It's Not a Mustang But!!! it's a Ford
#21
Cobra Member
Just a suggestion for you. I had a Morgan and needed to reupholster it. Rather than use leather I found a product called Rave. It's a vinyl on an Italian cotton backing and looks and feels so much like leather that even a lot of people who know their stuff are fooled. It's very easy to work with, comes in a wide variety of colors, is not subject to the care problems of leather and is a LOT less expensive. We were so pleased with the results that when we needed to have a leather love seat and chair reupholstered recently we used Rave.
http://spradlingvinyl.com/catalog_colors/Rave
http://spradlingvinyl.com/catalog_colors/Rave
Last edited by tukatz; 5/24/15 at 09:48 AM.
#22
legacy Tms Member
it looks very much like a falcon .. i had this one several years ago and it operated great but just had too much rust for me to deal with ...351 5 speed ..
#23
Just a suggestion for you. I had a Morgan and needed to reupholster it. Rather than use leather I found a product called Rave. It's a vinyl on an Italian cotton backing and looks and feels so much like leather that even a lot of people who know their stuff are fooled. It's very easy to work with, comes in a wide variety of colors, is not subject to the care problems of leather and is a LOT less expensive. We were so pleased with the results that when we needed to have a leather love seat and chair reupholstered recently we used Rave.
http://spradlingvinyl.com/catalog_colors/Rave
http://spradlingvinyl.com/catalog_colors/Rave
#24
#26
Cobra Member
Your Falcon looks like a hoot. When I had my Morgan I removed the 1.6L Ford engine and gearbox and installed an engine and gearbox from a 2005 Honda S2000. The Morgan weighed 800 pounds less than an S2000. It looked like this sweet and innocent little English sports car and it was an animal. I remember one car show where I had the bonnet open and a couple of young guys came buy. One did a double take and said, "Holy S...!!! He's got an S2000 engine in there!"
#32
#33
The conversion has been going really well. In fact it was beginning to be to easy. However we hit our fist hurdle today. We knew there would be some trying to fit an engine based on the American left hand drive system into our Australian right hand drive shells was never going to be straight forward.
The main issue is the started motor that is mounted on the same side of the vehicle as our steering arm. Room is very limited. pic below
Our solution was to lower the engine and to move the engine further back and closer to the firewall
The main issue is the started motor that is mounted on the same side of the vehicle as our steering arm. Room is very limited. pic below
Our solution was to lower the engine and to move the engine further back and closer to the firewall
#34
Legacy TMS Member
That's fine. When you get a ghost cam tune for it, it'll be sure to rock the whole car even more, being so close to the firewall. Hope it doesn't make contact with the firewall though lol
#35
#36
Yeh it's going to be tight for sure. There is still some work to do in this area yet and we'll see what mods we can do to those hoses and lines at the rear of the engine to give us more clearance.
#37
Another asset to moving the engine further back is the better weight distribution. Hopefully the car will handle better with the weight more central.
Might only be a few inches but it all helps with the balance of the vehicle.
Might only be a few inches but it all helps with the balance of the vehicle.
#39