Facts & Figures
Bruce and Kathie Bolen
Puyallup, Washington
1963 Ford Galaxie 500
| CHASSIS |
| Frame / Manufacturer | FoMoCo |
| Rearend / Ratio | Ford 9” / 3.89:1, Auburn Gear Inc. (Auburn, IN) cone-type limited slip |
| Rear suspension | parallel leaf w/ Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN) air springs |
| Rear brakes | Ford 11” drums |
| Front suspension | D.C. Enterprises (Thousand Oaks, CA) 2” dropped spindles, Air Ride Technologies air springs |
| Front brakes | D.C. Enterprises 11” discs |
| Master cylinder | OEM Ford dual-circuit, manual |
| Wheel make, size | American Racing (Rancho Dominguez, CA) Torq-Thrust, 17x8 |
| Front tire make, size | BFGoodrich Radial T/A, 245/40R-17 |
| Rear tire make, size | BFGoodrich Radial T/A, 275/45R-17 |
| ENGINE |
| Make | Ford FE |
| Displacement | 390ci |
| Machining / Assembly | Bliss Performance Enterprises (Spanaway, WA) / owner |
| Camshaft | COMP Cams (Memphis, TN) 270S mechanical-flat-tappet, 270 degrees advertised duration (224 at .050”), .540” lift |
| Water pump | Edelbrock (Torrance, CA) aluminum |
| Cooling fan | flex-type |
| Radiator | Ford four-core copper/brass |
| Alternator | 100-amp |
| Heads | Edelbrock Performer, aluminum |
| Rockers | COMP Cams |
| Valve covers | Blue Thunder Auto (Palm Springs, CA) smooth cast |
| Manifold / Induction | Ford medium-rise 2x4 / Holley Performance Carburetors (Bowling Green, KY) 600-cfm, tuned by Lyle Winter |
| Air filter housing | Blue Thunder Auto, polished factory 8V style |
| Ignition / Wires | Ford mechanical/vacuum-advance with MSD (El Paso, TX) 6AL rev-control multi-spark capacitive-discharge / Ford Racing Performance Parts |
| Manifolds | Ford long-branch cast-iron, ceramic coated |
| Exhaust / Mufflers | 3” aluminized tubing by Sumner’s Topgun Muffler/Brake (Sumner, WA) / Flowmaster (Santa Rosa, CA) 60-series |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Make | Tremec TKO 600 supplied by Dark Horse Performance (Renton, WA) |
| Clutch | Ford Racing |
| Shifter | Hurst/Mr. Gasket (Carson City, NV) |
| Driveshaft | Drivelines Northwest (Tacoma, WA) steel |
| BODY |
| Body style / Material | Galaxie 500 / steel |
| Body mods | nosed, decked, shaved exterior mirrors, shaved hood spear, smoothed pans & shaved door locks by Kurt Dickman, Kurt’s Autobody (Orting, WA) |
| Bodywork | Kurt Dickman |
| Paint type / Color | PPG tri-stage urethane / custom red |
| Painter | Kurt Dickman, Kurt’s Autobody |
| Plating | International Plating (Seattle, WA) |
| INTERIOR |
| Dashboard | Just Dashes (Van Nuys, CA) |
| Insert / Gauges | Boese Engineering (Tempe, AZ) billet / Auto Meter (Sycamore, IL)Street Rod Old Tyme White |
| Upholsterer | Karr Upholstery (Graham, WA) |
| Material / Color | vinyl / red |
| Carpet | red nylon |
| Seatbelts | Ssnake Oyl Products (Tyler, TX) |