Features Falcons done right?

Put 14s on the front finally and added some '61 Galaxie wheelcovers, then broke the thermostat housing. Now that it looks like a stock Futura, I really need to start the hot rodding part of the project.

-Dave

 

One from the NHRA Reunion

 

Eric, are these Cragar Smoothies? 14 or 15 inch?

Thinking of some at the moment....sitting here with a Performance Plus catalogue as I type!

 

Hey Peddro!
my brother bought them from Mooneyes for his wifes t bird and never used them, so i put them to use. they have no markings that i can find of maker. they are 14x6 wheels.

 

Eric, Thanks for the info. This is the Cragar I mentioned.

The place that has them has a few variations on the same theme, but this one looks the closest to what you're running. Was just curious as it was a coincidence that I happened to be eyeballing them and then I saw your ranchero on this post. I just bought myself a '63 wagon, and it NEEDS something more than the stock 13" rims!

 

4 lug peddro??

 

So how do you go about taking the coil springs out of these cars????

 

Pull the shocks and use a spring compressor to compress and remove the spring. You need to be careful, there is a lot of energy in a compressed spring.

 

Well thats easy enough. I was reading other threads ( about other cars) and they were talking about having to pop the ball joint out. I didnt think you'd hafta go that far. Thanks man.

 

Hi Falconers. I bought a real 1963 Sprint in 1977 (red w/primered nose) and proceeded to butcher it until I parted it out in 1983. It appeared on eBay in 2007. I bought it again (gray w/no hood). Only kept the vent windows and recycled the rust. It would go 150 all day long. I'm building a red 1963 Futura currently.

 

I know it's a 67'. Kinda too new. But thought I'd share a pic of my
428CJ top loader Falcon.

 

That 67's a beaut. looks good in a plain Jain wrapper

 

Yeah Eric, but will swap to 5-bolt pattern when I change the drums to discs and upgrade the diff.

 

Muttley another cool old article where do you get them?
Thanks for sharing!

 

I've got a pretty good magazine collection and a brand new scanner.

 

Also, it REALLY helps to remove the spring covers so you can get the compressor on with more coils between the ends.

 

Nice I want a scanner too...

 

Yo, Muttley...

It's Baaaack!

 

nice real nice. Talk about the ultimate "Q"car sleeper.

 

AWSOME Man a real credit to you, love it!!!

 

Thought I'd add these couple of deliveries and wagon I saw last weekend .....

 

I just left the damn things off when I was done.....
Rob

 

I like a lot the Aussie Falcons diffrent front ends.
This on in particular. What year is it? Is it hard to find
this grille/headlite assembly?
Anyway car's bitchin aint it?

 

any negative effects for doing this? it looked to me like they might strengthen the tower. mine no longer fit due to the bags so i was going to make some that do fit. if they're not needed, i'll skip the extra work.

 

I need to know the stock track width on a 60-62 Falcon,particularly the front or the hub to hub mounting surface distance please?