Not a ton to report. The Galaxie is sort of in paint jail. The painter is still working on the project ahead of the Galaxie. It's a mid 60's Chevy regular cab pickup. I think the scope of the project got bigger after we took the Galaxie over there. Dad seems to be taking it in stride. From my perspective, I'm still excited the car is over there and in line to get painted. Still, when we took it over there, we thought it would be done by now. It will be worth it when it is done. Dad has done some work on getting the trim ready to go on the car. He's been polishing aluminum and stainless trim. He had several examples of most of the trim so he's been working on selecting the best pieces and cleaning and polishing them. He also repainted the red in the wide side trim. it goes down the side of the car from the fender to the quarter, and then a polished stainless spear goes over it. you end up with a red stripe above and below the stainless spear. Here's a pic right after he painted the side trim....
That's Ford Rangoon Red, which is the correct color. It should look pretty striking against the black paint. Here is a pic with it untapped....
Dad also sent the Galaxie 500XL quarter panel scripts that he had off to be restored by a guy in Wisconsin, I think. Maybe Minnesota. These emblems are near unobtanium. Dad's came off the XL parts car over 20 years ago. They were in rough shape. They were missing pegs and both were broken in two pieces. They aren't perfect but are more than acceptable for a driver. Wait until Dad paints the black down in the 500XL portion of the emblem. They will look awesome!
Dad bought a pair of "Smoothie" valve covers for the 390. They aren't correct for a 62. They are older than 62. I don't really get it but Dad is excited and that's what counts. They will look something like this...
I think he is going to paint them silver like the Thunderbird valve covers that are on the car right now....
That's about it for now. Hopefully we'll have some news to report sometime soon. Until then,
Best,