1963 Falcon Phase 2

[rjardy]

Originally Posted by craig510

Been making some good progress on the bird. Finally finished the metal work from getting rear ended last May. Falcon is stripped down to the OE red oxide primer. Got my JRi's for the pending Mike Maier Inc MOD 2 Rear suspension. My garage paint booth is just about done.

The old girl had 2 full re sprays and at least 3 trips to the body shop. It is time for some new paint and weather stripping.

Repo and NOS trim


Got the body to line up fairly well with the 90's re-chromed bumper.






A gallon of Jaco took it down almost to metal.




JRi's in the front


JRi's for the rear


I just hope I can get it done before the last Optima qualifier in October.

Looks great! I just did a garage re-spray on mine.

[DBasher]

Just checking in Craig, looking forward to hearing about all the newness!

[glassman]

[ocejo]

Craig, was it ok with autox when you ran the stock gas tank? Just picked up a 62 falcon that needs a new tank.

[flomofo]

Nice progress, always liked these more than the notch back mustang that came later.

[craig510]

Originally Posted by ocejo

Craig, was it ok with autox when you ran the stock gas tank? Just picked up a 62 falcon that needs a new tank.

I always had issues with gas leaking out of the cap, it was not too bad, but you would have a stain on the car after a couple of runs. You see it on all the mustangs as well. I never noticed any issue with leaking out of the vent with the stock tank.

The worse part about the stock tank on Falcons is trying to fill the car at the gas station. The shape of the filler causes them to back up and spill out. I never in 16+ years of ownership filled without spilling at least a little on the paint.

[ocejo]

great. that may be why the falcon has the vent port next to the filler. the Mustang tank does not.

awesome car by the way!!!

[craig510]

I finished the kitchen remodel, got the garage mostly organized and a bunch of lights up. The unistrut solved the age old problem of how to mount lights under the garage door. It will also help anchor the walls for my spray booth.



Time to get to work!

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by craig510

I finished the kitchen remodel, got the garage mostly organized and a bunch of lights up. The unistrut solved the age old problem of how to mount lights under the garage door. It will also help anchor the walls for my spray booth.



Time to get to work!

That's a great idea there with the unistrut system, where did you get the brackets for the fluorescent lights? I may have to copy this idea!

Michael

[craig510]

Originally Posted by Sonar Chief

That's a great idea there with the unistrut system, where did you get the brackets for the fluorescent lights? I may have to copy this idea!

Michael

Thanks, I just use the thin unistrut and unistrut nuts and washers to make the brackets. I welded spacers to some of them so they would all be the same height. To attach the lights I used fender washers and sheet metal screws.