Ok after an 800 plus round trip, the Falcon is at home in the garage, my 12 year old and I are beat, I will try to get some photos loaded tomarrow .

Like all the ideas , but I will stay Ford all the way, just in case that spare 5.0 every drops in it. I hope to have the willpower to work with the six,

First on the list of upgrades is brakes , I need to figure out which makes the most since, the Granada swap or go with MS late model set up like I did on the  68. I'll take all opinions and remember this thing isl light. The biggest plus for the Granada set up ISO can use 15" wheels which will help the ride over 17

Loaded up and ready to head south, we haft to fine somewhere good to eat, this 12 year old boy is about to fall apart if he doesnt get food soon.

Photo#2 &3 are at home at last, getting unloaded and in the garage, as soon as it quits raining, I will get some better photos to show everyone.

I did drive it about 10 miles to the county clerk for inspection and transfer, and this thing is light, it drives light. The 170 six and 2 speed auto is a force to be reckond with (Ha Ha), by the way, the factory manual choke is nice, it opens when I want it to.

Thans for the support guys.

I néed to compare prices, the problem is MS set up is a lot of bang for your buck, but it forces you into 17" wheels. I have seen these 63's with 17's and I guess it looks ok but for me it's all about keeping the proportions right and this is a short / tall car and I think the 15's look better. Plus a 17 would mean something like 215-45 or 40's which are going to ride terrible on this car. I think these cars look great with classic magnum 500's or styled steel wheels and raised white letters, I know a little old school. I agree 215's would be about right it has 195-70-14's right now and they don't look that small realative to the car.  I have always ran staggered wheels and tires and I am liking the thought of buying five all the same and having a spare and bring able to rotate. Brakes get the ball rolling, that will determine wheels, steering, suspension and so on.

This is what i am thinking, the stance, wheel and tires.


This is not bad.


This is nice.


This just doesn't look right to me, but you know what they say about opinions.


I may just be a bit old school, but i still need to decide on brakes, suspension and steering.

you can get away with 16" if you use 05-09 v6 caliper and rotors i did this on my 65 stang i even keep it 4 lug and have konig rewinds on them looks good MS has pics of what needs to happen to make that work.

as to keeping the 6 you can make a lot of power out if them and still get good MPG with a T5 setup. look at the aluminum cylinder head that is over there on fordsix guys are making 200+ horses at the wheels and still get 27+ MPG. there is a bunch of austalian guys there that have a ton of knowledge about the 6 cylinders.

Here are some better photos of the new car, I am still trying figure out which way is the best bang for the buck on the brakes, why cant anything be simple.

i would do the mustang steve brakes. its cheaper for the cost of calipers on KH you can get rotors and calipers on the 05-09 mustangs and pads probably too. not to mention you dont have to change the spindles if you dont want to. im still using the 6 cylinder spindles on my car tho you will have to use the 4 lug hubs. as the 5 lug hubs have the bigger bearings. if it s just going to be a crusier then that should be plenty fine. you can even get a 4 lug 8" rear end out of 71-73 mavericks that use the same bolt pattern that you have now.