My name's Matt, I recently traded one of my bikes for a 63 ford falcon four door with a 170 straight six and 3 speed on the tree. I drove her an hour and a half home so she runs pretty good, does need a few things though. I like the side pipes but they need welded up proper (smh), baffles installed and wrapped. Currently sounds like a WW1 fighter plane going down the road at 50mph lol! She needs an alignment (pulls to the left) and none of the dash lights work (think that might be the regulator since they are all out). Interior is pretty decent, so I'm gonna clean up what I can there and probably run some Mexican blanket seat covers. She needs body work and a paint job but the plan is to rat rod her (spray it flat black and forget it) and do the mechanical stuff/drive her a bit before going back to body and paint. Currently she's playing second fiddle to the XS400 chop I have on my build table. If anybody has experience, tips, tricks or just general knowledge I'm open to any and all advice on her. Thanks.
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