Why so high?

[P5BNij]

That's a real shame as the way it sits and the ride height look spot on with those ARs.

Another pearl from the Mrs today : ''if you do actually buy an American car, you're not suddenly going to start talking like Carl Malden or Burt Reynolds are you...?''

[some bloke]

Grow a dodgy Burt-style 'tache.

[LeighW]

newsatten said:

Looks like all the others now !

Even though i specified absolutely no rubbing issues, so was recommended 245's still touch ffs...............................
So will have to relive the wheel arch lip, not impressed

Edited by newsatten on Thursday 22 April 14:02

Looks ace.

[newsatten]

There's a small size difference between front and rear, it does sit nice, bummer its made me more work, the joys of old car!

[roscobbc]

Way off thread......but though I'd share it being as its crap quality materials.....
Battery isolators - the one on mine had been proving a little 'tetchy' recently - couldn't really seem to tighten enough to make proper contact - took it off this afternoon and now see the reason why.........the main part is cast from some form of 'pot' metal (and coated with some form of gold coloured finish to make if look like brass.
Brass wouldn't have started breaking down like this - I suspect that in addition it had been arcing and additionally damaging the thread in the casting......

[newsatten]

Yep mines the same, brought from Rally design, race cleared , Chinese Crap!
Wouldn't it be fab if we brought stuff that was actually fit for purpose ! ...............................

[rat rod]

newsatten said:

Looks like all the others now !

Even though i specified absolutely no rubbing issues, so was recommended 245's still touch ffs...............................
So will have to relive the wheel arch lip, not impressed

Edited by newsatten on Thursday 22 April 14:02

No ,leave the arch lip ,just go round the corners slower ,I take it your not going to lower it then.

Whoops ! Forgot to mention the A.R.E along with the BF.GOODRICH's look cool,

Fills those arches up a treat ,

Edited by rat rod on Thursday 22 April 19:08

[roscobbc]

Love this - and its an XL comes with correct period H & M 427 cu in ..........lots of money to spend on this is you wanted to race. What a fantastic interior colour. I'd rather like it as is with OEM wheeltrims (and the 427 of course.....) located in Belgium and priced at £35K......jeez!

Edited by roscobbc on Thursday 22 April 19:17

[rat rod]

roscobbc said:

Love this - and its an XL comes with correct period H & M 427 cu in ..........lots of money to spend on this is you wanted to race. What a fantastic interior colour. I'd rather like it as is with OEM wheeltrims (and the 427 of course.....) located in Belgium and priced at £35K......jeez!

Edited by roscobbc on Thursday 22 April 19:17

Trying to make the larger yanks look like a muscle car doesn't often work but these Galaxie's look great stock or race,

[P5BNij]

rat rod said:

roscobbc said:

Love this - and its an XL comes with correct period H & M 427 cu in ..........lots of money to spend on this is you wanted to race. What a fantastic interior colour. I'd rather like it as is with OEM wheeltrims (and the 427 of course.....) located in Belgium and priced at £35K......jeez!

Edited by roscobbc on Thursday 22 April 19:17

Trying to make the larger yanks look like a muscle car doesn't often work but these Galaxie's look great stock or race,

The rear end of that just shouts 'Americana' to me, love it

On cheap Chinese made crap - the joys of classic Mini ownership are much better these days due to firms like Minispares getting fed up of said Chinese sourced crap and investing tons of their own money in tooling up to make decent quality parts again.

And back to the yanks - I think this may well be the same red '72 Dart Swinger linked earlier, filmed when it was still in the states.... if not it's a dead ringer....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFw4Q-DeUzY

Edited by P5BNij on Thursday 22 April 19:42

[aeropilot]

roscobbc said:

Love this - and its an XL comes with correct period H & M 427 cu in ..........lots of money to spend on this is you wanted to race. What a fantastic interior colour. I'd rather like it as is with OEM wheeltrims (and the 427 of course.....) located in Belgium and priced at £35K......jeez!

Edited by roscobbc on Thursday 22 April 19:17

It's not an original Q or R code Galaxie though.....

