**An important Update!** In the video the Spring Perch where the spring sits on; the tang must face towards the body (tang in the back). I installed it tang to the front since that's how it was when I took it off. The correct way is Tang on the back or you will have trouble bolting the shock and the spring wanting to bow out!
Hi! I have a 62 Falcon Ranchero with a 170 inline six and I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting such an in-depth video of the process going through the front suspension. I was recently gifted a set of upper shafts and had absolutely no clue as to where they went, and watching your video helped me locate them!!! This video is such a good foundation guide for when I go through and redo my suspension. Once again, thank you so much for posting videos like these because they help young car enthusiasts like myself keep our vehicles on the road and educate us throughout our journey. :)
What a surprise when you took the fenders, bumper, and almost the entire front end off to paint the wheel wells. I loved the results though, nice and shiny!
Incredible sweat equity journey on your wife's Falcon! There are always a few surprises waiting for you on suspension work when you have a 50-60 year old car...you solved the riddles and the Falcon looks great. Thanks for your time!
You installed your spring perches backwards. Might be why you had trouble installing the shock. This will make the car ride stiffer and shorten the life of the spring perch as the rubber is always in a bind now. The side of the perch with the coil spring stop should go to the inside, not the outside.
Hi Laing, you are correct. I’ve had a couple people message me about the perch orientation. I installed it the way it was on but I’m guessing someone had replaced the perch at some point. I will update! Thank you!
Nice work Omar. I just converted my 60 comet two door from 4 lug to 5 lug V8 front and rear suspension and 8” RR with front 4 piston disc brakes. Freakin outstanding result!
Two things, I think I would check the ball joint stud diameter for the '62 and '63 ball joints and if they were the same I would weld the mounting holes closed on the later model ball joint and grind it to fit the earlier upper control arm, then I would re-drill the holes to match the earlier control arm and use the more available later model '63 ball joints from now on. If that's not possible, then I would check the mounting stud diameter and center-to-center width of the '63 upper control arm as well as the ball joint diameter, and if that matched up I would just get a brand new '63 upper control arm from Moog and install it, even if I had to get the special cone-shaped drill to oversize the ball joint hole on the original '62 steering arms. In other words, I would try to use the '63 stuff on the '62 if I could because the parts are more readily available. Nice job on your Falcon in this video.
I'm a big fan of POR. I've done full undersides with it. Must be a huge difference in driving and steering that machine now. Some serious age and wear. That rubber was toast LOL.
Nice! Glad it is working as you plan. Also, as yourself, my 1963 Ford Falcon I am working on will belong to the wife. Will attach some photos later on. Good work to both of you.
really great job and video. I did the same job on my 64 T-Bird last summer and as you know it is a bear. now I need to pull the 390 for a rebuild. enjoy your journeys
Yes I was debating on the roller perches it would definitely be a good upgrade. I’ll consider it in the future, I think because of the budget we went back to stock haha
My 63 Ford falcon was taken from me when someone ran a stop sign and I T-Boned them going 45. It hurts me to see how beautiful my car could have been. I did a lot of work to it, but never got to replace the floor pan and paint the body.
Omar the 65-66 Mustang Shock towers/mounts look to be the same, the rest of the suspension for 65-68 looks the same as the falcon's but that is really no Suprise as the Mustang is based on the Falcon/Comet. IIRC this applies to the rear also.
Yes I think there are small differences. But mostly the same. I was able to use the generic stuff like the spring saddle and lower control arm but other components were different
Nice job. My 62 Comet is pretty much the same. I gave up on removing the factory coating on the inner wheel well. Man that was on there good. Great video, the POR 150is🥒
I recently did my suspension on my 62 Fairlane. Everything was replaced. Wow, you're right it's a task to find things, but it's complete. I had to drill out my uppers and weld to fit those upper ball joints. Replace a blown out control arm and a steering knuckle. I ended up with an extra NOS knuckle for a '62 falcon (passenger side) if you need it. You can also have your center link remanufactured much cheaper than replacing it. Good work brother! Where in CA are you?
