Features Falcons done right?

Ok falcon lovers,
I got a question for anyone running a c4 auto floor shifter.I was wondering what was your preference for the floor shifter and what exactly was involved such as rod length or the shift arm and which direction should it be pointed? PM any details you like to share or post it here if you like.
Thanks,
Muncie

 

- Hey Falconers, RunawayChair here. These two photos show how I installed a Lokar brand shifter on top of the trans hump and a patch panel hammered out of a piece of 12 guage, I think it was 12, had to heat it and beat it. All of this, wires, gadgets and such will be covered with a plywood center console. I want to keep engine fumes out, so, where the shifter rod passes through the patch will get some type of seal. I'm thinking about using suede because it won't cause friction on the rod and it's flexible.





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- Hey MUNCIE, yea, the trans tunnel, the firewall and the forward subframe all together form the strength of these old cars. The trans tunnel is stamped out of some thick steel and I've never seen one rust, although the rear floor pans do! The real trick to the LOKAR kit is passing the shifter through the floor. Mine is hardly genius. But it clicks right and shifts right. That piston shifter knob looks cool, but, it's stiff. Here's hoping it breaks in soon. Since I quit smoking, I installed LOKAR's shift position indicator light in the ashtray, actually an extra ashtray from eBay.
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Shit, that's nice.

 

I love this shit... 76 pages on a car I always heard was "unliked" by the majority of hotrodders. This just goes to show you...

I don't know what, but it goes to show you.

 

my first post :am a confirmed Falcon nut.

i also see a few other aussies on here: Warren , Kon

Jan 1961 - 170 3 speed manual 4 door ( no 2 doors in Australia for the round bodies)

 

ha - my other early Falcon:

again Australian XK 4 door 170ci and 2 speed auto

 

and built tough......Australian advert to show how tough the new Falcon was to the Australian buyers.


and from 909 Australian pounds ... before Australia went decimal and changed to Australian Dollars in 1966

 

if you are talking about the early roundbody sixes then
get a copy of march 1960 Hot rod magazine .
has an article ' making the falcon fly':about H&M, Edelbrock and Stroppe did to the falcon engine

as far as i can see from the article :

looks like std exhaust manifold too.

when i get a chance at work , ill scan the article and put up

brett

 

Welcome Mate good to see another Falcon Early Lover get on the HAMB
...cheers Frank

 

Cool thanks for responding and the install looks solid to me from the picture keep up the good work.

 

Good to see you made it Brett

 

thanks - have to get on here more often

 

Holman and Moody Falcon power pack

 

Hi Brett - thanks for posting that article. Real interesting reading. I'm going to try and print it out to show my father who is interested in multi-carbs on the old cast inlets but is web-less.

Mark - aka buzz from PF.

 

I went to a cruise-in in Oakboro, NC. and Lee Holman was there. He also had this Falcon with him. It was built as an homage to the original. The exception to the build was a 200 c.i. 6 cylinder that was built up using an Offenhauser intake instead of building up a 144 c.i. 6. He was a very humble man and stood and talked with me about the car for almost an hour. It wasn't until the following year that I learned that he is a fellow member in the Ford Owner's Association of the Carolinas. I met him again this year at the F.O.A.C. Ford and Mercury show. He remembered me and was just as gracious.


These pictures were taken at the cruise-in in Oakboro.

 

^^^ phoar !
where can i get an inlet manifold like that ?

cheers

 

Is there a float bowl missing?

 

I believe some of the early single barrels Ford used on the Falcon sixes had glass float bowls... a novel idea, makes check for the presence of fuel easy.

 

You are right Josh, it is missing a float bowl. Never noticed that before. Come to think of it, the car did come in on a trailer.

 

mark -rest of article :

 

http://www.offyparts.com/product_info.php/cPath/1_6/products_id/240

 

- Muncie, I reread your question - the Lokar bracket is rigid and there is no flex in the trans tunnel - the shifter feels very tight and sturdy -

 

cheers mate

 

havent posted in forever heres the new look of mine !

 

Hey evil ,
How about some more pics and what you have done to your bird.

Butch Evans (Faconeer)
Thomasville NC

 

Great Falcon Evil!!

 

here are some updates, trying to make it to long beach fot the showcase of kus

 

Falcon's are awesome, had 3 myself and miss them all