My first car. When I got it in 1966 it already had 144K miles on it. This was Texas, so no heater/defroster. Three-speed manual that actually gave me 30 MPH with gas at 27 cents per gallon. And don't forget those vacuum wipers that almost worked. I drove that car all over the U.S., then moved up to a '66 Mustang in 1967 -- I thought I'd gone from the minor leagues to the big show! Wish I still had both those cars.
@@marth1041 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Maybe it was 44,000 miles as most cars were ready for the scrap heap by the time they got to 100,000 miles and only had 5 digit odometers. Not to mention, that would require driving 24,000 miles a year to get to 144,000 in six years. Maybe it's possible if it was used as a courier or delivery car or a travelling salesman had it.
I've had 4 Falcons since the early 90s, 63 2 dr.hardtop, 63 conv., 63 4 dr., wagon, and now a 62 deluxe 4 dr. wagon which I've had since '99. Still runs strong on a 200, inline 6, and a c-4 automatic, and 8" diff.😊
We bought a new 1962 Ford Falcon Club wagon to haul the family of five on our annual family vacation to Florida. Beautiful medium blue metallic with blue vinyl interior. After the uphill struggle in the Smokey Mountains at 20 mph it was decided to trade in on the return home. Ford Galaxy 500 XL, 390ci. 4 bbl carburetor. Black interior, bucket seats. Kept that car in the family 15 years. No substitute for cubic inches.
Those were the days! I was born in 1973, but I can still imagine what it must have been like piling in six of your friends on the front and rear bench seats in a used Falcon in 1971. Imagine what you saw out the windshield and the music coming through on the AM radio!
I won a brand new 1962 Ford Falcon Futura when I was 15 years old! Ford dealers in Worcester MA had a model car contest and the first prize was this beautiful silver gold with a black vinyl top, bucket seats and 170 HP straight 6, 3 speed on the column Ford Falcon Futura! Had to wait 6 months before I could drive it. They sent the winning model up to Ford Motor Company and placed it in Henry Fords inner office enclosed in a glass case!! I often wonder if it’s still there??
"Stephen" My Dad bought a 61 wagon with the 170 engine. Was his work care, we also had a 59 Chevy wagon. I remember one year we took the falcon on vacation to Tennessee. Dad said the power was a little less in the mountains, but the car handled the curves better. I was 15 by then and remember a lot less tire squealing around the curves. All around a good little car.
My father had a Falcon in 1960, bright red. I owned a Mercury Comet, a 1961 I believe, in high school. I later owned a 1963 Falcon in my army days. Cute car, but a bit under powered. I am still nostalgic about that car. In 1964 my home town, Kodiak, AK, was hit by a giant wave, it overtopped the breakwaters, picked up the fishing fleet and ran the boats thru the town. It destroyed the store where my father worked, and killed the red 1960 Falcon.
I was in Anchorage when the earthquake hit. I was in my first month in the army national guard. We did a lot of searching wrecked houses in the Turnagan area of Anchorage. We had a very busy few days.
We dropped one morning and went driving around in the Little Red Falcon. Got downtown, went by a hotel, and there was a sign over the entrance, 'Continental Breakfast'. My buddy said he'd never heard of that band, and wondered if they were any good. We laughed 'til tears ran down our faces. Better living through chemistry.
I was a small boy when this car came out, and I remember seeing, regularly, Falcons with broken front suspensions sitting on the side of the road. If I were buying a new compact in 1960 it'd be either the Valiant or the American.
My first car was a 1968 Falcon XT 3.6Ltre six which I bought off my late Father in the mid 80s-- wish I still had it Auckland New Zealand lockdown 2021
When Ford introduced this model in Australia, they were soon inundated with warranty claims for collapsed suspensions and severe chassis cracks - the R&D brief did not take into account the fact that our roads were vastly long, mostly unmade and deeply rutted. It was marketed as a premium product (and not a 'second car'), so, farmers and commercial fleets bought them...the reputation of that first Falcon almost ruined the brand - a new suspension and extensive chassis bracing was engineered for the XL model of 1962. Not too clever when you consider that BMC had learned the same lessons with the Morris Major in 1958 and had fixed their problems within 18 months.
