1963 Falcon Phase 2

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by craig510

Greg,

Thanks, I thought you were the most interesting guy on Lat G. I envy your shop. I thought about asking if you had any single sisters (after seeing that build you did with your brother-in-law), but then I remembered that I love my wife.

If you come out to Pleasanton, just make sure it is not in August as they do not run an AutoX so I skip that show.

-Craig

Craig --- those were all bolt on parts! LOL



Okay -- No August! I don't leave the Pacific NorthWET much in August anyway.... that's the one month we live for! It's usually nice!


I'll have to come down this fall and hope it doesn't rain!

[GrabberGT]

Holy.... Wow!. 1st. Thats just too awesome. Did this qualify you for the Shootout this fall in Scottsdale? That would be sick. Home built amateur ingenuity beats pro builders/drivers with an out-of-the-box ProTouring selection. Love it.

[craig510]

Thanks again guys. Here is my other fast run. Chad from BangShift does a great job with the announcing.

[craig510]

Originally Posted by GrabberGT

Holy.... Wow!. 1st. Thats just too awesome. Did this qualify you for the Shootout this fall in Scottsdale? That would be sick. Home built amateur ingenuity beats pro builders/drivers with an out-of-the-box ProTouring selection. Love it.

That would have been cool, but unfortunately, only the "National" Events get a ticket to the shoot out and none of the Pleasanton events with an autocross are considered national. Maier is still gunning for a seat even though he got fast times at 2 events this year.

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Craig man that is so impressive! I juat re-read the whole thread. Congrats on the build and autox success

Thanks Ron, luckily it is a short thread with lots of pictures

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Craig --- those were all bolt on parts! LOL

I'll have to come down this fall and hope it doesn't rain!

Well technically, all of the parts do bolt on. November is usually nice weather still. March is a crap shoot.

Originally Posted by FETorino

Can't say it any better than that.

What's next?

Optima???

In all honesty I don't know what's next. My goal for the car was to win an Good Guys Autocross, so now I guess I am done. We are just now buying a house. Our appraisal was today, so I should know soon if our loan will go through. It has a nice size 2 car garage (that could fit a lift), enough room for side yard access and is in pretty nice shape. I'll be looking for a nice little TIG and a tube bender. Once I have those, all bets are off.

[Tomswheels]

Awesome, awesome job. Great lines on your runs. Did I miss it what's the weight and HP on this beast?

[craig510]

Originally Posted by Tomswheels

Awesome, awesome job. Great lines on your runs. Did I miss it what's the weight and HP on this beast?

It weighs 3027 lb w/o driver. I'm about 180. It has a very mild 1989 5.0 HO motor with 1.7 roller rockers. I'm making maybe 250-275 hp.

[craig510]

I got some Ink in the local San Francisco region SCCA June issue of "the wheel"


This was a 1/4 page pic for the April Autocross in Oakland

and I got a little write up:


It's not much, but I have to start somewhere.

We will also be getting keys to our "new" used house tomorrow. I will finally have a shop to call my own.

-Craig

[GregWeld]

It's not much!?!?!? It's awesome dude!

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by craig510

I got some Ink in the local San Francisco region SCCA June issue of "the wheel"
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It's not much, but I have to start somewhere.

We will also be getting keys to our "new" used house tomorrow. I will finally have a shop to call my own.

-Craig

Ding ding. Double jackpot.

[Rick D]

Nice write up, ink is very cool!!