Hi All!
First time here for me. My father in law and I are going to restore a 63 Falcon Futura Hardtop. Planning on going with a 5.0 with AOD Tranny and putting in deluxe interior. Need some help though.
1) Does anyone know if the interior on the Futura Door,Rear and quarter panels are the same size as the sedan or maybe the convertible. Found a deluxe kit for the Convertible, but am not sure if I am going to have to modify it to make it fit?
2) Any input with exerience putting in a 5.0 with an AOD tranny would also be helpful. Read that the input shafts on these are trouble and a hardened input shafts helps reliability. Any fit issues? Also planning on going with the B&M shift kit - street.
3) Speaking of fit, I read some other post that the Doug Thorley 661Y Headers will fit on the 63 but it’s tight. Something about adding a 1/4 spacer to the motor mounts to help clear?

Any help would be appreciated. Hope to join the club after I get get her done!

Thank you for your help.