Saving Granddad's Falcon

[dhbfaster]

Agree! And....after reading your thread about the seats again Jeff, it's given me more confidence on finishing the seats myself too.
Just dropped a bunch of stuff off with Phil. This falcon is going to be awesome.

[dhbfaster]

Kenny...found the perfect accessory...even the wheels match!

http://m.ebay.com/itm/like/161091667...ectorid=229466

[redfalken]

That's probably about all my 6-cyclinder and stock suspension could handle! They do look good together!

[ew1usnr]

Hello, Don.

Does your ThriftfPower 144 have the three-bladed fan?

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Dennis.

[dhbfaster]

Mine is the four blade fan...attached is a nice picture of it from the front with the radiator out. Today....it looks totally different since Steve powder coated it. Looks better than new.

[Luva65wagon]

Hello, Don.

Does your ThriftfPower 144 have the three-bladed fan?

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Dennis.

Dennis - not sure what motor that is... but it's not a 144. Log and carb is on the driver side as is the generator. I've not seen a 3-blade fan on any Falcon myself. The motor sort of reminds me of my old 223 6 in my '56 F100.

[ew1usnr]

Dennis - not sure what motor that is... but it's not a 144. Log and carb is on the driver side as is the generator. I've not seen a 3-blade fan on any Falcon myself. The motor sort of reminds me of my old 223 6 in my '56 F100.

Hello, Roger.

You are correct. I looked at pictures for cooling systems and all that they showed for Falcons from 1960 forward were four-bladed fans. A guy at work had told me that his father's Falcon had a three-bladed fan. The fan must have come from another car.

Thanks, Dennis.

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[dhbfaster]

Well, I'm out of the country for a couple weeks and away from the garage...not sure what I'm going to do with myself not being able to scrape rust, shake a can, or buff some trim....
Planning to get the dual m/c brake line parts list figured out...and hoping to see lots of pics from Phil

[Jeff W]

Agree! And....after reading your thread about the seats again Jeff, it's given me more confidence on finishing the seats myself too.
Just dropped a bunch of stuff off with Phil. This falcon is going to be awesome.

Don, I really enjoyed trimming the foam and recovering the seats.

It is one of the fun jobs that you can do in the comfort of the living room and not make a mess. It's more of a craft project and extremely rewarding. I know your kids are older than mine, but I had them sitting on the floor, pulling, stretching, holding and generally getting in the way. It was a blast!

[Jeff W]

Isn't that for your vacuum wipers? If not, it is probably just a standard NPT plug you can get at Home Depot.

[dhbfaster]

On this falcon it may not be for the vacuum wipers, that line goes to the carb, but I will definitely check Home Depot.

Meanwhile looks like the replacement hood I bought a while back also has problems...so Phil found me a better replacement hood.

[dhbfaster]

So I have become more cultured today...went to a museum of modern art.
I'm told modern art is supposed to inspire you and get your mind thinking.
So here's this enormous "painting" in the pic below...as soon as I saw it I was thinking...wow, this is montecarlo red! (Rangoon red!) same color as the falcon.
Maybe this artist was inspired by ford.

Then the next one...(blue with a white stripe)...all I could think was uh..Shelby..mustang, blue with a white stripe.

Steve...you gotta love this onetime last pic...my youngest son Colin said..."dad this looks just like the stuff you pulled out of the falcon....it would be better if he powder coated it"

[dhbfaster]

Since it's an iPhone...it takes me a couple more posts...here is shelby

[dhbfaster]

And the last one..."stuff pulled from falcon"

I wonder how much $$ these are worth? Seems a lot easier to do than the work it takes to restore a car.

[doghows]

Steve...you gotta love this onetime last pic...my youngest son Colin said..."dad this looks just like the stuff you pulled out of the falcon....it would be better if he powder coated it"

You have a very smart boy!!