Got The New project home!!

[351wcoupe]

Amanda got her graduation present last night. She got a 63 Falcon stationwagon.

Its a 170ci inline 6/auto. This thing is a cruiser if we've ever had it. Manual windows, brakes, steering wheel w/ about a 2ft steering wheel. The only thing thats power it the tailgate glass and it works.

Its a horse, I heard of one identical dynoed on horsepower tv recently and it nearly ripped up the dyno putting down 59 RWHP!!

I promised her and myself that I wouldn't touch it. HOWEVER, I'll be setting the new engine in the cougar next week and when its done I'll have a little garage space back. I knew this car was in trouble when I dug up the 2nd merkur harness and hung it up where I could see it. There is a 2.3T sitting on the stand waiting to be stuck in the pinto. Who knows....

 

[mr_woodster]

inline power, yay! we swapped a 200 with a t-5 (used an adapter bell) in my grandpa's 63' ranchero...its a putt'r for sure.

 

[351wcoupe]

I would hate to waste a T-5 on this thing.
It would be like putting my newly completed transbraked C4 in it.

 

[misslightning]

well we know it runs and sounds good

 

[Asha'man]

Manda - check the spelling on "Cougar" in your sig.

Brian

 

[MrKwik]

I have one of those thats been rotting away in my back yard for the last 8 or 9 years. It's a Falcon Futura with the straight 6/auto. Its actually in decent shape other than upolstery and paint that looks like it has been sitting in a field for 10 years. I have contemplated a fuelie 5.0 swap but I recently ran a cross a website where a guy did a JY turbo on the 6 and had it running 12's. Kinda got the wheels turning a little bit. Would definately be different.

 

[misslightning]

Manda - check the spelling on "Cougar" in your sig.

Brian

thank you Brian