One Owner Starliner Revival  

Worked on quite a few Y blocks over the years. You might want to remove both valve covers the next time you get her running. Check for proper oil flow to both rocker shafts. The Ford y blocks tend to sludge up and block oil passage way's in the cylinder block and heads. They used to sell top oiler kits for the rocker arm assembly that connects to the oil pressure sending units. The fix is to remove the heads and ream out L shaped oil passage in the block. Get yourself a dwell meter to check your points gap and for wornout bushings in the distributor. Dwell should show 27 degrees. Drop me a message if you need any advice. I grew up with these cars back in the 1960s and have a lot of knowledge on them. Most of the mechanics who worked on them are long gone.

The sound of that starter cranking that engine over takes me back about 60 years.

U made my day! Neighbors had a 60 Starliner...what a nerdy girl, they had when I was only in Kindergarten. STILL a Ford Girl at 68. Remember those seats flipping when hit from a tar truck from behind. RIP for that one - they certainly are rare!

Owned that same year and model with red interior when I joined the USAF in 1971. Drove to my first assignment at Dover DE only to have it stolen a few months later. It was a beautiful high gloss black with chrome wheels! I would still own it today if it hadn’t been stolen.

CJ is a great little guy reminds me of my grandson. he's bright and observant. he knew what you were doing with the compression test and immediately got a system going where you didn't have to tell him "when" he started and stopped at the right moments. great moments with your boys they'll treasure

my first car was a 60 sunliner with a 352 4-barrel. very fast . my commuter car from Shelton and McCleary WA. White with white convertible top. fun car to drive.

When I was a kid my Uncle John had one of those Starliners. Light kind of mint green. Always thought it was a great looking car

My Dad had a Galaxie when I was a kid. ( I'm old) The Starliner is a beauty!

Mr Waddell, in a world simmering with craziness, it is good that we have people like you, Jack, and AJ providing us with such interesting and endearing videos. As usual, a great video from a great channel.

You did it the correct way and took your time , one step after another!

Nice ole Ford!, Always liked the Starliner!, My 1959 Ford Fairlane had the same powertrain when I got it minus the overdrive, The 292 was blown and I ended up putting a 390 with a C6 in it that came out of my 1976 F100!

A little about the overdrive... The cable is only for disengaging the overdrive so it won't operate, for example if you are in the mountains & you don't want it to engage. To engage the overdrive you let up off the accelerator about 35 mph or above. You will feel a slight lurch, then when placing your foot back on the accelerator you should be able to tell you have slower rpms. If you need to pass someone with maximum performance, press the accelerator to the floor and the O/D will disengage for maximum performance. Afterwards let your foot back off the gas and it will re-engage. It is operated by a kickdown switch under the accelerator, a relay on the firewall, & a Borg-Warner overdrive unit mounted on the back of the transmission. There is also a solenoid and a governor on the Borg Warner unit. I had a 56 Ford with overdrive. Loved it! I enjoy the channel and hope this info helps!

What a gorgeous looking car and I hope she scrubs up well. Very well done on getting it running and I cant wait to see it being driven.

Y-Blocks are pretty great! Don't get talked into switching to something else, Ys can be very quick and they have an exhaust note like no other engine. Very much worth the eventual rebuild, built one at the shop and it is surprisingly fast and reliable especially with a good balance job. You may have issues getting oil to the top end- oil comes from the middle cam bearing and the bores can get sludgy. Both rocker shafts can be easily modified to get more pressure. When you rebuild, Iskendarian has a peach of a cam for the Y-Block, and there are new lifters out there. Do your research and have a ball, it is absolutely worth loving up this particular engine.

Love your old Ford young man you have got you a keeper fix it up you have got 2 fine young ones to really like to see them work with their dad in the garage and their mother to keep on putting out these great videos also love watching you all

my folks had a '61 Sunliner...I remember that car quite fondly. The car my father taught me how to change and set points. 352. Very unique style

Almost one million subscribers, very well deserved.

Burton Antique Auto Parts is the only company reproducing 1960 Ford stainless trim. They reproduce the rocker panels.

I think the 1960 is one of Ford's best styled cars. If I'm ever in a position to collect cars, I'd love to have on e of these one year only beauties.

