Scroungers C.C. 1964 Falcon Drag Car

For the ones that wasn't there, we could have hung the rearend back in the car but the spring plates on the old rearend was too small to work. I had stopped and bought two but they were wrong too. I figured I'd have to drive to Dayton Ohio to see if Jeff found some he thought he had but good luck was with us this morning. Me and Aryan jumped in the 49 and drove out in the county to a hardware store hoping they may have two for a trailer or something. They didn't. On the way back we stopped out at the other property. Walking around talking on the phone with Johnny Bennett, he didn't have any either by the way we found some. Over in the woods in the bush I seen a shock sticking out of the ground. I walked over and started yanking,pop! out it came with the plate on the bottom of it! A little searching came up with two! Now we are ready to mount the rearend.


I forgot about the parts washer even being in the garage. Most of the time it's used for a table. I wish we would have tossed the backing plates in there when we first started that day. I got 'em cleaned up and put them back on the rearend. We may change them out when we find another rearend to rob the drums and stuff off of.

The day after the work session Aryan and Corey came out to help. here Corey is tossing on some part over the bare metal.


We slid the rearend back under the car and Corey started bolting it up. I used the grinder to cut the head off the U bolts and that when Aryan had to go back in the house because he was worried about getting hit again with spark. If you wasn't there My youngest got it with some grinder sparks from me. He didn't like it much. Poor kid. I was teasing him about after he came back in from the house. I told him that that was his first babtism in fire and it won't be the last if he works on cars. He just smiled, he wants no part of that grinder.


rear is in.


Human jack stands

This is where it gets strange. We talked about how low the car sat in the rearend. With 28" tall and 10.5" wide slicks it would put the top of the tire where the center of the body line is. With only 8" max room inside the fenderwells there was a cause to either cut the fenderswells out so they would stick out or ditch the tire /rim combo we have and buy 2 more slicks(smaller) and get a set of rims we could cut the center and put the perfect offset to squeeze a 8" wide slick inside. $$ is the factor on most of this car so we went with the cut the 1/4's way.
WELL??? with flipping the axel we won't have to cut the quarter all the way up to that body line. just enough to make the hole round and to give up the clearance we need , right?
How much do you think a flip would raise the car? here it is before.

And now. No need to cut anything....

I sat last night scratching my head trying to figure out if I like it or not. I;m not sure what to think. it will work there as for as running but she's sky high for sure. what do you guys think? drop it down and cut the 1/4's or leave it alone. The front end will have to be lifted up when the 460 goes in. right now the front sits about an 1" higher but with the engine in it will sink.
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The rearend set up side to side is perfect! The rims stick out a little farther than I wanted them too but we have 11" wide thanks to the balooned side walls. 3" are sticking out and the other 8" are tucked inside the fenderwell nicely and even has room for the slicks to swell. The stretched tires that are on the rims now are not the slicks. The slick are the same width but are just shy of 2" taller so the top of the tire will be another 1" closer to the fenderwell lip but I think it will clear even with a take off and the slick swell. I hope that made since to everyone.

Yes run those wheels i got you covered for the 20 bucks!

i like the slots on there...

Sounds good to me unless someone else doesn't like the look, speak up soon.
Thanks a ton 'Dog for the lug nuts. It helps out a lot!!!! Nickel and dime from a few hands help out in a big way instead of it all coming out of one hand. I'll pick 'em up when I get out to the store today.

is their front rims also...

JRiggs wrote:is their front rims also...

Yes, set of slots. They have tires but they are not the greatest. They are a little wide for a gasser. A skinny set of 75/'s would look good on them. At least with the lug nuts we can get a set of rims on her. She's looking more like a car now. I will be messing with it a little at nights if anyone want to stop by. It will be leaving this garage after this week though and on hold till everyone wants to do it again.

how close to dropping the motor in it....

JRiggs wrote:how close to dropping the motor in it....

It's ready.

I'll be watching this one as you go. If theres' anything I can get for you let me know. What size 75's do you need 14 or 15". I may have a lead on some. If you need a lending hand I'm free most weekends. All I'm doing now is running pipe to the garage.

big dogs 42 wrote:Yes run those wheels i got you covered for the 20 bucks!

Thanks Dennis!!!