~ Baby got some new shoe's ~

Just put on some new shoes! doesn't look too bad.

Before
13"



After 14"

 

Much better...I'd grab some cheap ebay trim rings, too...

Do they rub?

 

I like it!

My brother had one like it, I believe it was a 61. We were going to college and would load 4 guys and all our stuff and drive a couple of hundred miles up Hwy 75 to Fargo. Hwy is flat in that country and if you held it to the boards it would do about 65 mph. We had a heck of a time passing anyone unless we got a running start. This was back in 1966.

 

Yup....looks better.
I did that to my 65. It's the way to go.
A lot more hub cap choices, too.
Cool.

 

did you put baby in the corner??

 

Thanks I plan on going with crome lug nuts and some spider caps not sure if Im going to do the beauty rings. We will have to see. Nope no rubbing! the tires are 1" too big and still fits like a glove.

yeah she runs like a champ I can easily hit 75 MPH and its purrs like a kitten

Thanks

Nobody puts baby in the corner! LoL

 

try some other caps or beauty rims

 

Looking good now let's metal flake the roof.

 

Wow, doesn't even look like the same car!

 

glad i saw your post. just bought a 4 dr and now i know what to say when my friends say why. ha! the 14s fill the wells nice. good move.

 

Sign me confused. And not to dump on the owner, but other than lowering this car looks bone stock, ie... el cheapo... el stripper... the rubber floor mat special. If you had one of these back in the day, the first thing you'd do is dump those wheels and skinny whites. Only GRANDPA liked them that way. So... what makes it a traditional hot rod / custom now? Still confused. Gary

 

I've been looking to do the same to my '63 Comet but can't find a set of 4 lug 14" wheels. Where did you find your wheels? Everyone I talk to seems to have just tossed a set.

 

maybe he's just starting this little endeavor and these tires are just to get it drivable. there is absolutley nothing wrong with a bone stock "el cheapo" ride. he's planning on getting some spider caps and really who nows what else he'll do with it. as far as we know he could turn it around and it could be very bad ass for a four door. four doors are great....i should know, i have one.

 

What do you think Henry Ford's model T or A was? Nothing wrong with that.

 

He didn't say there was - his question was :

Yup, GREAT parts cars.

 

It looks much better with the 14's, but like you said, it does need the spidercaps. Good start.

 

They look the same except black. I dont see a real diffence. I would have saved up for better wheels. I like chrome so maybe some beauty rings would improve it. Even a better center cap. Of course im no traditionalist either.

 

Yup, GREAT parts cars.[/QUOTE]
like the poster's signature line says....two doors are for people with no friends.

 

Looks much better, I'm glad they fit, do you need to run the airshocks? I heard you got a smokin deal on them too

 

looka good , time to flake the roof!

 

Well to answer you question it's a prodject and like all other cars on here you start with one thing and move to the next. First was lowering it then the new biger rims and tires next will be a shave and a paint job. I just got it about a month or so ago and cash isn't growing on trees in my yard so Im doing what I can while saving up cash tp pay for my wedding next Sept. Thanks anyways though for your awesome input! lol

O and heres a photo of the look I want but like I said money right now is tight so I just used whats I already have.

 

Nah no airshocks maybe in the future but for right now I need to save every penny I can for my wedding.

 

hell yes. heavy flake that roof.

 

Will do when I get the $$ = )

In the the works. just looking for the right black metal flake.

lol hey im excited even though it's just new rims.

PM'd you

 

OK. I'll gladly give you the benefit of the doubt on your build. Keep the pix coming. Sorry for any premature speculation about the outcome. I don't have anything against Fordors either. See before and after pix of a car that took me 8+ years to build. Not a pure HAMBster for sure, but I chose my wheels and tires because they were the hot setup in 1966, the year I graduated high school. Those wheels and tires were also the very first thing I purchased for that build. Go figure. But I'm an old guy and I remember clearly when these Falcons first came out. You hit that mark perfectly, the unrestored plain-Jane driver / barn find / geek squad staff car. Please start to personalize it then, as fast as you can. Gary

 

Period is swell&stuff, but it's hard to find period cool wheels that fit a four lug Falcon. So, because you'd have a hell of a time bolting on a set of Torq-Thrust D's, the steelies look fine, and will look better when painted and ringed like the owner wants to do.

-KK

 

lookin' good buddy... glad to see youre able to work on it while saving for the wedding.... i vote for beauty rings too.... needs a bit more chrome down there!!

 

They do fill the wheel wells better... looks neat.

 

i used to run the same type of tire on my falcon and ranchero, sometimes recaps when i did not have enough cash for new tires