INTO THE SIXTIES WITH FORD 1960s FORD MOTOR COMPANY PROMOTIONAL FILM AUTOMOBILES ROUGE 64704
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- Into the Sixties with Ford is a Wilding Production film (from 1959 or 1960) looking at the operations of the Ford Motor Company and the 1960 line of cars. The film opens with an aerial shot of the city of Detroit (00:25), then a shot of the garage where Ford built his first car (00:40). There is footage of the River Rouge Plant (01:06) with its giant furnaces and assembly lines. Nearly finished cars sit on the line (02:07). There are more shots of the industry, before the film gives viewers a glimpse of the new Ford office building and complex (02:26) with an aerial view of Ford’s research and engineering center (with the famed Hurricane Road). A car goes through testing with extremely high winds in the lab (03:17), simulating a hurricane; water is blasted at the car testing its water seals. Other tests include putting the vehicle through extreme heat (04:38) and extreme cold where icing builds up on the car. Men test new metal alloys (05:33). A futuristic Ford car is featured in a showroom (05:58). A man in the styling center sketches new models for future cars (06:30). A prototype of a new car is examined in the shop, then it is tested on the testing track (07:30) against various driving conditions. There is a shot of the exterior of a Ford building on the corner of American Road and another street (07:56). Then the film presents the new 1960 Fords, including: the Fairlane sedan and Fairlane 500 (08:12); the Galaxy and the Town Victoria (08:45); the Sunliner convertible and the Starliner (09:05); several models of Ford’s wagon (09:35); the Thunderbird with its new options and improvements (09:58), including a sunroof (10:30) and an auto-convertible top (11:03); and the Ford Falcon (11:50). The film concludes with six people packing into a Falcon (12:31) and then driving the car down a country road.
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Takes me back to a simpler time when Detroit was a decent place to raise a family. I remember going on a class field trip to the Rouge Plant back in the 60s when production was still hopping along at a brisk pace. We were a GM family but our neighbor was a test driver at Ford and he used to get a new company car every year. He got a T-Bird he kept for a few years and then they made him pick one to keep for his own. At that time he had a Lincoln Mark V and the T-Bird. I told him he should have kept the Lincoln but he kept the T-Bird. Hard to believe what has happened to that town since. If you didn't grow up there, you won't get what I mean. Where there was once neighborhoods full of kids having fun now there are empty fields and burnt out houses that were once homes to families. Heartbreaking. Anyway, it's nice to come across a video showing the city the way it used to be. I don't look at the ones showing the way it is now. I've seen it up close and personal and that's enough for me.
That's capitalism for you.
@@rafaelallenblock
Capitalism built the City, do you want to lie yourself about what destroyed it?
where there is black there are problems and they end up destroying everything.
My mom had a 1960 Falcon when they were new. Dad (jerk) made her sell it after they got married. Heard about that car all thru childhood. FF to 1988, I won about 2k in the state lottery, and my bro knew where a Falcon was. We got it, and gave it to mom that Xmas. That one got clipped by a semi driver several years later, and we were able to replace it with the Falcon she has now. My bro is restoring it again this winter for July's Falcon National Meet. Awesome cars, and if they hadn't been a success, we wouldn't have the Mustang, either!
eiricmacbean the 1960 Falcon was built in Australia and became the family car of 3 generations. The Falcon survived in Australia till 2016. By then it was far advanced from the original. Vale Falcon.
@@fordlandau I'm a Ford man thru and thru but I love the Aussie Falcon. That Barra engine is incredible and it's one of the best engines of all time. It's too bad they build that car for the US market.
The 144/170cid engine was a piece of crap! Terrible blowby. I had a '61 Comet, I know.
@@johnnyjames7139 They had mechanical lifters you had to adjust and the engines were too small for the applications they went in. The 200 was much better.
That blue Starliner - what a beauty! Why do people keep modifying these old cars by lowering them, putting on silly wheels and swapping the original engines for something different? They should be left alone , they're pieces of art!
I agree the old cars were beautiful (in most cases) but unfortunately, the fact is they drove and handled like shit compared to what we're used to today.
