Hi, My names Ryan and I'm a Panel Beater by trade. I enjoy working on a variety of cars and do the odd job in my garage at home, so thought I would film the process of how I go about repairing cars in the hope others enjoy. Also I enjoy anything automotive so a few videos may pop up of the stuff I get up to.
them 289 xr fairmont wagons were nice,, fords allways had nice colours,, they were mainly what the American counterparts had. Holden done the same thing. so did valiant,, they all just changed the names of most of the colours,,,.In the early 1980,s importers were bringing in 2 door left hand drive XR falcons from the U,S. back then you had to convert them in NSW,, VL 2 door commodore/ opals were common from europe. where are they all now.
Well done making 4L tin go that far on such a large car. Great product. I've used 2 and a half cans of the stuff on my XE including the engine bay and inside all panels.
From one driveway restorer to another I understand the moment of having a good boss that lets you use the workshop… it’s a huge job getting poly on such a big car .. well done good to see the dog get some camera time
Thankyou Chris! Very grateful to be able to hire the booths at work and get the car done, handy having a good boss 🤙 My dog wanted a final inspection haha
The beautiful body lines on the old XT falcon you're doing a wonderful job paint has come a long way looking forward to the topcoat and hopefully some assembly content cheers
This is the first I have seen of this car. It reminds me of the Falcon I had in the late 70's. It was a 69.5 two door with the 170 6 cylinder, 3 on the tree someone converted to floor shift. What made it a 69.5 was mid year they went fron the round tail lights, to square. When I got it, #4 cylinder dropped the valve seat. Had the head redone andreplaced the one bad piston and ran the wheels off it till I blew the clutch. A guy in my barracks had a 68 Fairlane 4 door that ws an old USAF staff car. It had a 302 with an auto matic. I bought it for $100. I used the engine,tranny radiator and what ever it took to put this into the Falcon. On base they had an auto shop so we hada place to work on our cars. Idraged to Falcon over to the shop with the Fairlane. Swa0ed the engineand tranny in one day with 1 friend. It was the easiest swap I have ever done. The engine mounts from the Fairlane bolted in just like they came out of the Falcon. Every thing bolted right in. The standard drive shaft fit right back into the automatic. It was Just like pulling the engine xand tranny and sliding it right back in. The onlything I had to buy was a shifter for the auto and mufflers. The guy I got it from wanted to keep the mufflers. The 6cylinder and the 3spd tranny the attendant atthe shop bought them for $75 and afried wanted the air shocks and I scrapped the rest of the car and got $50 for that. So I did the swap and made money on the deal. The car wasn't any quicker or faster with the 302 and it used a bit more gas, but i had a lot of fun in that car. One day a tractor trailer was selling tires out of the back. I bought some tires in a brand I never heard of back then. Falken Tire. I bought a set of E70 14's. So I was running Falken tires on my Falcon. I thought that was a cool thing to say. Wish I still had that car. Easy to get upgrades for it. Mechanically it was basically a Mustang. Today it would get a 5.0 and a 5 or 6 spd manual, be a ripper that way.
Thankyou for the comment Leon! Amazing stories you have and a great insight into the tail light swap over. I knew the Falcon and Mustangs of this era have a lot of parts in common and its great to hear about the Fairlane aswell been so interchangeable
Can anyone confirm that the lip that the rubber seal sits on behind the rear bumper is useless and can be removed? I’m not refitting a seal as it just traps dirt and promotes rust. Can I cut it out and weld the seam up?
Ive been repairing and restoring cars for 40 years and i think your doing a great job, keep it up and dont worry about comments about to much filler, it looks appropriate to me, i metal finish and also use filler, yeah good gaps are important too, great stuff man
my favourite Ford great era the bulletproof XR/XY Series seen some on Facebook buy and sell asking ridiculous prices when there almost gutted out keep up the good work what engine do you plan to put in your beast
Good on yah Ryan great 2 see a young man doing an old car ... iv done 7 over my time my last 2 are xr falcons BUT the usa 2 door , i made them xr gt look a likes. I will watch with interest your project. Well done mate. steve harrison.
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thanks mate! yeah I dont have an oxy setup yet sadly but honestly not alot of filler is going in, the doors for example I block down to metal. Jagged a good shell. Appreciate the input!
