I went on the internet and found this

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/17/2014 at 12:09 • Filed to: moar ramblinbait

I need to shoop Mustang bumpers on this to see what it looks like.

DISCUSSION (16)

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 12:13

Kinja'd!!!

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 12:17

The 65 Shelby GT 350 R front bumper would look cool I think. But it's a nice clean ranchero as is

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
02/17/2014 at 12:27

Mine is a '63 like this one, though I have a '60 grill I'll be putting in. The better to be making with the F-86 Sabre look (and my original was missing). My bumpers are both heavily trashed/in need of rechroming, and with the ludicrously low prices of the Mustang aftermarket, I'm leaning toward some Mustang variation. Being the same platform origin, it's not unpossible to make fit, it just makes for a little custom bodywork like above.

Brian, The Life of > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 12:34

OMG ... it's perfect!

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 12:36

Yeah all it takes is bodywork a buddy just did a 63 falcon gasser that came out really cool. Here's a link to his build. Might have some good ideas even if your not looking at a gasser.

http://camaroforums.com/forum/projects…

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
02/17/2014 at 12:45

Interesting how he went with a '61 grill - that's my second favorite. I also like the Lakewood bellhousing. I'm using the same trans as he is (Super T-10), though I'm not converting to floor shift.

Hopefully I won't have to cut my shock towers like he did - the Rover V-8 looks like it fits with maybe 3/4" to spare each side. I will be cutting the firewall a bit, though, getting the engine back. I didn't read the whole thing - side trim looks like a Sprint, so the front springs would already have been not far off if not for needing to make room...

Great link!

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 12:52

How are retaining the column shifter for a 4 speed? The reason he cut the shock towers is for a gasser with a straight axle they are not needed and he built new support structure with tubing.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
02/17/2014 at 13:13

I'm going to add another tier to the column shifter's path, hopefully. You have two bars that the shifter goes up and down through, to move one or the other, like below:

Kinja'd!!!

Not a Falcon, but operation would be similar: basically shorten some pieces, and where there are the 7302 and 7303 part groups, imagine another (call it 7304) and another detent plate like the 7336. Requires modifying some parts, and possibly adding a spring to provide reverse lockout.

Of course, I know somebody here at work who just hooked up the two levers on a column-shift 3 to the trans to have 1-4, and connected a secondary reverse lever. Not my style, though.

I know, gasser's a whole other animal. If I were going straight axle it would be simple as hell, but I'm trying to keep it viable as a corners beast.

camaroboy68ss > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 13:26

Neat idea to keep the column shift. I don't think you would have worry too much on a lock out since reverse would be towards you a up. The super T-10 doesn't like going into first anyway when above 10-15 mph.

If planning on having a corner carver why keep the column shift? Of all the different types if ways to change gears the column has to be one of the slowest and most prone to hang up of them all. I'm not trying to bash but I'm just going off my experience with both column and floor shift standard cars. If you are going for a just a cruiser your idea is really cool and would be really different but if you look at doing a autocross with it the column could be troublesome

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > camaroboy68ss
02/17/2014 at 13:31

Not really so much an autocross focus as "I want to be able to maintain *all the speed* around the corners I'm cruising between". Think Blue Ridge Parkway, Tail of the Dragon, etc... Areas where the original 8" on weak springs + squishy front springs would suffer a lot, as would anything I big-blocked the hell out of.

PilotMan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 13:34

Ecoboost 1 liter?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PilotMan
02/17/2014 at 13:38

Would be light as all hell, certainly. I'm going with an NA 4.2 Rover V8 in mine, though - also a '63.

PilotMan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 13:41

The Rover 4.2 is pretty much Buick's 215, are you sure you want it going into a ford?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PilotMan
02/17/2014 at 14:00

Ford ownership of Land-Rover: 2000-2008

Rover V-8 production: 1960-2006

*2000-2006*

CLOSE ENOUGH

Okay, maybe to be more cromulent it needs to be a 4.6, 3.9 or 3.5 (Discovery, Range Rover production during that time).

Roberto G. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/17/2014 at 14:11

Is it a Falcon?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Roberto G.
02/17/2014 at 14:14

Yes. 1963 Falcon "Ranchero" - not typically advertised in the US in the same ad campaigns as the standard Falcon, but most sheet metal in common with the two-door station wagon.

This one eliminates the overly box-shaped front and rear bumpers on '62 and up models and is better for it, IMHO.