Nice find and I look forward to seeing more videos on the car and what you guys end up doing with it. I love watching your videos because it brings back memories of the days my dad and I worked on my old cars and I used the same phrase Jack uses ( Hey Day ). My dad taught me a lot about about mechanics. You and your sons have something very special that’s not seen much these days and I hope you can hang on to that special relationship forever. Looking forward to seeing your future videos.

Tenacious effort put forth in getting this car to run.The Ford stylists came out with a fine looking car that year. The roof line looks especially good as does the entire back of the car'. I hope you can continue to make progress with it.

New to your channel . My Dad worked at the Ford Dallas plant for 40 years till closing in 1972 . Probably saw this gem of a car roll down the assembly line.

Soooo lucky...what a beautiful car. Congratulations

"It's Alive . . IT'S ALIVE" !!!! - While you were cranking it, I could almost hear it saying "I Think I Can, . . I Think I Can".

I'm going to be happy for you guys when you hit 1 million subscribers

Brings back some memories. My grandparents had a 60-something galaxy 500. i got to drive it s couple times. miss those days.

In great shape Kent. Can't wait till you show cleaned up. Good find

Pops : “Ahh no starter” Little man : “we’ll have to work on that” Golden memories forsure👍🏼

Put tags on a '60 Galaxie in May '72, month before I turned 16. I also tagged a '60 Impala the same week, but it went straight into our shop for a LS6 and 4-speed, so the Galaxie was my 1st legal driver. It was bought new by my farming grandfathers neighbors wife, I knew the car very well. Her husband was a racer-model A's-B's- when they married and began farming so she had rodding in her system. She always said he had his V8 antique tractor builds, she ordered her hot rod. 2 door, 352/360hp, 3 on the tree with overdrive cable, dealer installed air. Their drives were about 1/16th of a mile apart, you knew when she was going to town. She could power shift into 3rd at G'pas' drive, with the best of them with a 3 on the tree. They retired and were moving to town in early '72, had their farm auction. I always asked to be the 1st allowed to buy it but he wanted everything sold to the highest bidder, he and I weren't the best of friends at all. I went with the idea I'd pay 750-800 if needed, opened the bid at $200, no one else bid. It was a12 year old, oxidized brown paint, farm wife Ford is all they knew. I kept that car even when I had other street/strip cars, and it surprised a lot of late '60s and early '70s street rodders when we'd go to the 'Y' and race. Say 352 and everyone thought of the sickest FE V8. Enjoy that Starliner. And it's funny that the thing you like about that '60 is the thing I liked the least about the '60-the front/grill/headlights.

Man, I'm jealous I've always wanted a 1960 Starliner ! You got a new follower here. I can't wait to see your next video on this car! Great video!

That Starliner is nice. Definitely worth saving. I'm looking forward to seeing more of it!

Great to hear that old girl run.

I'm not telling you anything you probably don't already know, but if that thing has been in a barn for 40 years, you will definitely need to keep it covered if you are leaving it outside and are hoping to save the paint. That paint will degrade very quickly in the sun if it hasn't been in the sun for that long. The interior will fade out quickly as well. I love these cars. You don't see many anymore, and they are beautiful cars. This is an awesome find. I'm jealous, lol.

Like the Indian in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" would say "Endeavor to preserve" . Nice job !

I've never been a fan of 60 Fords in general. However, I must say that Starliner in black looks awesome.

That is one awesome machine I can't wait to see you drive it

Enjoy every minute with your son.... They're invaluable. 😊 On a side note: Perry Mason episode had a Star Liner in it once (maybe twice). Though it appeared black (who could say with B&W footage) it also sported the mechanical folding / hideaway semi-hard top. Talk about gorgeous I'd love to have one myself (w/ classic Cragers) though I'm an old Chevy guy myself. Anyway...here's hope you success and best of life.😊

In the 70's my friend bought one that was a convertible, top retracted into the trunk. He pulled up to my house and looked pretty beat up, and like a Grandma's car and said "get in". He floored it and my head snapped back as we left a patch of smoke and rubber that amazes me to this day. If I remember right it had a Thunderbird engine (said Thunderbird on the valve covers anyway and was a big block 4??) What a cream puff. Yours is far better looking.

