1963 Falcon Phase 2

[craig510]

I have been lurking here for a while I thought I might as well post my build. I have a 1963-1/2 Falcon Futura. It is my first car I have had since 1995. It came with a 170 and at three speed on the column. In '09 I started collecting parts and swapped in a 1989 5.0, T5, and 8.8. I built a bunch of cool parts and a custom big brake kit for the front. I covered all the details on a falcon forum (tffn.net). I got the car running in time to run all three Pleasanton autoX events in 2012, and have been working on the upgrades to someday be competitive. Phase 1 basically took the car as far as I could with stock type components. 225/50-16 General UHP tires and 16x7 wheels in stock wheel wells.


Phase 2: 255/40-17 Dunlop Star Specs on 17x9's (2003 SVT 14 spoke cobra), fully adjustable upper and lower control arms, custom drop spindles, Torque Arm, Mini-tubs, upgraded fuel tank. Future plans call for a Roll cage, fire system, splined sway bars and a paint job (not necessarily in that order).

Here are some highlights from Phase 1:

Fitting RX7 brakes








Catching a big fish with my Dad




Big Radiator








Panhard Bar






Exhaust






Enjoy - Craig

[Bryce]

glad to see you posting over here!

But its not a falcon, HAHA!

[67zo6Camaro]

That's my kind of stuff you are doing right there. Very cool.

[waynieZ]

Nice project.

[FETorino]

great work and doing things yourself is always so rewarding.

Falcon explosion on Lat-g. I'm liking it

Throw some more highlights up.

[craig510]

Thanks guys. I'll post some more pics up tonight. The falcon will be heading back into the garage tonight to start the upgrades.

[gnx7]

great build! Like the use of RX-7 brakes

[craig510]

I got rear ended last night. I was stopped at a read light and got hit by a 2012 Corolla. They were going about 5 mph. If I did not have my high back racing seats I would likely be in the hospital, not just real sore. Very disappointed that my car banged up good, but I think it will be savable as long as I can win the fight with the insurance company. It will need some time on the frame rack to pull her back out. My custom fuel tank is all but destroyed. If I still had a stock filler, there would have been gas everywhere.

I am going to go look at some replacement part tomorrow and it will be off to Brian's shop and onto the frame rack next week. Hopefully they can get it pulled in time for GoodGuys.

[CURVES]

Wow that sucks....

Let me guess......
Texting

[GregWeld]

Wow -- sorry to see/hear that!


Brian can work magic!