My car is 45 yrs old!
07-16-08, 05:33 AM
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Congragulations. 
Nice old car. I learned to drive on 60's vintage cars (in, fact, for all intents and purposes, I started reviewing cars in the late 60s). They will forever be in my memories.
I can understand you upgrading tires and wheels, since many cars of that vintage had stock tire sizes that were inadequate for the size and weight (one reason why drum brakes were so poor). But why go up to 17" wheels, and the resulting modifications you had to make for wheel well and turning clearance? Most compact American cars of that era, and I think this includes the Falcon, had 6.50 X 13" tires standard. 15" wheels would probably have been fine. With the 17" wheels you may get significant speedometer and odometer error from markedly slower rotation. You would also with 15" wheels, but to a lesser extent.
Nice old car. I learned to drive on 60's vintage cars (in, fact, for all intents and purposes, I started reviewing cars in the late 60s). They will forever be in my memories.I can understand you upgrading tires and wheels, since many cars of that vintage had stock tire sizes that were inadequate for the size and weight (one reason why drum brakes were so poor). But why go up to 17" wheels, and the resulting modifications you had to make for wheel well and turning clearance? Most compact American cars of that era, and I think this includes the Falcon, had 6.50 X 13" tires standard. 15" wheels would probably have been fine. With the 17" wheels you may get significant speedometer and odometer error from markedly slower rotation. You would also with 15" wheels, but to a lesser extent.
Regarding the wheel size, that is the beauty of it. No modifications were done to maintain clearance, nothing was cut or damaged, and return to stock can be easily done. If I sell the car at some time, that is a key consideration. The picture you see is the car dropped with air out, so it assumes that position parked if you want it to, there are 3 presets on the controller.
At Ride Height, where it is driven, there is plenty of clearance for turning and suspension travel. Yes 13" were standard for the car from factory. The tire and wheel size I choose are set to maintain the OD of the original set up, so there is no speedometer error due to tire size, the same Plus concept we all use on our Lexus' when changing the OE 16 to 18 or 20.
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Let's see the old Ford! Milpitas, eh.. the documents show the car to be built in San Jose, CA. I would like to find any pictures of that Ford plant or even anything related to Ford in the 60's, to go along w/ the document collection I have on the car. The selling dealer was Geary Motor in San Francisco, and the buyer lived on 81 Cervantes, San Francisco, CA. I would also like a picture of that address, that would be great!
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Sweet car. Can you imagine paying $355 (modern equivalent of $58 in '63) for an AM radio with one tinny speaker? I believe that in 1963 it was still a vacuum tube set as well. Our '66 Fairlane 500 was our first Ford with a transistor set! You could actually play the radio while, umm, parked without killing the battery.
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Thanks for all the compliments and sharing your old rides. Yes a few commutes to downtown Dallas and back in 100d and rush hour w/ AM radio and no air conditioning sure makes you appreciate our Lexus' comforts!
07-21-08, 01:32 PM
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Let's see the old Ford! Milpitas, eh.. the documents show the car to be built in San Jose, CA. I would like to find any pictures of that Ford plant or even anything related to Ford in the 60's, to go along w/ the document collection I have on the car. The selling dealer was Geary Motor in San Francisco, and the buyer lived on 81 Cervantes, San Francisco, CA. I would also like a picture of that address, that would be great!
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