Bearded Baldy

Yeah nah. Once these old tractors start getting half decent cams and compression in them 600s are average sized. Plenty of the aussies are using 600s and 650s with no issue. The ideal size for what i have would be a 570 avenger but i got the 600 for a box so cheapness wins.

Alloyhead had quite a few different versions. C1 c2 c2a d e, and unmarked. Pretty much all different chambers, all about a third the weight of the ironhead. Decent aftermarket support for the alloyhead exists too.

Current intake of choice is Redline Torker 2 barrel with a 500 Holley on it. Have run a 350 before and it was at its limits with the smaller cam setup. Fuel supply is by a Facet solid state pump mounted by the tank. This is far far far from optimal with the 500. So i have decided to go big, have sourced another tank from a later model wagon that appears to be the right mounting. Will need to replace the intank pump with better one i.e walbro, Will make and fit new fuel main and return lines (no return line atm), adjustable regulator up the front to finish it off. I also have a 600cfm vacsec Holley here which would be ideal, but will need either an adaptor or new manifold. If i have to get a new manifold i would rather buy an Aussiespeed one, but that requires an alloyhead swap, which means i need to find the right head option.

Not on lpg anymore, should update thread with that detail aswell. Running a 2 barrel holley 500. Have a 600 4barrel here but havent decided whether or not to keep the ironhead or go alloyhead, different manifolds.

During the 4 speed swap decided i wanted to change to hydraulic clutch too. Problem being that from XC on the 6s had cable clutch. Good news is that there is a workable way using o.e spec parts. XB 6 cylinder 3 speed bellhousing. Need to open up the center by approx 4mm, just measure the gearbox front plate, mark the ball and go hard. Now it sits flat, only 3 of the 4 gearbox-bell bolts line up, bolt it tight, mark where you need the new hole, remove gearbox. Quick drill and tap and you are done. Will add what release bearing i used here* when i remember. ** part number GSB117 ** Unbolt cover plate on firewall and fit master cylinder. Fit XB slave cylinder. Remove cable clutch pedal from box and fit hydraulic pedal and clutch/brake shaft from a v8 box (or rarespares etc if cannot find new). Job done.

Had one of them off in 2008 as i had a prang and needed to beat it back into shape, was ok then. Scared to look now, it saw nearly a decade with me on the coast with no garage....

Found everything except the flywheel, also found a very rough xe xf center console.

Cheers Cletus, have threatened to sell it plenty of times, but have alot of memories attached to it, and my eldest would disown me if i sold it. Rear quarters are the worst and the base of the passengers b pillar is ugly as sin now too. Was very tidy until it got kicked out of the shed, now it really needs a respray all over. Still don't know if i will get a new vinyl roof or not.

At least yours is in a garage mate, mine has been stuck in the weather for a few years now. At least it isn't salty round here.

Yeah saw it on the Geek app and bought several. My cruiser needs one but the soot up the back doesn't stay gone for long enough.

Upgraded to a GS dash along the way too.

Scored a 3.45 lsd from a xh ute, cleaned it up, overhauled the calipers and bent up some new hardline. Been sitting on the bench over a year as i have been neglecting the projects for too long and getting sidetracked with new ones. Bench was clean when i finished the diff. I swear.

Anyway back on track. Once the cam was dialled in, rocker guides file fitted and beers drunk. It was time to drop the motor in and get to work on the exhaust. 2.5 inch with single muffler, up and over the diff and out in the o.g spot after years of bogandumping out the side. Tucked up nicely.

Best 'mod' so far.

Have picked up a few bonus spares over the years, a mint rear louvre, fairmont rear seats with armrest, various small chrome bits.

Cleaned up the ports some more while i was there. Tracked down a center console that was pretty rough, so recovered it in vinyl. Shifter hole looked pooze so grabbed a piece of alloy plate and polished it up.

Roughly xmas 2016 the motor came out again. I had managed to find a 4speed, so in the interests of going more sporty than cruisy, the old 6 was getting more go fast bits. Bigger bumpstick, again from kelfords. CAM LIFT: in 0.325 ex 0.327 NETT VALVE LIFT:in .553 ex .556 ADVERTISED d : in 274 ex 286 DURATION : in 230 ; ex 236 Over .5 inch of lift with these motors and the steel rockers tend to bind up, so an order to summit got me some roller rockers, studs and guide plates. Tracked down a company in hawkes bay who do billet flywheels for speedway 4.0l motors. Score. Fitted ring gear from an xe and drilled the mounting bolts out to 7/16, and it was good to go. 6.5kg instead of 13kg.

This lasted a few years until i ended up moving town and working next to the former lpg specialists. Going through their old stock and spares i pieced together a ca300 mixer and snorkel. At around the same time the exhaust got hooked on the hoist at work and suffered a terrible fate. Quick weldup of 2.25 pipe to an old turboflow style muffler and bent to shoot out infront of the rear wheel. That temp fix lasted for another few years haha until the rust started being noticeable under the vinyl roof, at which point i put rego on hold and tore the roof off. Since then have gotten a mortgage and car has sat around, been legal on and off since then, 2013.

All Ford Day 2009 ready to roll.

Over the next year or two it got lovells springs and gas shocks in the front, big whiteline swaybar and nolathane bushes in a few places. Pulled motor out and gave it a rebuild not long before my daughter was born. .030 mahle 8 cc pistons, lpg cam from kelford cams, impco model e reg and modified 2 barrel gas carb. Port castings removed and smoothed around valve guides. Head planed and ended up with 50cc chambers Xe 2 wire distributor and bosch coil. Copies of pacemaker headers but with tiny primarys(bought for 50bucks) 2 inch exhaust with coby resonator.

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Right so back in 03 or 04 i was working at a @$*den dealership when this old boy turned up to see the painter out the back. Had this mint original looking XC which he parked next to my mk5 cortina wagon. I waited til he was about to leave, quickly downed tools and ran out for a chat, 2 days later i was 5k poorer but had that falcon. Turned out it didn't just look original, was one owner and had laid parked in the farmshed for 18 years only started n driven every 6 months to get a wof and another 6 months rego. Only had 160ish km's on the clock. Vinyl roof without a single bubble and a lpg tank in the boot. Perfect!!

Not sure what i want for it, falcon tax has gone up heaps since i bought it....nah just taking the piss. Will head out to the shed shortly and see what else is there, could do a bundle deal with pedalbox, cable, bellhousing and centerbearing fork if i can find it all. Bellhousing was for singlerail but can redrill them to suit whatever you run. Just looked at trademe to see what the bits are going for, holy shit i'm sitting on a goldmine. But unlike the guy on there, i want to see more falcons on the road so.... make an offer of cash or swaps for other falcon stuff.