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YES YOU ARE VERY LUCKY,,,they are 2 fine looking kids,,,,,bet they are very close to each other....thanks for posting them to me..................your work on the falcon is top notch,,motor looks spiffy...thank you and take care....pop
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Thanks Pop!!
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Shucks kids & car are awesome man - good job on both!! :D :D :D

My eyes deceive me or did you take the nice valve covers off for stuffing the motor in??
'cause Johno says you gotta have a sig pic! :)
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Rocket989 wrote:Shucks kids & car are awesome man - good job on both!! :D :D :D

My eyes deceive me or did you take the nice valve covers off for stuffing the motor in??
Thanks man!

Yeah those cast aluminum covers (Roy gave them to me) are the ones that are on the engine now. I’m using studs and nuts for the 1” Ansen spacers and early valve covers. Still need some nuts for that set up though.
Eventually I’ll stay with the early steel covers.

Joe
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Road race Falcon progress-
Got my side exhaust mocked up. Need to hang and clamp it.
Engine is so close to starting and breaking in. Every time I look at it I need something else.
My 65 style fuel pump with the filter housing hangs too low for the Canton oil pan so I had to get a more compact style Carter pump with a higher flow rating (120gph).
Getting the fan and radiator clearance sorted, as well as the stock steel fan shroud. Had to modify it to accommodate the different shape of the Fluidyne radiator top tank.
Another issue was the stock starter vs the Doug’s headers. Headers win. Had to get a mini starter from these guys on advice from a friend that’s used them https://www.dbelectrical.com/products/f ... d0012.html

Pics to come
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Pics or it didn’t happen...

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Still need to plumb the fuel system and run electrical. I’ll eventually run the old style round top valve covers with spacers to clear the rockers. Hope it doesn’t leak!
Btw thats Roy’s old intake and valve covers and if you look real hard his forged h-beam 302 Scat rods too :D
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OH that looks great Joe!! :D all of it except the lower cowl, why the heck didnt you paint it? :? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Thatll get painted Wimbledon White with the rest of the car. Patience amigo patience :lol:
Thanks !!!
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comethead wrote:thats Roy’s old intake and valve covers and if you look real hard his forged h-beam 302 Scat rods too
Been looking intently and I still can't see the rods, maybe I will try harder :P

Looking good Joe.

See Ya,
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Joe I had to rib you about something, & that was all I could see that didnt look great! :lol:
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lavron wrote:
comethead wrote:thats Roy’s old intake and valve covers and if you look real hard his forged h-beam 302 Scat rods too
Been looking intently and I still can't see the rods, maybe I will try harder :P

Looking good Joe.

See Ya,
Mike
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Thanks Mike!!
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poboyjo65 wrote:Joe I had to rib you about something, & that was all I could see that didnt look great! :lol:
Thanks again partner! And I knew you was busting my chops!! :lol:
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I little update on the Falcon road racer-

Got my electrical figgered out and installed. Ended up using some newer stock harnesses and cutting out the circuits I didn’t need (mostly lighting) and adding a few short wiring runs.

Installed the CSRP 4 piston brakes and 10x2.5” rear drums. Running 1” bore MC and wheel cylinders from a 69 Mustang and filling them with Porterfield carbon Kevlar pads and shoes.
Also fabbed up all new brake lines and 3/8” fuel line.

Currently working on getting my steering parts installed. 16:1 stock gearbox is in (Thanks Rocket!) and I have bump steer outer tie rods from Baer Racing, roller idler and Shelby quick steer parts from Opentracker and a manual center link from FalconParts.

Pics to come once Johnnie fixes my photo site :D

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Good to hear from you Joe!!! Glad to hear you haven't sold the race car ! :lol: :lol: //// :lol: Joe your pics are still there if you go back & do a little editing. just hit the edit button then get your mouse behind the ''ORG'' in 2 places of each pic link & backspace/erase the org & put ''cc'' back in there & wa la~~ they're back! really goes pretty fast after you get to doing it.
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so it looks like this when you are done,,, with cc's where the org's were


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I know it works because I quoted you & changed the links in the quote & they came back.

comethead wrote:Pics or it didn’t happen...

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Still need to plumb the fuel system and run electrical. I’ll eventually run the old style round top valve covers with spacers to clear the rockers. Hope it doesn’t leak!
Btw thats Roy’s old intake and valve covers and if you look real hard his forged h-beam 302 Scat rods too :D
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Awesome! Thanks Johnnie I’ll give it a shot on my PC.

Joe
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