Features Falcons done right?

well I respectfully disagree, the salt flats in that little 63 are out standing. the next choice would be tq thrust IIs. Just my opinion for what its worth.

Butch Evans(Falconeer)
Thomasville NC

 

I agree. HRP

 

I gotta third that one, but make mine full polish like the set I've had on the Plymouth for the last decade....

 

Last night my buddy madscience shared this awesome video from Bangshift of a '64 hardtop tearing up a vintage rally course. Very cool stuff, especially if you're a fan of Minilite wheels as recently mentioned on the "doing right" thread.

 

I hit the wrecking yard today to try and get a donor wiper motor for my '63 Falcon. I did a search on Google, and found that the '73-'79 F150 trucks used a wiper motor that could be a good donor, so I found a '73 that still had the 2 speed wiper motor on it. I had to pull the switch also, as the wiring and switch are all hard wired into the motor.
Once I got it home I quickly realized the brackets were different, as was the mounting bolt pattern on the motor. But the strange part is my '63 bracket is drilled for both patterns! I just removed the rubber grommets and relocated them to the matching pattern, and bolted the new motor on using the longer screws from the truck. I also made up a ground jumper to ground the new motor to the bracket, so it would work with the insulators. I also swapped the arm from my old motor, and mounted it 180 degrees off from the F150 arm to work.
After I bolted the new motor in place, I removed the wiper arms and blades. Then I tested the wipers to make sure they worked and parked. I replaced the arms and tested it again. Works great, and I have two speed wipers now. Much better than single speed, or no wipers like mine had, since the old motor had quit! And the F150 wiper motor and switch was only $10 at the wrecking yard!
If I could have found a later '78-'79, I think they have the intermittent control, and I'd have gone that route, but none in the yard that weren't robbed already.

 

Love seeing all these build. Had a 66 falcon in high school and am now working on a 1961 and 1960 ford falcon 2 door sedan. Both I got for 150 bucks. . Here is the 61 when I got it. Guy was starting a restoration and found out e had a baby coming. And now it sits like this. it's getting tubed and blown with a big block ford. Building this one like I've always wants to but couldn't. And this is my 1960. getting a custom job building this one as the family cruiser and daughters car for when she gets older. Going full 60's custom with it. I'll post more pics of them later. Putting the 61 on the back burner toget the family cruiser done.


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Put the line lock in my '63 today. Dropping the clutch in the water box and running out 60' to heat the tires is pretty hard on drivetrain, so hopefully this will allow me to heat the tires by using 2nd gear on the 4 speed and sitting still.

 

Building a 60 falcon custom for th missus , quad lights, tunneled taillights, 4 bucket seats and full length consul etc, well that's the plan. I must of looked at 60-70 pages here , a few here and a few there but I haven't seen anything wild yet. Apart from stockers, slam jobs, de chroming and race bred cars.

Did I miss seeing something cool, built during the 60's angel hair period??.

 

1963 Falcon 2 door with 56k original miles on it. We are building a "Clone" road racer, so far this is the work that has been done.*

Maverick 8" rear end, CSRP Granada disc brakes, Open Tracker-standard upper/lower control arms, roller bearing spring perches, roller idler arm, 1" sway bar, 1965 Falcon centerlink, relocated upper control arm (Shelby drop), rolling on 90's Crown Vic steel wheels, with Falken 205/50R/15s. Interior is super nice and original, front seat bottom is worn out but have complete new interior (seats). The door panels are perfect except the driver door has a small tear but not bad. NO RUST ANYWHERE...a little surface rust but super light. All trim in place and good condition....trunk still has original mat in super great condition. Trans works great, 170ci 6 cylinder runs but has a few knocks....most likely lower end crank bearings. This little Falcon handles great with all the suspension upgrades. It is begging for a nice little 302 and T-5...or a built up 6 maybe with a fat side draft Weber!

Opinions? Ideas? 2 cents? Care to poke the bear?

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I'll give it a poke- although I'm a SBF V-8 fan, I think the idea a built I-6 with a Weber, a header, some head work and a cam is cool, too, but that kinda' negates the late model manual trans without an adapter of some sort.

Nice Falcon. I'm partial to white '63 2 door sedans.

 

How late is late model? A late 200 or any 250 will take a 5.0 bellhousing - and therefore a T5. Or the '67-'79 170 / 200 bellhousing will accept an SROD, "Imposter" Toploader 3+1 or regular Toploader.

That one is already so well set up to accept a V8, though, I think that's the route I'd take.

 

An early Econoline bell, behind a 144/170, or early dual pattern 200, and an adapter will mount-up an S10 T5, with just a little flywheel machining, that any shop can do.

 

Any one know what the largest size and offset wheel will fit stock wheel wells in a 62 with a 57 Ford 9 inch. Thinking I am going to have to have some custom made. Car is on back burner till I finish another project and would like to get these ordered.

 

Nice build....right up my alley!!

 

Had a '61 back in '91, one owner who was in their 60's when they bought it at Courtesy Ford in Perrine Fl. Great car! another one of the cars I wish I never let go, but then I'm sure everyone of us can say that! (times ten!)

 

I'm going a similar direction on my Comet. Haven't gotten quite as hardcore on the suspension yet.

The six can really be built up. It costs money. There are plenty of weight and space advantages to keeping the six over the bent eight though. I'm still on the fence about keeping my 250 or swapping to a 302. I really like the way a six sounds running all out though. Current thinking is that to build real power money needs to be spent on the Classic Inlines alloy head rather than struggling with upgrading the old log. That's a chunk of money equal to buying a running V8.

If you haven't already go over to FordSix.com/forum ! More than you'll ever need to know about the old Falcon six.

 

true that! great bunch of people as well.

 

Ok , I'll have a poke ...

If you're not concerned with keeping the road racer clone "period Correct" ( You might be , I don't know) you might consider using the later Aussie/Kiwi OHC 6 cylinder engine . Falconizer here in this thread is using one.

These engines make good power through a wider rev range than the early
6's which can be a little "Asthmatic" in the higher rev range.

Just something to consider , and I'm probably the wrong bloke to be giving advice anyway . I've just stuffed a 289 into Wifeys '60 Falcon


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I like where you are going with this. I have a 63 1/2 Convert with similar intentions. I am running an aluminum headed 302, T-5, triangulated 4 link with coil overs, Global West upper arms (Dropped) reinforced stock lowers with spherical bearings in the inner pivot, adjustable tension rods with a heim joint at the front. I cutout the rear fenders and used fronts on the rear.

Also fitted a GT350 front valance


I am running 17X7 with a 235/35 on the front and 17X9 with a 255/35 on the rear. I will be switching the rears to 275's

 

Hotroddon, love it! nice work. cool grafting the gt350 valence. I've never seen one on a falcon before.

 

Thanks - I've still got to do the oil cooler and a screen on it

 

Sweet.....thanks for the peek!

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I love the GT350 treatment! I would do that, in a heartbeat, if my neighbors did not suck. They would have that bash-parked off, and on the ground, in a couple of days.

I have seen a version that keeps the Mustang front bumper, in the catalogs, but not in person. If it looked good, I'd consider it.

 

I've been thinking about a valence dealio for a while too. I like the look.

One of my friends has a front bumper from a '6? Camaro that's a nice thin blade bumper and the profile looking down fits the front of the hood almost perfect. It's even narrow enough end to end. I expected it to be way wider than my car but I guess those cars were squished in at the front. Now I just have to talk him out of it. He wants to use it on his truck.

 

If it's too wide, you can always cut it down and weld it. Those can be had all day long for a low price since they reproduce all of the first gen Camaro bumpers .