I got your old skool!

[SDBCIVIC]

Not an import but I sold my 94 si hatch to get it if that counts! Calm down I have another hatch or two around!

Its a 1962 Ford Falcon Wagon.
It still has a working rear power window!

Haven't figured out what all I want to do to it yet but it will have bags!

[SDBCIVIC]

I want smoothies and gangster white walls...

this is not mine its one i found on the net. but it has the rims i want.

[OneSlow5pt0]

351 windsor and clean body,thats all u need

[WFOdime]

Why did you strip the paint?

Anyways you also need a roof rack, that would really set it off.

[TheGrillMan]

351 windsor and clean body,thats all u need

QFT

[quickdodge®]

but it will have bags!

Boo hiss. Way to ruin an awesome car. Airbags are for full size trucks and Honda owners that perpetrate. That car is asking for no less than the "juice." Later, QD.

[SiRed94]

Not an import but I sold my 94 si hatch to get it if that counts!

Blasphemy!!!

[LIKEG6]

Bad ass!!

[Total_Blender]

If you're gonna go V8 go with a 351 Cleveland. It won't fit because of the strut towers, but if you are doing bags you're probably going to cut the strut towers out anyway.

I am assuming that the car is either a 144 or 170 straight six (the V8 wasn't available in a Falcon until '63). Contrary to what anyone on here will tell you, the sixes are not bad motors when done right. There are a couple of guys on the Falcon forums who are in the 10's using pretty simple/cheap turbo setups. There's a lot of room in the engine bay for a turbo with the straight six. There are also plenty of upgrades (carb, cam, ignition) that you can do using junkyard parts.

Let me know if you need any help or parts. I have a '62 Falcon 2 door myself.

[Total_Blender]

Or you could go all out and import one of these motors from Australia:

[OneSlow5pt0]

i think clean body,nice interior...all period correct some nice white walls and 351 or 302/347,be a awesome crusier with nice power and sound

or swap a 427 big block,lol

[SDBCIVIC]

Im currently installing a 250 6 and a c4 tranny for a more reliable ride than the 2 speed ford-o-matic tranny that came with it.

next thing i want is the mustang II suspension with airride.

then maybe down the road sometime a 5.0 FI HO motor????

thanks for the positive comments! didnt think i'd get any at all here.

[SDBCIVIC]

Why did you strip the paint?

Anyways you also need a roof rack, that would really set it off.

I didnt strip the paint, that is a pic of one I found on the net to show the rims I want!

I want to paint it either hot rod flat black with a flat white roof and red smoothies or baby blue like the wheels you see with a white roof and the baby blue smoothies!

[Total_Blender]

Im currently installing a 250 6 and a c4 tranny for a more reliable ride than the 2 speed ford-o-matic tranny that came with it.

next thing i want is the mustang II suspension with airride.
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A 250 sounds like a good plan, with 9:1 compression and a few bolt ons you'll have nearly as much torque as a V8. Not to mention the durability of a block with 7 main bearings.

The hood clearance will be close and the bellhousing will probably be close to the firewall as well. The best thing about the 250 (other than about 40 ft. lbs more torque) is that it has the same bellhousing pattern as the V8. So you could put an AOD or a T5 behind it and have a good setup for the highway. The C4 is a great transmission but on the highway I feel like I need higher gearing. With a 200/C4/3.10 rear end I turn 3k at 70mph. If I had a 3.00 or a 2.79 it wouldn't be so bad I guess but it'd be a dog off the line.

Do you have a crossmember for the C4 swap already?

[quickdodge®]

Why bags? If you're trying to "gangster" your car, you'd go with hydraulics. Later, QD.

[xdavidscenex]

haha i have a 67 falcon sport coupe mine has a 200 in it. does your came with 4lugs or 5lugs?

[On_Her_Face]

351 windsor and clean body,thats all u need

Cleveland > Windsor

[OneSlow5pt0]

Cleveland > Windsor

i dont know fords,lol....just 351 windor and 302

[On_Her_Face]

i have a 351 Cleveland

[Total_Blender]

haha i have a 67 falcon sport coupe mine has a 200 in it. does your came with 4lugs or 5lugs?

All '60-'65 straight six Falcons (and Mustangs, same platform) came with 4x114.3 from the factory. So one could run "Mad tyte JDM Dorifto spec rimz" if one were so inclined. I am thinking of getting a set of 15x6 steelies from an S-12 200sx myself.