Here in Wisconsin these were absolute rust buckets. A friend of my parents had one and by 1968 it was gone. My father had a 1959 Ranch Wagon with overdrive. I remember him pulling the handle under the dash and it would engage over a certain speed.

Treasure..a real boat on wheels..A great find and a classic we don't see very often..good luck and thanks for saving history

My first car was a 1960 ford, bottom of the line with no accessories except a heater . I Have always liked this one year design👍🎩

The Starliner was manufacture for nascar. The 60 and 61 Galaxie had an air lift at high speed. The Starliner had that sloping back window and a little difference in front end length to keep it aerodynamic. They produced just over 500 each year.so it could be a production model to run as a stock car. I owned a 60 with a 390 special order car w/ auto transmission. Mine was red with a white top and was 1 owner car by a lady in Galveston Texas It was her dead husbands car.

Moving straight on to the next vid.ha ha.Thumbs up. Thanks.(uk)

Love the look of this car. I’ve never seen one.

Hi I am glad to see you back on tell your son I said hi I am proud of him ❤❤❤❤

Nice car. That engine sounds healthy. My friend had the same car back in 1969 except with a 2 speed Ford-o-matic and was a Galaxie. Same color and engine. Had a year until trains gave out and then bought a 57 Chevy like mine.

My nick name at work was speed bump. We owned a Galaxie 1960 model. 292 engines. It was a great car.

I love this model! Wish I could find one!

That car is is great shape. Should be a fun project.

I had a 60 like that in 73 I also had a 59 f100 with the 292 great motor

Finding a solid, fairly straight and complete Starliner is like winning the lottery... It just doesn't happen. I don't know what you paid so I can't say if you paid too much, but I can say that you have a NICE STARLINER. With running it to warm it up and then letting it cool several times any rings that are stuck should free up. Congratulations on a great barnfind score on a fairly RARE car. Not many of them were built.

Congratulations Kent on the start of the Starliner. I love your and Jack’s videos. Going to need work as any project What a great Find. 💯👍👊

Great find! I had one it took myself and my friend to Langley BC . to go to college circa 1973 fix and cruise

You have an absolute gem. Keep it as original as posible. I love Y blocks. They are in a class of their own.

I almost wet myself when I saw the thumbnail. I have wanted a 1960 ever since my dad had one when was 4 years old. His was a blue 4 door.

Very very cool car there!! Enjoy the laps with the kids

Nice find! Those are far and few between. If your son 3-D prints the top of that "S" on the deck lid lock cover, you could have it vacuum plated in gold to match the rest of the emblem. And I'm pretty sure that SMS Auto Fabric would probably have the original seat cloth. Man, the rear glass in those '60 and '61 cars sure was neat! The compound curves and the way it dumps down between the fins is great 👍

I am a new subscriber and I love your channel. I also love the 1960 Ford Starliner! I love these old cars as they are great Americana. Keep up the great work!

Nice, I really like the look of this car very very cool

That is so awesome you got it running. Thank you for introducing me to the starliner it is beautiful 🤠🤠🤠

Need to have Jack put a 2-stroke on that Knee Rover for you! Get from the house to the shop in 2.4 seconds! Great work guys!

Great videos. Ithink it is great you and your kids working on old vehicles together. Keep up the good work.

Awe YEA!!! BEAUTIFUL!!

You wouldn`t believe the Barn find that I got ! Once Daisy moved over, I shoveled out her stall.

My mom had a 60 galaxy when I was a kid. I’ve always loved the 60 Starliner and Sunliner

3:18 If I got my hands on that car I would make it my forever daily. Gorgeous car. Late atomic era, classy, 3-on-the-tree, simple and honest. Comfortable. I'd be one happy camper driving that thing to work every day.

Awesome always cool stuff always thanks

The custom 61' Starliner in The Hollywood Knights movie is beautiful ( even though you only see it for a few seconds)

Groovey dadeeo, incredible impressive saves

I got three boys in their early 20s who never helped me with cars as much as AJ did in this video LOL

I had the convertible version (Sunliner) with the 352. Same color combo. Rocker panels were the first thing to rust on those cars

Love this project car. Your bright back to life it could be amazing

What a great video. It brings back memories of me and my dad working on cars. So awsome you involve your kids.

