falcon_master
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Hi everyone. Sorry for the topic don't know what to call it. So I finally starting to seriously take off parts and get those car in running condition. Note I said running. It's really my only car and I have basically a week here and another week there and then the whole summer to make this thing hold together enough to be a daily. I know it'll look rough but I just need it to run. I'm starting out by buying all new brake parts. I mean springs, wheel Cylinders, shoes and a master cylinder. I want to know this hunk of steel will stop when I need it to. So my first question is I'm confused does anyone know the size of my brake shoes because multiple sites are giving me 9" or 9 and 1/4" or 10". My next thing is seat belts. I figured due to my budget I'll have to make due with lap belts ( I don't really like it but it's better than nothing). Now is it wrong for to think that I get one 70in lap belts and put it across the whole bench that way all three people can be seated with one belt or is that a hazzard and to short for my seats. My third thing is drivetrain. I'm planning on trying a rebuild kit for the carb because there's no way that thing is still ok it's full of dirt and crap. I plan on that and new gear oil for the diff and trans. I want to get the engine running for some amount of time so I can see of it needs to be rebuilt or not. I'm planning on a tach(anyone know the max allowable revs for a 170 hydraulic lifter six) I haven't been able to make it do more than sputter yet. Im also planning on new hoses if mine are all cracked up (don't want them blowing especially near the heater core). Than it's all the other nickle and dime stuff that bites the rest of my budget which by the way has been lowered to a total budget of about $500. And after that a 800 mile trip back to AZ with this thing. So any tips on seatbelts and other safety and brakes and drivetrain would be great.
As always thanks everyone for the info and advice. I'm so happy to finally work on it. I feel that falcons and any six cylinder car for that matter gets alot of crap and o want to show people that while there not at all power screaming monsters there reliable, quiet, easy to work with and efficient.
As always thanks everyone for the info and advice. I'm so happy to finally work on it. I feel that falcons and any six cylinder car for that matter gets alot of crap and o want to show people that while there not at all power screaming monsters there reliable, quiet, easy to work with and efficient.