61-62-63 4Xflare4Chero??? I don't know if you are rubbing off on me or the other way around??
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61-62-63 4Xflare4Chero??? I don't know if you are rubbing off on me or the other way around??
...I can taste it.
I'm down to just two things in the interior now. Secure the console and add the spare tire carrier. The latter will be bolted in since I can't weld it if I ever need to pull speakers or the box from under the bed. The spare is going to be a wanna-be I picked up at the Pick-n-Pull.
Yesterday and today I got the driver side door panel finished and sill plates in, the visors cleaned and painted (after a near disaster with a spray can of red vinyl paint gone wild), rear view mirrors and interior lighting done.
Most of these pictures were taken with my phone camera with the garage lights off and the interior lit with the interior lights. Used Photoshop to make them visible, which is why they're pretty grainy. The little light behind the dome light is a light I've had around for about 20 years. Finally found a home for it. It articulates to point anywhere you want. The lights under the dash are the old lights from my friends Mustang, which he replaced with new ones.
So... now I'm torn regarding the side-view mirrors. The ones I got off ebay are really small and I'm not sure I like them. I'm not sure whether I won't just get a set of regular door mirrors. We'll see.
Next up - getting the engine to run right.
Weekend update. I spent the day yesterday getting the console mounted permanent-like. Made a bracket to mount underneath. I also mounted the spare tire bracket and mounted the wanna-be spare. Still have a lot of room back there.
Today I didn't spend a lot of time out there, but did a few checks to see why it has been running so bad after putting it all back together. I did a compression check first and all cylinders were at 150 psi., which was pleasant to see. I inspected the plugs and they were all fouled. I measured the resistance of all the plugs and they were all over the place, so I picked up a new set and after installing them it did run a little better, but very poorly still. So off with the carb and see for yourself. Not very pretty in there. Who filled my carb with dirt? Anyway, it was a recent rebuild Steve put on it, so I was able to disassemble it without tearing any gaskets. Cleaned up, readjusted the choke, which wasn't working right, installed it, and purrrrrr....
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Good way to end the weekend.
This is really looking fantastic. I am so amazed, (don't know why) at your ability to take something and turn it into such a beatiful vehicle in such a short period of time. Congratulations, Badbird,Larry
Boy you would think that putting 2 fuel filters on there would have stopped all that junk.. Guess I should have just junked that tank??
Anyway looks awesome as usual. Got the parts from Gene thanks for that, and hope that bed trim is what you need.
Can't wait to see it out on the road. Toady maybe?? Off to alignment..:rocker::3g:
Thanks Larry. Same could be said of you, I think. Mine's a 20-footer, and was intended as such, whereas yours is a 1-incher. Flawless.Quote:
Originally Posted by BadBird
I tried to clean that tank, but it was beyond the capability of the methods supplied to do the job of cleaning out the rust, so it is just coated. We'll see how long it takes before I have to break down and spend the $300 for a new tank. I may add back in a pre-filter filter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doghows
Sent a PM about the parts. I'm going to shoot for a test drive sometime this week, though I really ought to spend an hour, at least, and get some Christmas shopping done. How long does it take to buy gift cards? :D
I may choose a more local place to get the front-end aligned. Driving it to Renton with unknown alignment may not be wise. I could probably sell-off my "free" front-end alignment I won at the Bowen Skarff car show and apply that to the cost of a more local service.
Then off to Rhino-liners for the bed coating.
You are almost there........... :banana:
Question is....... what are you going to do with yourself after flarechero is finished? :ROTFLMAO:
I think he is going to start on a sedan delivery?:D But only if there is a pile of cash in place of where the glove box should be.[AGREE]
Considering I've let just about everything else in my life fall by the wayside, I think I'll have plenty to occupy my time. But I also plan to help a certain other member get another Ranchero done.
Come spring, when the sedan delivery is back from paint, you can set up a cot in the garage, feed me, and I'll spend an entire weekend out in Sequim to move that forward too.
And I also have a lot of "stuff waiting for me to list on ebay, so I think I will be busy.
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If you didn't flaunt your talents so much we wouldn't be requesting your skills.
Just kidding, it is great to have someone with the talent and the willingness to help out us less talented people. Your contributions to the club, web site and others is greatly appreciated.
