Longest in-use Falcon part

[bathurst77]

Frm xk to fgx is about 55 years of constant development and change

It got me wondering. Is there any part no matter how trivial that remained unchanged and you could interchange from any falcon to any other.

I mean obviously a half inch nut and bolt is what it is, but i mean a component that fits any falcon?

[5thFordWA]

I'll nominate Engine Oil Filter AFL-1 for starters. From 1960 to about 2000, I know they changed for BA, not sure about AU.

That's 40 years approx.

Cheers.

[Magee]

Not including screws and fasteners this is an an interesting question.

From my previous experience I understood the steel one piece tail shaft remained unchanged for many years. I also think the rear tailgates on the utes went from XA to XF

[Citroënbender]

Petrol? :P

Pretty sure the AFL-1 fits through the BA series as well. There’s also the festoon interior light globes which appeared in the XR from memory. I think the BW78 diff gear sets carried through from XR to the last of the utes, too - or were at least backwards compatible. The basic nuts for steel wheels remained at 1/2-20 for years.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Petrol? :P

Pretty sure the AFL-1 fits through the BA series as well. There’s also the festoon interior light globes which appeared in the XR from memory. I think the BW78 diff gear sets carried through from XR to the last of the utes, too - or were at least backwards compatible. The basic nuts for steel wheels remained at 1/2-20 for years.

The globes did,but the diff gear set went from XY to late XF utes

[Yellow_Festiva]

This has been asked before, wasn't it a switch or something like that from the footwell area? Brake light switch or similar?

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[hayseed]

I reckon this.... used on everything from Escorts to F trucks..

[arronm]

6cyl starter motor. 1960 - 2016

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by arronm

6cyl starter motor. 1960 - 2016

Don,t know arron, would the old hammer head starter fit under the later intake manifold?

[snap0964]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Don,t know arron, would the old hammer head starter fit under the later intake manifold?

The size reduced over the years - main change is probably the torque reduction gearing used during the E series onwards.

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Pretty sure the AFL-1 fits through the BA series as well.

Should do - the Ryco Z9 oil filters fit Falcon 6's from XK to BA - might be the possible winner.

[Giant Cranium]

I thought it was eye or shackle bushes for the leaf springs

[marty351]

The driver?

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by marty351

The driver?

and i was going to go something like
the test track/bathurst race track

[Dezza]

The Windsor V8 block started in the US Falcons in 63, arrived in the Aussie ones in 67' and despite a hiatus from around 83'-92', returned to finally be killed off in 2002.

[4vxc]

What about the interior mirror, that was used in lots of models and stayed around for years

[Gothefalcon]

Not a part... but the bore centres on the I6s remained the same from start to finish !
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[aussiblue]

Given the ambiguity of the thread title I was going to pull an old Ford broken auto retracting radio aerial and an old broken Ford timing chain out of the shed and compare their length. Well they would both be "long" and very "used". But there is probably a longer old used part I have not thought off.

[eb2fairmont]

Hmmm got me thinking this...

XA-XH ute tailgate
XR-FGX - inner sill to inner sill the same dimension
XE-AU - lower firewall panel
XR-XF - strut towers + shock mounts on front
XE-AU rear chassis legs

[jaydee]

Blue Oval Ford badge?

[ratter]

Wheel nut thread?

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by ratter

Wheel nut thread?

And the PCD... Always 114.3mm / 4 1/2” (even early Falcon 4 studs)

[Tassie f100]

The rear shocks used from XK through to XH utes

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

The rear shocks used from XK through to XH utes

Might be interchangeable, but they wouldn't be the exact same part - valving would have changed throughout the years.

[Trevor 57]

Ryco Z9

[GT1533]

I remember looking at a parts list (bill of material in Fordspeak) for an XH or XG Falcon in the late 1990s and seeing an XK part number. I think it was the interior dome light.

[csv8]

Wheel nut ?

[Bossxr8]

Motorcraft AFL1. Used from the start, right through till it was replaced in BF. Same oil filter for the Windsors as well, so it was used on 6's and V8's for many, many years.

[Dr Terry]

The rear stop/tail globe was the same from XK to FG.

I believe that FGX changed to the wedge type globe.

Dr Terry

[vbvbvb088]

Front spindles?

[xr8territory]

The front crossmember was unchanged from the original Falcons through to past the XF. Not sure when it changed>