Ford Falcon Road Race Car
Recently purchase for a television show on the Discovery Channel Jim Haddens "Falcon" was a joint Project with Joe Smith and Brad Smith (1958-2009) of Sullivan Motorsports of Dallas,Texas and American Race Components.A majority of the roll cage ,fuel cell ,and chassis support work was done by Joe and Brad Smith of famed "Joe Smith Race Cars". Brad passed away a few years ago ,so we have alot of personal feelings in this build.The car was originally being built to be run in "A-sedan" and to be entered in the "La Carrera Panamericana ".
All the custom suspension modifications were done by us at American Race Components.The car was assembled with small block ford and Tex Racing 4 speed,other components include a Roush Yates 9" Detroit Locker ,vintage legal Mono-balled control arms , EPS narrow rear leaf springs. 3" x-pipe exhaust with oval side exits.
The plan was to assemble the car so we could test drive in before complete disassemble for paint. The "Falcon" was fired off and test driven before a minor engine issue sidelined the test. After the repair was finished we again test drove it in the neighborhood . The owner had plans to move out of state and decide to sell the "Falcon" .It was purchased by one of the co-host's of a national television show. But as you can see from the pictures and the videos this car was a running ,driving car. The plan was to install windows and take it to our local track "Motorsport Ranch" for shakedown runs,unfortunately because of my workload and Jim moving out of the state we never were able to get it on track....
All the custom suspension modifications were done by us at American Race Components.The car was assembled with small block ford and Tex Racing 4 speed,other components include a Roush Yates 9" Detroit Locker ,vintage legal Mono-balled control arms , EPS narrow rear leaf springs. 3" x-pipe exhaust with oval side exits.
The plan was to assemble the car so we could test drive in before complete disassemble for paint. The "Falcon" was fired off and test driven before a minor engine issue sidelined the test. After the repair was finished we again test drove it in the neighborhood . The owner had plans to move out of state and decide to sell the "Falcon" .It was purchased by one of the co-host's of a national television show. But as you can see from the pictures and the videos this car was a running ,driving car. The plan was to install windows and take it to our local track "Motorsport Ranch" for shakedown runs,unfortunately because of my workload and Jim moving out of the state we never were able to get it on track....
