anybody know where to get parts for an old falcon?

[htchbck]

One of my friends is supposed to be inhereting her grandpa's first car soon. Its a '65 Ford Falcon, and its in pretty good shape, but I offered to do any work that it might need. The one thing that is definitely happening to it is power steering, as she is only 5'1" and 105LBs... I did some research and it appears that they were available with P/S, this one just didn't have it. Anyone know where I be able to get a P/S system for it? And any other parts we might need? Thanx in advance

[Guest]

I had a delivery!! straight 6 with 3 on the tree.. Could kick my ass for selling it when I was young.. It'd be worth a mint now. I haven't kept up with them but JCW used to carry aftermarket trim pieces etc.

[mooseheadc]

Re: anybody know where to get parts for an old falcon?

One of my friends is supposed to be inhereting her grandpa's first car soon. Its a '65 Ford Falcon, and its in pretty good shape, but I offered to do any work that it might need. The one thing that is definitely happening to it is power steering, as she is only 5'1" and 105LBs... I did some research and it appears that they were available with P/S, this one just didn't have it. Anyone know where I be able to get a P/S system for it? And any other parts we might need? Thanx in advance

They used an assist ram, like mustangs and torinos, on the centerlink

Didn't work well 35 years ago, and finding one in a junkyard
after sitting 25 years of that won't have improved them.

its possible to hack in a mustangII rack, thats they way I would go,
or maybe dropin a chevy steeringbox and do some custom
work to get the geometry right. Pump bracket may not be too
bad, ford switched to saginaw after '78 or so, and that fits under
the hood better than the old round ford pump.

http://www.autokrafters.com/catalog/FA_06_Pt1.pdf

http://www.autokrafters.com/catalog/FA_06_Pt2.pdf

hope you don't have dialup for those DLs :lol:

[25Horseplay]

Check this

http://www.ford-forums.com/ford-falcon/

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

You might be able to scare up Falcon parts in Havana ...

[htchbck]

Thanks guys, this should give me plenty of reading for the next few weeks ... by the time we actually drive up to get the car I should be an expert on falcons! Thanks once again!

[oldgrezmonke]

my first car was a 61 falcon . i weighed about 100 lbs. with arms that looked like toothpicks [i had asthma before today's medicines] the proverbial 100 lb. weakling . the steering was not difficult - lots of turns lock to lock , but light . before trying to find old p/s parts let her try it first . just don't put on a teeny -tiny steering wheel . that would make the steering effort harder , there are larger diameter custom steering wheels available if she wants to change the looks. do an internet search , there is at least one site for falcons much like ours. the mustang shared many parts with the falcons.