The wife found a 1963 falcon squire project.
its a bucket seat console car.
Falcon Club of America shows it to be 1 of 1491 produced.
dont have her home yet, next weekend.
Excited to start another project.. this one will be 100% numbers matching
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The wife found a 1963 falcon squire project.
its a bucket seat console car.
Falcon Club of America shows it to be 1 of 1491 produced.
dont have her home yet, next weekend.
Excited to start another project.. this one will be 100% numbers matching
Nice to see another wagon. Be sure to start a thread on the build.
She doesn't look to rusty, and pretty straight to boot. Got to love the faux wood trim on the sides!
Wish my wife would find me projects, she just gets mad every time I bring one home. After 30 years you would think she would expect it by now.
Good luck with that one Nathan. If you need any stuff I met a great guy down in Longview with tons of stuff. :rocker:
I do need a horn ring and a winning lotto ticket
The center console has an ash tray that faces the rear.
Nice project! Looks like it's all there. Maybe we'll see it at the 2015 Mini-Regional?
Kinda hoping so..
Im looking for a set of hub caps..
62/63 deluxe covers. Supposedly used on the econolines too.
The club has a booth at the Monroe swap meet next month. I'll see if I can spot any when we take a break and walk through.
What sort of condition/price are you looking for?
I think he's like most of us.... he's looking for NOS for $5/set. :) If a set is acquired locally, I can make arrangements to get them to him.
Lets say I dont want to pay $270 for the set on ebay.
I want driver condition. No dents but a little scratched is ok.
But I'll take nos for $5..
Missed this one.
Pretty cool wagon. Looks like it had all the options you could get.
Looks like you should be able to have it all done by the start of show season this year. :shift:
Roger
I dont know about that. Im hoping for 2015.
Pictures of the new car
We left home at 3:30 am. Got home at 9:30pm
We found all kinds of weather driving home. Including snow.
Heck I woke up to a couple of inches this morning.
The motor was frozen solid..
I pulled the head and found a factory ford head gasket.
Found a fomoco stamp on the generator.
Has a weird pc valve???
Also has a different radiator cap and master cylinder cap.
Tore the engine apart. Got it freed up.:rocker:
A little rust in the cylinders. The wrist pins are frozen.
The oil pump is fomoco with a 1962 part number
the bearings are ford as well abd show even wear.. but they are worn to the copper.
Jen pulled carpet and removed sound Deadner.
Need to go get my cherry picker / engine hoist and pull the engine.
There is 50 years of dirt on it. I scraped half an inch of crap off the timing cover just to get to the bolts.
Need to order a toe board and one front pan.
That is a very strange looking console ... where are the heads of the carriage bolts that hold on the hinge:ROTFLMAO:
I think it is the wrong one and you should send it to me.:banana:
What do you know about the history of the car? It doesn't look hacked up and a fun project.
Here is a cool (Australian) advertisement cross section of a 1963 Falcon Wagon. It says that the cargo area in the Squire wagons was carpeted rather than having a rubber mat.
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The history of the car is really unknown to us.
It is a Denver dso car. Built at the Loraine Ohio plant.
From what I can tell we are the 4th owners.
Let's work our way backwards. We bought it Saturday 04/26/2014
Tony, The guy I bought it from. Purchased it in March 2010 from a Josh outside Delta Colorado.
This is where the story gets uncertain. Story is josh who I supposed to be younger than me. Remembers seeing the car drive a round town as a kid. One day he finds it for sale and buys it. The car is a non runner at this time and Josh is going to restore it. Like everyone else, life gets in the way and he starts a family and the car gets sold.
Someone put money into it, I'm not sure why.. it has new tune up parts, cap rotor, points, condenser, but original fomoco wires that has number six wire fried to a crisp.
New starter and solenoid.
A carburetor that has never been touched.. it was a ball of dirt, but it works.. I think.
Not sure when the motor froze. But its been a non runner +4 years.
The starter that still looks new has a Napa sticker on it dated 2009.
the odometer says 115k I believe it. It still has biased ply tires on the rear.
I have no idea if any of the electrics work.
Looks like it should be a fun build.
I always upgrade to PCV rather than draft tubes, but that looks like a draft tube feed into the top of the carb? Would probably have made for quickly gunked up carbs or air filter.
