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[BadBird]

That car is beautiful and really looks hot, but the hood scoop doesn't turn me on.

I like the looks of the hood in the picture I am attaching. This picture is the one that made me decide on yellow for my car.

I should get my car back from the exhaust folks tomorrow or Friday. I looked into putting the exhaust on my self but didn't want to fight through another major project.

I'll send pics of the installation soon I hope. Larry

[BillP 98201]

Very nice Larry!

[Luva65wagon]

Looks really nice Larry. Good work.

[BadBird]

I will start a new post since this car is history. I did get some information from the guy in Syracuse who bought the car from me. Pictures are looking great and he is showing it. I am very much looking for a 63 hardtop to start a new project. I was perusing the face book page, nice. Hope everyone is well and having a great but weird year. Larry

[Luva65wagon]

Hey Larry - Good to hear from you. Weird year is hardly going to cover explaining it, but it is what it is. Making as much lemonade as possible!

Scott Zimmerman just dug a 63 "t-bird roof style" Falcon out of a garage up past Snoqualmie, so that's a perfect project car with minimal rust. I think he posted it on the Facebook page as well. Hardtops are getting hard to find in project shape, but I'll keep an eye out for you as well.

[Gitanesteel]

I will start a new post since this car is history. I did get some information from the guy in Syracuse who bought the car from me. Pictures are looking great and he is showing it. I am very much looking for a 63 hardtop to start a new project. I was perusing the face book page, nice. Hope everyone is well and having a great but weird year. Larry

I see it posted every once in awhile on a couple of the Falcon Facebook pages - such a sweet car.

Hey Larry - Good to hear from you. Weird year is hardly going to cover explaining it, but it is what it is. Making as much lemonade as possible!

Scott Zimmerman just dug a 63 "t-bird roof style" Falcon out of a garage up past Snoqualmie, so that's a perfect project car with minimal rust. I think he posted it on the Facebook page as well. Hardtops are getting hard to find in project shape, but I'll keep an eye out for you as well.

Yep, if interested Larry send me a private message. It's a 63 2 door sedan with the T-bird style roof as Roger mentioned. Hardtops weren't until a little later that year. It's a base model with the 144 6 cyl and pretty solid as it's been stored indoor for probably 20 yrs on a concrete floor. The only rust I saw needing replacement, or patching, was the drivers floor pan. Quarters and rockers look very good. Everything appears to be original except for the poor baby blue paint over the original Corinthian White. Looking up the vehicles weight yesterday they were between 2300-2400 lbs. It would make a great project car.

[BadBird]

This post is getting large so I will not apply any other updates and will start a new one after this. Just wanted to share that I finally got the body section of my car all polished out. I think it looks OK for a newby painter and I still need to polish out the dash and a few other parts. See you Wednesday if the good Lord is willing. Larry

[pbrown]

This post is getting large so I will not apply any other updates and will start a new one after this.

You could use the blog feature of the site for this stuff. That's why it's there. It's a great place for long term projects.

[BillP 98201]

Its looking great Larry. You should be proud. You do very nice work.

[Luva65wagon]

Ah... you can go a couple more pages without worry. The forum doesn't care and I think it's best to keep it all in one spot. I think my interior thread went 3 or 4 pages deep and I'll continue it there when I ever get back to finishing it up in there.

Looking sweet though. I see a June tech day coming up...

[BadBird]

Mentioning a tech day makes me wonder about something. Since it's been over 2 years ago that I dismantled my little project I am wondering if there is a good process to follow for reconstruction.
Since the engine and transmission are in the car and they haven't been fired/tested I see the next step in the build process being electrical installations. Then the dash equipment, steering wheel, then interior so I can sit in the thing and fire up the engine. After that new exhaust. Then rubber seals, glass,etc.
Is that a decent chronological order or do you all have preferred processes that you've followed. Thanks for any input. Larry

[BadBird]

I finally have the car all the same color. Had to roll it out today and see what it looks like.

[Luva65wagon]

Looks good from here Larry. Almost looks like you should be able to drive it away. You're gonna have a lot of fun when you do... that I can foresee. What a great color too. How can anyone not want one of those... when they look like that.

[68FalconSC]

Man, that canary yellow just EXPLODES ! Absolutely AWESOME !

[BadBird]

First I have a question. I am getting ready to install the front wing window frames and windows but it looks like from what I can gather out of the book that I should install the door handles and mechanisms first??? A couple of pictures of where I am now. Just installed the left hand trim and rear trim and trunk lock.