65 Ford Galaxie with a Cummins

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/4784631829.html

the family 4dr we all need?

Pretty sure, yep!

(Love the "Do Burnout Here" avatar)

I can't believe they got it to fit. I had a 3/4 ton Dodge truck with that engine and the suspension lift it had seemed necessary for the front axle to clear the oil pan. Granted the Galaxie doesn't have a solid front axle, but still...

ohhh myyyyyy

I've seen this car in person. It is completely and totally ridiculous.

And I love it.

That car needs some plain 15" steelies, make a column shifter work with whatever trans is in there now (727?), and hide the gauges behind an old under dash A/C setup to be a complete sleeper.

Did he powder coat the turbo?

In reply to Rob_Mopar:

I'm guessing with the fuel economy this thing gets they fitted one of the later truck transmissions with OD. A buddy of mine had an early 12V with a 727 and some sort of cludged on OD and it was a pretty terrible transmission setup.

calteg wrote: Did he powder coat the turbo?

Most likely if the guy is smart, and its just the cold side..... If the guy is an idiot that stuff was just rattle canned.

Personally, I like the car, they just chose the wrong drivetrain. Cummins can DIAF as far as I'm concerned.

It's a neat toy. That thing has to be super nose heavy and probably very interesting in a turn.

Rob_Mopar wrote: That car needs some plain 15" steelies, make a column shifter work with whatever trans is in there now (727?), and hide the gauges behind an old under dash A/C setup to be a complete sleeper.

I don't see any way this thing could be a sleeper at all. A Cummins with enough work to make that kind of power can be heard from blocks away.

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: It's a neat toy. That thing has to be super nose heavy and probably very interesting in a turn.

I bet that a fully dressed 428 isn't much lighter than that cummins. The FE motors (I have a 352 in my Galaxie) are heavy bitches.

In reply to singleslammer:

A fully dressed FE is around 700lbs. The 12V Cummins we swapped into my friends Chevy Dually was over 1150lbs!!!!

So the weight difference is basically like having a morbidly obese fat chick in the passenger seat. Not that crazy of a weight difference percentage-wise when we are talking land yachts here.....

I was thinking more along the lines of having a whole small block ford V8 bolted to the front of the existing FE V8.

I'm not saying that there isn't a huge weight gain.

Also I showed this to my father in law and he said I could have the drive train or if his work van for the Galaxie. It is a one ton Chevy with the 6.5l turbo diesel. Not the greatest motor but better than my stock FE, IMO. more info come spring

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