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07-23-2017 #1Registered User
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'63 Ford Falcon "Gold Digger"
Whats up guys,
I posted in the general discussion a couple months ago and I thought it would be time to start an actual build post. Previously it was just planning and now I'm actually starting work.
Here's what I have, 1963 Ford Falcon, allegedly 40,000 original miles, high desert car with little to no rust. Bought it stripped with no interior and no motor in the car. It came with what I was told as a 89 foxbody 302 with a t5. Its unlikely its an 89 because its not fuel injected. This motor apparently has 60k miles on it. I just received a complete Street or Track suspension kit for the car. I ordered the front coilover conversion and the 3 link rear end with a watts link. I ordered this kit because the geometry seemed to really fit what I wanted with this car. I plan on tracking the car and I think this kit will really allow me to grow with the car. The front suspension is a know kit that bolts right in. The rear suspension is unknown. From all the reading I have done, the frame rails are supposed to be 4 inches narrower than that of a 1965 mustang. I have found old blue prints of the frame layout and have made layouts in AutoCAD to support this case. After my research I decided I still wanted this rear suspension and went ahead and ordered it with the intent to narrow it. To my surprise I got all the suspension last week and I mocked some stuff up on the car and it seems as the frame rails are identical. I am blown away, this just took off a huge amount of time on my build. Now I'm just waiting on my full floating rear end from Schreiner Enterprises whcih should be here this week.
For the past three weekends I have been sanding and buffing the car. When purchased it had a very poor paint job that was badly sun beaten. I tried to restore it with a little buff but found the paint was very thin and eventually found that there is a very cool color underneath it. After finding this out I began sanding the entire top layer off the car to get to the layer underneath. I am pretty happy with the paint as this car inst a show car and will be driven hard. I think it also goes with the theme of old stock car. I'll post the photos I have of before and after.
Next weekend I plan on cleaning up the fender-wells and coating them with under body paint. As well as making brake lines so they don't interfere with the suspension.
Lots of work to be done, but here is what I am working with.
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07-24-2017 #2Awesome! So the front suspension is a falcon specific version? Keep us posted on install, looking to see that 3 link in place!!
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07-24-2017 #3Registered User- Join Date
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Fun project. I have found some miss information on some of the Falcon/Mustang parts crossover on my 64 project.
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07-25-2017 #5Yeah, I only asked because Mike Maier has a falcon specific upper control arm. I don't know if it was just his control arms or if the SOT mustang uppers had the same clearance issues in the shock tower. I really like that SOT package with all the goods, uppers/lowers/strut rods, coilover vs the MMI kit which is just the upper arm and coilover. You cant get the rest of the stuff needed for the $500 difference between them.
And the 3-link is really cool. Really want to see how this goes in!
I've been drooling over these two companies for the last year or so, not quite ready to pull the trigger though. Getting close though, so this was perfect timing for me!1961 Ford Galaxie Starliner - Turbo LS in the works
1963-1/2 Mercury Comet Hardtop - 289 / TKO
1972 GMC 3/4 Ton Suburban / 4speed/ 4x4 - Family Truck...
1979 Pontiac Trans Am 400/4 Speed
1994 Ford Mustang 302 / 3550 / 70mm Turbo
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