Indeed they are, and the $2K engine option for the new 352 HiPo (truck engine) that made 360 hp and 380 lbft torque ..was worth every cent. I heard that very few cars were optioned that way, in the1960 Starliner. Small block displacement that made big block dyno numbers ..I would have bought one but ..I was only six.
I agree but America has never been known for cultural profundity
Agreed!!
I agree, that is why i keep and will not sell a rough but un restored imperial crown, the old cars WERE art, no two are alike,
No special customer preferred packages, just what and only what mr, so and so ordered,
Mr and mrs so what want the same car, they get an entirely different same car, unless base model, it will have the same basis, but be different in some way, design groups sat down and drew and designed all of them, not some c,a,d, crap that design groups use and get over payed for
Love this show
What is amazing is that these cars were built with out computers. But with Paper, pencils, slide rule and human brains
I just bought a 1963 Ford Falcon and love it. I actually lucked into finding a white 4 door in decent running condition for 3200.00 (asking 3800.00) and rushed over and bought the car. When I went to pick it up 2 days later the seller was frustrated. He said he could have sold the car a dozen times for much more. I put my new plates on and drove it home, thinking “Thank God I got there quick and bought it” I knew it wouldn’t last. These old cars are either 5000.00 basket cases or 20,000.00 renovated gems. It’s almost impossible to find a reasonably priced driver. They are out there occasionally if you keep looking and have the cash saved up to negotiate. Be quick!
The little 1960 Falcon was beautiful. Cars were so nice back then.
6:27 George W. Walker (in suit) Industrial designer. He retired from Ford in 1961. Neighbor of ours in Michigan in the early 1960's. His playful big Saint Bernard dog named Blob use to sometimes steal our bagged grade school lunches. Mr Walker designed the original Thunderbird car.
Wow that cool to be able to live next door to him!!
Blob had to be a nod to the movie "The Blob" which I believe was Steve McQueen's first lead role released in '58. I like the guy already!
George Walker lived to an amazing 96 years old. FoMoCo has always been a difficult company to work for as a senior executive.
Cool! Thank you for sharing.
i remember when i was a kid, about 12 yo. my father who worked for Ford bought a new 1961 Ford Galaxy. as an employee he was able to take us to the Ford plant where his new car was being built. we got to watch it come off the assembly line. that was pretty cool. we picked it up from the local dealer about a week later.
The Ford automobile, named after Mr. Henry Ford who pioneered the assembly line method of automobile manufacturing, is a popular and successful product. The Ford automobile is geared toward ordinary Americans who want to get up and go.
The Falcon was a truly progressive design which opened the way to an up to date motor car. Monocoque body, independent front suspension with ball joints, room for 6 in a compact body and a modern clean sheet look. Thats why it was built in Australia for 55 years. The front end however was inadequate for Aussie roads, so Ford had to take the front suspension off the Fairlane to beef it up. By the end it had fully independent suspension, 4 wheel disc brakes, computerised safety, 6 airbags and ultimately an Aussie assembled Miami 5 litre v8 with a locally fitted supercharger. This XR 8 produced way more power at 335 kW than its US counterpart. Sadly missed Falcon ! And that 1960 car is still a good looker today !
My brother bought a 1961 Falcon in the fall of '63.
It had the small 6 cylinder (101 cid. 85 hp. 2 speed Ford-O-Matic) in it.
His best friend quipped "Zero to 60 in two days".
His next car was a 1967 Mustang fastback with a 390 cid 4bbl. 335 hp w/4 speed stick.
Zero to 60 was a whole other ballgame!
@@spiff8862 63 2Dr. 4sp S.B. fair falcon
Absolutely gorgeous '60s Fords. The Starliner is one of my very few all-time favorites.
my aunt had a 60 Starliner. i drove it some. what a pos
@@michaelconlin5614 Lucky you 👍
it was 11 years old when I drove it so a slow faded black.dog. so think how fast cars were in the late 60's
Thank you for these films. They show America as it was as I grew up.
I love these old videos!
Yeah their cool to watch.
River Rouge Assembly was built in the 1920's, and is still operational today---now that's a success story!
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1945 to 1965. The greatest time to work for Ford.
...and to be an American.
Then came the Vietnam war, an ugly scar in American history that still remains today.
