{"id":14816,"date":"2011-03-06T22:27:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T18:34:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T01:34:13","slug":"ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon Wagon Paint &#8211; Gold on the Long Roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2F1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG&amp;description=Falcon+Wagon+Paint+%E2%80%93+Gold+on+the+Long+Roof\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[14816]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Falcon Wagon Paint \u2013 Gold on the Long Roof\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Falcon Wagon Paint \u2013 Gold on the Long Roof&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\" data-text=\"Falcon Wagon Paint \u2013 Gold on the Long Roof\" data-desc=\"My Ford Falcon Wagon's Finally Got Paint \u00a0 It's been a long journey. I'm rebuilding\/restoring\/modifying (choose what you like) my 1963 Falcon Wagon. I'm way over due on what's been done, but here's where it is now: \u00a0 \u00a0 Shown with premium primer from Squeeg's Kustoms (Squeeg's is a TOP\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>My Ford Falcon Wagon&#8217;s Finally Got Paint<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a long journey. I&#8217;m rebuilding\/restoring\/modifying (choose what you like) my 1963 Falcon Wagon. I&#8217;m way over due on what&#8217;s been done, but here&#8217;s where it is now:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[14816]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11119\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Falcon wagon in paint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon, ford falcon station wagon,Ford Falcon Wagon, body work\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1963-Falcon-wagon-in-paint-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shown with premium <a title=\"Custom Paint Job Primer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.squeegskustoms.com\/index\/products.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">primer from Squeeg&#8217;s Kustoms<\/a> (Squeeg&#8217;s is a TOP QUALITY paint shop, not to be confused with the painter mentioned later)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK, fine, the car&#8217;s been sitting around way too much waiting for me to get off my butt. I&#8217;m kinda off now, but not completely. Thanks to buddies here in town helping me &#8220;get off the computer!&#8221; and back into the garage&#8230; there&#8217;s been some progress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So I have one question: Do you like GOLD?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It looks great in the sun here, but <strong>I would NOT recommend this painter. <\/strong>Terrific Paint and Customs, a Phoenix, AZ custom painter and body shop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[14816]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14817\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon Custom Paint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon, ford falcon station wagon,Ford Falcon Wagon, custom paint\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project.JPG 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The great thing about MY Ride is Me is that I don&#8217;t really care all that much if you like it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working with a Phoenix, AZ painter that specializes in affordable paint. The idea was to get a good paint job, not super-show quality but at an affordable price. It didn&#8217;t work out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The painter is Terrific Paint and Customs at 1846 E. Madison in Phoenix, AZ. His name is Mark Behlke.<strong> I repeat, I would NOT recommend this painter.<\/strong> I will be writing a follow-up story soon on how this has been an awful experience and a waste of time and money for very poor quality work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project3.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[14816]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14820\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon custom roof stripes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project3.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon, ford falcon station wagon,Ford Falcon Wagon, custom roof stripes\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project3.JPG 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project3-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project3-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the work that Terrific Paint and Customs (Keyword: Phoenix custom paint shop) did that was fairly good:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to some rust repair int he roof that we didn&#8217;t originally see, Mark also mounted a custom pop-up gas filler, mounted the Optima Battery on it&#8217;s side in the engine compartment (that&#8217;ll be another story) and shaved the drip rails. You can just barely tell in this picture. That&#8217;s alot of drip rail on a Ford Falcon wagon!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he replaced the cowl vent with one from a doner car after the HACK-job the previous owner did filling in the vent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The gold stripes you see on the roof start on the hood and fade to nothing at the back of the roof. Here&#8217;s the hood:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project4.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[14816]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14821\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1963 Ford Falcon Station Wagon hood with gold stripes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project4.JPG\" alt=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon, ford falcon station wagon,Ford Falcon Wagon, custom hood stripes\" width=\"575\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project4.JPG 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project4-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1963-Ford-Falcon-Wagon-Project4-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the light, the non-custom gold paint with gold pearl top-coat glows like crazy!\u00a0 Right now, with no other colors on the outside, it&#8217;s TOO gold!\u00a0 With the<a title=\"Falcon four lug spider caps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/cal-custom-spider-caps-for-my-falcon-wagon\/\" target=\"_blank\"> black steel wheels with spider caps<\/a> with pinner-white wheels will start to set it off. Add a little black, fine line pinstriping and we&#8217;re in business!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK, so there&#8217;s the update I&#8217;m way, WAY behind doing&#8230; want to see where it started? Check the Ford Falcon Wagon Overhaul&#8217;n-like tear down or just follow the whole <a title=\"Ford Falcon Station Wagon project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/63-ford-falcon-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Falcon Wagon Build here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. I want to load up the story of how I added bearings to the clutch and brake pedal next. It worked out great, was easy and cheap. Win, win and win&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you run into Mark from Terrific Paint and Customs in Phoenix, AZ, please tell him you saw this story, and whatever kind of paint you want, I&#8217;d find someone else. Here&#8217;s the warning I published about his his work: <a title=\"Phoenix Custom Painter - Avoid Him!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/phoenix-custom-auto-paint-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terrible Phoenix Custom Painter<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Falcon+Wagon+Paint+%E2%80%93+Gold+on+the+Long+Roof\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Falcon Wagon Paint \u2013 Gold on the Long Roof\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Falcon Wagon Paint \u2013 Gold on the Long Roof&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\" data-text=\"Falcon Wagon Paint \u2013 Gold on the Long Roof\" data-desc=\"My Ford Falcon Wagon's Finally Got Paint \u00a0 It's been a long journey. 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