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Great write-up. I need to upgrade my front suspension and brakes bad on my 61. Driving in the rain these last couple of days has been scary.
I will make road trip there. driving in from Round Rock.
Thank you much, I will do just that.
Bumping this here.
I took my ford 200 to one machine shop already and was not happy with their work one bit so I need a recommendation for someone else that is...
This is absolutely a very shitty thing to happen. Skip, I am sorry about your friend. My condolences from Austin.
My daily driver is my 61 Falcon Wagon. During the Round Up, people kept asking if thats where I was going. I would say, no, I drive this every...
I live in Round Rock, I will make it a point to take the wife and kids there soon. How far are you from the F1 track? I am an avid sport bike...
The 61 did not come with a V8 option in 61 so if you do have a V8 suspension, someone added it. Go to the Falcon forum and ask the guys there,...
There is this other ad for it asking for 135,000. http://www.oldcaronline.com/ocdetail565790.htm
I spent 2300 dollars once there. Would do it again.
I wouldnt chop it either. If it was a real beater maybe but that thing is in way too nice of shape to fuck with.
Here is a good one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Z5Hd0yqvg
If you wetsand it, be real careful on the ridges. I have seen too many people over-do it and sand right through the paint.
I dont know how many times I have seen car collections like this one where the owner has no interest in selling. They just let them rust away....
Had a buddy up the road that happened to. He leaned over the carb trying to mess with it and BOOM, a big ass fire ball came out taking half his...
[IMG]Here is one of your avatar chopped.
I dont have photoshop on this new laptop. But this microsoft paint on windows 7 is a little better than paint on vista and xp. As good as I could...
I went to the U pull it in Belton TX to find a distributor and wiring for a Duraspark conversion. Only found one cause all the others had been...
I will surely be there. I live in RR so right down the road from me.
Why not put the adjustable rockers on the 200? If you rebuild it, swap rockers. I am having my 200 decked and the head has been milled so I am...
Cool trip. I love crazy adventures. I bought a 61 Falcon wagon with a 170 sight unseen in Oregon and started driving it back to Austin the same...
Oh my God, I was born there in 1974.
Round Rock welding supply here in town carries some of that stuff. Been wanting to buy some for a while and trying it out.
Here is a pic of my 61 Falcon as I drove it from Medford, Oregon back to Austin, TX. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] You can see the pillow in the...
Firestone still carries the 185 /80/13. I have tried other sizes such as the 175/70/13 and they SUCKED. WAAAY too small and the RPMs were through...
I agree, no one deserves to have their car stolen. We work too hard on these old things to have some asshole just cruise off with it and be told...
People call me a hoarder when it comes to car parts. Even my wife asks me why I dont get rid of all my crap. Well, when I brought my falcon...
I just got through checking their website out. So you just told them what model you have and they have templates for that model or how does it work?
Where in TX?
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