l3n's falcon lives!

[Mercury Mike]

We got'er fired up today. Muahahahahaha.

 

[LaGrasta]

It's alive!

 

[Mercury Mike]

Hey Anthony by the way, can you email me some pictures of your falcon? I was bragging about it to Len and I wanted to show him some.

 

[l3n]

Hallelujah!

...and yeah, he was talking her up. She sounds sweet!

 

[l3n]

Hey man, I just thought of a good reason for you to come by again (and bring that Ranchero grill with ya)...you left your ratchet wrench under my hood. It's so nifty I decided to buy a set of my own, so I figure you'll probably want this one back.

 

[Mercury Mike]

Hah! Yeah I'll be back soon. =) Let me know when you wanna get to tuning. Get that new starter in there?

 

[LaGrasta]

here is an older thread with pics.

http://fordsix.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

 

[addo]

Let me get this straight. A Wilhelmus thread with half a dozen prior posts yet no mention of In-n-Out... You on a diet or something?

 

[l3n]

Haha, now you know what he's going to say next...


Yep, the new starter's all ready to go. I'm going to try adjusting the idle a bit, then crank her over again. Might have to recharge the battery for a bit though. We shall see...

 

[l3n]

Well that new starter did the trick - she started right up. The timing is way off though - I'm getting a lot of popping and backfire. I'm guessing they're two separate problems (you can't get ignition out of both ends from one cause...can you?) Got a pressure regulator on the way, since I heard the 5200 can get overpumped pretty easily.

You guys have any recommendations?

 

[l3n]

And LaGrasta, that is one sweet little bird...you ever get the interior done?

 

[Mercury Mike]

Let me get this straight. A Wilhelmus thread with half a dozen prior posts yet no mention of In-n-Out... You on a diet or something?

Actually I just got home from the ER a little while ago, Bronchial Pneumonia with an ear infection. =PPP I haven't been able to eat hard in 2 weeks. Ask Len about it! =)

 

[addo]

You need to look after those lungs. They're needed to confidently whisper sweet nothings in the ear of Miss Right. Wheezing and coughing up muck will turn her off pretty quick.

 

[l3n]

Two words man: Camel Wides. I told you those things were trouble.

You should have heard him Addo, he sounded like death warmed over.

 

[Mercury Mike]

Yeah it's pretty gnarly. And my lady let's me cough on her and just holds me while I'm sick. =P hahahaha

 

[addo]

If it was Nat Sherman Fantasias, we'd have to ban you.

Where are the pics of this Falcon? Someone must have a camera phone and USB cable...

 

[l3n]

I was planning on waiting until I made a little more progress (engine and drivetrain are phase 1, suspension is 2, interior and body are 3), but what the heck...I'll slap something up tomorrow. Might link to a video of her firing up if I'm feeling froggy.



Hope the cough is getting better Mike.

 

[Mercury Mike]

Much, MUCH better. =)

 

[l3n]

As I promised here are a few quick pics. Keep in mind she's still early in the rebuild.


Here she was, as I got her. Motor and drivetrain are shot at this point. But the body is still pretty clean.




Pic of the old engine bay.





The exterior hasn't changed any yet, but here's what I've done so far (thanks to folks like Addo and Wilhelmus, AZCoupe of course, and some of the guys at TFFN)

 

[LaGrasta]

that is damn sharp. Love the WWWs and the distributor alone makes the engine bay fantastic. I'll have to see this one first hand sometime.