{"id":21365,"date":"2012-12-05T21:53:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T04:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=21365"},"modified":"2013-07-28T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T02:13:27","slug":"1960-ford-falcon-4-days-to-go-engine1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-4-days-to-go-engine1\/","title":{"rendered":"1960 Ford Falcon: 4 Days to Go &#8211; Engine 1"},"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-4-days-to-go-engine1%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F12%2FFalconProject_Day4_01-575x383.jpg&amp;description=1960+Ford+Falcon%3A+4+Days+to+Go+%E2%80%93+Engine+1\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[21365]\"><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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\"><\/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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 4 Days to Go \u2013 Engine 1\"><\/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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=1960 Ford Falcon: 4 Days to Go \u2013 Engine 1&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\" 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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 4 Days to Go \u2013 Engine 1\" data-desc=\"Homebuilt Ford Falcon by Greasegirl #8 After last night's final coat of paint, we're now working towards getting everything back together. I cleaned and painted steering and suspension parts while Ethan continued prepping the new engine block. It still feels like our progress is going a little\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_01-575x383.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><h2>Homebuilt Ford Falcon by Greasegirl #8<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_01.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21365]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21366\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Falcon engine final prep\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_01-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"ford falcon engine\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_01-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_01-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After last night&#8217;s final coat of paint, we&#8217;re now working towards getting everything back together. I cleaned and painted steering and suspension parts while Ethan continued prepping the new engine block. It still feels like our progress is going a little slowly&#8230; but I&#8217;m thinking when the parts start getting bolted back in place things might speed up.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_02.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21365]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21367\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"New tool to clean dirty parts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_02-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_02-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_02.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I was cleaning parts today, I found a new tool! I was looking for a larger wire brush when I found this $1.00 barbecue brush\/scraper laying around. It looked like a good candidate for the job&#8230;and I was right. The wide brush with short bristles far surpasses the skinnier longer ones I&#8217;ve gotten before in the parts store &#8211; and it has an added bonus of the scraper on the end. Next time you see these for cheap, pick a couple up!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_03.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21365]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21368\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Out with the old, in with the new!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_03-575x383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_03-575x383.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FalconProject_Day4_03.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re ready to attach the transmission and hoist this sucker up and into it&#8217;s new home. Catch up with us tomorrow for that &#8211; in the meantime, I&#8217;m the <a title=\"Grease Girl:One Busted-Knuckle Further\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tinkernation.com\/featured-author\/grease-girl-one-busted-knuckle-further\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">featured author over at Tinkernation.com this week<\/a>. I write about some earlier progress in the Falcon project&#8230; busted knuckle and all!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Garage Until: 11:59pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to catch up? Here&#8217;s where everything started: \u00a0<\/span><a style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"1960 Ford Falcon: Rush to Finish\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-rush-to-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\">12 Day 1960 Falcon Build #1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more Falcon fun, check out Pikesan&#8217;s project:\u00a0<a title=\"Restore and Hot Rod my 1963 Ford Falcon Wagon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/63-ford-falcon-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">1963 Ford Falcon Wagon Build<\/a><\/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-4-days-to-go-engine1%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=1960+Ford+Falcon%3A+4+Days+to+Go+%E2%80%93+Engine+1\" 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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\"><\/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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 4 Days to Go \u2013 Engine 1\"><\/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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=1960 Ford Falcon: 4 Days to Go \u2013 Engine 1&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1960-ford-falcon-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\" 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-4-days-to-go-engine1\/\" data-text=\"1960 Ford Falcon: 4 Days to Go \u2013 Engine 1\" data-desc=\"Homebuilt Ford Falcon by Greasegirl #8 After last night's final coat of paint, we're now working towards getting everything back together. I cleaned and painted steering and suspension parts while Ethan continued prepping the new engine block. It still feels like our progress is going a little\" 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 Homebuilt Ford Falcon by Greasegirl #8 After last night&#8217;s final coat of paint, we&#8217;re now working towards getting everything back together. I cleaned and painted steering and suspension parts while Ethan continued prepping the new engine block. It still feels like our progress is going a little slowly&#8230; but I&#8217;m thinking when the parts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1815],"tags":[2516,544,1796,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24430,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21365\/revisions\/24430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}