Falcon - Granada conversion

Peps · 02-14-2008, 07:25 AM

I am doing the Granada conversion starting with the rear end. I have a 64 Falcon and using a 77 Granada. this thread is just to document some of the changes with pics. Ill be doing...
the rear end swap
straight 6 to V8 using a 302/C4
disc brakes swap
adding power steering

Peps · 02-14-2008, 07:34 AM

here are some pics of the before and the doner car which after being stripped of all needed parts was cut and scrapped. bye bye Granada....

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Peps · 02-14-2008, 07:36 AM

here is the before of the rear brake and axel

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jonmark1985 · 02-14-2008, 07:58 AM

Motor looks a little tired, but it looks like your off to a great start!

Peps · 02-14-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jonmark1985

Motor looks a little tired, but it looks like your off to a great start!

it will get a complete rebuild, and look nice and shinny when installed.

Peps · 02-16-2008, 04:42 PM

got some work done today on the rear end. I completed the install of the Granada rear end into the 64 Flacon.
It is not a straight bolt in as implied by many post. true, its not much to make it work, but there is some fab work to be don.

the main thing is the plates that go under the leaf spring and the U-bolts are different.
the rear end of the Falcon axel tube are necked down on the outboard end, the Granada is not, so the Granada rear end needs wider U-bolts. that means it wont fit the bottom plates of the stock Falcon.
you could weld up one set of holes and re-drill for the wider U-bolt if you wanted to use the stock Falcon lower plates.
the other difference is the on the Falcon, both rear shocks are in front of the axel, on the Granada, one in front, one in back.

this is what I did to make it work.
on the drivers side bottom plate, i cut off the ear that the shock is mounted to and moved it to the forward end of the plate. welded on a couple of gussets for strength and used wider, longer U-bolts. I also used all the mounts that came off the Granada since they have rubber pads that sandwich the leaf springs.
I also installed new axel bearing and seals.
here are some pics.

theses are the stock Falcon bottom plates.
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this is the Granada set up

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the Granada mounts dry assembled.

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with the rear end lose fitted.

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and if you look close to the bottom plate, you can see where i moved the ear that the shock goes through from the upper right coner of the pic to the lower right coner of the pic.

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Peps · 02-28-2008, 12:06 PM

got to work a few more hours on the front end conversion last night.
I removed the front springs, shocks, Right and left drum hubs. here are a few more pics.

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here is the drum hub (in orange) next to the granada spindle that will take its place after I install new ball joints.

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this is a pic of the upper A arm that will get new bushings, sand blasted and painted before i re-install. Ill put in new 1" lowered springs too.

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mahanja · 02-28-2008, 04:33 PM

Coming along nicely. I'm really looking forward to more pics as you go along! I'm getting the parts together to do this same swap to my '67 Fairlane. Looks great!

jonmark1985 · 02-28-2008, 04:44 PM

Great thread peps, I'm gonna sticky this, and give it five stars! Keep on posting!

Peps · 03-01-2008, 03:33 PM

got to work alittle on the upper A arms today.

I had to grind off the ball joint, they used rivots to install it.
took it apart, cleaned it, sandblasted it and painted it. I think i am going to just buy new spring saddles instead of rebuilding them.
pics???? you want pics?? it wouldnt be me without them

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