Omar, That was nice work. You handled all those guaranteed unexpected issues really well. But you didn't paint the brake hubs, Bro. Hey, just kidding. I know you were probably pressed for time! It was really good to see you putting out a video on this sweet falcon.
Hahaha yes they will be painted as well. I’m going to convert it to a dual bowl master cylinder instead of the single. It will be much safer that way, then I will paint the hubs. Thanks!
Looks pretty great! I heard somewhere that POR15 is susceptible to UV rays. Does something to it so it doesn't last as long or something and needed to be top coated if its in the sunlight? Is that true or just some negative chirp? I think that stuff looks killer.
I have a silly question: I subscribed to your channnel only two days ago and I have watched nearly 80% of all your viedeos. I did not see how this car came to your place. Did I miss something? This car is small and practical for a lady. As my wife is getting older, she prefers to drive our modern daily beaters. At least my daughter is enjoying my vintage cars. Maybe I will let her use my 63 Corvair Monza as a daily driver once it is finally finished and has passed ou stupidly strict inspections.
Hi there! Much appreciated for the comments. My girlfriend bought this car about a year ago from this video. I plan on doing much more falcon videos as there are many falcons out there. This is hers and we plan on going to car shows soon!
Wow what a great thorough video man ! I just bout a 1960 and am going to change the rubber brake lines, napa has them for like 60 bucks each ! Auto zone has them for 10.00 .....did you change yours ? Where did you get the brake parts ? Were you happy with them ? Thanx !
Hi David, all the rubber lines were changed. I believe I bought them from Autozone. I forgot how much they were, but they are good quality. I also got them for my 64 comet and no problems with them
@@OmarRamirezGalaxie right on man, thanks for the reply! Did you find that because yours is a 62 that ball joint was for the 62 only?.... or do I need to find that super rare ball joint also for 1960? (If i end up needin it) .....Your Falcon is Gorgeous...!! You're gonna trip when you see this 60...ima try to put some vids of it up....only 42 k miles.... did you see the video on here, "1960 Ford Falcon windy road" ? Pretty cool with Kennedy inaugural stickers from early 60's
I think 1960-1962 are the same ball joint but I would confirm on yours and look under there. I haven’t seen that video I’ll check it out! I love to see time capsules it’s really cool
**An important Update!** In the video the Spring Perch where the spring sits on; the tang must face towards the body (tang in the back). I installed it tang to the front since that's how it was when I took it off. The correct way is Tang on the back or you will have trouble bolting the shock and the spring wanting to bow out!
Hi! I have a 62 Falcon Ranchero with a 170 inline six and I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting such an in-depth video of the process going through the front suspension. I was recently gifted a set of upper shafts and had absolutely no clue as to where they went, and watching your video helped me locate them!!! This video is such a good foundation guide for when I go through and redo my suspension. Once again, thank you so much for posting videos like these because they help young car enthusiasts like myself keep our vehicles on the road and educate us throughout our journey. :)
No problem, glad it was helpful! If you have any questions ask away. This little falcon drives so smooth it’s unreal. The perfect cruiser
What a surprise when you took the fenders, bumper, and almost the entire front end off to paint the wheel wells. I loved the results though, nice and shiny!
Lol I figured if I wanted to paint it right it should all come off. All the fender hardware was rusted out as well, so it made the job a lot longer
Love seeing a young generation still in love with the pass. Sir, you’re so talented wish you were near so you could get my 62 falcon running again.
Incredible sweat equity journey on your wife's Falcon! There are always a few surprises waiting for you on suspension work when you have a 50-60 year old car...you solved the riddles and the Falcon looks great. Thanks for your time!
Haha thanks Craig, this car definitely rides a lot smoother now. Ready to cruise!
You installed your spring perches backwards. Might be why you had trouble installing the shock. This will make the car ride stiffer and shorten the life of the spring perch as the rubber is always in a bind now. The side of the perch with the coil spring stop should go to the inside, not the outside.
