{"id":17486,"date":"2011-10-01T23:41:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T06:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=17486"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:04:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:04:19","slug":"1960-ford-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon"},"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%2F1960-ford-falcon%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2F1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway.jpg&amp;description=Back+in+the+Garage+with+the+1960+Ford+Falcon\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[17486]\"><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\/1960-ford-falcon\/\"><\/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\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" 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\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" data-text=\"Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon\" data-desc=\"As it ends up, Pikesan's not the only one with a Falcon project on their hands. I'm ashamed to say it - but Davey, my 1960 Ford Falcon 2-door sedan, has been sitting on a side-yard gathering dust since I finished Studie's transmission over a year ago. The above picture was taken at the last event,\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway.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><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17486]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17487\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1960 Ford Falcon at Raceway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1960 ford falcon, ford falcon, ford falcon 2-door, ford falcon sedan, 1960 ford falcon sedan, falcon restoration, falcon project\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-at-Raceway-575x309.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As it ends up, Pikesan&#8217;s not the only one with a <a title=\"1963 Ford Falcon Wagon Gets Custom Paint\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/ford-falcon-wagon-custom-paint\/\" target=\"_blank\">Falcon project<\/a> on their hands. I&#8217;m ashamed to say it &#8211; but Davey, my <a title=\"1960 Ford Falcon\" href=\"http:\/\/greasegirl.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/12\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" target=\"_blank\">1960 Ford Falcon<\/a> 2-door sedan, has been sitting on a side-yard gathering dust since I finished Studie&#8217;s transmission over a year ago. The above picture was taken at the last event, and come to think of it the only event, Davey ever attended &#8211; the Mooneyes 2010 Summer Show.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-and-1960-Ford-Falcon.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17486]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17489\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Grease Girl and 1960 Ford Falcon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-and-1960-Ford-Falcon.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1960 ford falcon, ford falcon, ford falcon 2-door, ford falcon sedan, 1960 ford falcon sedan, falcon restoration, falcon project\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-and-1960-Ford-Falcon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-and-1960-Ford-Falcon-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-and-1960-Ford-Falcon-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Grease-Girl-and-1960-Ford-Falcon-575x368.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had been depending on the Falcon to get me by while Studie was stranded with transmission issues. Falcon got me through, but just barely. Falcon had been giving me worries and semi-breaking down for a couple of weeks by the time Stude had gotten back on the road. The above picture was taken in October 2010 before I had a garage and had to find crafty ways to comfortably work!\u00a0I was so happy to have my Stude back, and busy with a million other things in life, that Davey just sat&#8230; and sat some more. I intended to bring the Falcon over to my garage months ago, but it never seemed to happen.<\/p>\n<p>The wait is over though, today was the day! And as it turns out&#8230;it was meant to be.<\/p>\n<p>You see, as it turns out, <em><strong>today was Davey&#8217;s birthday<\/strong><\/em>! Here&#8217;s how I found out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17488\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1960 Ford Falcon Restoration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-Restoration.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1960 ford falcon, ford falcon shop manual, ford falcon, ford falcon 2-door, ford falcon sedan, 1960 ford falcon sedan, falcon restoration, falcon project\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-Restoration.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-Restoration-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-Restoration-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1960-Ford-Falcon-Restoration-575x385.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After driving the Falcon to my house from a couple blocks away (Davey started right up!) and giving him a bath, I opened the hood. Then I remembered what I had read in my original 1960 Ford Falcon shop manual about all the information the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) tells you. I ran inside to grab the manual and opened the driver&#8217;s side door to look at Davey&#8217;s VIN. Yes, of course, it&#8217;s a<\/p>\n<p>2-door, Corinthian White, 6-cylinder sedan &#8211; I already knew that. But&#8230;what I <em><strong>didn&#8217;t<\/strong><\/em> know was that Davey was built in Lorain, Ohio\u00a0on <strong><em>October 1st, 1960<\/em><\/strong>!! Happy 51st Birthday Davey! Even though I waited way too long, I think the\u00a0time is just right to dive into\u00a0putting Davey back on the road &#8211; even better then before!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Original-1960-Ford-Falcon-2-Door-Sedan.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[17486]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17490\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Original 1960 Ford Falcon 2 Door Sedan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Original-1960-Ford-Falcon-2-Door-Sedan.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1960 ford falcon, ford falcon, ford falcon 2-door, ford falcon sedan, 1960 ford falcon sedan, falcon restoration, falcon project\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Original-1960-Ford-Falcon-2-Door-Sedan.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Original-1960-Ford-Falcon-2-Door-Sedan-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Original-1960-Ford-Falcon-2-Door-Sedan-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Original-1960-Ford-Falcon-2-Door-Sedan-575x410.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to start with a basic tune-up and see what sort of issues come up. When Falcon got parked,\u00a0I was having issues that seemed a little like overheating. After I had been driving for awhile (say on the freeway for 25 minutes) &#8211; the engine would die as soon as I came to a stop. I could start it back up, but it would die again every time I had to stop. I had added a temperature\u00a0gauge\u00a0that worked, but it showed the temp didn&#8217;t seem to be the problem. Also, the carb was newly rebuilt so I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the issue.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m venturing to guess it&#8217;s probably fairly minor repairs needed. But I&#8217;m very excited to get the chance to dive into this engine and do some learning &#8211; and getting to know Davey better!<\/p>\n<p>What would you do first on a project like this? What sort of projects have been sitting around your place too long that need to be brought into the garage?? Speaking of garages &#8211; did you know that MyRideisMe.com is interactive!? <a title=\"MyRideisMe.com Sign Up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Register\" target=\"_blank\">Build a garage of your own<\/a> to share your project and cars with others!<\/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%2F1960-ford-falcon%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Back+in+the+Garage+with+the+1960+Ford+Falcon\" 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\/1960-ford-falcon\/\"><\/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\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" 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\/1960-ford-falcon\/\" data-text=\"Back in the Garage with the 1960 Ford Falcon\" data-desc=\"As it ends up, Pikesan's not the only one with a Falcon project on their hands. I'm ashamed to say it - but Davey, my 1960 Ford Falcon 2-door sedan, has been sitting on a side-yard gathering dust since I finished Studie's transmission over a year ago. The above picture was taken at the last event,\" data-image=\"\" 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><p>Email As it ends up, Pikesan&#8217;s not the only one with a Falcon project on their hands. I&#8217;m ashamed to say it &#8211; but Davey, my 1960 Ford Falcon 2-door sedan, has been sitting on a side-yard gathering dust since I finished Studie&#8217;s transmission over a year ago. 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