Features Falcons done right?

I did the drop on my comet. Found a printable layout on one of the mustang sites. Glued that to a bit of aluminum, drilled big holes in the 'old' locations and holes just big enough for my center punch in the 'new' locations. Couldn't use it as a drill guide obviously but it's what I had laying around.

 

One inch down, and 1/8" back from the stock locations. I made the upper holes a tight slip fit for the stock upper holes, and made the lowers 1/4" then up drill them in several stages until I'm done.

 

I'm pretty sure I wore out my Unidrill going through the towers, lol. By the fourth hole I couldn't keep enough oil on it I stop it smoking. Can you sharpen those things?

 

Yes, you can recut the leading edge to get it sharp again, and sharpen the tip like any drill bit.

 

I got my new Hurst tires today for the Falcon, and got them on. Then did some test fitting of old Mercedes front fender lip to finish up the wheelwell radius.

 

Looking good, looks like you did away with the shock towers to squeeze that 390 in there.Any pictures of the bag set up on the front?

 

Some pics attached. Yes shock towers are gone.

I used a stock M2 cross member and Heights lower A-arms and their upper bag mount. I had to add an outboard upper shock mount to make it work. Standard Firestone 2500 bags. have since changed the front shocks to ones with integral bump stops - yellow.

 

Cool, good to see. If I won't sound like a total ass, I'd like to make one suggestion though. I see you went over to tube "strutless" lower arms. One of the best things you can do with that situation is to make a rear mount that captures the the lower inner pivot and ties to the frame. The strutless "A"type arms on Mustang IIs have a bad habit of tearing the rear wall of the crossmember out when that rear pivot is not mounted in double shear due to braking and suspension shock loads. By adding the bracket I'm speaking of, you remove that load from the cross member's rear wall and apply it back out to the frame rails where it went in the original Mustang II design with the strut rods. Member here ElPolacko wrote the most definitive Mustang II tech post ever many years ago and it is available with a simple search here on the H.A.M.B., and addresses this deal super easily.

I'm not meaning to criticize your work, but I have seen this deal happen time after time between doing my own shop stuff and helping ove at El Polacko's shop over the years.

 

Hey gang,
I hate to sound like the town librarian again, but it's time to remind everybody that we have a huge Falcon tech thread called "Doing Falcons Right" here on the H.A.M.B. as well. It kinda behooves us to keep all the tech stuff in one place so it doesn't get dilluted and will be around forever in one spot. the original intent of this thread "Falcons DONE Right" is to display finished cars for all to see... Sorry if this ruffles some feathers, but done right we can keep both threads viable and easy to use.

 

Great suggestion - I see lots of value in that idea.

Thanks

 

Thanks for posting I was just curious on how it all worked together.I have a 64 and wanted to bag it a while back but over the course of the last two years I changed my mind.Took off my lowering blocks on the rear and I am now trying to squeeze in the tallest piece of rubber I can fit into my rear wells.

Been hunting for another block to start building over the summer and into the winter with hopes of having it ready by early next spring.I didn't want to shoehorn a 351 in the small engine bay so as of now been looking for a 302 to build.

 

Totally. Even in my RAINMAN mind, I've always thought this was a big problem in the Strut Eliminator lower arms. I can SEE it twisting every single time it takes a bump in the road.

 

You have probably seen a good number of the cross members Steve has fixed over the years because of this deal. I have a few under my belt these days too. Just one of those deals I'm kinda picky about, and it probably comes from driving my cars as hard as I do.

 

On the topic of strut rod bushings, of the stock-style variety: I took out my custom polyurethane ones today, and replaced them with good old rubber. It was a VAST improvement in ride comfort. The suspension actually moves now.

Now, if I can just figure out why my brand-new, fully greased, passenger-side upper ball joint is squeaking, I will be a happy camper. I suppose that I might be pushing the limit of the balljoint travel running this low, but why just the right side? I will probably cut-and-weld my control arms to fix the balljoint angle. I can't see spending $300 on a pair of wedges, and a pair of balljoints.

EDIT: I found some wedges on that Internet auction site that shall not be named, for less than my time is worth to cut-and-weld my arms, so those will be installed as soon as they arrive. Might not be totally necessary, but, for my mental health, they are going in.

 

"searchin for beaches" my over painted 63 wagon...

 

Really liking the Econline headlight surrounds. Perfect!

 

Yeah, digging those!

 

This is my '63 Falcon. True story: I bought this last Fall (2012) from a retired school teacher. She received it 2nd hand as her college grad present in 1965. It had been in her garage since 1991 when she parked it for the winter and never drove it again.

 

Nice...........

 

More, please!

 

Fibreglass flip front? Tube chassis? I don't have the time or the inclination, but I always liked the idea of a two door wagon in that shape. Shame they were never sold in Australia.

 

What did you do on your headlights? Car looks great, nice and clean.

 

That white Futura is beautiful.

 

Couldn't work inside anymore with the mess, so hooked up the receiver winch and pulled the Falcon out to do a thorough cleaning. Took a couple pics before pushing it back in to start pulling the engine for the build. Then I'll finish the firewall and paint everything in the engine bay before dropping the engine back in.


Might be a driver in a month or two!

 

Nice!

 

Thanks! I'm getting anxious to get it on the road! It's been nearly 40 years since I had a 4 speed car!

 

Found this pic while looking around the internet. Anyone for a game of pool

 

Seen that one... It was made be Counts custom in Vegas. Started as a ranchero.


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This guy had an idea. Found the pic on the web. Would like great in a Falcon.

 

That's Jeem's old truck. I had my hands in that one a couple of times...