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Thread: Saving Granddad's Falcon

  1. #586
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    I think you son was out jumping some curbs!

    I guess they just don’t make rubber the way they used to.

    At least it happened in your garage and not on the way to/from a show.

    Speaking of repairs, are you willing to lend out the spring compressor you picked up for your front end rebuild?

    Jeff Watson
    Seattle, WA
    '63 Tudor Wagon (170 - 3 spd.)

  2. #587
    Maybe the rubber was dry rotted and one broke while you were driving last and then the other just let go to be cooperative.

    Jeff, if you need a spring compressor sooner than Don can supply it - I have a couple. I've got the typical internal (I've shortened/modified for Falcons) and an external type I've yet to ever use, but would probably be the easier to use, but would maybe require removing the spring shield under the fender.
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    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  3. #588
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    Thanks Roger and I will take you up on it. Maybe the internal one you had luck with in the past. Can you bring to our September meeting?

    Jeff Watson
    Seattle, WA
    '63 Tudor Wagon (170 - 3 spd.)

  4. #589

    Jeff's muffler

    Hello, Don.

    Comment: Wow! Your car is clean underneath.

    Question: What is the piece of tape on the right side of the gas tank? Is it a heat shield? Where did you get that?

    Thanks, Dennis.

    Jeffs muffler.jpg
    Last edited by ew1usnr; September 9th, 2018 at 04:59 AM.
    Dennis Pierson
    Tampa, FL
    "The Wonder Falcon"

    '63 Futura Hardtop (260, Ford-O-Matic, bench seat)

  5. #590
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    Hi Dennis!
    Sorry to take so long to reply...life has been crazy lately with a funeral and work- I helped sell my employer...but the good news is I should be back home and to the falcon this fall.
    Yes, it’s a heat barrier tape. I’m pretty sure I bought it at Autozone. The original gas tank had an indentation for the muffler but it was around $250 more to buy one with that indentation. So, I went with the cheaper tank only to find out the muffler didn’t fit. So, the muffler is also smaller- and I put the heat tape on there as an added measure.
    Don Bartlett
    Federal Way, WA
    61 Four Door Sedan
    144-6, 3 on the tree



  6. #591
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    Got the muffler hangers done today. The picture doesn’t do it justice- makes it look a bit warped, but the guy did a great job. Nice rubber bushings up top and strong enough to hang on- and it’s not going to bump the gas tank any more.
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    Don Bartlett
    Federal Way, WA
    61 Four Door Sedan
    144-6, 3 on the tree



  7. #592
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    Moving home

    Got my tickets back home guys...I’m going to have to visit back and forth now and then for the next few month but it sure will be nice to be home.
    Anyone know where to find the summer show schedule??
    It would be nice to tidy up the last few things and show off all the work we did at least once or twice.
    Where is our falcon regional this year?
    Don Bartlett
    Federal Way, WA
    61 Four Door Sedan
    144-6, 3 on the tree



  8. #593
    I'm sure it'll be good to be home. Hopefully we have decent enough weather soon to drive our cars around a bit.

    I use this schedule, which is pretty complete:

    http://www.cruzinmag.com/calendar.html

    We'll have a meeting on March 20 and maybe we can do an early spring cruise somewhere after that. I've not heard anything about a mini this year, but it's probably coming back round to us again... should we decide to.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



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    Wow, that’s a huge list! Any thoughts on the best local shows for mine other than our falcon specific shows?
    Definitely looking forward to a little club cruise to catch up with you guys again...weather permitting of course.
    Last edited by dhbfaster; February 9th, 2019 at 02:24 AM.
    Don Bartlett
    Federal Way, WA
    61 Four Door Sedan
    144-6, 3 on the tree



  10. #595
    We ought to go have a little snow cruise. That would be fun.

    Cruzin's list is long, but not so bad if you weed out the non-local events.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  11. #596
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    Wow, hard to believe the last post on this thread was so long ago....but, I ate breakfast, and for the first time since since we got back from Canada I asked my wife "What's on the list today honey" and she said "nothing."
    I was like...huh?

