Louie's Club falcon

Been in school

2010-06-14T19:51:00.000-07:00

Sorry for not posting any updates in a while but I have been going to school full time and working part time so the van is just sleeping in the garage. soon I will get back in it.

Wiring glitch

2010-03-22T20:11:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while since I posted but I have been putting this beast back together, and I hit a snag. My wiring started doing all kinds of crazy things. Worked for weeks in my off time to figure it out and today finally found this

Reunited and it feels so good.

2009-09-04T12:55:00.001-07:00

I got the van home today. now I have to start on the interior, there is a car show coming up in November that I want to show it in. so I don't have much time.

whoo hoo.

2009-09-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

Stopped by the body shop today...and this is what I saw. Isn't she pretty. I think I will call her VANquish because the competition wont stand a chance. :)

Number Two

2009-08-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

I was playing around on craigslist and I found a nice panel van that I just had to have. I haven't even finished my club wagon and I am already getting another project. my wife must really love me.

2009-08-19T10:52:00.000-07:00

I know it is pretty nasty looking but it is healing up nicely

Anyone wandering what color I am painting it?

2009-08-19T01:30:00.000-07:00

I saw this toy van and I loved the colors. so I bought one and told the body shop to match it. only difference is I am going to be tinting the windows.

New face design.

2009-08-19T01:25:00.000-07:00

here is a better look at the grill ribs, I think once the van is painted they will look great.

All ready for paint

2009-08-19T01:21:00.001-07:00

the body shop called me yesterday to have me come in and take a look at the body work and finalize the paint color, Boy I must say she is looking good.

Now I see progress

2009-08-19T00:34:00.001-07:00

front sheet metal is all welded on and if you notice I wanted the front to look a little cleaner then the vans normally look so I had the body shop shave the turn signals from the front and I am going to hide them in the grill also I had the ribs shortened on the sides of the grill to a "V" pattern

2009-08-19T00:32:00.000-07:00

now she is all naked the whole thing is been striped down to bare metal.

New face lift

2009-08-19T00:29:00.001-07:00

here is a few shots of the new face. I had the body guys bend under the mounting flange for the grill so it mounts from the inside of the grill opening instead of the outside.

Too tough for me.

2009-08-19T00:21:00.001-07:00

I decided to take the van to a body shop and let them fix the sheet metal here they have already transplanted the new (new to me) sheet metal on the falcon

Wear gloves

2009-08-19T00:07:00.000-07:00

when I was cutting the sheet metal away from the donor van I hurt my finger. here is the before and after the stitchs.

found some donor metal in the junkyard.

2009-08-18T23:43:00.000-07:00

found this front sheet metal on a old rusty van but I think I can use this for a skin graph.

OH NO

2009-08-18T23:30:00.000-07:00

so after I got the van home I started to clean it up and found that I didnt look to close a the paint job...someone had some fiberglass filler and patches in the van. so I started to look more into it. I sanded down the face to find that the one of the last owners filled the front with a lot of fiberglass.

2009-08-18T23:22:00.000-07:00

inside wasn't so pretty. I know that radio isn't factory but it looks pretty close.......ha.

2009-08-18T23:18:00.000-07:00

This is how I got the van. it was running and driving. The paint looked pretty good and the van drove pretty well also but would only go about 50mph tops.

The Story

2009-08-18T23:09:00.000-07:00

I am starting this blog to archive my 1967 ford econoline restomod.