Upgrading Your Falcon Or Ranchero

 


The RIVER CITY CHAPTER of FALCON CLUB OF AMERICA, is providing Falcon owners with a special section on our web site. The following links have been made available to provide you with information on upgrading your Falcon. The links listed here are not affiliated with this web site. We can't guarantee the accurarcy of their contents. Its up to each individual to evaluate any information that you are provided with thru links from this or any other web site before modifying your Falcon.


Upgrades and other description shown within this site may not contain all necessary information to complete a task SAFELY. This site is not intended to instruct or teach anyone in the proper or safe methods of working on or maintaining a car and we take no responsibility for the use of the information contained herein. Get the advice and guidance of a professional, certified mechanic before attempting any of the modifications that you view on this or any web site.

The tradenames, Ford, Falcon, Futura, Ranchero, Sprint, Granada, Lincoln, Maverick and Mustang are registered trademanes of the Ford Motor Company. Geo and Metro are trademanes of General Motors, all rights reserved.

This site is not affiliated with the Ford Motor Company in any way nor are the opinions expressed herein anyone's but the author's.


CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UPGRADING YOUR FALCON:


GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE

Check this site out - HOW AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS WORK

DECODING YOUR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

Falconman's: 1960-63 Door Decoder

Falconman's: 1960-63 VIN Decoder

Jeff Thomas' Decoder

PRODUCTION NUMBERS and OTHER FALCON FACTS

Al Aiello: Ford Falcon History and Triva

READING CASTING CODES

Michael Fastoso: Understanding and Reading Casting Codes

TRANSMISSION CODES

Kelly Family: Ford Transmission Codes

David Kee's: Toploader ID Charts

GETTING STARTED

Joe Weaver's: Organization and initial dismantling.

BODY

Jeff thomas': Tips on installing a floor pan.

Crites Performance & Restoration Products: Fiberglass body parts & engine conversion kits.

BRAKES

Mike in Chicago: Changing your Falcon from front drums to Granada 11 inch disc brakes

Rick Larson: Front drum to disc brake comversion for classic Mustangs

The Mustang Shops: Dan Jones: How-To's: disc brake swap

Mustangs Plus: Monarch, Granada front disc changer over tips

Mustangs Plus: Lincoln Versailles rear disc changer over Tips

Mike in Chicago: Installing a Lincoln Versailles Rearend

BRAKES MASTER CYLINDER CONVERSION

Joe Weaver's: Adding power brakes with a dual master cylinder

Converion from a single to dual master cylinder

Mike in Chicago: Change your Falcon from Manual to Power Brakes. A Geo Metero part on a 60's Car?!!

Mark Dinzebach: Geo power brake conversion for 60-65 Falcons

BODY

Joe Weaver's: Gutting the door. Removing the roll up windows and associated mechanisms from the door

CHARGING SYSTEM

Mike Schnur's Electrical Wiring Diagram

Falcon Enterprise: Install a one-wire alternator regulator in your Falcon

COOLING SYSTEM

Chuck Fry's: Cooling system

Stewart's: Guide to high performance cooling system

ENGINE INFORMATION

The Ford V-8 Engine Workshop

Engine oil choices

Engine oil filter overview

Engine oil filter study

Automotive and Industrial Lubricants

Mustang Plus' 289 EFI conversion

FUEL SYSTEMS

Pony Carburetors: Restore your carburetor and horsepower without breaking the bank

John Guerini's: 64 Falcon filler neck modification

LIGHTING SYSTEM, HORNS AND INSTRUMENTS

Joe Weaver's: Repairing the windshield washer manual foot pump or converting to an electric windshield washer

PDQ Solutions: Plastic Re-Chroming

Don Haring Jr.: Steering wheel reconditiong

James W's Headlight Buzzer

James W's Bright Headlights download

REAR ENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS

Ford rear ends

SEAT BELT INSTALLATION

Seat belt installation instruction

Don Haring Jr.: Front lap belts For early Falcons

Joe Weaver: Adding front seat belts, Three point shoulder/lap belts for a hardtop. Back seat three point shoulder belt. Customizing belt length

SUSPENSION, STEERING, WHEELS AND TIRES

Mike in Chicago: Change your car from manual steering to power steering

Rick Larson: Upper Control Arm Relocation

Vintage Tire Reference

TRANSMISSIONS

Changing your C-4 to AOD

Changing your Manual Transmission to a T5

You shifted into the Gearzone: Autodyne RPM Calculator

Windor-Fox: Installing cable clutch linkage

David Kee's Toploader Spec's

Axle Ratio Calculator

RPM Calculators

35 years of Ford Automatic Transmissions

MISC TECH STUFF

Inliners International - Misc tech tips, Electrical short, 6 Cylinder stuff

VENTILATING, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING

Joe Weaver: Rebuilding the Falcons heater box

Vingage Air: Tech Tip (keeping cool)


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Last updated January 10, 2004

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