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Califbill

iBoaterer wrote:
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iBoaterer wrote:
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On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:52:37 -0400, iBoaterer
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Fords do grow on trees

I'd love to have me a '63 Falcon two door body and frame. I've got a
completely rebuilt 289 Hi-Po I'd love to drop in it.

It would be as big a death trap as the original V-8 Mustang.
The same was true of most of the 60s "muscle cars".
They were fast but they handled like a grocery cart full of concrete.

Oh, good god.....

They real POS. NCR had a fleet of Falcon station wagons in 1963. Edsel
Ford was on our BOD. Paint came off, had to add outside oilers to the
lifters. Same problem and fix my 1956 Ford Convertible had. A double 90
degree oil passage via the head gasket, that plugged with the least amount
of deposit. Plus very poor brakes. Also, sense we were in Calif, a lot of
the cars previously sold here did not have heaters. Luckily the government
required defrosters in 1963 and therefore the Falcon had a heater.

Uh, depending on which engine you are talking about. But doesn't matter,
the 56 had an entirely different generation of six than the 63 Falcon
had. By that time, it was the third generation, except for mostly
trucks, and third generation sixes were some of the best ever built.
They were the 144/170/200/250 C.I. engines.

My Ford Sunliner was a v8 and why was Ford still having oiling problems on
overhead rocker arms 7 years later, different generation engine. Ford 6
were good engines. My dad's 59 4x4 3/4 ton pickup ran for years with the
factory 6.