I am not too impressed with the fit. It took 5 hours of careful trimming, glueing an screwing to install. It is a bit loose in spots and all the edges that needed to be finished weren't.
rear in.
top tip! heat a piece of conduit with a torch and cut/melt perfect round holes for seat and belt mount points
all the bits trimmed off.
I managed to find a rattle can close to the interior red and redid the kick panels
Much better than before! Now to clean up the door panels.
Nice!
Got a quick wrenching session in this afternoon.
Back when it came out from the alignment shop it never felt quite right.
It still wandered all over the road and felt loose and vague. I put it on the rack and noticed the center link was rattling loose. Not sure if it was my fault or the alignment techs. I swear i remember cottering the rod ends but they were missing and I did reassemble it many times. After tightening it all up it drove better but still had heavy wooden steering, didn't self center and was all over the road.
Today I bent up some longacre style toe plates
Damn! that is some serious toe out that got created when I tightened up the center link. I did a quickie tie rod adjustment to almost 1/8" to in and it is finally starting to feel like a driveable car. no more wandering and much lighter steering.
I also took the time to install the sprung hinges I took off the ranchero that Ransom cut his rear quarters off.
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Much nicer than dealing with a rattling prop rod.
The car has never been pleasant sounding, but lately it started getting worse and then 2 days ago I was embarrassed to be seen in it.
Started with the most obvious culprit. The exhaust downpipe donut
It was pretty beat looking
But no dice. It still sounded like a total E36 M3can.
Ahh! There you go
Holy Crap! Quietness!!! And you can actually hear the faint burble of what might be a nice sounding engine in there.
In other news I have started collecting pieces for the next phase
Thank you Ransom for your generous contribution.
In reply to ditchdigger:
You are most welcome! Glad to have been useful for a change 
Holy E36 M3balls. Look at all that wrenching room!!! 
Man this thing looks great. Of all the old cars I've had, I never replaced the carpet in any of them. That makes a HUGE difference in my whole perception of how nice the car is, and I never would have realized it.
There are a couple sub-challenge priced comet/falcons that are original and straight, but not nearly this cherry. Still, I daydream about picking one up and building either a late-4cyl DD or a gutted track monster.
mmmmmm..... gm tbi swap in vintage car......
a man after my own heart. please tell me thats the 2.8 throttle body, and that youre converting to hei style ignition control powered by a 7730 ecm.
personally, im doing a 350 tbi swap on a 64 chevelle.
michael
Very cool build. I'd love to have an old car as a daily driver again, but the winters up here are just too brutal. Keep it going!
I made another thread about the front shock breaking
Today I fixed it. Keep in mind that the bulk of the fab work was done VERY hurriedly so it is not pretty.
Years ago I picked up some Pro Shocks mustang II coilovers at a swap meet because why the hell not. They have been kicking around since and this failure got me thinking about them. There are a few coilover kits out there for falcons/mustangs so I copied them
A trip to the steel yard rewarded me with some stamped steel flanges, pipe caps and a chunk of 3"X1/4" angle.
A little weldy weldy and we have an upper mount
The angle became the lower mount.
et viola
Now my math on the springs came out to ~550 and that is one of the rates that pro offers these with. I figure the motion ratio on the springs is about 2:1 so that would make it about 275in/lb wheel rate. I have daily driven rabbits with 350lb wheel rates and my E30 had IE3's on it so I am not afraid of stiff. so lets throw them on.
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I guessed on where to set the collar and came up exactly 1/4" above the old ride height. Gonna leave it there and see how much it settles. The ride is actually a little softer than it was before and therefore it is gonna need a bigger front sway bar soon.
So far I am really pleased with it. Now I just need to keep an eye out for some adjustable QA1's or something.
Suhweet!!
In reply to ditchdigger:
Wait!! What's with that Ferrari stamped valve-train cover you have the flange sitting on???
You can see the 74 Dino 308gt4 in the background of this pic
It is in for its first major service at 30K miles. Really cool car. I expected to like it but I didn't expect to fall so head over heels in love with it.
A much more sedate body than any other Ferrari of that era, a flat plane V8 that sounds amazing, the most perfect seats I have ever planted my ass in, ergonomics that fit me like a custom tailored suit and the handling. I can't wait to finish it up and put the requisite 50 miles on it before I hand it back over to the owner.
The car hasn't settled. It actually came up another quarter of an inch somehow. I am so used to the look before that I don't know how much I like the level look. I might drop it down again to get a little rake
Now this is one cool project. 
On the EFI conversion: the ~1985 2.3 Tempo motor throttle body is almost a direct bolt on in place of the 1 bbl Motorcraft carb.
In reply to Curmudgeon:
I did TBI on the Fiat and really want to go port injection on this one. I have a plan on sinking some bungs into the log.
Besides I doubt a Tempo injector can handle the fuel requirements I hope to need.
Doesn't everyone keep a Ferrari around for a workbench.
ditchdigger wrote: et viola
I took a closer look at your pics for more background details and saw what looks to be a Cobra or an Austin Healy in the background of this pic... More info? 
It is a BT7 Austin Healey in for a bare tub resto.
I have a great job. I work in the restoration shop of http://www.sportscarshop.com
I tend to specialize in the italians. Primarily rear engine Abarths and Fiats but I also get Ferraris and others.
Yesterday I spent the bulk of my day replacing the fuel tank and rebuilding the carb on a 1932 Rolls Royce Phantom II.
Man... I just recently became a member on GRM and was working in Coos Bay, OR for a year or so after relocating from Western Australia. I passed through Eugene many times in that period - if only I knew!
My wife and I bought an old house in Hamilton (Canada) with an '88 V8 Mustang parked in the backyard; the previous owner let me have it. I'm dreaming of doing something similar to this with the mechanicals or build a Factory Five Roadster out of it. Hence I love what you have done to this old Falcon!
Sorry for the hi-jack. Looking forward to future installments.
ditchdigger wrote:
I'm in love!
I always liked these. good taste, good job
Look what fell into the trunk today!
Off to search for what clutch/pp/flywheel combo to use for a T-5/200ci combo.
In reply to ditchdigger:
Freakin' awesome!
Period correct shifter found on CL today for $5.
Curious which T5 you went with. I'm thinking about someday combining one with a small engine and wonder what sort of 5th gear ratio I should be looking for.
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