MonsterIn a Few Words
Monster needed some body work... so I did what any normal person would do!
I was working at a community college, when I decided to take their autobody courses. That was awesome, I fixed a lot of the damage done by the previous owner. Including swapping out the gas tank - the poriginal tank was sectioned off for the ability to make deliveries of somethng without being found out!
So now most of the body work is completed, but I do need to paint him.
Monster is only in primer black right now. Has been for quite some time!
'The '64 Falcon The choice made
So to make a long story, even longer... I purchased the Falcon, took it immediately to a shop where I had basic service done, and a new exhaust package put on it. That started me down a long road of repair. Choices! So many choices!
Then, when I started dating Dave, he helped spur me into action - he bought me a new master cylinder for the brakes to be able to upgrade the brakes! That was awesome! Until... our house flooded when we were living out-of-state. So all the parts that I had in the garage ready to go onto the Falcon? Destroyed. Wah.wah.waaaaaah!
Now, hopefully the rebuild moves forward again - which is awesome. Even though... my tastes have changed, so now I just want to finish it and sell it!
Isn't that awful? I was going to sell it long ago, but... life.
Why theFalcon?
A brief history...
While in college, a friend had some work done on his car. Now, he was not very knowledgable so he asked me if I could go with him to the appointment he had setup. I did. On the drive there, he asked me what would be sitting in my driveway if I had $10,000 to buy it. My response was a CHevy Nova II.
So we go on and finish the meetup with the mechanic, and go our separate ways. Later that day, I am with his girlfriend, and she is on the phone with him.....
Hey, I'm on the phone with 'so-and-so' and he is asking me if the Chevy Nova II is the smae as a Ford Falcon? I said, sort of - these were not car people so I didn;t get into specifics. It turns out the boyfriend had a friend who had the Falcon sitting in his yard. So the girlfriend and I went to take a look at it. In Compton, CA. That is a whole other story in and of itself!
Meanwhile, the Falcon came home with me and thus began this twenty+ year project I am on.
I decided to move forward with it, as it is a Ford and has a 289 V8 engine in it!
The 289 was an tion, at the time it was released - shown in the owner's manual reprint I purchased. You may have noticed a '67 Mustang listed in the cars that we own? So that one is my boyfriend's car - so of course I have to give him grief that his car is basically built from my car!
He has a much bigger/better budget than I do, however...
His Mustang is at a shop, where they are doing all of the work needed - changed the motor and rebuilt it, paint and body. Meanwhile I took an autobody class and fixed a quarter panel myself. With some asisstance from a fellow classmate who wanted to work on my car rather than all of the ricers that were in the class. Of course I was the only girl!
The work done... so far
New Engine
Choices were made and budget created for a new 289 engine that was custom done by a shop in Whitter, CA that is now closed. I will try to be more specific - but having had the stroke, a lot of details escape me!
Speedshop USAWhittier,CA
To remove it from the yard when I bought it, I had to cut a tree limb to move the car!
so it completely needs a new top - still - as I decided long ago that 'temporarily' (ha ha!) I would just cover the top when I drove it as I would only drive it when I could put the top down!
No-top Falcon!Compton, CA
Stock Everything Else
To make things easier to decide and give me some breathing room with it - I had everything else redone to stock. Except the carburetor! That was a learning experience... I almost rammed by boyfriend's Shelby due to a speed-up assist valve. This was something that was added for the two-barrel carburetor that it had originally. When I changed it over to a four-barrel carb, I should have removed that valve! Note to self!
Four Barrel Carb - surprise acceleration!Mohave Valley, AZ