BUILD THREAD For 1964 Falcon Sprint to Monte Carlo Rallye FIA spec'

[khyndart in CA]

You had better hold it right there Paul, I don't want hear of any other body changes you have made just to reduce the weight !

KH

[Paul B]

Ha ha
Good point Ken, it could get very scary... real fast!

Back to sanding tomorrow to finish the shell off, had a few days away, very nice time!

[John McKechnie]

Now you have done all this work Paul, its safe to tell you this story..
When I lived out in WestWorld, there was a guy I knew called Neil G.
Brother did he have a large collection of cars- this is mid 70s last century- in old massive chicken sheds....thats another story, so we wont go down this path.
Anyway, Neil made replica fibreglass guard for Toyota Corollas , HQ Holdens and many other types and brands when no one else was doing it and NOS was hellishly expensive.
This particular story is about his wifes 1964 Falcon Coupe e and decided to see what panels he could make for it.
Well, the chassis rails ,firewall were steel and just about everything else was changed.
Told me at the time lost more than 280 pounds- not kilos- from this exercise, as well as future proofing it against rust repairs. Also had enough pieces left over to make another Falcon Coupe
Why have I waited so long to tell you this......after all this work, heading towards the finish line, you are not going to undo all your painstaking work and try to replicate this weight loss ...or more.

[Paul B]

Wow that is 127kg, they must have been made very light.
Neat story John, there are some clever people out there.
Cheers

[Paul B]

Here is a great clip to fool you, actually filmed in 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=o1MH9SwYVCc

[Paul B]

Here is a great old clip from the 1960 Monte Carlo Rallye, good assortment of cars, great shots of France.
14.5 minutes long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ov5brH94H4

[Paul B]

1964 MONTE CARLO RALLYE 2700 MILES OF DRIVING (Old news paper article)

[Paul B]

Here is a good read also about the 64 Monte Carlo Rally

https://rallysportmag.com/looking-ba...e-ford-falcon/

[Paul B]

This is Bill Meek in Perth, racing when he had his 1964 Falcon Rallye sprint, He built it 28 years ago or so. He won many events and holds many lap records in this car. This was the first Rallye Sprint Falcon built in Australia to CAMS specs and the car also holds Grandfather rights. Bill conducted a mammoth research mission to build this car taking him to Holman Moody in USA and interviewing Alan Mann in the UK. Over the years Bill has amassed a wealth of knowledge on these particular cars.

[Paul B]

Update:
There has been a huge amount of sanding done to finish the car to final paint stage, it is almost finished, only 1 door left to finish.
The entire body inside and out has also been finished.

This was the Fiberglass hood with a powder guide coat applied before the 500 grit finishing sand,


This is the finished Fiberglass Fender & Door, a small amount of rub through that I will spot prime over and re 500 sand.




Finished Fiberglass inner fender panel that I had to make


And here is the finished body shell ready to go to paint


As mentioned earlier, it will be painted Wimbledon White, the factory colour of 1964
There will be some more paint finishing to do, dash, engine bay and blue side stripe, that will be done later after the paint hardens.
The fiberglass moves a little as it cures and there are some small low spots and 1 or 2 high spots that will make it look very original and true to how it looked in the day.... and I am just happy with the look and finish, its not perfect, but they never were.
Hopefully no one will notice as I hurtle down the front straight at a rapid pace of knots.

[Oldfart]

Not trying to tell how to suck eggs, but the Alpine had a plasticiser on the fibreglass bits to cope with the inevitable movement.
It is looking superb Paul.

[Steve Holmes]

Here is another Falcon Sprint recently built by American Muscle Motorsports & Services, in Germany. Although an Appendix K car, they've built it to Trans-Am spec, hence it has no bumpers. Looks cool.

[khyndart in CA]

Paul,
You may have these but I came across this 1964 US. Ford Falcon sales brochure and wanted to share some of it.
I hope that is ok.








( Ken H )

[khyndart in CA]

!964 Ford Falcon brochure continued.





Paul,
Will your car colour / color be similar to what Jim Richards had for his 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint in this 2010 photo at Adelaide's Parklands Circuit ?




(Ken H )

[Spgeti]

Here is another Falcon Sprint recently built by American Muscle Motorsports & Services, in Germany. Although an Appendix K car, they've built it to Trans-Am spec, hence it has no bumpers. Looks cool.

Love the colour scheme Steve.

[Paul B]

Thanks Rhys,
Its always nice to get a car perfectly straight for paint, after blocking this down over 4 times through all the sand paper grades, it is very clear that there will be some more movement in the race weight fiberglass. Albeit after 2 years the movement is a lot less now.
I also elected to use the resin manufacturers recommended formula and method. The inclusion of a plasticiser would have required too much testing and experimental work for me, that aside trying to find the correct plasticiser, so it went into the too hard basket.
The paint work should look very nice as the prep has gone very well, also being white it should be fairly forgiving.
I suppose this build is all about being original so the final finish will be just that.
I am really looking forward to assembly time, that when the good fun starts.
Cheers

[Paul B]

Here is another Falcon Sprint recently built by American Muscle Motorsports & Services, in Germany. Although an Appendix K car, they've built it to Trans-Am spec, hence it has no bumpers. Looks cool.

Looks like the same livery as Roy Pierpoint in the Bill Shaw Racing Falcon on post #157 & #158 - Group 5?
The Cougar looks very cool too, could be a Dan Gurney replica

[Paul B]

Paul,
Will your car colour / color be similar to what Jim Richards had for his 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint in this 2010 photo at Adelaide's Parklands Circuit ?

(Ken H )[/QUOTE]

Ken,
Thanks for the posts, they are great, I like the old brochures, my garage walls are covered with them.
The paint (Wimbledon White) will be a creamy white colour and the blue stripe is a iridescent blue, Guardsman Blue. This is Lars's Car and will be the same as this.

[Steve Holmes]

Looks like the same livery as Roy Pierpoint in the Bill Shaw Racing Falcon on post #157 & #158 - Group 5?
The Cougar looks very cool too, could be a Dan Gurney replica

Thats what I thought too Paul.

[kiwi285]

Love the colour schemes and the Dan Gurney Cougar. You must be getting excited now Paul. As always a superb job.