Before you buy any parts for it - I'm going to be sort through all the stuff I have this week to prepare bringing it all to the swap meet. Would rather some of it go to club members if they need some of it. I'll inventory it so others can have an opportunity to get something they need.
You happen to have a good clutch set?:ROTFLMAO:
I know nothing about the transmission. . You still have those 2.77 trannies?
I could use a console liner and latch catch.
A correct cigarette lighter.
Plus many more needs
Pcv runs to air cleaner.
May possibly have all that. I bought a supposedly rebuilt 2.77 transmission a couple weeks ago. Have not opened it up yet to see, but I have it for sale cheap. And having swapped to a V8 in the Ranchero I do have a low-low mileage clutch and various other tranny parts cheap as well.
Make a list and I'll set what I have aside and we'll wheel and deal.
Roger.
I sold you a brand new clutch set about three years ago. That is why I did the laughing emoticon
But I might need those things. I have no idea what condition they are in.
I also gave you a 2.77 trans from a 61 falcon.
How much for your transmission and clutch.parts?
Im not sure there's enough room here to post a list of what I need.
Oooh a tail light lenses for a 63.... do need one of those
I got the humor. ;)
I'm still digging through this stuff, but the clutch disc and pressure plate were just removed. Have a few flywheels too. One I was going to use, but after breaking a bolt on the day of the swap I swapped the flywheel instead.
I know I ended up with a transmission a few year back, probably for the swap meet since I don't recalling having a personal need for one. Not sure who finally got that one. So many parts have come through my hands. This one I paid for, but it wasn't much in light of the other things I got too.
I have a tail light lens. Two, actually, but only one that's decent.
I found a lighter too - does your knobs have the chrome insert?
No console parts though.
Chrome insurers? Good question.
other than taking a picture of the console.
And a quick look of the interior and saying YUK I have no idea if it has chrome knobs.
I did notice the black cigarette lighter though. Wonder why a black knob stood out. Hmmm
Here's a tough part to find that I can use... the spare tire cover..:WHATTHE:
Im searching ebay... but no luck.
I known of a parts car. I need to see if he still has it and wants to part it.
I'll sit down and make a list one of these nights that I'm not too busy.
Thanks roger
Nathan, the guy I got my trim from down in Longview has everything you need. And I do mean everything. He has at least three wagons down there right now that are complete. I'm sure I saw at least two of those spare tire covers you speak of plus any other do dad you need. When I get to work this am I will post up his info. He does ship most of the parts but if there is anything he won't ship, we will get it picked up and at least get it to Seattle so it can start making its way over to you.
His name is Steve Averre (Avery) and be ready he can talk more than I can. :ROTFLMAO:[thumb]
If anyone is looking for parts call this guy:
Steve Averre 1-360-430-0143
He has several parts cars and tons of stuff. ( just not a 61 bumper braket) tell him you spoke with me and I'm sure he'll have 99% of what you need and very reasonable on his pricing. [thumb]
Thanks I'll give him a call.
Wonder if he has squire trim
I thought I saw a blue wagon out there with the squire trim. Not positive on that however. :)
Guy is in Longview?
Yes Longview down where the mini was last year.
Steve,
Is he expecting my call or am I cold calling?
I'll call on Friday when I have time to gab.
I removed the fuel pump and cleaned it up. Its an older ac Delco pump.. its at least stamped ac.. has a part number and the old FOMOCO spin on filter canister. I'm cleaning the canister with wd40 and its removing the dirt and leaving the paint.
I took the pump a part and I'm going to look into getting a rebuild kit for it.
The coil is an original mustard top and if it tests good, I'll clean it up and use it too. I'm hoping to find a fomoco stamp or something under the dirt.
I found an NOS head gasket. I think it would be cool to rebuild the engine with the steel shim head gasket.
Got home from work today and the right front tire was flat..:bicker:
guess I need to order those tires.. I wanted to wait till the car was drive able.
I'll see if I can locate the leak and get it fixed.
Unfortunately I don't have time to work on it, till Friday..
I got 12 minutes to my bedtime. Better go search craigslist for parts.
Nathan it's a cold call but if you want I can call him tomorrow and give him a heads up. He does this to supplement his retirement so he gets calls from people all day, so nothing new to him. Just tell him I told you to call him. I have about 30 of his business cards up here and I told him I was going to pass them out to the club so he's ready for some calls.