And if it really has had a H&M 427 put in it, it's a shame they didn't go the whole hog, and convert it to a 3 pedal car with a proper toploader instead of a slushbox. A slushbox bolted to the back of a H&M side-oiler is an awful prospect.

[amgmcqueen]

newsatten said:

There's a small size difference between front and rear, it does sit nice, bummer its made me more work, the joys of old car!

Looks great, are those 15x7...? Do you mean they rub the inner arches on full lock?

[newsatten]

Yeah could well be, the time lines about right , good looking car, just the rear end is a bit naff, great fun with a warmed over small block,

Hopefully the whole covid debacle and the general world wide realisation that the vast majority of Chinese made sh-- is sh-- !
American Racing are/Have moved wheel production back to the US, bout bloody time, more and more suppliers are doing the same, Maybe Trump did actually get something right with America First ??

Lets hope more UK suppliers follow the Mini people and start making proper quality replacement parts,

[rat rod]

P5BNij said:

That's a real shame as the way it sits and the ride height look spot on with those ARs.

Another pearl from the Mrs today : ''if you do actually buy an American car, you're not suddenly going to start talking like Carl Malden or Burt Reynolds are you...?''

When i spoke to my European owning sports car mates about me looking for a yank some years ago, they all took

the piss out of me and greeted me with Yee Ha and have you booked your Line Dancing lessons yet,

Funny part is within a few months most of them had joined me and we were going to the shows in convoy,

Never did the Line Dancing thing though ,

[CAPP0]

Really like that Galaxie too, despite Aero's thoughts on the subject I'd like something like that, £35k feels a bit rich though.

There was a really nice-looking '63 289 on eBay recently, 4 door though, but he seemed to be having trouble shifting that at £13,500. 2 more doors but nearly a third of the price! Wonder whether it sold.

[rat rod]

P5BNij said:

The rear end of that just shouts 'Americana' to me, love it

On cheap Chinese made crap - the joys of classic Mini ownership are much better these days due to firms like Minispares getting fed up of said Chinese sourced crap and investing tons of their own money in tooling up to make decent quality parts again.

And back to the yanks - I think this may well be the same red '72 Dart Swinger linked earlier, filmed when it was still in the states.... if not it's a dead ringer....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFw4Q-DeUzY

Edited by P5BNij on Thursday 22 April 19:42

Cracking car if is the same one,You Tube dated 2016 so if that corresponds with when it arrived here could well be the same.

[aeropilot]

CAPP0 said:

Really like that Galaxie too, despite Aero's thoughts on the subject I'd like something like that, £35k feels a bit rich though.

It is for what it is, as its looks a tad rough, although if it is a genuine H&M 427, that is worth £15-20k on its own.

Compare its condition to this one for £32k......(but no 427 of course)

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/g...

[CAPP0]

aeropilot said:

It is for what it is, as its looks a tad rough, although if it is a genuine H&M 427, that is worth £15-20k on its own.

Compare its condition to this one for £32k......(but no 427 of course)

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/g...

That's beautifully done, not sure the colour does it for me tho.

[roscobbc]

CAPP0 said:

aeropilot said:

It is for what it is, as its looks a tad rough, although if it is a genuine H&M 427, that is worth £15-20k on its own.

Compare its condition to this one for £32k......(but no 427 of course)

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/g...

That's beautifully done, not sure the colour does it for me tho.

Looks me as if there's a short block in the engine bay - and probably (without looking at the engine code) a 289.

[rat rod]

A couple of cheap Vettes sold in Barons auctions on Tuesday,

69 C3 auto, split roof £19,250 looks a decent car in the photo's

and a 2001 C5 for £11,825 seems a lot of car for no money,

Also 2 tatty Falcons,1 coupe and 1 convertible but what i thought would be

a bit of fun was a 1978 Lincoln Continental MK5 Diamond Jubilee in bright gold and a interior

which looks like your Nan's 3 piece suit inside, looks in lovely condition in the photo's

If you don't take yourself to seriously what a hoot to take everybody to the Rally of the Giants in,