Hi Laing, you are correct. I’ve had a couple people message me about the perch orientation. I installed it the way it was on but I’m guessing someone had replaced the perch at some point. I will update! Thank you!
My 1st car was a1960 Falcon neighor sold it to me for $1.00, yes a dollar because I took care of his lawn for a summer , that was 1968
Nice work Omar. I just converted my 60 comet two door from 4 lug to 5 lug V8 front and rear suspension and 8” RR with front 4 piston disc brakes. Freakin outstanding result!
Very cool to see the Falcon back as “new”! Great work!
I’m just glad it’s back on the road, need more falcons out there!
Thank You very much !!
Nice work!
I am doing a 62' now , shock tower delete, ifs , with rack n pinion set up.
Two things, I think I would check the ball joint stud diameter for the '62 and '63 ball joints and if they were the same I would weld the mounting holes closed on the later model ball joint and grind it to fit the earlier upper control arm, then I would re-drill the holes to match the earlier control arm and use the more available later model '63 ball joints from now on. If that's not possible, then I would check the mounting stud diameter and center-to-center width of the '63 upper control arm as well as the ball joint diameter, and if that matched up I would just get a brand new '63 upper control arm from Moog and install it, even if I had to get the special cone-shaped drill to oversize the ball joint hole on the original '62 steering arms. In other words, I would try to use the '63 stuff on the '62 if I could because the parts are more readily available. Nice job on your Falcon in this video.
Great job! Great video!
Thanks appreciate it!
Lots of work but the results made up for it. Great job.
Thanks Doug! Yes this one took me a lot of time but she’s ready to go anywhere now
Nice job, looking good!😎
Appreciate it!
You did an incredible thorough job. Nice work!!!
Thanks appreciate it!
Nice work! I have a 1964 futura, and love the old Falcons. You earned a new subscriber as well.
Inspirador trabajo!!!..congratulations!!!! I love the falcon 1962
Excellent work Omar 👏 it looks like a lot of fun work and I'm pretty sure your girl is so happy that is done 😎👍
Thanks! Yes she’s had this car a couple years now, life gets in the way and it was just sitting. So now it can be driven with no problems
Great video. I am about to do the same on my 1962 Falcon!
I'm a big fan of POR. I've done full undersides with it. Must be a huge difference in driving and steering that machine now. Some serious age and wear. That rubber was toast LOL.
Haha yes all of it was original so everything was way worn out. Definitely rides smooth, ready for another 50 years haha
@@OmarRamirezGalaxie Entering cream puff territory now.
Great video on the Ford Falcon!
Nice ride
Nice! Glad it is working as you plan. Also, as yourself, my 1963 Ford Falcon I am working on will belong to the wife. Will attach some photos later on. Good work to both of you.
really great job and video. I did the same job on my 64 T-Bird last summer and as you know it is a bear. now I need to pull the 390 for a rebuild. enjoy your journeys
Love the 64 t birds, good luck on the 390 they are sweet engines
Looks great man, I just did this for my wife's Maverick. If you used roller spring perches you wouldn't have had to fight the shocks going in.
Yes I was debating on the roller perches it would definitely be a good upgrade. I’ll consider it in the future, I think because of the budget we went back to stock haha
My 63 Ford falcon was taken from me when someone ran a stop sign and I T-Boned them going 45. It hurts me to see how beautiful my car could have been. I did a lot of work to it, but never got to replace the floor pan and paint the body.
Meant to say POR 15 is amazing
Omar the 65-66 Mustang Shock towers/mounts look to be the same, the rest of the suspension for 65-68 looks the same as the falcon's but that is really no Suprise as the Mustang is based on the Falcon/Comet. IIRC this applies to the rear also.
Yes I think there are small differences. But mostly the same. I was able to use the generic stuff like the spring saddle and lower control arm but other components were different
Love it!
Galaxie is next!
@@OmarRamirezGalaxie Heck ya!
Man!! Loved the video. I need to do this to my ford as well. Thnx 😅
Haha much appreciated! Get to it!
Nice job. My 62 Comet is pretty much the same.
