Got the console recovered in black vinyl, and repainted the insets on the chrome fins:


Fits the car great.

 

Nice!

 

Got a new part for the Falcon. That's the easy part, and now comes the hard part!



Going to take a bit of fabrication, but I'm removing the 60's Econoline straight axle, and replace it with this 1936 Chevy chromed straight axle. The good part is the springs line up right below the frame rails. The bad part is that's 6" narrower than what it presently has, so all the mounts I built will need to come off. Steering drag link needs to be shortened a couple inches also, but that's easy.
The Chevy axle actually accepts Econoline spindles, but need to use the Chevy kingpins, and turn down the bushings to fit the Econoline spindles. It wont be nearly as much work as fabricating spring mounts. Figure I might as well convert it to disc brakes at the same time, as the axle and spindles don't have brakes or backing plates now. Cheaper and easier to convert to discs than to buy all the pieces to stay drums.
Summer project that I hope only takes a few days. But once it's done, I'm going to tear into the BBC and replace the camshaft with a bit less duration. It's a bit of a beast on the street, and want it a little more drivable.

 

Ended up staying with the camshaft I had! Finally got a friend involved who's much smarter with tuning than I am! Turned out the big Chevy engine with twin 600 cfm Holleys was gasping for fuel! A blip of the throttle added what it needed, and that's why it smoothed out when I gave it some gas and the accelerator pump added a squirt!
We pulled the #62 primary jets out, and drilled them out to #80 sized jets. Reassembled the carbs and took it for a test drive. Holy cow what a difference! It is much smoother and streetable at lower rpm cruise speeds, but still lifts the front wheels on launch! Probably wont do anything for the gas mileage, but he tells me we can downsize the nozzles and maybe gain a little there. I really don't care, as it's a hotrod and not an economy car. Just glad it's such a pleasure to drive now, and not such a beast!