But Australia did a fantastic job with the later Falcons long after the name was discontinued in the US. I wish they would have brought the later Aussie Falcon to the US. That had that Ford Barra engine that is considered world class.
So many more of us wish that would've happened!👍🇺🇸 Fortunately for us, the Falcons here had a pretty solid rep . We owned 4 over the years and all were solid!🚘🚘
The 1965 XP Falcon (US Comet Style with Comet guards, bonnet, revised bumper, dash and a plastic version of the Comets Instrument cluster, Scaled down 63 Galaxie styled rear and a 65 Galaxie Style grille) made the huge public perception turnaround with the much publicised 1965 70 mph at 70,000 miles durability Run, Economy trial wins and the Prestigious WHEELS Car of The Year Win for 1965. With torque boxes and extra strengthening the Falcon was finally the car the XK should have been. In all fairness the XM had provided significant contribution to this extra robustness in their mid model upgrade.
1960 to 2016 here in Australia...spurned the Mustang too ..I have two beauties ...One is a 2001 AU Futura and also a 2008 FG XR6...Awesome cars here in Australia to the end four years ago ..
My mother's second car was a 1966 Ford Falcon coupe. Apparently she slid off an icy road into a ditch with that car, landing on the rood, and a father and son, and a police officer helped flip it back onto its wheels. She was shaken up but was able to keep driving it.
My mother bought a 1960 Falcon, brand new. Black with grey interior. Had it until 1966. I was 3 years old when they sold it. I actually remember the car.
The first two models of Australian Falcons (XK & XL models) were basically slightly modified Canadian Falcons. The next two models (XM & XP) had more in common with the Canadian Mercury Comets than the US Falcons.
Head to Argentina if you want to see these; there are still very many of them on the road there, some in good shape others in very poor condition but still being driven. They built them in Argentina right up until 1992 but later models had ugly plastic bumpers and large rectangular headlights plus MK5 Cortina/Taunus tail lights.
I'm from Argentina, Falcon whose produce 1961 until 1991. My father had three Falcon, a Standard 221" engine, year 1974 with 4 speed transmisión, one Deluxe 188" engine year 1977, one Deluxe 1981 with steering poder. Great Cars!
My dad bought a used '61 Mint Green one in '63. We lived a few blocks from the ocean in Florida so it rusted pretty badly and I learned how to do bodywork and painting on that car. I also learned how to drive a stick on it. I am sure he would have given it to me when I started driving, but I went for foreign cars like an Austin America and MGB.
Dad bought one new in 63. Went coast to coast a coupla times. Family of 5. As a teen and adult years I've owned maby falcons economize vans and a few mustangs. I really miss old simple cheap easy to maintain 1960's Fords. Currently have 68 ranchero 351w.
I enjoyed my '68 Falcon four-door, I don't think the trunk was "so big" as the earliest models, I ran it rough and got nearly four years out of my first car. I learned on that vehicle that when the Oil light comes on, don't pile four friends in and drive an hour-20 down the freeway to an NBA game.
The Falcon was a hit from Ford. Too bad they discontinued it. We had a 1968 V8 Falcon for a few months as a loaner and did this car ZIP around! Their styling was classic.
Almost bought a '60s Falcon when I was car shopping about ten years ago. I'm 6' 3" though, and when I test drove a mid-'70s LTD, the choice was obvious. I still daily drive the LTD. The Falcon was a pretty neat little car, though. Three-speed manuals on the column are my favorite manual configuration.
I like this. Members of extended family had about 3 of these in the '60s that would move around if anyone needed a car but stayed in the family. Heck, my first car was a '67 two door. Nice car,,,poor thing.
I was lucky enough just last week to find a 1963 Ford Falcon 4 door in white with deluxe red interior and the big 6 in it, running, with no rust and brand new redial tires for 3,200.00. The guy wanted 3,800.00 but accepted my offer. Knowing what a good deal it was, I ran to the bank the next day, got the money and drove the 60 miles and bought it and secured the title. Two days later i showed up with plates to drive it home. The guy was furious. "I got a dozen calls on that car offering twice what you paid" he grumbled! My wife and i couldn't believe how angry he was. I got in the car, my wife following and drove off as he stormed back into his garage without saying good by. I guess you know you got a good deal when that happens. He was very happy when i handed him the 3200.00 so he clearly had not paid much for it.
In Argentina, Ford Motors Argentina manufactured the Falcon from 1962 to 1991, with different modernizations carried out over the years but always keeping the original design and style. It was perhaps the most beloved car by the Argentines along with the IKA "Torino" and the Peugeot 504. In Argentina there are a lot of Ford Falcon clubs. Even Ford of Argentina has developed the pick-up version "Ranchero" in 1971 continuing its production until 1991.
The pre (US) 66 Ford Falcon was the perfect size auto for 2021. Get rid of the McPherson front suspension (the later Mustang II front end will fit) and 2 speed automatic, get the more ergonomic seats of the South American Falcons and I would drive one powered by a 200 co six on a daily basis. The Falcon was doomed by the Mustang, not the V8 "Chebbie" Nova ( engineered on the SAME concept as the Falcon but whose sales were small compared to the Falcon. I have lost count of the number of pre 66 Falcons I have owned (two Comets), one post 65 US Falcon, an Aussie XC Falcon ute, and still.Looking for a 70-71 Falcon. Have not renewed my FCA membership in ages (#474 or #475), used my connect with that group to get an invitation to see the Holman-Moody (Falcon) Challenger, actually built a sectioned Falcon body in an attempt to duplicate the Challenger. Problem was "back then" people would laugh at you if you drove a Falcon. Now Jay Leno brags about owning one...
My dad got a used falcon with a bad engine before the mustang came out and he put a v8 in it and it would go like hell beacuse it was so light compared to most cars then (he doesnt remember what kind of v8 he was quite young then and had just found some engine at the wreckers that could fit). People did laugh at how small it was until they saw how fast it was.
My sister had a 1960 Frontenac, which was a rebadged Falcon only sold at Mercury dealerships in Canada and only for 1960. It was replaced I think by the Mercury Meteor clone. My sister’s Frontenac was a blue 2-door automatic and had a driver side mirror, which I think was an option. Think it also had an AM radio, so yes, it wasn’t the base model LOL. She bought it used in 1965 or 1966. Not a bad car but very underpowered. When it rained and you were driving on the highway and got passed and splashed, you needed to slow down to make the wipers work faster. Some sort of vacuum system. I don’t think she ever got it to go faster than 60 mph.
Had a black 2 door ‘62 two door 3 speed manual. Was slow and noisy. Only one station on the radio worked. Was in the family from ‘63 to ‘70. We had a ‘69 2 door Galaxy from late ‘69 to ‘76. Funny, the radio stopped working around ‘73. What was with Philco car radios?
It was the "Modern Model A" that loyal Ford buyers had been clamoring for years for, and while it did steal sales from the full-size Ford while the Corvair feasted on the bones of the more marginal imports, most of those came at the expense of strippo Custom 300 post sedans while Ford's lead in high-margin convertibles and Country Squires was undiminished.
Good looking little cars especially 63 and later, but nothing luxurious about them, Great gas mileage, but with a 144 CI engine and 2 speed automatic you didn't want to take on vacation over the Rocky Mtns. It should have had a 6 speed transmission. I never got to enjoy driving one with a 260 CI or a 289 CI.
Ford Australia film shows the work needed to get this 1960 model made in Australia : czcams.com/video/Kof6XNeOrbs/video.html However just heard today that 900 imported right hand drive cars were sold before production got into full swing. Seems unlikely that the US or Canada made RIght Hand Drive versions for Australia but would love to know the facts.
Exactly what I was thinking! A peppy turbo 4 cylinder with 310 horsepower, and *350 ft.lbs of torque?* in a 2500+/- lb. car? It'd be a rocket ship AND get 30 miles to the gallon!
1:45 "...ample reserve power for any kind of driving..."? Are they kidding? A Studebaker Lark VI (six in Roman numerals) had ten more horsepower, and the Lark VI was notoriously slow. You wanted a compact six with any sort of reserve power in 1960, you wanted a Valiant or a Rambler Six. The Lark and Rambler models offered V8 power, up to 195 horsepower in the Lark, or 115 more than the only engine offered in Falcon.
Simple great cars for what they were. If you wanted to impress a date or lady or hot rod it not for you. I had a 61 Ranchero and a 61 merc comet I paid $75 and it was a great simple car but the windows were like you were in a fish bowl ha ha
no way it is 23 cubic feet with the spare in there. My 2009 Taurus limited trunk was huge and wasn't as big as they say this is. I'm calling BS on Ford's Falcon numbers.
My parents had a '64 falcon 6-cylinder 3-speed manual wagon and I learned to drive in it.. It has a built in speed control. Hit 60 MPH and the oil light came on. that experiene is why I have never, nor will ever own a Ford. What a POS.
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My first car. When I got it in 1966 it already had 144K miles on it. This was Texas, so no heater/defroster. Three-speed manual that actually gave me 30 MPH with gas at 27 cents per gallon. And don't forget those vacuum wipers that almost worked. I drove that car all over the U.S., then moved up to a '66 Mustang in 1967 -- I thought I'd gone from the minor leagues to the big show! Wish I still had both those cars.
Isn't that a lot of miles on a car for the time
@@marth1041 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Maybe it was 44,000 miles as most cars were ready for the scrap heap by the time they got to 100,000 miles and only had 5 digit odometers. Not to mention, that would require driving 24,000 miles a year to get to 144,000 in six years. Maybe it's possible if it was used as a courier or delivery car or a travelling salesman had it.
In 1970, I got my license in a '63 futura auto....wish I had it today...simplicity personified.
I've had 4 Falcons since the early 90s, 63 2 dr.hardtop, 63 conv., 63 4 dr., wagon, and now a 62 deluxe 4 dr. wagon which I've had since '99. Still runs strong on a 200, inline 6, and a c-4 automatic, and 8" diff.😊
The Falcon was a great car - mechanical simplicity at its best. Reliable and affordable.
We bought a new 1962 Ford Falcon Club wagon to haul the family of five on our annual family vacation to Florida. Beautiful medium blue metallic with blue vinyl interior. After the uphill struggle in the Smokey Mountains at 20 mph it was decided to trade in on the return home. Ford Galaxy 500 XL, 390ci. 4 bbl carburetor. Black interior, bucket seats. Kept that car in the family 15 years. No substitute for cubic inches.
Great cars ! Though my friend Glen used to say hopefully a hill wasn't too steep or the engine would overheat lol
My grandfather had a 60 Ford Falcon in silver with red vinyl interior and no air. I remember that car like yesterday.
My very first car...back in 1971. The bench seat was greeeat for the high school sr yr.
Those were the days! I was born in 1973, but I can still imagine what it must have been like piling in six of your friends on the front and rear bench seats in a used Falcon in 1971. Imagine what you saw out the windshield and the music coming through on the AM radio!
I won a brand new 1962 Ford Falcon Futura when I was 15 years old! Ford dealers in Worcester MA had a model car contest and the first prize was this beautiful silver gold with a black vinyl top, bucket seats and 170 HP straight 6, 3 speed on the column Ford Falcon Futura! Had to wait 6 months before I could drive it. They sent the winning model up to Ford Motor Company and placed it in Henry Fords inner office enclosed in a glass case!! I often wonder if it’s still there??
That is so cool!!
"Stephen" Typo ? Should be 170 cu inches for the optional engine. Standard was 144 cu inches. That was a lot to look forward to on your 16th birthday.
@@jamesglavich1426 yes, you are correct,my smart friend and also have a great memory!
"Stephen" My Dad bought a 61 wagon with the 170 engine. Was his work care, we also had a 59 Chevy wagon. I remember one year we took the falcon on vacation to Tennessee. Dad said the power was a little less in the mountains, but the car handled the curves better. I was 15 by then and remember a lot less tire squealing around the curves. All around a good little car.
Had a'64 Galaxie in college. Falcon was considered a compact back then, now it would be a limo.
My father had a Falcon in 1960, bright red. I owned a Mercury Comet, a 1961 I believe, in high school. I later owned a 1963 Falcon in my army days. Cute car, but a bit under powered. I am still nostalgic about that car. In 1964 my home town, Kodiak, AK, was hit by a giant wave, it overtopped the breakwaters, picked up the fishing fleet and ran the boats thru the town. It destroyed the store where my father worked, and killed the red 1960 Falcon.
I was in Anchorage when the earthquake hit. I was in my first month in the army national guard. We did a lot of searching wrecked houses in the Turnagan area of Anchorage. We had a very busy few days.
Love the 1960 first generation Falcons hope to own one some day
We dropped one morning and went driving around in the Little Red Falcon. Got downtown, went by a hotel, and there was a sign over the entrance, 'Continental Breakfast'. My buddy said he'd never heard of that band, and wondered if they were any good. We laughed 'til tears ran down our faces. Better living through chemistry.
I love my 1960 Ford falcon
I own a 1963 ford falcon futura
The Ford falcon will always be a classic great styling
30 MPG? Damn! That's real great!
Cute cars. I always loved the first generation Falcon
I was a small boy when this car came out, and I remember seeing, regularly, Falcons with broken front suspensions sitting on the side of the road. If I were buying a new compact in 1960 it'd be either the Valiant or the American.
My first car was a 1968 Falcon XT 3.6Ltre six which I bought off my late Father in the mid 80s-- wish I still had it Auckland New Zealand lockdown 2021
When Ford introduced this model in Australia, they were soon inundated with warranty claims for collapsed suspensions and severe chassis cracks - the R&D brief did not take into account the fact that our roads were vastly long, mostly unmade and deeply rutted. It was marketed as a premium product (and not a 'second car'), so, farmers and commercial fleets bought them...the reputation of that first Falcon almost ruined the brand - a new suspension and extensive chassis bracing was engineered for the XL model of 1962. Not too clever when you consider that BMC had learned the same lessons with the Morris Major in 1958 and had fixed their problems within 18 months.
i remember that even the zephyr were stronger.
But Australia did a fantastic job with the later Falcons long after the name was discontinued in the US. I wish they would have brought the later Aussie Falcon to the US. That had that Ford Barra engine that is considered world class.
So many more of us wish that would've happened!👍🇺🇸 Fortunately for us, the Falcons here had a pretty solid rep . We owned 4 over the years and all were solid!🚘🚘
The 1965 XP Falcon (US Comet Style with Comet guards, bonnet, revised bumper, dash and a plastic version of the Comets Instrument cluster, Scaled down 63 Galaxie styled rear and a 65 Galaxie Style grille) made the huge public perception turnaround with the much publicised 1965 70 mph at 70,000 miles durability Run, Economy trial wins and the Prestigious WHEELS Car of The Year Win for 1965. With torque boxes and extra strengthening the Falcon was finally the car the XK should have been. In all fairness the XM had provided significant contribution to this extra robustness in their mid model upgrade.
1960 to 2016 here in Australia...spurned the Mustang too ..I have two beauties ...One is a 2001 AU Futura and also a 2008 FG XR6...Awesome cars here in Australia to the end four years ago ..
Up the Mighty AU. My son has an AU Ghia. Other son BA falcon. I have a BF and a much older falcon. I guess they must be a good car. Sad to see them go
Please don't remind me!!😥😥🚘🚘🇺🇸
My mother's second car was a 1966 Ford Falcon coupe. Apparently she slid off an icy road into a ditch with that car, landing on the rood, and a father and son, and a police officer helped flip it back onto its wheels. She was shaken up but was able to keep driving it.
My mother bought a 1960 Falcon, brand new. Black with grey interior. Had it until 1966. I was 3 years old when they sold it. I actually remember the car.
My sister had this in a deep green with a white top.
