This is the Best Falcon Cobalt Blue I've ever seen...

Not going to clear till tomorrow morning... I got a little tired and made a mistake or two....

I got up at 5:30 got to work on the Falconaround at 6am and stopped at 9:25 not wanting to make any more fubar's....

This is the body tonight but the dash is blue

Damn Gary
You didnt even work 3 1/2 hours on the car! How do you ever expect to get it done in time!!!

I'm a tad lazy is all.... I thought that 3 1/2 one day and 4 and a quarter the next would make it a pretty good week overall...

Did you spend the big money and buy a brand new roller?

With the lack of pic's. I sure hope your not falcon-around!

1965 Galaxie 500
2007 Shelby GT500
2004 Marauder
1994 Aerostar

Yea, but now he's over budget and he'll have to reuse the masking tape...

I couldn't afford masking tape so I used electrical tape and bandage tape from my ailing fathers first aid kit.....

That oughta leave a nice clean line...until you pull it off.

sheeeeeit, I HOPE I can pull it off! I got 10 day's left... Exhausted now from three 18 hour day's in a row... Hand sanding and blocking my fingers are smooth and my shoulders are aching...

I paint the body and hood and deck lid tomorrow, then roll her outside then start on teh 4 doors adn 2 fenders....

I don't think I can do it in 9.2 day's, but I'm gonna give it a hell of a shot!

Dash is done...

I wished my dash cluster looked that good!

You think that looks good... Wail till I get the Cannon 35MM film developed adn put to disc... WOW is all I got to say

Bill, does your car only go 100 mph???

ouch... :

Well, at least he didn't say "downhill"...

With a tail wind......

Hey, back in the early 60s the neighbor had a 60 Falcon wagon, 144 1V 2 speed Ford-O. Talk about a screamer! 0-60 by noon.

Just putting around the city it wasn't too bad but one Labor Day I tagged along on a family picnic deal about 40 miles out in the country. We had to take a 70 mph 4 lane divided and everyone was cruising. I don't know what kind of gear was in the Falcon but I know those itty bitty wheels we really turnin'! Good thing we had to go only 40 miles. I don't think that motor would have survived 50 miles!

Hahah great story!

I just came off a 2,000 mile trip at 80+ mph with plenty of room to spare Remember guy's I got the BIG 200 in it, not the puny 144...

As a seasoned 1960 Falcon veteran, I drove mine from my brother's house in NJ across PA and Ohio to get home. All at 60MPH as the car would vibrate horribly above that. The motor was so hot you couldn't pop the hood and stand over it. When I was pulling it apart the front bearings were loose and no rubber left in the suspension except pieces. I suspect the little 13x4 wheels were out of whack too. Once all new parts and a 4 link rear and 9 inch versus a 7 inch was in place with the 302 it went over 120 pretty easily.

It's amazing what a V-8 will do for a Falcon......

I don't need no stinkin Veeee Eight!

Just don't drive one, you'll never go back!

I gotta buy a video to digital software package and get the Falcon in motion on line. For a small block it had a pretty good sound to it.

Gary, Don't be a wuss. Put a 10 liter in her!


Goggomobil+10liter+radial-engine+360hp+9-cylinder

1965 Galaxie 500
2007 Shelby GT500
2004 Marauder
1994 Aerostar

I had to watch that twice! Truly a thing of beauty

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You can't condemn the bad if you don't commend the good

WOW! What an engineer that guy is! BUt only 360 HP.... come on....

I feel so inferior.....

Cool stuff!

Got color on it! But first I hollered at thh Shotrod to show up and I taught her the delicate nature of green ultra fine scotch brite vs red ordinary fine scotch brite

She did good then I laid the color and clear on...









I dunno... 7 days as of tomorrow morning and still two fenders to do, 4 doors to do and 4 trim parts to do....

I DID FINALLY get my trim out of some city in MOZURRAH in the mail today!

Keep going! Looking good


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- 70 Fastback Mustang, 489 cid FE, TKO-600 5 speed, 3.70 9 inch
- 71 F100 shortbed 4x4, 397 cid FE, headers, Street Dominator, 280H, 5 lug Dana 60, 4 speed

Something tells me there's an interesting story behind the blue paint all over the wall in the last pic....

Quote Doug:"Something tells me there's an interesting story behind the blue paint all over the wall in the last pic...."

Testing/tuning the spray pattern?

Nah. Too much beer the night before...

Probably too much light reflecting off that wall in that spot.

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Mike Burch
66 mustang real street
302 4-speed 289 heads
10.63 @ 129.3
http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi?220

Well, you are ALL partially correct... You see, I was contemplating a LOT of beer drinking after the "shoot" so I had to double tripple fourple fipple check my spray pattern so I could rest assured it was optimal VS my air pressure.