Aaron Lovell : "The quality goes in,before the name goes on"
@@ebayerr that was Zenith
@@loumontcalm3500: lol. Oops
@@ebayerr :)
Wow! Detroit was actually a vital and robust city back then...not the little slice of hell that it is now.
Bah it’s not that bad
If only Ford would sell me a 1960 Falcon NOW!!! THAT is what I want in a car!
There was an old joke that ford was coming out with a new car in 61
Called the dueche for people who had a falcon last year
With a 289
@@garlandcaronna6516 With the little engine and manual trans. It'll get there legally just as fast.
The current government cannot destroy our history with you folks around.
MAGA 🇺🇸
This is America to me, great to see. Hi from the UK
If you saw Detroit today you would be in for a shock...
Detroit -America's Pompeii
@kevin Simala
UAW, city run and controlled by democrats, 75+% of households have no father present...to name a few reasons. What's your take?
john a. Reagan nomics ruined the middle class then trade deals buried it
kevin Simala yeah cause conservative states like Mississippi are real success stories
Sadly, the America you see here only exists for white middle class families
11:29 The introduction of the Falcon is actually the most historic part of the film. This platform would spawn the Mustang,The ("mid size") Fairlane, The Maverick, the (Mercury) Comet,Granada,(Mercury)Monarch and finally the (Lincoln) Versailles. It lived from 1960 till 1980!! And 1980 was the latest year the narrator mentioned in the part about advanced design!
James Slick then the basic Falcon platform lasted with modifications with Ford Australia till 2015. What a historyt !
@@fordlandau Right! Even though I am a GM guy, I admit It's a damned impressive record. And Ford did it twice again with the Fox and Panther platforms!
@@fordlandau Ford Australia had to redesign the suspension! They fell apart on Australian roads. The diff housings also broke on the originals.
Stephen Velden yes. So true. Yet they fixed it and survived!
I think the Falcon was pretty much the pinnacle of automotive engineering.
I'm so glad I clicked; the '59 Ford's my all-time favourite.(and, that '60 is the one getting the workout.)
Thanks for the comment and for being a channel member!
Henry Ford was one of the greatest Americans in history. 1964 the zenith of the Ford Motor Company.
Actually he wasn't-Nazi sympathizer-but he did produce amazing cars. I was little when we had a Falcon wagon w/289. Died at 350K miles on original engine.
@Chadwicked B Ferdinand Porsche lived in Germany, and because of his Czech heritage and citizenship, he could have been sent to a concentration camp...or worse. Every industrialist had to join the Nazi party as industry was nationalized during the war. Henry Ford lived in the USA, and became a Nazi of his own free will. Big difference.
Well Sylvia, to go from young innovator to the leader of the concept "perfect collaboration of government and industry" does not make him a great American. He was willing to scrap the American Dream for money and authoritarianism. Nope, he was truly an asshole.
Back around the late 60's my father bought a 1961 red 2 door Falcon wagon from a co-worker for $ 25.00 . A 144 ci. straight 6 with 3 on the tree . It had a bad rod knock . He dropped the oil pan , dropped the rod cap , emery papered the crank journal , & put in a new rod bearing . Our family members drove it for about the next 10 years . To this day no matter the purchase it was always equated into number of Falcons . If I remember correctly their last Camry was around 750 Falcons .
Ha Ha, what a splendid unit of measure!
You could do those types of home repairs on the old cars the new ones are a lot more reliable but harder to fix when they do break down. The new ones are a lot safer and more fuel efficient. I wonder how we drove those primitive old cars with their inadequate drum brakes and skinny tires.
My Mom didn’t learn to drive till she was 27 in 1967. Her first car I can distinctly remember was a 1961 Falcon two door wagon. It was two-toned silver and white, but unfortunately for what was only a six year old car, it had some engine troubles which left us stranded one night, fortunately not that far from home.
My Mom let it go and then in late ‘67 she bought the then brand new ‘68 AMC Javelin. A very good car she was happy with as she bought another new one a couple years later.
I can’t even tell you the last time I’ve even seen a Falcon, even at a car show. They were once all over the roads and now hardly ever seen at all sadly.
I had a '65 Ranchero with that same 144 engine and 3 speed manual. Used oil like water but it was reliable.
@@markdraper3469 Same with the Falcon . And being a pre - PCV valve engine most of that oil blew out on to the roads from their overboard draft tube vent systems . Always making those first raindrops as slick as black ice .
Lived in west Dearborn during the 60's and 70's. My father (in this video) and most of my friends father's were execs at Ford. One friends' father, a statistician, was demoted for refusing to calculate in premature failure into engineered components. There was a saying in certain exec circles: "people are stupid, and they'll take whatever you give them". Then came the Japanese cars. Oops, let's change our strategy! All in all, a great company with great people. There was a time in the early 70's when groups of Japanese execs were allowed to go through design, engineering and manufacturing, and photograph anything and everything. The employees were disgusted that their work was being exposed to the competition. Early attempts at globalization. Won't be long until we handover our independence to Davos. Wake up people.
Sorry...but that ship has sailed, and it's not coming back
Was a way different world back then
Those were better days no doubt.
Like the happy feeling of a midmorning sunny day and those early sixties cars all around you.
Dddddddsdddddß
And way better too!🧐🤨😳😉🤗
👋 somedays I don't recognize the USA in2023 as it was in 1949...in places,people,ethics,expenses,medicine etc,I know things change ok? Never felt out of place till 65yrs old +
The Falcon was so lovable and they lasted a very long time
The Galaxy is a beautiful car. No B pillar gives it a open look…
Brings back great memories of growing up in the 1960's. 1960 was not a very good year for Ford, Mercury, or Lincoln. Sales were way down. No one liked the new full-sized designs. 1961 was a vast improvement. Gorgeous 1961 Fords and new Thunderbird. Beautiful, new 1961 Lincolns.
Wow, Detroit doesn't look that great anymore! The urban areas are crime-infested and vandalized. Row after row of homes are vacant and abandoned for years.
While on a trip there to see the Henry Ford Museum, Ford Research Center, Walter P. Chrysler Museum, and GM Hamtramck plant in 2002, I couldn't find the historic, Cadillac Clark Avenue plant. Went exactly to the address. It was torn down. All of the famous GM body plants were either gone or abandoned. Very sad sight indeed. Really nasty airport.
My aunt had a Falcon and a Comet at one point. As a little kid I loved going for rides to the store with her. I thought they were cool little cars. 😉✌
👋I had a 1964 comet 2 Dr coupe...small v8...3 speed stick shift...lightning fast ...(back in 1977) brain
I was in Detroit a few years ago.. it’s definitely see better days..
Me and my dad are owing a 1960 Ford Galaxie and a 1960 Sunliner
How are you going to pay them?
Without guys like you we would never see these films, so thanks, subscribed.
Nicely preserved sound and vision, thanks for your work to keep history intact. The Fairlane was popular with grain farmers in Australia, who were able to display their wealth and travel long distances to the capital cities on the coasts. The Falcon competed with home grown General Motors *_Holden_* models for the city families and modest farmers.
Ford Australia bought these ‘XK’ series Falcons to Australia to take on the dominant GM-H cars. They might have been good in America but Australia proved brutal leading to suspension issues...the engineering couldn’t handle the local conditions leading to a hasty redesign by the team at Ford Australia to arrive at the succeeding XM, XP, XT, XW and XY models into the 1970’s when the nameplate spawned the XA, XB, XC and XD Falcons....those of ‘Mad Max’ fame with the XB hardtop coupes...
Into the 80’s with the XE, XF and new generation EA followed into the 90’s with the EB, ED, EF and EL Falcons. In 1998 came the AU and that took Australia into the new millennium with the BA and BF....up until 2016 when Falcon production was ended in Australia...and local production of Ford cars in Australia ended. I believe the Falcon lived longest here in Australia and Argentina...
I'm pleased to see that the lady and accompanying gentlemen were able to continue wearing there hats despite being in the all new economy car the falcon. Phew. Really glad about that.
Looking at that Falcon reminds me of when I was about 4 years old (1976), some new neighbors moved in nearby. They had a Falcon wagon. Not sure what year it was. I just remember it was white with red interior and had the smallest tailpipe I'd ever seen on a car. Super quiet too. I thought I was looking at the oldest car ever. I think they got rid of it about 1979 or so. Thinking back, it really was a straight old car and in really good shape.
My father was a GM test driver at the GM Proving Grounds in Milford MI from 1983-2015. Growin up I loved hearing his stories and the vehicles he got to drive, I thought of him as a superhero as a kid because of how cool of a job I thought he had lol all my friends growing up looked at my dad as a celebrity hahah.
My grandpa worked at milford from 1955 to 1973, then he transferred to the desert proving grounds in Mesa Az and worked there from 73 to 86. He had lots of stories to tell.... test driving camaros and corvettes. What an awesome job!
They werent lying about the Falcon being quality. My dad has one that he daily drove from 1968 until 2005 and it still fires up and runs quite nicely and the body is still perfect. The only reason he doesnt daily it anymore is because he wants to preserve it. He didnt even baby it or anything beyond ensuring it was well maintained it just lasted so long, got decent enough gas mileage, costed so little to maintain and was good enough to drive that he saw zero point in spending money on another car
He and the Falcon obviously spent their lives living in a dry hot climate here in the US. That car would have turned into swiss cheese within its first 10 years in the northern US.
Adam N
Actually it’s spent its whole life in BC he just 1. lived down in Vancouver for awhile and 2. Was super vigilant about washing the thing although it’s gone through like 3 new exhausts which were pretty cheap to redo pre catalytic converters
The video is really good. Because it's about Ford Motor Company in the good'ol days. Although, nowadays it's only Sad memories.
Very good vídeo, good times!!! Thank you for upload!!!
Starliner. A beautiful car.
The Falcon was built in Australia from 1960 exactly the same design as the US model. Except for right hand drive. It created a sensation compared to the stodgy GM HOLDEN offerings. The Falcon name lasted in Australia till the end of local manufacturing in 2015. That’s 55 years. And long past it’s finish in the USA. The final Aussie six : the Barra was one of the best sixes in the world. Yet it’s block and original design stemmed from the 1960 Falcon six. One of Fords best efforts.
(First Falcons nearly ended Ford in Australia - the suspension and chassis were not up to the punishment that our awful roads gave in 1960 and so they earned a terrible reputation for severe weakness and early failure.)
If I were alive back then, I would have loved to have one of those Falcons. Today, Ford is building the fully electric Mustang Mach-E and F-150 pickup truck. I would love to have either one of those. It's great to see Ford still making great vehicles.
Originally released in October 1959, around the time the 1960 models were introduced.
And America was at it's Zenith!!!😊 What the hell happened!!!🤔🙄😣😠
Considering the fact that Ford was still smarting from its "Edsel" fiasco [they discontinued production of it in November 1959, at a loss of several million dollars], I'm surprised they rebounded at all. But in the 1960's, they *DID!* These days, it's a matter of finding semiconductors- and other essential parts- to make new models.
Ford First On Race Day.. that's what Ford stands for
...what a factory!...now, with a few exceptions, we have to build our domestic makes in Mexico, Thailand, China, etc., etc.....and assemble foreign makes here in USA in foreign-owned factories.. :(
Thanks to the UAW.
Thanks to GREED and short-term thinking ☠️🤡
'old enough to remember when the LEVACAR was big news ... even had a model kit of it - - - daze of my youth !
I noticed that this little one-person device, supposedly levitating on air, was attached by a substantial metal arm to the central spindle that was actually rotating it. Air might've been pushing out of it somehow, but that wasn't making it move, or probably doing much of anything.
Henry built his car on someone else’s time. Detroit is now a shadow of its former self. The world still turns.
Today Detroit is a ghetto. Shame really.
The Democrats destroy everything including cities, communities, economies, cultures and family.
@Topspeed350
Surely you jest.
@Donald Lentz
Right on!
@@wallyplumstead614 I worked 42 years destroying everything to raise a family making an honest living. Sorry I upset you.
Love the falcon
The 1961 Starliner is the most beautiful car Ford ever produced.
Unless you're trying to clean the inside of the back window. What a bear! Been there, done that when washing cars back in the day.
Great film, thanks for preserving and posting this one.
Golden days golden times
A couple I used to cut grass for had a light blue 1960 Galaxie four door hardtop, he let me drive it a little, with him in it. I'd still love to have one.
This is like a trip to my old neighborhood, having been born in Dearborn, with all of these places in either walking or biking distance.
40,000 people working at the plant. Nowadays: why have people working?--just let robots take over! Who needs jobs?--- (written in 65 Pt. Sarcasma Bold).
Syd Meade--whose design work was so influential on so many films, including STAR TREK TMP, BLADERUNNER and ALIENS etc etc etc,---used to work in that design center creating concepts for "cars of the future". His art work was always so striking. I once aspired to go into that line of work, inspired by his paintings even way back then1
I'll never forget my black Ford Falcon station wagon! Could fix anything on it by hand for a few dollars...and handy at the Drive-In too.
The big sad loss (among many, I suppose): the iconic Ford Rotunda burning down in the early 60's! With that, the loss of the mesmerizing, animated "city of the future" exhibit/have to wonder if any little bit of it survived? Probably not.
That whole area around Dearborn was pure "Fordland"---with the Ford Fairlane Mansion (and its "Side Door" little folk-rock music room), the colossal Henry Ford Museum and the historic Greenfield Village. Lucky to have been born in that area when Detroit was verging on becoming the 4th largest city in the country, when everyone was working, skid-row was torn down and replaced with landscaped fields and new businesses..AND, on top of all that, having to make only the shortest little hop across the Ambassador Bridge to be in another country,Canada, always so calm, clean, upbeat and welcoming! I hope I appreciated all that at the time!
Had a 1963 2 door Falcon..the engine outlived the body..
More relaxed after watching. These vids are gold !
I loved seeing the Falcon. My late uncle once showed off a bullet hole in his old Falcon to us; he never knew who shot his car. He told me later that a sheriff even pulled him over and wanted to know about the hole.
A 1948 ford Mercury was my first car
V8 engine with a crab type distributor red leather upholstery black headliner and trim, red mother of pearl steering wheel and dash, chromed up rocker covers
Midnight blue duco
All standard except for the tickle up we gave it
It's a sad dead dream now
Can't believe the variety of Ford's they used to have. RIP USA
I love that computer breadboard breakout baby...
Ya' boy on the merry-go-round in the possible future Ford is pretty funny!
FORD! It's a better idea! 😋 😎
Ford built the best vehicles and in 2022 Ford still continues to produce the best vehicles on the market.......I will only drive Ford or Toyota.
This is when Detroit Michigan was a great city to go to.
Detroit was the silicone valley of the time.
Bring it back please
I like the Falcon....
I liked the full sized 59 styling better than the 60.
The '57 was my fav.
They are all fine.. 1957-1968.
Thirty years ago I had a 1960 Fairlane Club Sedan like the example being lab tested and on the turntable ....a very smooth design which was controversial when new. The 1959 Ford is so distinctive that GM or Chrysler would have never used that design....the flowerpot tail lamps are a Ford trademark.
Growing up my mom had a 1960 Ford galaxie 500. I’ve wanted a 1960 Sunliner ever since
Sorry!! There was NO such thing as a 1960 Galaxie 500. The Galaxie 500 came out in 1962.
@@eugeneschulte4950 geez, sorry if that ruffled your feathers. It was a galaxy, ok not a 500. I was 8 years old at the time. YOU ARE RIGHT SIR! Feel better now?
@@alfavulcan4518 Lol Lol That's cool!!! Just pointing out. On the 1960 The Galaxie. The GALAXIE script was placed to the way front on the front fenders. Both sides.
The Ford crest is on the hood. There is also a GALAXIE script on the trunk deck. Just saying.
The Galaxie was introduced 1959. The Galaxie ran until 1963. It then became the Custom 500 in 1964. The Galaxie 500 was introduced in 1962. The Galaxie 500 ran until 1974.
Waw. Nice. Lots of smart, & probably Smarter people back then.
My first car was a 1973 Grand Torino Sportsroof- color code 5M( medium metallic chestnut).
So who feels like that car in the beginning When they Hit the lights. Ya that containment box. OOOO
Just one man's opinion..but I don't think there was ever a more beautiful full-size Ford, than the 1960..no comparison..before or after. And, oddly..it was unique only to 1960 models. I've always wondered, why? Generally, the basic body styles were carried-on (with minor modifications) for at least two or three model years..except in 1960.
I've heard more than once it was wider than the limits set by the feds so a total redesign for the next year.
At 6:15...I think I rode something like that at the county fair...right next to the Tilt-A-Whirl (which ALWAYS made me hurl).
Yeah, that's what it looked like-a kiddie ride. The Tilt-A-Whirl was the only ride I ever got sick on.
Love It man
Had our first 8track under a 60 Falcon metal dash.
Birth of the Falcon and became a big hit here in Australia and lived on till 2016
and they could be serviced by the owner !! no electronics no OBD2 i had a 63 galaxy with the factory under dash AC ! worked great had power steering and brakes too .
It's crazy to think that a whole car would be built under "one roof" . Now everything is subcontracted out and built as needed. Completely different than this.
5:45 Early version of the ZIF socket! LOL!
History.
1959 & 1961 full size Fords were much nicer looking.... That white Square Bird is a treat though
Amazing place , I wonder what is left. Maybe I do not want to know.
I believe it was a 62 Galaxy that took me to Woodstock and back. Oh where are you Ed Duffy? 🚙
The Falcon..rocks!
Its Ford papá its simply the best
We had a 61 Fairlane, a couple of 65 Rancheros and a 66 T bird but I'd have given them all for that 60 Starliner.
The 1966 Thunderbird was, without doubt, my favorite automobile of all time.
@@saintmichael1779 Worthy indeed but we got ours used and kept it until just minor repairs cost more than we paid for the car.
Donated it to a High School auto shop because my girlfriend didn't "like" the people who came to look at it. About a year later we saw it back on the road.
@@markdraper3469 I knew an elderly couple about five years ago. The wife died, and her husband went into a nursing home. They had a 1966 Thunderbird, white interior, white exterior which they kept in their garage. Gorgeous. In their will, the person who was to get it was their accountant. The tires were rotted, it needed new belts and hoses, the battery was dead, it did not start because the gasoline was gunked up and I don't know what else was wrong with it. Needed a lot of TLC. He sold it to a man who repaired cars for not much money.
..13:23...Falcon.."Ample reserve power"..?..a bit of a stretch, don't you think?...in 1960, the only engine available in the Falcon was the 144 six...and the 144 six was known for having ANYTHING BUT ample reserve power... :/
Great cars.
Great company.
Best design: low belt line, plenty of window area with few blind spots.
Safe and efficient with enjoyable sites outside viewed from inside vehicle while driving.
Compare the Big Three designs to overseas offerings back in the day and see how these designs have comparatively withstood the test of time. Outside of Ferrari, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Porsche, some Jaguars -- mostly junk, including Mercedes -- look like dinosaurmobiles -- ancient history.
Made in USA is best -- still is.
My friend had a 1963 Falcon and I had a 1964 Chevy II.
Just look at how modern and advanced Michigan used to be in the 60s. Most Europeans countries weren't like that in the late 90s.
Well... Europe hosted two world wars in the first 50 years of the 20th Century... so, there’s that.
How did I know harps would be playing in the introduction?
59’s were much more attractive, in my opinion. The T-Birds were a carryover from 58-59.
To each his own, I love the 1960
Out of the sixties in a Volkswagen
Out of the seventies in a Toyota
Had a 1960 Falcon back in 1972 it was a good car, much better than the Chevrolet Corvair.
(:>o)......1964, I was 12 years old! We had a 1957 Ford Fairlane....
In 1964 I was 10. My parents had a ‘64 Ford Country Sedan in Wimbledon White. It had an electric tailgate window. The key lock was hidden beneath a hinged Ford emblem. The car was a beauty. It sported a 352 cu. in. V8. I recall it was a 4bbl carb. My parents drove to his Aunt’s in Lakeworth FL that summer. Dad drove all night. Luggage in the roof carrier. My sister & I slept in the back, sear folded. My younger brother slept across the bottom, at our feet, next to the tailgate.
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What i time that was. America changed a lot
I'd love to get my hands on the machines used to make those body parts
13:20- That Chevy he's passing, looks a whole lot better. 😂
That's good, but it's Not a Chevy, it's a Ford Fairlane...
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