1970 Falcon 5.0l T-5 Custom Hot Rod Nascar on 2040-cars
Walled Lake, Michigan, United States
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base model 1970 falcon, original (was) a 6 cyl. auto manual steering, brakes 4 lug 30k mile survior car that has gone through 3 owners in the past 20 years in a project stage till I finished it. body and paint work done professionally 14 years ago, bullit mustang color highland green, nicely done, hood and wiper cowl flat black texture painted. interior black vinyl, believe seat covers are original and not torn, rebuilt padding on front seat, headliner replaced, door panels and interior trim original and nice. dash pad cracked and vinyl overlayed, looks good, replacement pads are impossible to find. new oem cluster installed when I built the car 1150 miles on odo. I am a long time ford dealer mechanic, since the late 70's and a decade ago I decided to build a car, since at the dealer I had been rebuilding several customer fords from the 60's-70's and enjoyed doing this. this car was solid with no drivetrain and built this for myself. this car is kind of a 'what if' car if ford had built a low priced falcon muscle car in 1970. so with this idea this car with that in mind. loosely based with ford era parts bin parts used. 9 inch 3:50 gear rear axle from a early bronco was used, 11 inch drum brakes, moser axles to obtain a 4 1/2 5 bolt pattern as used on ford cars. shelby mustang style traction bars, lowered rear springs. front suspension totally rebuilt, lowered springs, granada disc brakes, maverick master cylinder, adjustable porportioning valve. 15x7 inch steel wheels(mopar). borgensen power steering was added to make it easy to drive without the troublesome sloppy power steering ram used on fords of this era. engine is a late 80s 5.0L h.o. roller cam engine and t-5 5 spd manual test motor collecting dust on a pallet, added a e-303 cam, p- heads, roller rockers, 600 cfm edelbrock, msd distributor, ford powertrain application headers(pricey), hydralic clutch system. electric fuel pump, battery in trunk. bumpers recromed, tailamp lenses new nos. I took everything apart on this car and refurbished, rebuilt, or replaced it from the heater case to all window regulators, door latches, insturment cluster, seats, wiper linkage, its all been rebuilt. you could drive this car anywhere its basically a new car. have taken several 200 mile trips and the car is great on the expressway.
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