    So, I was finally able to dig into my problem with the horn not working (It hasn't work since I replaced the steering wheel) and I figured it out. The plate on the inside of the new steering wheel that makes the horn contact was spaced completely different than the old one. Here's the old one Old.jpg and here's the new one. New.jpg
    Once I figured that out, I was able to just swap the plates. I cleaned the old one up nicely, reinstalled and amazingly the horn works perfectly now. I don't know why the instructions don't tell you that.

    Then I went out and picked up a bottle of the Griot's detailer...the falcon was so dusty...now it's beautiful again.
    I'm stoked- two things marked off the short list in one morning. Tomorrow, I'll finish off the detail on the inside of the trunk.
    Don Bartlett
    Federal Way, WA
    61 Four Door Sedan
    144-6, 3 on the tree



  12. #597
    I was hoping to get a lot of detailing done so I could make the jingle-bell at XXX on Sunday, but they delivered all the stuff the other day and set it right in front of the ghetto garage, so I haven't been able to do that. The poor car has been in that Costco garage for almost 2 years and it is looking pretty sad. But that is about to change!
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



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    Any body know where to get a new gasket that fits the gas cap?
    Don Bartlett
    Federal Way, WA
    61 Four Door Sedan
    144-6, 3 on the tree



  14. #599
    You'll probably have to make one, Don. You might find a new cap (maybe an aftermarket cap) with a similar size gasket, but some good heavy gasket material and a razor knife should make one.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



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    Glass polishing - finally

    Hi Guys,
    Those of you that have seen my car may remember that except for my windshield, which is relatively new, my glass is all cloudy and somewhat sand blasted from when the car lived in the desert. The rear windshield was especially bad. Phil, the guy who I was lucky to have paint my car did a little work on it with the Eastwood glass kit I bought, but it still had a long way to go (he was afraid to damage the glass.) So, my wife wanted me to polish the water spots off the showers and bought some stuff called "Glasstastic" that we had used before. ... it was REALLY slow going. The shower looked great, but it took forever. (One down and two to go!) For the second go at the shower, I tried the Eastwood polish...thinking that it would work better. It did NOT work better...the Glasstastic was more aggressive. I just had to get used to letting the drill (with 3" felt pad) and the Glasstastic do the work. So since that shower looked better than new, I decided to take a "falcon day" today and try the glasstastic on the falcon. So, here's how it went.
    1) First after taking a nice drive, it gave it a full wipe down with the Griot's stuff to make sure there was no dirt under the plastic, then i covered the whole car in plastic because this stuff makes a mess, and I taped off the windows edges very carefully. I also cleaned the inside as well as I could so I would know if I was cleaning the outside. Here's how the glass looked before I started on the outside.
    Before1.jpg
    Before2.jpg
    That cloudy stuff is the outside surface.
    I went a section at a time, and found I had to do the each section twice.
    IMG_5359.jpg
    In order to tell if it was working, I used a water spray bottle and wiped it off until clear, then sometimes also cleaned it with window cleaner. If I missed some, then I did that section again...
    And...here's the result. It's almost unbelievable. Frankly I almost couldn't believe my eyes. It is so clear it's almost like the glass isn't there. Look at the reflection.
    After1.jpg
    After2.jpg
    That took a full DeWalt battery to do with my drill...I knew from the shower that when I've used a battery up...it means I'm going to be sore the next day. So, I kept going and did the rear door windows on one side...
    Side.jpg
    I think it came out well...as you can see, it was starting to get dark already. For the little corner window I used the drill for 85% of it, then used a red scrub pad for the corners.
    After that I had to take a break...After dinner I'll probably see if I can go tape off the other windows so that I can polish them tomorrow.
    Don Bartlett
    Federal Way, WA
    61 Four Door Sedan
    144-6, 3 on the tree



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