- Mar 26, 2010
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So I picked this 1960 Falcon 2 dr sedan up for $600
It has been sitting for the past ten years, the previous owner only drove it one time (the noticed the thermostat housing was leaking, ended up stripping the thread in the block, re tapped it and proceeded to strip that, the car never moved again)
On the bright side the car came with a 200ci short block that needed to be re-assembled, fully rebuilt head, and a replacement part for everything that is broken on the car.
Anyway...I will do my best to document my build on this. Hopefully my Mustang wont get to jealous that I am not paying her as much attention...Enjoy!
here is a picture of the car when I got it towed to my house...
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stripped the paint off the spare 200ci...block was really clean no scoring on any of the cylinder bores and all the journals looked great
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hit it with some primer...
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then some paint...
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new cam bearings and cleaned up an reinstalled cam...(car is going to be all stock, looking for a cruiser)
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polished all the journals on the crank...
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crank in place ready to check clearances with some plastigage
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everything checked out...crank back in its home
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new timing set installed...
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timing cover back on....
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pistons ready for a trial fit...
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It has been sitting for the past ten years, the previous owner only drove it one time (the noticed the thermostat housing was leaking, ended up stripping the thread in the block, re tapped it and proceeded to strip that, the car never moved again)
On the bright side the car came with a 200ci short block that needed to be re-assembled, fully rebuilt head, and a replacement part for everything that is broken on the car.
Anyway...I will do my best to document my build on this. Hopefully my Mustang wont get to jealous that I am not paying her as much attention...Enjoy!
here is a picture of the car when I got it towed to my house...
View attachment 218375
stripped the paint off the spare 200ci...block was really clean no scoring on any of the cylinder bores and all the journals looked great
View attachment 218376
hit it with some primer...
View attachment 218377
then some paint...
View attachment 218378
new cam bearings and cleaned up an reinstalled cam...(car is going to be all stock, looking for a cruiser)
View attachment 218379
polished all the journals on the crank...
View attachment 218380
crank in place ready to check clearances with some plastigage
View attachment 218381
everything checked out...crank back in its home
View attachment 218382
new timing set installed...
View attachment 218383
timing cover back on....
View attachment 218384
pistons ready for a trial fit...
View attachment 218385