Vannin' Home Forums General Discussion Readers Rides my early ford falcon

i have had the van for around 3 years and seemed for a while id never get to start on it it was always one delay after the other done to many things for other people damn my love of money... plans have changed along the lines as well i have tried to put ALOT of thought into what ill be doing with it since i will put thousands of miles on it each year once its done.
im setting a somewhat realistic goal for 5ish years now that i have started
originally i wanted to go all out and use corvette suspensions and wild things, but decided to go more conservative,
it will end up with a home built frame using a 98 ford ranger front suspension air bag suspension and bigger brakes etc etc
motor was gonna be a all aluminum 32v 4.6 v8 from a lincoln mark 8 but with prices of fuel going up i am leaning towards a turbo 4cyl
here are some pics for ya
sadly this is where and how it sat for the last two years


3 years of ownership and it finally got into the garage and it starts


interior gutted motor trans out doors off start the paint stripping

surprises lol



the amount of dents and rust filled with bondo blows me away let me tell you

sitting on the 18s

sat way to high and im hoping it makes it to vanfest this year as a rolling shell so i made some changes to the suspension




and pretty well how it will look at vanfest


and for laughs the personalized plates i got for it

im in need of side barn doors and driver and passenger doors if anyone has a line on rust free stuff im interested thanks

looks like alot of good progress! Not a big fan of the tag though.

Yeah, lots of good work there but a long way to go. I like the way it sits. Good luck with the parts search. Hopefully someone can help.

Love those Falcons

the plates are strictly for laughs if you cant laugh at that you must not have a sense of humor lol

as for the parts im sure someone out there in the southern states has a handle on some parts, if not i can fix them but id rather start with good stuff than spend hours upon hours to make what i have into good parts, ill have enough hours into this thing as it is,
after vanfest some big steps will be taken but ill wait to post pics of that and explain the process then

Sounds like you got a good plan.Its gonna be a nice ride when your done.
I got to agree I don't like the plate.As a vanner I just don't want to add to our negative stereo types that a lot of society has given us & vans.