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Hello, I’m trying to go through and repair all the parts on my 61 falcons front suspension. Starting with this strut adjusting nut pictured, but really just all the kinda “rubber” parts down there.

I.e. my plan is take everything apart, brush the rust off, spray with rusty metal primer and put it all back together, with new fresh rubber that’s not cracked.

Anybody have a good source for parts? Rockauto has a few of the bushings I need, but the only source I can find for that strut adjustment nut appears to be this: https://mustangsteve.com/products/delrin-monoball-strut-rod-bushing-set-1960-63-falcon-comet-ranchero-with-threaded-adjustable-strut-rod and at $200, I’ll pass.

I don’t really care if it’s numbers matching or original or anything. Compatible is fine.

Any ideas?

I picked up a 61 ford falcon somebody dropped a 289 into. I don’t know much about it and I’m actually planning to sell the 289 and put the original 144 back in (at least for now). While getting the 289 out of the car with a hoist, I took the distributor out (implying it seemed to be in there just fine). Well, when I went to put the distributor back in, this is what I found (video). Is there an easy fix for this? Or is this engine stand/remove oil pan/replace oil pump/etc?

My 61 Falcons door won’t stay fully closed. I don’t think it’s the hinges, it closes well, but then as you can see in this video pulls out. Any ideas?