Features Falcons done right?

dig the early falcons. how about this?

 

Latest of my beast, haha.
I've been driving it daily for the last few weeks.
The heat works good!



Norton

 

I got in on this thread late , dont stop bringing new stuff guys , I was loving this.Never knew so many others thought they were cool too..........

 

Found these two on the website for Winterport Dragway in Maine.

 

Hey they look good..........I am a little blower prejudice,lol.

 

Took this one yesterday. Sounded much meaner than it looked, and it looked pretty mean.

 

I like it.

 

Are those Cragars painted black? What size were the tires, did you happen to notice?

-Dave

 

Here's my latest edition. Just Picked it up this last weekend. With all the new stuff like from Coon I thought this would be a bit more HAMB friendly. It's a 1928 Falcon-Knight only made them 2 years (27-28) It started life as a coupe but lost it's head somewhere along the way so plans call for a Convertible/ Cabriolet.

Still looking for a top, like a dearborn duece or Speed 33 if ya know where I can find something PM me Thanks

 

Where did you see that car? I'm dying to check it out in person. Did you take any other pics?

 

That is cool as hell but you posted in the Ford Falcon thread. I would post that in a new thread of your own as alot of folks on here would love to see something that rare.

 

They are early American Racing Torq Thrusts. I'm pretty sure they were 15s. The tires were slicks, I didn't see any info on them, sorry.

I only got to take one other picture because the guy hopped in and tore off with the Cougar you see in the back ground. They met up with the the 69 and 70 George Follmer Trans Am cars, and the 70 Parnelli Jones Trans Am car. I saw the car at the Knott's Berry Farm Fabulous Fords Forever Show.


There were some other good vintage race cars there. These aren't Falcons, but you might appreciate them.

 

Well...the wifes Falcon is taking a different turn. It is getting a 302 with aluminum intake, headers, and a 8", and floor shifter. Not sure if we are keeping the top loader 3 speed or putting in the T-10 4 speed...

Here is a pic my daughter (8 years old) took of my wife when they were out goofing off playing pin-ups. haha

She takes better pictures then me!

 

Here is one I had but sold to make room for other projects.

 

raf
that is baaaaaaaad! very nice. did you build it?

 

Ok guys I was hoping someone could post up a couple of pictures of there 1965 falcon front suspensions.What I need is a shot of the pitman arm ( I have found two different versions of it ) one with shafts on both end the other only on the pitman side.And two I need to see how the idler arm bracket bolts up.I tried the normal way not anlgled and had a little clearance issues ligning up on the other side with then gear box.

My car is a 1964 and I am doing the v8 suspension upgrade so I cannot go by how it was mounted before.Also my new centeer link came from falcon enterprises and on the side that mounts to the pitman arm shouldn't there be a peice of rubber,mine has none and is supposed to be a brand new part.My old center link has the rubber on both sides ?
Thanks

 

Ok guys I was hoping someone could post up a couple of pictures of there 1965 falcon front suspensions.What I need is a shot of the pitman arm ( I have found two different versions of it ) one with shafts on both end the other only on the pitman side.And two I need to see how the idler arm bracket bolts up.I tried the normal way not anlgled and had a little clearance issues ligning up on the other side with then gear box.

My car is a 1964 and I am doing the v8 suspension upgrade so I cannot go by how it was mounted before.Also my new center link came from falcon enterprises and on the side that mounts to the pitman arm shouldn't there be a peice of rubber,mine has none and is supposed to be a brand new part.My old center link has the rubber on both sides ?
Thanks

 

Sorry for the first post didn't mean to post it....

 

Check here: http://tffn.net/

and here: http://tffn.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16350

Since you are switching to V8 from 6 there are some comon and some not so comom parts.

Power steering center links are different from non-power. Pitman arms are different. What spindles are you using? Lots to look at, but The Ford Falcon News (TFFN) will have the answer on this.

I did this on my '63 years ago. Hotrod Mag or Car Craft May 2000 issue has all the parts listed. Matt King did the story on disc brake swap and front end update.

 

Heres mine, just got it a couple weeks ago and just made it the daily driver. Got a whopping six benjamin's in it as it sits.

 

Just found a photo of my high school Falcon more door. Had a rumble seat in the trunk. hot six and 3 spd floor shift.

 

Amen to what Bob says...I went there to get all the info needed to swap my front end to discs...it can't be beat!
Rob

 

I just bought a ‘61 Futura. All stock, 170/3-speed with a blue vinyl interior. No pictures yet, but picture a Cambridge Blue Futura with a blue vinyl interior and turbine mags (soon to go) and you get the idea.

Going to pick up some 14-inch 4-lug wheels tomorrow. Plans call for a T-5 or an Orion overdrive, triple carburetors, modern cam, header, and Scarebird (Stanza/Cavalier) disc brakes.

-Dave

 

Sounds like a killer combination
keep us posted

 

I did the T-5 behind a modded 200 in my '63 Ranchero..WOW what a differance. With the 170 you will have to find an E-Van bell housing for a top loader as the 170 will not have the rear bolt pattern for a V8 top loader bell. I used an adapter from the rustang parts stores and a clutch from a 4 cyl late model rustang. mechanical clutch linkage worked great.

Personally I'd dump the 170 for a 200 or 250, but they are cool

 

Here's a '62 coupe I built when I was in the service. It's gone now, but what a blast to drive. Used to be my DD just the way you see it in the pics.

 

That's certainly an option - though not at the moment. I also think it would be kind of fun to do a 170 stroker (200 crank in a 170 block - 180 cubic inches if I did my math correctly). I don't think I'm gonna mess with a 250 on this one, as it's my full-time driver and the 250 swap is kind of involved (I hear the taller deck means dropping the motor mounts down).

Supposedly Modern Driveline (www.moderndriveline.com) has the stuff to do a T5 to a 2.77 bellhousing, but I haven't investigated that route thoroughly yet.

-Dave

 

I got a question for you falcon guys out there.Here is my pitman on my 65 center link.Do you guys think it should sit a little more lower than it does.This is only finger tight in the picture....
Just not sure if I should go with the 1 1/8 pitman instead.I measured the nut on the steering shaft and it measured 1 1/8 so I read that this would indicate a 1 inch sector shaft out of the steering box so I bought the 1 inch pitman.....

 

I have been watching this thread for a long time, and now I can contribute. I finally got mine on the road and I used alot of inspiration from this site.

I hope I did the pics right.

 

that^^^^^ is a also good lookin falcon