1963 Falcon Phase 2

[Sieg]

Be very cautious of who you park next too!

[GrabberGT]

Good luck and wave that Ford banner high.

[craig510]

Well at the end of the day I just wasn't fast enough. Now I just get to sit back and enjoy the show. And hang out with some new friends.

[craig510]

I got a nice picture in the Scottsdale event coverage in the latest issue of Popular Hot Rodding. Its way back on pg 72.

[rustomatic]

Hey Craig,

How's the engine going? I saw they're doing a big autocross at whatever they're calling Sears Point these days near the end of May, via TrackMasters. They're advertising tons of track time, like on the level of USCA at Laguna Seca. Post up your next event, and maybe we could finally compare bad paint--I may enhance mine a bit at Thunderhill this weekend (my first track day).

On a weird note, I think we might even have the same distributor now...

[craig510]

Hey Rusto, bringing my thread back from the dead. It looks like the Sears Point event is the same weekend as Goodguys so I will have to miss it.

The new suspension design is almost ready for the first couple of prototypes and the falcon is at Maier's shop right now getting a cage (or whatever you want to call a 4 point bar with door bars.)

I plan to drive up to the USCA event at PIR this August.

[craig510]

This should stiffen up the chassis quite a bit and allow me to mount some harnesses for track days.

[coolwelder62]

Comig along very nice.I like it.

[rustomatic]

Sweet--I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with. I noticed that Maier is no longer pushing that pushrod thing for the rear...

PIR should be interesting--that's a long haul, but hey, for Portland, the Falcon's just got some hipster magnetism that just may teleport you there. My brother still seems to think it's a "goth" car...

If the water that wound up on my intake manifold after Saturday's sessions at Thunderhill doesn't signal something much worse than the heater hose that I think it is, I'll be hitting more autocrosses in the near future, beginning with an SCCA deal on the 17th in Sacramento. Or not...

Oddly (or not), we'll have very similar roll bar structures (mine's nearing three years old or so now). The front four points (main hoop + door bars) land on 2x3 outriggers (sfcs to rockers), and the rear down bars land on the shock crossmember. Had I realized the flex that leaf springs create in the rear, I would have landed the rear down bars far further back (I haven't the will for pictures here, but there's an anonymous blog out there)...

Check out gotbluemilk.com for track pictures. Look for the (only) Falcon for last Saturday at Thunderhill; yes, the passenger's side looks like it participated in hammer-throwing practice. Everything actually worked pretty darn well!

Originally Posted by craig510

Hey Rusto, bringing my thread back from the dead. It looks like the Sears Point event is the same weekend as Goodguys so I will have to miss it.

The new suspension design is almost ready for the first couple of prototypes and the falcon is at Maier's shop right now getting a cage (or whatever you want to call a 4 point bar with door bars.)

I plan to drive up to the USCA event at PIR this August.

[Mpcoluv]

Why is Maier dumping the pushrod and bellcrank system?
Do they have a simpler setup waiting in the wings?