Hello all, I'm Danny,got a nice 64 Galaxie 500XL Convert. with the 390 and 3spd Cruis-o-matic tranny. My father's had the car since the mid 70's and I have slowly inherited it over the years. Anyway I decided this would be the year to freshin' up the engine and drivetrain. Mainly because the engine rear main and oil pan was leaking and the tranny was leaking like swiss cheese bucket from either the front seal or the tourqe converter. I can't tell where but it was leaking about a quart a week! So let me bring you up to speed. I have the motor and tranny pulled,seperated and cleaned, about the take the heads off this weekend to see what the insides look like. I think I won't have to do a complete rebuild cuz It was rebuilt in the early 80's and has only 8,000 miles on it since. Doesn't blow smoke, just when you first start it which tells me it may need valves. Also I believe I blew a head gasket this summer on the drivers side head. (overheats and the gasket area around the head is damp....but i can't see any coolant on the dipstick.) What I do want to do is...all new gaskets, seals, redo the heads, new "hot" cam, timing gears,oil pump,fuel pump, maybe a aluminum intake with my current 650 holley 4V. I was also gonna replace the front and rear seals of the tranny as well the pan and filter. I don't know if it's the converter or the front seal of the tranny that is leaking so I may put a new converter on. See let me tell you all what I'm looking for I want this car to squeal when I punch it. That initial takeoff that throws you back. and leads to a nice topend. Don't get me wrong the stock setup when it was in it's prime a few years back was awesome but I'm looking now for some inexpensive ways to bring it up a bit. My main 2 questions now that I've rambled on are... What kinda cam should I use (like Lift, duration, durations @.50 and RPM)? My second question. Is the Cruis-o-matic the same as a C6? My 1964 Ford Shop manual has the auto options as C4 and 3spd Cruisomatic. Reason I ask is I'm looking at trying to get a highstall converter for the tranny. Any help would be great. thanks all -Danny