Features Doing Falcons Right

Well, that's that.

Universally despised.

I guess I'll look elsewhere for a stock appearing glass hood.

 

U.S. Body Source has a stock-appearing 'glass hood for the '62 and '63 cars. I haven't dealt with them, though, so I have no way of knowing if they're of good quality or from a company with good service.

 

I have used them - but for Mustang parts - not my Anglia (it is a steel body with a glass front end that was made from a mold off of my car in 1968)
The parts from Unlimited were "OK" quality, a little massaging and I might use that same hood on my 63

 

EvilFalcon1961...just so neat!

 

The radiator came, so I got going installing that. I gotta find out where all of that sits before I can finish the front sheet metal.
It is so fun to be back working on it again. The bumper is at the chrome shop getting stripped, the boomerang is getting rechromed, and I think I will start on the fan shroud tomorrow
I am trying to stay busy getting small things on it done instead of waiting around and losing momentum.

 

Lookin' good Falconizer...

A dude I know that drives a wrecker called ta' say he'd seen a 63 Futura 4 door with a title for $400 in a storage yard a few miles from where I live.

I took a ride over this mornin' for a look-see:










I passed on it....although I did score all four of the hubcaps for $20.00.

 

Was it that rough? You don't usually find these around that cheap any more

 

When I opened the left rear door to look inside, it fell out of the body.

That was enough for me.

Are the pictures showin' up?

 

Yep, I can see the pictures just fine

 

Well, if I had your metal working skills, I prolly would've scooped it up.



I'm just a broken down old line monkey.

 

BurntOut , how far away from you is the salvage yard, and are you able to buy other parts off that 4 door ? How much Beer money do I need to give you?.....


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Thank you for your kind words. Things always tend to look better in pictures. You can start dreaming and your dreams are not immediately dashed by foul smells, rust flakes , and overall pain in the ass factor. "That's no big deal", I say to myself when the reality I am confronted with does not line up with my dreams. That is one of the reasons the wagon is such a big project. If I would have had something running and driving, I would have left it pretty much alone.

 

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS............................................

EvilFalcon1961: That car is soooo badass. Now I'm searching Craigslist for an early Falcon. Damn you!

 

^^^^^^ haha! they're infectious little sods arn't they


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Looks like some decent parts left, but I'd have also passed at $400. They're still not too spendy around my area, and I hate fixing rust!

 

Trying to make some headway on the radiator. I think this should work...
So many small variables to consider if you do not want anything rubbing holes through the tubes on the core or rattling while running. I am also careful knowing that I could come up with a better way to do it after I'm halfway through this attempt.

 

DOH!!! Down to the emergency bandaids.

 

Those are my favorites!

 

just posted a steering column conversion kit in the classifieds if anyone needs such parts.

 

Hello Kitty is soooooo stylish...

 

Man, worked all day on this darn radiator and still don't have much to show for it. The fans are so close to the pulleys that it's tricky to make this thing serviceable, and not go all tube chassis on the front. It felt like one step forward, two steps back all day. But here's what I got :
I think I would like to mount the lower channel with rubber cones so that the radiator can tilt backwards to release the upper Channel from the body.
The lower channel is larger than the upper Channel so the shroud fits on the inside on the bottom and on the outside on top. That hopefully will allow me to slide the fans and shroud out the top in case I have to change a belt, and allow me enough room to tilt the radiator back to release the upper channel for removal. There's a million ways to do it, I'm kind of stuck as to which is best. The fruits of the day...

 

Figure ill jump on the band wagon and post a few photos of my 1962 Falcon project.

 

Great picture!

 

Thanks, that was right after we brought her home and unloaded off the trailer.

 

Have not decided which route i am going with on wheels, still debating the options. This photo was still the factory 4 lug
-Ron

 

Great '62 (my favorite roundbody). Do you have the original trim? Those washboards are killer.

 

62s rock. Deluxe trim package and the best tail lights ever! What brand front tnd kit is on that?

 

Hell yes. They're so great somebody even grafted them into my '61 Futura!

I couldn't believe it when somebody suggested swapping them for '63s.

 

Boooooo!