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Ah shucks. Thanks dude, man.
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Maybe this should be my next project. Got the link out of the SCFF chapter newsletter. Heck, he seems to be where I was only a few weeks ago. :)
Only $20K
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http://www.Photobucket.com/1963FalconRanchero
Hope Gene doesnt get any ideas now.......lol
I got it done in time for Christmas. Whew-hoo! Next week I'll take it down to get the bed liner shot and call it good.
Merry Christmas.
Nothin says the holidays like a "Flarechero" Christmas card! SAWEEEET!
It looks like you used the clip on door mirrors meant for window frame installation and mounted to the front of the door. How do you like that? Can you post a closer shot of that... I am still struggling on my mirror location. I don't like any of the places I have tried.
VERY nice, Roger!
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I took closer picture of it, but didn't post it. You can't see the passenger side mirror at all. I don't like these mirrors at all and will be ordering a set - of something - after the holiday. Probably the stock Falcon mirror. For this week, so I can take it out for a test drive and get the bed liner done, these are fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff W
Looks great Roger! I've never been in a Falcon that had useful side mirrors. I'd say point them so you can crane your neck to see if you're going to hit something when you back up. For switching lanes while driving, I would just rely on the rear view mirror with a quick glance over your shoulder!
If I ever paint my Falcon again, I'll probably just weld over the old holes (mine are on the door near the front of the wing window) and get some vintage tear drops to clamp on the door window frame.
Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for a great year of Falcon antics. My year was clearly a Falcon driven year, but not exactly a drive my Falcon year.
Kenny - I agree with you about the mirrors. There is just not a good place if you want to use your wing windows as air pushers (full swing - grab the wind). You really have to mount them aft -behind the wing. Not a pretty spot. I did wander the bone-yard on Friday to get ideas, maybe find something different, but 99% of all mirrors are now in-place-of wing windows. Oh well. Will use the peep mirrors in their funky placement until I get an epiphany.
Ho Ho Ho.
The Flarechero took it's maiden voyage today. Took it to the gas station to see if, in fact, the gas gauge isn't working... and it's not. Not sure, yet, if it's the sender or the gauge. The wiring is new, so not likely that. It was very pleasant using the Jag filler.
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It has a few bugs to work out, for sure. The V8 suspension is really stiff; I think I can eliminate the overload springs in the rear and use regular shocks; it's hard to get into 1st gear, so I think I need to re-align the shifter rods; and it started and ran very smooth for the first 10 minutes in the garage and half-way to the gas station, then started to sputter a little... again. So the carb is certainly not 100% happy yet. Everything else seems to be checking out, so it has to be that. I have a kit to rebuild it completely, so will have to do that next, I guess. If that doesn't take care of it - it's out'ta there and something will replace it. I wish the wagon carb was an exact bolt-on. It's a Holley and this one is an Autolite 1100.
Tomorrow morning I'm taking it to Rhino-Liners to get the bed sprayed. Supposedly will take about 5 hours to do and Gene and I will do some work on his Ranchero while they're doing that. Then I'll be taking it to a front-end shop to get an alignment. I got it pretty close, so it's not going all over the place, but wouldn't want to drive to Sequim or Renton (where I have a free alignment I can use), but Gene and I will stop by a place he's used before and see when they can do it for me.
So, this thread is just about complete. I will post some pictures after the bed liner is done too and the rest of the bed chrome is on.
That is awesome, congratulations!!:banana: It is quite amazing to go back through this thread and see the beginning and to where it is now. Quite the journey. I am very happy the old yeller went to a good place. Now she will live on for another 40 years.
Give yourself a pat on the back for a job very well done and I can't wait to see it live and in person. Maybe my 62 will be drivable by then.
Again job well done be proud!:BEER:
Good job! That color scheme is just hollering for some Kafka pinstripes...
Have spent the past few hours researching this Autolite 1100 to see what information is out there on it; mods, tweaks, known weaknesses - etc.
With all the discussion and research I've done based on Kenny's "recurve" thread, I, of course, learned a lot regarding early timing characteristics with these motors too. All things happen for a reason.
As you all know I have 65 wagon and now this Ranchero. Both have similar drivetrain.
The wagon has the stock distributor with Pertronics and when I bought the car in 1997 it had a funcky/warped 1-barrel Holley on it, which was beyond repair. At the time my only choice was to replace it, so I ran up to the local parts house and told them what I needed, and they said they had one in stock for a later model Mustang with a 200 ci/6 and "it should work fine." So I got it, installed it, and other than the little crud issue a couple years ago, it has been working pretty good.
As I do my research tonight I come across a thread on a Mustang forum with a guy trying to rebuild a carb like the one on my wagon. Some guy mentions to the OP that his photo's don't show it having a spark control valve (AKA - the vacuum advance control needed on the Load-o-matic models) and he ought to see if his dizzy needs it (no mechanical advance). And my brain instantly goes - !!!WHOAAANELLY!!! I pull up pictures of my wagon motor and low and behold - I have a Holley 1940 on my wagon... with a Load-o-matic distributor... and NO SPARK CONTROL VALVE. So God only knows what my advance is like on that wagon.
So... me thinks the carb from the wagon comes off, goes onto the Flarechero, the 1100 gets a full-fledged rebuild and goes onto the wagon with a Spark Control Valve... for the first time in 15 years.
Maybe both will run really well after that.
:)
I sort of mentioned doing something like this up there somewhere. Whether I learn to do it, or take it somewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by redfalken
Always looking to learn new things. Would need to create me a part to practice on. And the brushes. And maybe some on-line tutorials.
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I agree with Kenny pinstripes would be the way to go! [AGREE]
Thanks for the link, Patrick. Looks interesting. Will have to watch it when I'm more awake.
Had a bad case of insomnia last night - too much thinking about that carb, I think - and only got about 3 hours of sleep. After watching 4 hours of "Wheeler - Dealers" between 3AM and 7AM I went out this morning before going to RhinoLiners and swapped out the carb from the wagon to the Ranchero and - other than forgetting to plug off the vacuum port on the carb, the thing ran famously all 10 miles I drove it today. Just a little fluttering, which was probably due to the open vacuum port. The Autolite 1100 is now in the carb bath and I'll rebuild it for the wagon - and maybe it will like it better.
Gene met me at Rhino-Liner this morning and we worked on his Ranchero while they sprayed the bed liner, which took them 6 hours to turn-around. Win-Win for both of us (he's getting close to starting his car too!). The bed turned out pretty good, but I got home too late to get any pictures taken. Only a couple hiccups. Using a flashlight I put the bed trim on (sans the transition curve pieces, which I will do tomorrow) and plugged the vacuum port on the carb. I've only got to install the access panels and shock-bolt covers in the bed in the morning.
I have an appointment at 9AM to get the front-end aligned, so I hope I sleep - or don't over-sleep. I am a typing zombie right now. :(
Looks good roger. is it to late to chop the top?? jh[yay]
Just a little... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by falcon cobra
Here's a couple pictures of the bed liner and while it was at the alignment shop. I have to say that after the alignment, what a difference. Still shaking out bugs, but it's a kick to drive. Brings me back to my high school days with my Falcon I had back then. These round-body cars have a totally different personality.
Gonna take it out and go to Gene's today and let him go for a ride in it. And see what other trouble we can get into on his Ranchero.
Happy New Year too!
Who did the align ? and how much $$ , and is it cheeper to have the bed done or do it yourself ? falcon people have a need to know...thanks...jh
For the alignment I used a place Gene has used for a long time - American Auto Care in Everett. Run by a guy who's been around a long time and done hundreds of Falcons and Mustangs over his lifetime. I don't really know if I got a "Gene's friend" discount, but expect to pay around $100 plus tax.
Bed liners are bit pricey at $500, but they guarantee them for life. I don't think what I can do at home can match the coverage and density of this stuff. As Gene and I scrutinized the work they did today at his place, the less pleased I am with the job they did. Not sure what, if anything, they can do about it now that it's done. There's no removing the stuff they did. They can only make it thicker. I may or may not call them on it. Still debating. It's a cosmetic thing, so functionally it's fine.
Gene and I drove it to the parts house when I got to his place, and everything went well, but as I was driving down Evergreen way near Fluke some couple passed by on my left and yelled something at me -- all I heard was the last word, which I think was "stinky." Not sure what she meant by that. :confused:
My heater fan does the "screaming thing" too. Bummer. I guess out comes the heater box again. :doh:
I think "Stinky" is Italian for "Sexy"... do you suppose she was talking about the car or the driver?Quote:
Originally Posted by Luva65wagon
Jeff - You come up with some of the best answers...
I don't think she was Italian either. :(
I've been driving the Flarechero around on the weekends and working through the bugs. The biggest of them is the non-function fuel gauge. Sadly that turned out to be the sending unit and with as rusty as the tank was, I glued the heck out of the sending unit when I put it in last summer. The ground was questionable when I checked it due to putting so much snot on it, but I added a ground wire yesterday and made no differ'ance. So... broke down and ordered a new tank off eBay and a new sending unit from Ron and Rosie at FalconParts.com.
I also had to pull the heater box out and pull the fan motor, which was squealing to high-heaven. A hole on one end for lube and lube on the front (with a little extra left to linger) I put it all back in and the heater was purring. The switch, on low, is intermittent (got to hold it just right, then let go), but I can live with that. The quality of these aftermarket switches is really no better.
Next came some electrical gremlins which turned out to be caused by some late-night asleep-at-the-wheel assembly. Never a good idea. I had hung a wire on the ignition switch with the intent to put a nut on it - but didn't. So after doing that this weekend all the electrical is now "behaving." With the exception of the fuel gauge, of course.
I did order some regular mirrors for the doors and put those on too. Drilled holes and used thread-serts with 10-32 threads. Very solid. If anyone has want or need of some peep mirrors, I have a pair.
Now onto the starting of this thing with the Holley. When it's cold it starts very oddly. I have the DSII ignition and picking up vacuum from the manifold. I don't know what the carb provides, but I may try that for the halibut. I know the DSII has a built in 5 degree retard circuit on start built in. So, maybe that is the cause. This is all new territory for me, but considering I did a recurve of the distributor based upon the Inline Classics web site, and my distributor didn't exactly match what they said I should have seen, maybe it's a little messed up. Don't know. Once it is running, it runs great. Very peppy, in fact.
One thing I haven't reported, makes me a bit angry, is the quality of the bed liner. When I picked it up Dec 29th it was late in the day, cloudy and just plain yucky outside - I had only a couple hours sleep the night before - and I just didn't see much wrong. Standing out at Gene's house the first time that following weeked, and then again yesterday, I'm not liking it more and more. I see bubbles forming now. It's one of the only things I let "the experts" handle, and they blotch it up. So I am going to have to go talk to them again and see what they can say or do. Bed liners are not exactly a thing you can remove [easily] and do it again. Sigh...
Have a good week.
Did you say peeps?!! I'm not quite ready for them yet but will be some day. Can you set them aside or bring them to the meeting? Shoot me a price or maybe we can do a coffee trade??
I did and I do. I'll bring them in with me to the meeting on the 18th... hopefully along with the Flarechero for it's prime-time debut. They cost me all of $27.10 on eBay, for the pair. Here's a pic from the eBay listing.Quote:
Originally Posted by redfalken
I received my new gas tank yesterday. Fed Ex braved the snow to deliver it. It's a really nice quality tank as best I can tell, but I'm going to bring it into the garage tonight, deburr the knife-sharp edges, and wipe it down with acetone and paint it with some Eastwood Tank Tone spray. I already have the new sending unit as well, which I will install.
Something JeffW might be interested in is the new hose I have on order to join the Jaguar cap to the lower pipe I had made. The one I found was a Gates molded 2.5" ID hose make specifically for fuel filler necks. It looks similar to the style hose found down below. There is no wire in it (supposedly) which made the other hose we both used almost impossible to clamp, much less stretch, over the Jag cap. The Jag cap was originally designed to insert into a machined hole with an o-ring seal.
I have it ordered from Amazon and will probably have plenty of left-over.
I noted some fuel drip coming from somewhere when I was putting gas in the other day, and though it's been too crappy out there to climb under the car to figure out where it came from, this is the only connection I was never certain about. So, while I'm at it...
http://www.amazon.com/Gates-24714-Fu...6836703&sr=8-1
Uh-oh those dreaded words again... She'll be a show car yet.?. Oh wait it already is.[thumb]
Yes I am very interested as mine is still loose after using the expensive clamps I bought.:rocker:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luva65wagon