Have you ever had a project stall out because of a minor scheduling conflict or because one little part didn't come in on time? Let's say you built up momentum on your project car and everything's tooling along just fine, then a little snag comes up and life happens and you stall. Then the project … Continue reading Week in Review
In the first Falcon post, I gave a little history on how I came across the bird and the first few years of its life when I had it. Now it's time for part 2: engine swap time! I build an engine in tech school and started to drop it in, but I ran into … Continue reading In the Garage: The Falcon Lives, Sort Of (Part 2)
Part 2 of the Henry Project. Every project needs a heart, a soul. Henry's is a 350 Chevy small block and below you'll find his story. According to the casting number, this is a replacement crate engine used from 1969-79 in many car and truck applications. This particular gem came from my father-in-law who had it sitting … Continue reading In the Garage: Henry’s New Engine
When I bought Henry, I drove him to the school (Crown School of Trades and Technology) and parked him for a while. I did a little research and got a few parts to get him (at least a little) roadworthy. As I said in the last post about Henry, he'd lived a very hard life, and … Continue reading In the Garage: Henry’s First Drive
I have a 1964 Ford Falcon Futura 4 door that my mom bought in the late 70s as just a cheap around-town car. When I was about 13 or 14 Mom said she was thinking of selling it. Of course, that was MY car! I'd had my eye on it forever and I spent a … Continue reading In The Garage: The Falcon (Part 1)
I was looking for a truck. Not an expensive late model luxo barge, but also not a little budget beater wrung to within an inch of its life by a high school kid learning to drive a stick for the first time. I wanted a classic truck! Something I could use to haul my mower … Continue reading In the Garage: Finding Henry
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