We had this car when I was a kid. Rode many a mile behind that back seat looking up at the stars

I'm a Chevy guy at heart but always had a soft spot for the '60 Ford. Beautiful car!

I said it before but I don’t even know how to work on cars have little interest in it but your family gets me interested in learning through these videos

what a very cool project car !! Have fun brother!!

I am originally from Ada, OK but lived in Missouri for several decades. We would drive down I-44 and go south at Stroud. Still going south, past the I-40 junction is the town of Seminole. For at least a decade, on the south end of Seminole was a storage lot with metal fencing and a metal gate. It was chocked full of 1960 Fords. No other year or brand. I often wonder where they went. That was a one year unique style as you know. My Uncle had a new one that I still recall in the mid 60s. Look forward to seeing this one cleaned up and on the road. It is definitely worth it as it seems to be pretty much rust free.

Always remember to put a little bit of grease on that cam where the points run on. That is so important. Good job.

Well, I would like to see some more of your videos with you and Jack working on the car and your other son AJ enjoy watching you work with your two sons on those antique cars. Hopefully you’ll have your videos up again here soon.

my uncle bought a new Starliner in 1960, black with white roof, red interior, 292, 3 speed column shift with overdrive

Just found your channel, great content. And your kid is super smart !

That's AMAZING that you got it to run. I don't think I would have had the faith to do that.

Congrats on hitting a million subscribers!!!❤

What a beautiful car! Nice.

One of my favorite Fords. The 292 and 312 were the y block Fords I think.

Man I do like an yblock! Got a 62 Galaxie 2 door post. 292 with an automatic. Nice car you have there!

My dad bought a 60 Fairlane when I was 14. Never was a fan of the styling that year, but my dad didn’t ask my opinion. It had a 6 cylinder with 3 on the tree and overdrive. It was the car I learned how to drive when I was of age. Your overdrive knob is pulled out in the lock out position. We used overdrive when driving in the mountains when we went fishing kicking it in and out second and second over. One time dad reved the heck out of it in low and got it into first over. That old Ford made a lot of cross country trips and using overdrive got up to 24 mpg which was pretty good for the times. I learned how to pass trucks on a two lane road crossing Texas with dad sitting in the back seat telling me to hit it when the way was clear. Just kicked it out of overdrive and go around the truck. My mom was a nervous wreck when it was over. The only problem dad ever had with the car was the carburetor used to split apart while driving. So as soon as he smelled fuel he would pull over and tighten the loose screws and be on his way until the next time. He said that Ford was the most dependable car he ever owned.

Terrific video and car… You need to remember to put part #1 in the description.😊

When the OD knobs is pulled out it usually locks out the overdrive. When pushed in, OD is operational. You simply drive down through the gears and when you want to engage OD you let off the gas in 3rd and you will feel the OD unit kick in. There is probably a kickdown switch under the accelerator to kick it out of OD back to normal 3rd gear if needed. LETTING off the accelerator again reactivates THE OD. Yep, I had three cars with OD back in the 60's.

Cool thanks for your time that was fun and it did run 😮👍👍👍😃

Sweet old Ford. Old Fords never die! Really glad you were able to wake up this old girl. 👍

Loved this video and great to see your channel again.Love this 60 Starliner!!Great body style.I'll be anxious to see more of this one.Keep up the great work and I'd love to see videos from your channel more often.

What an awesome Shop you have. Great Car that’s worthy of Love. Great Video. I did Subscribe.

HI SBG,, NICE CAR ,, MY BRO HAD A GALIXIE 1960 ,, BUT WHITE AUTOMATIC.. YOUR HEAD LINER INSIDE LOOKS GOOOD.. MOST OF THE DRIVERS SEATS GET RIPED UP THE REST BACK AND PASSENGERS GOOD ,, SAME WITH MY 1978 BUICK..GOOD JOB JACK HELP DAD!! GOOD WORK A.J. !!!! HOPE THAT FOOT BOOT COME OFF SOON SOMEDAY....GREAT RUN

Great video. Can’t wait to see your next work on this truly unique vehicle.

Really nice to see the kids involved

Nice find awesome video😊

Great find Kent🎉. You sure know how to fix em! JO JO IN VT 💞

Sleeper dude knows more about this car