My wifes Galaxie, My pain in the ass!!!

Take progressivly larger hammers and pound away until you cant find any more vacuum leaks ...then get a GM, Mopar or perhaps a 1951 International 2 Ton duelly flatbed truck?! Your lovely wife will LOVE it.

 

I have a 63 Galaxie with a 352 FE that had a ticking. Turns out it was just the donut gasket where the exhaust pipe ties into the exhaust manifold. Replaced that and I was good to go.

 

FE engines kept me in pocket money selling resurfaced exhaust manifolds. your gonna get good at removing broken studs also as they break off unless you use heat and when they break a drill with 90 degree chuck really helps. if you plan on keeping the car start collecting up manifolds now.