I was at my friend Maycon's this Friday and he had a '68 Galaxie there.
It's a Brazilian made Galaxie, so it looks like a '66, and has an Y under the hood. It was straight piped. I made a small film to show the exhaust note.
The engine is pretty stock, it's just a 272, with a custom Holley carburetor in place of the original Webber - DFV

The car:

1968 Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

The engine:

1968 Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

The sound:


Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Sweet! there was however a lot of background noise. They came stock with Webbers down there?

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Yes, the Ys here came with a two barrel carburetor by Webber and manufactured by a company called DFV under licence. Same carburetor some Simca V8 cas used. It was not all that of a carburetor, as the accelerator pump was a endless source of headaches, not to mention it restricted the engine in the name of fuel consumption, and it was usually replaced by a Motorcraft 2100 that Ford used on 302 engines at the first sign of problem.
Anyway, this is the Webber-DFV carburetor:

Rebuilt DFV Carb by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr


Rebuilt DFV Carb by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Here is one mounted on a 292:

DFV Carburetor on a 292 Engine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Neat, thanks for sharing. Man that is a lonnggg spacer on the fan. Like the accessory brackets.

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Nice! It's good to hear as I plan to start with straight pipes all the way back on my Model A. If Kathy thinks it's too loud then it will get a set of 18" glass packs.

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Yeah, tell me about it!! The first years didn't have a fan shroud, so they had that spacer to get the fan closer to the radiator.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Well Tim, even tough it sounds really good, I wouldn't run straights on my Galaxie. I tried, but on highway speeds it gets annoying. I have the closest thing, a 10 inches long glass pack for each side, and it's borderline too loud on long highway legs.
Give it a try, I think if you are only driving in town it won't be a problem.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec