Well the Falcon is back on the road now! Been a whirlwind build, but being retired helped get it done in record time. I've been driving it for several weeks now, and fine tuning all the changes.
Built an entire frame underneath from box tubing, and connected it to aftermarket subframe connectors inbetween. Put an E100 Econoline axle up front, and an 8.8" '93 Exploder 3.73LS in back, with custom built ladder bars. 464ci engine, with Edelbrock heads, Weiand tunnel ram, and twin 600 Holleys. A big cam, and MSD ignition system. A Super T10 4 speed inbetween to tie things together. Had to set the firewall back about 8" to make room, but still easy access to 7-8 plugs inside the firewall setback.
Inside I put a pair of recovered MII buckets, with deleted headrests, and a cut down '98 Taurus SVO leather folding back seat. 6 point rollbar to tie things together and help with frame improvements. Made up new door panels, and covered them with black naugahyde. Put in a new headliner, and painted all the blue metal trim insde, satin black. Still no carpets, but I'll get to that later this summer. Put down sound mat everywhere, to reduce the noise, and heat.
Radiused the rear wheel wells, and added Mercedes front fender lips to the radius to finish them off. Pair of old style Hurst pie crust slicks, and swap meet ET spokes all around. Made the frontend one piece and tilt, with a tubing framework inside. Grille was funky, so didn't mind chopping a hole in it to mount a Moon style tank, and hook it to the radiator as an overflow. Lots of minor dings, and primer spots, as it was near a burning house on the right side, so I'll strip and paint it next winter.
It's a kick to drive, and hope to run it down the strip this month at the old time drags locally.