I gave up on removing the factory coating on the inner wheel well. Man that was on there good.
Great video, the POR 150is🥒
Thanks! Yes that coating took forever to take off haha but I thought might as well go all the way
love it, reminds me of my 61 i bought about year ago. i need to replace floor pan in it, i have a brand new floor pan. just lazy.
Go for it! I’ll be doing the whole floor on my 64 soon!
I'm a 62 model myself, and all of my suspension parts are worn the F*** out
so if you see any knee or shoulder parts in that box
fill me in brother!
Haha I see a lot of 62 year cars with original suspension. I’m guessing because the parts can take a while to find
Wow Great Video!!!!
Great job on the Falcon. Thought you might have upgraded to front disc brakes.
Disc brakes will be coming soon!
I recently did my suspension on my 62 Fairlane. Everything was replaced. Wow, you're right it's a task to find things, but it's complete. I had to drill out my uppers and weld to fit those upper ball joints. Replace a blown out control arm and a steering knuckle. I ended up with an extra NOS knuckle for a '62 falcon (passenger side) if you need it. You can also have your center link remanufactured much cheaper than replacing it. Good work brother! Where in CA are you?
62 fairlanes are pretty sweet. I’m guessing they have similar suspension to this falcon. I think I’m good on the spindles. I’m in Long Beach area
Wow...what a great video a great job you did there....do you know if all that is the same on the 1960 model ?
Omar, That was nice work. You handled all those guaranteed unexpected issues really well. But you didn't paint the brake hubs, Bro. Hey, just kidding. I know you were probably pressed for time! It was really good to see you putting out a video on this sweet falcon.
Hahaha yes they will be painted as well. I’m going to convert it to a dual bowl master cylinder instead of the single. It will be much safer that way, then I will paint the hubs. Thanks!
I also have the chrome horn / center cap in decent condition (by accident, parts right?) for that car if you need it.
I have one but it’s in not so good condition haha. Send me a email omar_ramirez562@hotmail.com
Looks pretty great! I heard somewhere that POR15 is susceptible to UV rays. Does something to it so it doesn't last as long or something and needed to be top coated if its in the sunlight? Is that true or just some negative chirp? I think that stuff looks killer.
Great work on this car. Thank you for posting the video. Sub +1
Much appreciated!
Are the rear shocks upside down?
I have a silly question: I subscribed to your channnel only two days ago and I have watched nearly 80% of all your viedeos. I did not see how this car came to your place. Did I miss something?
This car is small and practical for a lady. As my wife is getting older, she prefers to drive our modern daily beaters. At least my daughter is enjoying my vintage cars. Maybe I will let her use my 63 Corvair Monza as a daily driver once it is finally finished and has passed ou stupidly strict inspections.
Hi there! Much appreciated for the comments. My girlfriend bought this car about a year ago from this video. I plan on doing much more falcon videos as there are many falcons out there. This is hers and we plan on going to car shows soon!
Wow what a great thorough video man ! I just bout a 1960 and am going to change the rubber brake lines, napa has them for like 60 bucks each ! Auto zone has them for 10.00 .....did you change yours ? Where did you get the brake parts ? Were you happy with them ? Thanx !
Hi David, all the rubber lines were changed. I believe I bought them from Autozone. I forgot how much they were, but they are good quality. I also got them for my 64 comet and no problems with them
@@OmarRamirezGalaxie right on man, thanks for the reply! Did you find that because yours is a 62 that ball joint was for the 62 only?.... or do I need to find that super rare ball joint also for 1960? (If i end up needin it) .....Your Falcon is Gorgeous...!! You're gonna trip when you see this 60...ima try to put some vids of it up....only 42 k miles.... did you see the video on here, "1960 Ford Falcon windy road" ? Pretty cool with Kennedy inaugural stickers from early 60's
I think 1960-1962 are the same ball joint but I would confirm on yours and look under there. I haven’t seen that video I’ll check it out! I love to see time capsules it’s really cool
when are we getting a Galaxie video???
Next video will be the tri power! Back on the galaxie