Hi,
Here is my Falcon that as I said is the final 1 of my original 3 cars that Ive had from new. This was a birthday present in 1987. I know its not everyones favourite but I loved this car, the suspension being much better than the previous cars and this got very well used. I used to run it with a sierra cosworth body on it.
It was a wreck when i started restoring it a couple of years ago. Again luckily as with my other 2 it had a replacement genuine body in about 1988 which i finished slightly different to box art but as its mint and original from the 80s i wont change it. Because of the sierra shell i could not fit the original body on so it has never run. I replaced the whole gear box with a new ball raced one with new drive shafts, lightly used bumper because the original had been cut to fit the sierra shell. it had a new chassis back in the day which was sound. But it took me ages and ages to get new D parts but eventually they came up on the bay. The shocks have been cleaned and new damper oil filled. I will probably not run it as the parts are too rare.
Hope you like it.
( check out the bodge I did as a teenager to the drive shafts. Back in the day it was very difficult to get parts and you kept your cars running anyway you could. At its worst it had plates holding the front together. Araldite and cotton bound drive shafts etc. Those were the days)
Comments
ModMax
Looks great, and the caption on the fourth photo just slayed me!
MAD-BEE
You have done a great job with this! Looks fantastic!! I have massive respect for the Falcon! and its a joy to drive! Have used my Cornish themed Falcon a few times on the beach and it flies!!! no pun intended!!lol
Yours looks cracking! The Red/Blue with a dash of yellow is poetry in motion buddy!
Mincemeat
That is a fine looking Falcon! Looks like it's supposed to. Nice job!
BigDuke
Thanks guys!
sturge
Always wanted a falcon back in the day Yours is lovely buddy, the colour scheme works very well IMHO . And with you on the repairs back then, anything was acceptable to keep it on the road!! Cheers paul
Mogul
Nice Falcon. The blue works well. The photo of this buggy in the Tamiya catalogue made it look so fast. Nice to see this One restored. Great job!
warlord62
Your Falcon looks awesome,its a great car...a classic!
R/CVET
Looks great... nice resto. Colors work well.
RC racer
Nice! That's a great looking Falcon. Looks like you took a lot of care with this restoration. Your lucky to still have your original.
Dirt-540
Wow even more garish with that purple, but looks sweet! 80s classic! Nice tyre lettering too.
BigDuke
Cheers Dirt-540! The original shell that came with the kit was boxart. But it was wrecked after about 6 months! I got the replacement you see here but in the mean time fitted the Sierra shell. This remained painted and decaled in its box until I restored it, so it is in great un run condition. if I had left it unpainted all this time I would have done it box art but am not going to risk ruining the stickers etc by stripping it. I'm lucky i had a mint shell.
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