1963 Ford Falcon Futura

Woohoo!

Thanks for the inspiration! Heading out to work on the shop wiring...

ditchdigger wrote: I did it!! I tried a few hillbilly methods like the picture above but it turns out most bottle jacks don't work on their sides so I decided to make our press taller two feet did the trick

"What's the worst that could happen?"

CLynn85 wrote:

ditchdigger wrote: I did it!! I tried a few hillbilly methods like the picture above but it turns out most bottle jacks don't work on their sides so I decided to make our press taller two feet did the trick

"What's the worst that could happen?"

Oooo, oooo, I know!

Nice build, here's some inspiration

I spent a large part of my childhood getting driven around in one of these

Falcon 7.5" VS Explorer 8.8"

It is strange to me that Ford used so many parts for so long. The explorer drum hardware is identical to the falcon stuff, the e brake cables hooked right up. Even the rubber brake line was the right length and the same SAE thread and hooked right up.

I tried to lower the rear an additional half inch but I couldn't get the wheel on at two inches it is a bit of a puzzle to twist it in there. Swapping to discs or stepping up to 17" wheels would fix that.

Stepping up to the front I tore apart the passenger side and made a template for the "shelby drop".

I went with 1" down and 1/8" back since any more would require welding in reinforcements in the engine bay.

bolt in, drill new.

To go with the control arm drop I changed the ball joint angle

pie cut

bend and weld

Tomorrow I do this to the other side and put it all back together with the disc brake knuckles

Those wheels look killer on there, never thought a late model wheel could look so perfect on a 60's anything.

Can't wait to see pics of it out in the open on all 4s.

I'm not very knowledgeable with older Fords so I'm curious, why change the ball joint angle?

Does the stock angle do bad things when combined with the Shelby mod?

Epic DD by the way!

As low as I have this car the ball joint was at its limit in full bump. By dropping the inner mounting point it would run out of travel and possibly broken if not bind. You can buy a kit that has a wedge shaped spacer to fit under the ball joint to fix this but this seemed just as easy and free.

mcdonald's should give you back your jingle. i'm lovin' it.

I want to see a full car pic showing the ride height and wheels

Nice job

I second Aussiesmg's request! I love these cars...

You asked for it

Some of the crap removed

Tossed a new center link and tie rods in there

Brakes!!!!

I squealed a bit when it hit the ground the first time.

What I have left now is mounting the 91 Ranger master cylinder and running new front brake lines, source a flange yoke and adapter U joint for the explorer rear and shorten my drive shaft.

The car has about 2 inches of toe in at max adjustment so I need to shorten the tie rods too. Then it should be bleed the brakes and send it off for an alignment.

God I hope it drives better. How can it not?

That looks so right! Nice going!

Those wheels look perfect on it! Nice job!

very well done

That turned out great! Keep it up.

Man love the stance and the overall look

Very well done!

Hot!

Great googly moogly

It's crazy how a set of relatively inexpensive wheels and spacers and some lowering work has turned this into something really special to look at vs. how it originally appeared.

What is with the out of place and huge black mirror????

I wish I had never seen this thread... Would make the $2500 63 2dr primered Falcon on CL less tempting.....

Wow!

I've heard of alterations done to control arms like that before. How do you figure out how big a cut to make?

Wait, yeah, what's with the mirror on the driver's door? Shouldn't be too hard to change though.