Vehicle Description
SUMMARY
Build completed in 2010
Winner of multiple national awards / Street Rodder Magazine cover
feature
ROUSH Performance 427SR V8
C6 3-speed automatic transmission / Gear Vendor overdrive
Custom leather interior / Vintage Air conditioning / Modern Alpine
audio
Custom suspension / Ridetech air bags
Power rack-and-pinion steering / Wilwood 4-wheel disc brakes /
18-inch EVOD wheels
Currie 9-inch rear axle / Posi-traction differential / 3.73
gears
Tastefully modified body / Custom PPG Raspberry Pearl paint
Sale includes a build book, restoration receipts, the car's
magazine feature and 16 trophies
Want to celebrate summer in a razor-sharp kustom that draws crowds
at shows and turn heads on the strip? You can always buy a nice
Chevy - Like everyone else... You COULD find a cool old Dodge and
raise a few eyebrows... Or, you can call RK Motors Charlotte and
snatch up this incredible Ford Galaxie! Featured in the August,
2011 edition of Street Rodder Magazine, this unique national
award-winner wraps a brutal ROUSH Performance 427 in a modern,
Ridetech-equipped suspension, custom-finished steel and supple
leather hides. And if you're looking for a fun classic that mixes
one-of-a-kind style with top-of-the-line performance, it's the good
time you've been patiently waiting for!
BODYWORK/TRIM
Officially baptized in to the Kustom world by Hot Rods & Custom
Stuff of Escondido, California, this super slick Starliner has been
carefully finessed and expertly finished to the absolute highest
standards. The smooth surfaces that make up the car's sleek profile
are entirely comprised of clean sheetmetal that was fully blasted,
fitted with fresh rockers, mated to a new trunk pan and laboriously
block-sanded. That solid shell shines in a killer coat of custom
Raspberry Pearl 2-stage that's been lovingly buffed to a
trophy-winning glare. And today, this Ford rolls as one
excellent-looking custom that's completely devoid of filler,
questionable seams, strange bulges or anything else that might
demerit its otherwise superior construction.
Beginning in 1960, the Galaxie traded ostentatious '50s bling for
the Space Age traits that would eventually define one of the best
decades of automotive design. And this coupe, playing on the
decidedly minimalist appeal of the street rodding movement, pushes
that aesthetic even further. At the front of the car, a custom,
color-keyed grille plants custom-mounted headlights between a nosed
hood, stainless-trimmed marker lamps and a narrowed, tucked and
smoothed bumper. Behind that hood, like-new glass rides inside a
filled cowl, straight stainless and capped windshield wipers.
Beneath that glass, a flowing, monochromatic profile centers shaved
doors between modified rocker trim, classy gun sight fender toppers
and first generation Mustang mirrors. And at the back of those
doors, correct pillar stars fall on a shaved trunk that caps
factory taillights, a color-keyed valance, and a second narrowed,
tucked and smoothed bumper.
ENGINE
How many times have you spotted a racy Kustom, sauntered over to
grab a closer look and discovered some lackadaisical '40s
powertrain dozing under its hood? No disrespect to 6-cylinder
builds or flatty Ford fans, but some enthusiasts value performance
more than authenticity. Dyno-ed at 460 rear-wheel horsepower in
January of 2009, this Galaxie's ROUSH Performance 427SR twists big
compression into rocket-like torque. At the top of the Dart block,
a polished and color-keyed air cleaner mixes fresh oxygen with pure
fossils in a 770cfm Holley 4-barrel that's seated between a Lokar
throttle cable and braided fuel line. That carburetor funnels food
through a polished Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, which seats a
billet MSD distributor in front of an MSD Blaster SS coil. That
distributor is centered between 9mm ROUSH wires, which snake spark
around aluminum heads, Wiseco pistons, H-beam rods, a roller cam
and a forged 4340 crank. Those CNC-ported heads hang polished and
color-keyed valve covers over coated long-tube headers. Charge is
provided by modern serpentine components, which spin a PSC power
steering pump beneath a Sanden AC compressor. And cooling comes
courtesy of a polished Be Cool radiator, which hangs dual electric
puller fans behind a custom support that's tied directly in to the
car's modified frame rails. Aesthetically, a recessed firewall,
smoothed fenders and a fully finished hood make the balanced,
blueprinted and Raspberry-coated mill look right at home. And
well-planned details, like polished caps, trick dipsticks and ROUSH
wire looms are both functional and appealing.
DRIVETRAIN/SUSPENSION
Take a look under this incredible custom and you'll find a highly
modified skeleton that's been completely polished, coated and
plated. At the front of the car's modified floors, a Mustang II
suspension employs Bilstein shocks, Ridetech air bags and power
rack-and-pinion steering. Behind that front clip, a Gearstar-built
C6 jerks a Gear Vendor overdrive unit, which rides atop a third
electric cooling fan. Behind that driveline, a tough Currie 9-inch
spins 31-spline axles, a posi-trac differential and big, 3.73 gears
between two more Ridetech air bags. The aforementioned headers roll
spent gases through coated pipes that center an X-shaped crossover
in front of Flowmaster Hushpower II mufflers. At the corners of
that exhaust, polished Wilwood calipers clamp four drilled and
slotted rotors. On the outside of those discs, Starliner-branded
EVODs spin 245/40ZR18 Nitto NT555 Extreme ZRs in front of
295/45ZR18 Nitto NT555 Extreme ZRs. And everything, from this
Ford's Wilwood proportioning valve to its quick Powermaster
starter, is decidedly top notch.
INTERIOR
The car's supple interior, a completely custom creation installed
by Armando's Custom Upholstery of San Jacinto, California,
highlights modern technology while honoring old school heritage.
Plush leather seats, Glide in the front and a custom bench out
back, ride on clean Barley carpet that's stretched between
LizardSkin floors, color-keyed mats and leather-wrapped sills. In
front of those seats, a "Starliner" branded dash anchors
rear-mounted Auto Meter Nexus telemetry inside a custom, black
anodized instrument panel. At the base of that dash, a custom
console centers touch-screen Alpine audio just right of controls
for the aforementioned Ridetech air bags. Opposite that console,
sculpted side panels hang polished door handles in front of
power-operated windows. In front of the driver, a leather-wrapped
Recaro steering wheel laps a tilting Flaming River column and
billet foot pedals. And behind the cockpit, a fully finished trunk
features upscale storage space.
AWARDS/FEATURES
Naturally, a build like this gets a lot of attention. Here's a
short list of this Galaxie's major accolades.
Featured on the cover of the August, 2011 edition of Street Rodder
Magazine
First Place Class Award at the 2010 Grand National Roadster
Show
Award of Excellence at the 2010 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals
Top Ten at the 2010 SEMA Show 'N Shine
Thirteen additional awards from various local events
OUR SALE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION AND ACCESSORIES
A build book
Build receipts
A component manual for the car's Gear Vendors overdrive
Official dyno results from ROUSH Performance
An official fender tag from ROUSH Performance
A copy of the car's Street Rodder cover feature
The aforementioned award...for more information please contact the
seller.
