when I start my build(FORD BASED).