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Your bird is my motivation. I've got a Wimbledon White 63 ht, too, though I doubt it'll ever be finished to the level your was. Love the stance & the wheels. Killer combo done right.

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That's why I had to go with the bags. The stance is key, but so is drivability and ground clearance. It seems like that's the only way to get both. Too bad that it is such a big undertaking to bag falcons.

 

Putting an air suspension on the Falcon is a great way to go...I found that baggin my Falcon was not that bad a project... at all. Pretty much a snap if you use a Shockwave up front since it bolts right in. And totally and quickly reverseable without any cuts, welding or mods to the car.

 

I have removed a few dozen Shockwaves from cars, on order of dissatisfied, angry customers.

All had leaks, some worse than others. I will never install them, and I do not recommend them. Good luck.

 

ya you have said that before. Since you removed them does that mean you have never actually installed any? What did you replace them with?

Anything can be improperly installed or fail early. Worked great on my Falcon. They have been a good company and good products in my experience. And my experience is much fewer than "several dozen" no doubt. Ymmv.

Also it seems many are expecting air suspension to solve all their problems. Misconceptions such as you can put the airspring in, and simply dial up whatever pressure it takes to get the stance you want. So far from true. Each airspring be it SW. rolling sleeve, convoluted or what ever has a design dimension, and pressure..and the suspension must be set up around that to get proper appearance and good ride. It's not the end all solution nor perfect, just one way to go, and it can take quite a bit of trial and error.

 

A pic of my dad and I's 1965 falcon sprint 289 were happy with it! A work in progress but we drive it!


No brains, no headaches -Ed Roth

 

65 Sprint.. wow rare Falcon .. cool car! only 2806 hardtops built..

 

Thanks, original paint!


No brains, no headaches -Ed Roth

 

These were mostly on larger cars, where I suspect that they simply could not handle the load. In each case, a conventional double convoluted air bag, of the expropriate size, and a relocated shock, was substituted.

The Falcon may be light enough to not kill these.

I did install one pair, many years ago. Not sure whatever became of that car.

 

Hubert Platt signed my dash at the Moonshine Fest. he thought mine was done right.

 

Nice!!!

 

I went with the global west. For the price it was a no brainer. I also add the lower engine support. Drastic difference in body distortion. I dropped the hammer and the falcon launched nice and straight with one hand on the wheel and one on the shifter. Much more fun.
I'm thinking the CPP front suspension is next and a limited slip vice the locker unit.

 

Thanks a lot for the most excellent compliment.


And here's a few cool Falcon's the inspired and motivated me back in 2008...

 

Was cruising my 64 last night and with the cooler temperatures lower to mid 50's my car was hooking up a lot better.Got some pretty good scratch just about everytime I goosed it a little at a few stop lights.I would hit it and then back out of it,felt really good though.

 

I also think the under engine brace/lower support thing is the "best bang for your buck"...

 

Jeeze your oil pan is so shiny I thought you had a pan with a double row of bolts.

 

Thanks for the added inspiration, AndrewnTX. I'm finding myself more and more drawn to the 60-62 roof line even though I have the 63 HT. May have to build a second one when this one is done.

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Hello all, need to know if anyone knows the center line of their axle with in the rear fender on a 1962 falcon, I need to put a rear end under this car and weld up this universal four link front brackets to the rails.

 

Ok sounds good, thank you I'll give that shot Tomorrow morning 109"
Thank you again


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Just looked it up and I was 1/5 inch off. It's 109.5 inch wheelbase. Lol. Hope this helps. Post pics of the install of the 4 link.


ROTTEN CC Tracy Ca.

 

I believe that means you are 1/2 inch off.

 

Probably just a typo. 1/5 inch would be 0.20".

 

Yea was a type. Was working on the car and keeping up with post in here before the wife got off work and forgot to double check it.


ROTTEN CC Tracy Ca.

 

Well took some time off from building the 60 falcon to get some work done on my 61 falcon. Got the rear end under it and will be measuring and welding in my coil over mounts. This is my long term project but figured I can do a little once a week to keep me satisfied until I find something to do on the 60 or until I get some more parts for it.


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Nice work everyone! I love it. I am now motivated to get some more work done on mine. I'll post pics later

 

Okay, here are some pictures of my last 40 hours, no kidding, of work. It does not look like much, and I don't know if it is this much work because I don't know what I am doing, or because it is simply that much work.
Either scenario sounds equally correct.
I thought the hood was going to be an easy job, because it looked like it was straight, and I would only have to fix a couple of dents and do body work where the welding seams are located.
The underside of the hood was full of crud and rust, so I had it sand blasted. Come to find out that there was a ton of bondo on it. It had been walked on or jumped on in its past life, and had more than 60 dents in it. I did not know this before I had already spent a bunch of time cutting and customizing it. Grrrrrr....
Well, I think I finally got it straight ( I will know for sure when it has it shiny color on it) and I painted the first color on the hoood's underside today. It is Meissen Bkau, a 1957 through 1959 Porsche color. The roof will be Wimbledon white with blue skull apps on it, I'm not hood and front fenders will have Wimbledon white scallops ( in theory... I will have to Photoshop that first

 

These are the pictures of the process.

 

And finally, the Meissen Blau color on the bottom
I know that it looks grey in the photograph under fluorescent lights. That was the tricky thing about finding this color. It looks different in every photograph. It is a blue green gray.

 

Can't wait to see the photoshop pics!

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