Projects 1962 Ford Falcon gasser build

With having a SBC donated to the build and lumpy 63 being a Chevy guy it was the way to go

 

Looking forward to seeing this one worked on…great job so far

 

Awesome!

 

With the front end finished up for the most part welded and painted and on to the rear

 

What size rims and tires up front? Plans for the rear end?

 

While we were getting started on the rear of the car lumpy 63 was digging around his parts shed he donated a set of killer bucket seats so we pulled the rear bench seat and sold the front bench to help fund getting new foam and black vinyl living so close to the boarder off they went

 

Very cool. I dig the car, the low buck build, and that you're doing it your way.

A SBC is a fine choice for a hot rod.

 

Thinking this would take weeks we started on the rear replacing the leaf spring bushings and get this 9in under the car out with the old rear end and ready for narrowed and fully rebuilt Ford 9in got the rim on to start laying out the lines to make some much needed over all design change of the body going with higher line there was no turning back and with all of lumpy 63s wealth of knowledge I knew I could trust is judgement ready to mount the tire and now we have a roller!

 

Fronts are 15x4.5 and tires are 165/80r15
Just uploaded more info on the rear progress but rear we went with 15x8.5 and tires are 255/70r15

 

Seats came back and look awesome

 

Perfect seats for a gasser project!

 

T bird seats?

 

Yes Thunderbird!

 

Thanks ScottyT! For the gauges

 

They look great. Colin didn't take em to that place that stuffs em with cow shit did he?

 

My dog keeps sniffing em.....

 

You are very welcome! Your car is a much better place for them than in the cabinet in my garage.

 

Love the build. No roll bar yet. With no real frame, worry if front end will hold up to couple wheel stands from that hot Chevy. As for building a good 460; u can probably build 4 350s for the same $$$.

 

Roll bar on the list

 

Killer build. Loving everything you have done so far. Thunderbird seats are gonna look great. Can’t go wrong with your choice of power plant. Tie it all together with a cage and let the fun begin.

 

I look at this site as a buffet- if I like a thread I go back and get more... If I don't like it I don't get more.. But I don't tell the guy I don't like what he is doing. I happen to like what is going on with this- Keep it up! Good job, And don't worry about what some grumpy ol' SOB says...

 

I was looking for a 429 or 460 for my car since we did so well with them in the stock cars. Even a decent 351 C core was hard to come by, then I needed all the brackets, transmission, etc. It would have added $6000 + and another 6 months to the build.

I had a line on a BOSS 351, someone looked at it (part of an estate settlement) and it was missing main caps and had sat out in the elements apart for a few years.

The 350 was an old stock car engine, mothballed since 1984, it wound up being an excellent core. The only thing I needed was the M20 4-speed. The rest I had on hand.

 

Lumpy 63 gifted a set of 60s Mickey Thompson valve cover which I bead blasted and sprayed a wrinkle black finish on and brushed off the top with a buffer to give it that old school shine

 

Some saw a sneak peak of the motor but here are some more photos of the motor build lumpy 63 is the man when it comes to Chevy motors and he couldn’t just leave it be with flat top forged pistons and the it being a 4 bolt main lumpy 63 decided upgrade the heads with some aluminum Flotec 180cc heads trying to keep this thing period correct to it’s time we painted the heads and block wrapping up the motor with a new old stock Edelbrock manifold and of course a Holley 600 dbl pumper and it was ready!

 

You've got the right man in your corner Jeremy

 

Love the build , great work . I would love to own it .

But I have to say I’d be lookin for a big cube FE , just my 2 cents . That ain’t worth 2 cents

 

The build might slow down for a minute or two because the boy got pretty banged up on his Harley... I am picking away at little stuff , but I want him here to continue the build.

 

I love this build, keep up the good work. Our grandson would love to build a gasser.

 

I'm thinking it would be an awesome time hanging out together

 

Hope he isn't banged up too bad and recovers soon.