While searching the junkyards for a fuel gauge for my 60 Falcon, I saw this
wagon sitting on the back roll of cars. I don't know why I decided to
walk over to check it out. I knew they were nothing I needed from a square
body Falcon. The closer I got, the more I notice something strange about
this peculiar automobile, something wasn't looking right. Then it hit
me, its a 2-door. The next thing I looked at was the condition of the
body, didn't notice anything major wrong except a little rust around
one of the quarter panel. I pop the hood to find a complete V8, except for
the missing battery, it appeared that all was needed was some gas and just
drive it.
After I found what I came to get, I asked the guy inside how much for the whole car. Four fifty came the reply without any hesitation. I told him I'll give it some though. The next week end I went back to look over the car a bit closer. The floor was in sad shape, the 2-speed trans was sitting in the back cargo area, and the windshield was cracked. Both bumpers were bent and rusty, the radio was missing and the gas cap was wrong. I though to myself, "Big Deal", these things can be bought easily. The more I though about it, the more my plans got bigger. I went back the following Monday with a rented U-Haul and a friends trailer. I can see a late model 5.0, AOD, A/C in my near future. Also thought about a V-6 transplant from a Ranger . If I take the V-8 route, a teardrop hood scoop and wheel tubing will be a must along with a fuel cell and nitrous bottles to fill the rear cargo area. Plan B would be with a V-6. This would be a skinny tires all around, wood grain floor in the back. It would be more stock looking. Either way, I will change over to Granada disc brakes and dual bowl master cylinder and I will have air conditioner , front and rear, so I can enjoy cursing' Georgia’s hot summer nights. They will be a lot more other bells and whistles going back on this wagon than Ford was willing to offer at the time. More dreams include power seats, windows, door locks, antenna, FM/CD player, cruise control, GPS, DVD entertainment and anything else I can think of to make it loaded like a Lincoln. I really don't need to make another Hot Rod with this car, my 60 Falcon is my other toy when I want to get there in a hurry. I'm shooting for more comfort and luxury this time around. I got a lot of work in front of me
with this project. It took all day to clean out the inside after I
got it home. The seats are trash, so is the floor pan. But hey, I did
get all four
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hub caps in the deal. The floor under the rear seat needs some patching.
The repro floor don't go this far back.
I will try fiberglass in this area
and buy the floor pan in front of the seat. The spare tire housing does
not have a bottom anymore. I will be busy on this rust damage this next
few weeks. Kinda hard to see, but that's the 2-speed transmission
sitting back there with the drive shaft and an old rim that doesn't fit
anything that I own and a used muffler. The door panels were painted
with a paint brush, the headliner is falling apart. 