The 63-65 V8 cars have better steering geometry, a more heavy duty steering linkage, and common Ford 5x114.3 bolt pattern.

In '66 they switched the Falcon to a shortened version of the Fairlane chassis and they switched platforms again in '69 so I don't know much about the suspensions in the '66-'70 cars.

[SDBCIVIC]

Do you have a crossmember for the C4 swap already?

I have a crossmember from the granada the c4 came from. I dont know if it will work but I found one at falconparts.com that is prefabbed for it though. I got a deal on the 250 and the c4 together so thats why I have a c4. Its good to know a aod will bolt up to the 250 though. it would definatley be nice for cruisin.

Why bags? If you're trying to "gangster" your car, you'd go with hydraulics. Later, QD.

Not trying to "gangster" my car. I like air ride for ride quality and stance purposes between driving and cruising.
sorry for any confusion when I said gangster white walls.

haha i have a 67 falcon sport coupe mine has a 200 in it. does your came with 4lugs or 5lugs?

4 lugger!

[Total_Blender]

Yeah, the Falconparts.com crossmember is a good piece according to everyone on the forums. I drew up some plans and had a buddy fabricate mine. If you want to keep the column shift you will need a c4 detent plate and indicator lens you can get from Falconparts too. And you may have to change some wires around to get the neutral safety switch/back-up lights to work right. Its all easy stuff though.

Falcon Enterprises (Falconparts.com) is a great source for parts, they will never steer you wrong. Another good source is Classic Inlines, http://www.classicinlines.com they make a sick aluminum head for the sixes, they have all sorts of other stuff too.



Has the car been converted from generator to alternator yet?

Did that Granada still have the brakes and rear end on it?

Are you on any of the Ford forums? I'm on TFFN.net (the Ford Falcon News), FordSix.com, and the H.A.M.B

[SDBCIVIC]

If you still have the drawings I could make my own. I work in maintenance in a manufacturing facility and have access to all the tools for the job!

the car has a gm alternator and dont have any thing else from the granada.

im on the hamb but not very often and fordforums.com i check it some because I have a post in the falcon section.

[SouthrnStyle]

Why bags? If you're trying to "gangster" your car, you'd go with hydraulics. Later, QD.

Cause hydraulics suck!!!

[quickdodge®]

Cause hydraulics suck!!!

Not if you're a true lowrider enthusiast.

And to SDBCIVIC, I can understand the ride comfort level (a little) but the same stances can be obtained with juice as well. Later, QD.

[SouthrnStyle]

Thats true i just dont like leaky pump an stiff ride but im also a mini trucker but i do want a truck on dros also just to fuck around with

[SDBCIVIC]

not only leaks but battery maintenance! priced a deep cycle battery lately??? I mainly want air ride to drive like normal and drop it to cruise at meets and such.

[Total_Blender]

What part of town are you located in? I'm in Athens myself, but I usually spend my weekends in Cartersville. I'm going to be putting my Falcon in storage this weekend untill I can save the cash to rebuild my C4 and restore the suspension.

[SDBCIVIC]

I live in villa rica. I just got the car a couple of months ago so Im still trying to find info on these cars.

[Total_Blender]

Were you selling some parts on Craigslist a couple months ago? I might have e-mailed you before.

[SDBCIVIC]

possibly but I doubt it if they were falcon parts!

[Total_Blender]

Any updates? I have decided to do a T-5 in my Falcon. I am thinking of bucket seats and moving the E-brake between the seats.

[SDBCIVIC]

I like my bench seats! My wife loves to sit next to me!

I already started swapping parts on the engines. just have to buy the tranny parts to install, then have a driveshaft made.

[lowazzcord]

get some hydraulics and accumulators and it will be badass and ride like a dream. just do a little research.

[lowazzcord]

one i like off streetsource.com

[Total_Blender]

Whats your timeline for having it done? If I need a shortened driveshaft made for the T-5 / 8" rear swap I will have mine up for sale. Mine was professionally done, it still has the sticker on it from the place that built it.

I doubt I'll know about the driveshaft before February though, I am going to start collecting parts but I won't have everything untill I get my taxes back.

[SDBCIVIC]

yeah im looking at tax time too probably. im trying to buy a little at a time.

this one looks smooth as well dont know how the rear wheels fit in the little bitty fender well but i got pics of the inside and it dont look tubbed! i have lots of pics of these cars from the net.