Not one run in the entire job.... unless you count that one 3 foot long curtain I got on the dark side of the car.... More lights are forthcoming

A little update... Going to be VERY VERY close.. Completion day is Friday before ship anchors up...

I've done a little trim adding, and a little HARD AS JESUS HEADLINER installation, and a little carpet installation... Bought me a windshield seal all new but cannot find it ANYWHERE, so I'm out ANOTHER $100 bucks to get it here by Wednesday...

Here's some pix...

Looks good Gary, Im pulling for ya

I'm tired just looking at what you've done. Keep it up, we're pulling for you.

Yeah, those headliners were held with the front and rear glass seals. Makes for an adventure! Looks good, man.

Oh schitt... I just finished the headliner... it's NOT the front and rear that's the challenge.. It's the SIDES :o :o

You gotta stuff the edges up UNDER this strip with gator teeth on it while stretching it out and backwards... This headliner was sewn poorly and I have a couple places that look Maaco like, so I'm outsourcing all my pre 66 headliners from now on

The rear pillar transition was nearly the end of me...

Well, don't worry about the windshield seal arriving. Now that you've bought another one, you'll find the old one for sure. However, Murphy's law does have a clause in it that you have to actually install the newly purchased one before the old one shows back up so you may be screwed anyhow...

Im guessing that the gator clips are the same thing thats used to hold the windlace in place. Im sure theres a tool to do it, but I didnt have it when installing it on my 61. A real PITA

I just used a putty knife to shove it in there. Just have to make sure the gator teeth are sticking out far enough to catch the material. I don't know what material you have, but cloth can be steamed and the the smaller wrinkles will come out when it shrinks.

Hell Gary, if you were closer I would have you take a stab at putting quarters on my '71, I don't have the hands for it anymore. Falcon is looking good

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You can't condemn the bad if you don't commend the good

I used 3 different plastic puddy knives adn it was still a bitch... The windlace clips kept gettin in the way of all the damnable seams then didn't want to go... That's cool though, the wife will never even know I replaced the headliner

If she is nice Gary, She may let you put her footprint's in that clean headliner of her's.. Think man! THINK!


Looking fantastic btw! That looks alot like Sonic Blue?

1965 Galaxie 500
2007 Shelby GT500
2004 Marauder
1994 Aerostar

Two letters passed in the mail, this is what they said...


Twas it you who done the pushin' left the stains upon the cushion footprints on the dashboard upside down? Twas it you you sly Houdini who got into my daughter Jeanie, if it was you better leave this town....



RE:

Yes it twas I that done the pushin', left the stains upon the cushion footprints on the dash board upside down.... But since I got into your Daughter, I've had trouble passing water... So I guess that makes us even all around

now thats funny i dont care who you are lol

For sure!

1965 Galaxie 500
2007 Shelby GT500
2004 Marauder
1994 Aerostar

Yesterday...



Right now, as of 1:46 AM Pacific time....



I got TOMORROW ONLY to reassemble 4 doors, mount 2 fenders and install the glass and new weatherstripping inside and outside the doors... Then put in the grill and headlight buckets and bumpers...



DAMN! I'm going to be late for the 6:30 AM Friday Pickup at the Port time....

Doors painted, doors on , Gut's in , Felts in, Stainless in, fenders on, hood on, front bumper hanging by two bolts.... Grill next to back door... Interior fully finished..... Been working it since 6:30 am today and not it's 2:49 and I am funkin DONE workin.

Not done with the car, but done enough that I get a couple day's off to Poke Fun at my seafaring wife, it's only been 6 onths since I've seen her...

hell your there now.. did wanna say i love that blue.. looks good on it.. 4sure..

Take it easy for a couple of days. Enjoy your time together.

Get a nice rental, take her out and finish it next week.

Good effort, I had hoped you'd make it and was watching every day.

However, after the statement "Poke Fun at my seafaring wife, it's only been 6 months since I've seen her..."

Make sure you don't take "Fun" out at the port, they'll arrest you


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- 70 Fastback Mustang, 489 cid FE, TKO-600 5 speed, 3.70 9 inch
- 71 F100 shortbed 4x4, 397 cid FE, headers, Street Dominator, 280H, 5 lug Dana 60, 4 speed

I got back from picking her up and showed her the near finished car and she's happy as a Bee in a Flower!
I'll finish it later, but today we're taking it to the drive in after I secure the front bumper and grill and headlights...

I'm only a little disappointed that it's not fully finished. She loves the color and the new everything about it.


I'm off for a couple day's, y'all have a nice one and I'll put up pics later.

Good luck with the footprint's.

1965 Galaxie 500
2007 Shelby GT500
2004 Marauder
1994 Aerostar

The car reminds me of my old Falcon, but I didn't put it together so fast! Looks great.