Author: paragon
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Cleaning up underneath
Some cleaning and undercoating before things start going back together.
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Got Paint. It’s Orange!
After 7 months at the body shop, it’s home! Really disappointed in the work that was done. But life goes on…
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At The Body Shop
Finally. Dropped it off at the body shop! There aren’t any emblems going back on when it’s done so all of those holes are getting filled. Same with the antenna. While they’re at it, some of the body seams are getting smoothed out. The biggest job is to replace the lower rear quarter panel, and…
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More Sand Blasting
Before dropping it off at the body shop, there were a few more things I wanted to sand blast. Lots of places they wouldn’t be able to easily get to with sand paper…just trying to make their job easier.
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It’s Alive!
Got the motor back together, put it back in, and fired it up. Kinda of loud with open headers but it runs great!
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Cleaning and Rebuilding the 302
Usually, engine degreaser would clean an engine up. For this, I got out the sand blaster and made sure it was clean. For being 35 years old, the 302 was surprisingly clean inside. Since I already knew the engine ran well, and didn’t smoke, there wasn’t much reason to tear the bottom end down so…
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Ooops, I dropped it
The springs out of the Lincoln donor needed to be cut down a bit. Will probably go lower before I’m done with it all…
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Ford 9″ Rear End In The Falcon
After lots of measuring, it seemed like the 9″ from the Lincoln would fit in the Falcon. It fit, but, didn’t have any wheels laying around with enough offset….back to the drawing board.
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Front Brake Lines and Suspension
Running the front brake lines, which will most likely be redone later…. And getting the front suspension back together.
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Pulling The Rear End From The Donor
The Lincoln had 4 wheel disc brakes that would be nice to have in the Falcon, and everything measures ok but still not sure if we can use the Ford 9″ rear end. Only way to find out is to get it out and see what we’re working with…