{"id":18394,"date":"2011-12-07T13:34:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=18394"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:03:35","slug":"1960-ford-falcon-project-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-project-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"1960 Ford Falcon Project Continues"},"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-project-continues%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2FFord-Falcon-Emblem.jpg&amp;description=1960+Ford+Falcon+Project+Continues\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><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-project-continues\/\"><\/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-project-continues\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon Project Continues\"><\/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-project-continues\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=1960 Ford Falcon Project Continues&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-project-continues\/\" 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-project-continues\/\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon Project Continues\" data-desc=\"Engine Disassembly Begins for this Ford Straight Six After beginning my 1960 Ford Falcon project, hearing from you all, and thinking about it a bit - I've decided I\u00a0do want to keep the original straight-six engine. I will quite possibly be hopping it up some as I rebuild it - but I like the idea of\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ford-Falcon-Emblem.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>Engine Disassembly Begins for this Ford Straight Six<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ford-Falcon-Emblem.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18400\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Ford Falcon Emblem\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ford-Falcon-Emblem.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1960 Ford falcon, falcon restoration\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ford-Falcon-Emblem.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ford-Falcon-Emblem-150x62.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ford-Falcon-Emblem-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ford-Falcon-Emblem-575x240.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After beginning my 1960 Ford Falcon project, hearing from you all, and thinking about it a bit &#8211; I&#8217;ve decided I\u00a0<em>do<\/em> want to keep the original straight-six engine. I will quite possibly be hopping it up some as I rebuild it &#8211; but I like the idea of keeping the car original and just working with what I&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p><img title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/greasegirl.wordpress.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\" Read on to see the project beginning! This is SO exciting!\" \/>As I continue growing in my car knowledge and mechanical skills, I continue to be drawn towards performance and racing. Thankfully I&#8217;ve not only got the Falcon to work with, but also have my Studie. Since my 1955 Studebaker Coupe is\u00a0<em>already<\/em> modified with performance parts, it helped in my decision to keep the Falcon original.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Removing-a-Radiator.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18402\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Removing a Radiator\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Removing-a-Radiator.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"how to take out a radiator, engine dissasembly\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Removing-a-Radiator.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Removing-a-Radiator-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Removing-a-Radiator-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Removing-a-Radiator-575x311.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First things first, the radiator had to come out (after being drained first, of course.)\u00a0Once that was done, I decided I&#8217;d go ahead and pull other front\u00a0pieces\u00a0off. Not that it will help very much with getting the engine clear (there&#8217;s a permanent bar in front that we&#8217;ll have to lift the engine up and over when the time comes.) But if I&#8217;m going to do a job, I want to do it well! This Falcon&#8217;s engine bay is going to look nice and clean when I&#8217;m done with it!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Extension-Joint-Tool.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18399\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Extension Joint Tool\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Extension-Joint-Tool.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"tools for garage, socket joint, ford falcon\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Extension-Joint-Tool.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Extension-Joint-Tool-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Extension-Joint-Tool-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Extension-Joint-Tool-575x412.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I took off the bumper by unscrewing the six bumper bolts which affixed it to the chassis.\u00a0While taking the bumper off, there were two bolts that I couldn&#8217;t reach with my extension because I didn&#8217;t have a straight\u00a0passageway\u00a0to it. I solved the problem by using this nifty jointed thing that I got from my Grandpa. It allowed me to get the socket in place. With the bumper off, I can give it a good cleaning and maybe straighten it out a bit (it&#8217;s been bumped!)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1960-Falcon-Grill.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18397\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"1960 Falcon Grill\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1960-Falcon-Grill.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1960 ford falcon, grill, falcon project\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1960-Falcon-Grill.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1960-Falcon-Grill-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1960-Falcon-Grill-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1960-Falcon-Grill-575x308.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Falcon also has a body piece across the lower front-end which the grill is attached to. This piece and the grill are both prime targets for some cleaning-up, so they came off as well.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Engine-Dismantle-Pieces.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18398\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Engine Dismantle Pieces\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Engine-Dismantle-Pieces.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"how to dismantle an engine, classic car restoration, 1960 ford falcon project\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Engine-Dismantle-Pieces.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Engine-Dismantle-Pieces-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Engine-Dismantle-Pieces-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Engine-Dismantle-Pieces-575x319.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up was the fan, carbuerator, alternator, and all the hoses and connectors. Afterwards I had\u00a0a healthy pile of parts, hoses, and wires that have come out. If you\u2019ve never torn apart a car or engine before \u2013 make sure you\u2019ll know how to put it back together before you take it apart!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Dismantle-Engine-Label.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18401\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"How to Dismantle Engine - Label\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Dismantle-Engine-Label.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"connector piece, throttle linkage, ford falcon\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Dismantle-Engine-Label.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Dismantle-Engine-Label-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Dismantle-Engine-Label-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Dismantle-Engine-Label-575x321.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing that will help you get it all back together when you\u2019re done is to take lots of pictures while you\u2019re taking it apart. For example, I had never seen this funny bracket piece holding a couple parts of the throttle linkage together. I\u2019ll be glad I\u2019ve got a visual marker to help me when I\u2019m scratching my head wondering what its for a number of months down the road.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Taking-apart-an-engine.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18403\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Taking apart an engine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Taking-apart-an-engine.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"1960 ford falcon project, taking apart an engine, straight six engine\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Taking-apart-an-engine.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Taking-apart-an-engine-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Taking-apart-an-engine-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Taking-apart-an-engine-575x338.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you don\u2019t lose any of your parts either! Have a special shelf (or a box is probably better) to hold all the parts you\u2019re taking off. For lines and electrical wires, use tape to label where it connects to. And be sure not to lose all those bolts! I\u2019m keeping mine in a jar until they\u2019re needed again.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Take-Out-an-Engine-1960-Ford-Falcon.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18394]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18396\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"How to Take Out an Engine 1960 Ford Falcon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Take-Out-an-Engine-1960-Ford-Falcon.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"engine rebuild, straight six engine\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Take-Out-an-Engine-1960-Ford-Falcon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Take-Out-an-Engine-1960-Ford-Falcon-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Take-Out-an-Engine-1960-Ford-Falcon-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/How-to-Take-Out-an-Engine-1960-Ford-Falcon-575x404.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s left in my engine compartment! \u00a0I still need to drain the oil, then next up\u2026this straight six is coming out! Any tips, comments, concerns? 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