I learned to drive in '61 Falcon
Awesome. I grew up with the mighty Aussie Falcon :)
The first two models of Australian Falcons (XK & XL models) were basically slightly modified Canadian Falcons. The next two models (XM & XP) had more in common with the Canadian Mercury Comets than the US Falcons.
@@michaelhalsall5684 Thanks, I never knew that.
Beautiful little Falcon!
Head to Argentina if you want to see these; there are still very many of them on the road there, some in good shape others in very poor condition but still being driven.
They built them in Argentina right up until 1992 but later models had ugly plastic bumpers and large rectangular headlights plus MK5 Cortina/Taunus tail lights.
I'm from Argentina, Falcon whose produce 1961 until 1991. My father had three Falcon, a Standard 221" engine, year 1974 with 4 speed transmisión, one Deluxe 188" engine year 1977, one Deluxe 1981 with steering poder. Great Cars!
My dad bought a used '61 Mint Green one in '63. We lived a few blocks from the ocean in Florida so it rusted pretty badly and I learned how to do bodywork and painting on that car. I also learned how to drive a stick on it. I am sure he would have given it to me when I started driving, but I went for foreign cars like an Austin America and MGB.
So you went from good cars to bad once .British cars were rubbish still are.
Dad bought one new in 63. Went coast to coast a coupla times. Family of 5. As a teen and adult years I've owned maby falcons economize vans and a few mustangs. I really miss old simple cheap easy to maintain 1960's Fords. Currently have 68 ranchero 351w.
The Ford Falcon was a great Car!!
Is still a great car 👍😀🚘
I enjoyed my '68 Falcon four-door, I don't think the trunk was "so big" as the earliest models, I ran it rough and got nearly four years out of my first car. I learned on that vehicle that when the Oil light comes on, don't pile four friends in and drive an hour-20 down the freeway to an NBA game.
The Falcon was a hit from Ford. Too bad they discontinued it. We had a 1968 V8 Falcon for a few months as a loaner and did this car ZIP around! Their styling was classic.
Basically a Mustang
23 cubic foot trunk in a small car is amazing. Big cars cannot compare today.
Almost bought a '60s Falcon when I was car shopping about ten years ago. I'm 6' 3" though, and when I test drove a mid-'70s LTD, the choice was obvious. I still daily drive the LTD. The Falcon was a pretty neat little car, though. Three-speed manuals on the column are my favorite manual configuration.
had a 63 with the 3 on the tree
Aussies all grew up with Falcon’s , as kids we never knew it was a US mid size Ford
I like this.
Members of extended family had about 3 of these in the '60s that would move around if anyone needed a car but stayed in the family.
Heck, my first car was a '67 two door. Nice car,,,poor thing.
Wow posted on my 58th Birthday 8/14/60
Happy b day
My grandparents owned a '61 Mercury Comet, built like a tank, lasted for many years, I loved that car.
same car with mercury embellishments. We love our corporate cousins.
I was lucky enough just last week to find a 1963 Ford Falcon 4 door in white with deluxe red interior and the big 6 in it, running, with no rust and brand new redial tires for 3,200.00. The guy wanted 3,800.00 but accepted my offer. Knowing what a good deal it was, I ran to the bank the next day, got the money and drove the 60 miles and bought it and secured the title. Two days later i showed up with plates to drive it home. The guy was furious. "I got a dozen calls on that car offering twice what you paid" he grumbled! My wife and i couldn't believe how angry he was. I got in the car, my wife following and drove off as he stormed back into his garage without saying good by. I guess you know you got a good deal when that happens. He was very happy when i handed him the 3200.00 so he clearly had not paid much for it.
Gosh I love that 1960 Falcon. I want one with a Ford 300 six. I want it I want it I want it.
Love the falcons!
Today a car "must" have cupholders, in 1960 a "must" was the ability for a man to wear a hat while in the car
That is classics. It's proportions like golden adge.
Like young bull.
In Argentina, Ford Motors Argentina manufactured the Falcon from 1962 to 1991, with different modernizations carried out over the years but always keeping the original design and style. It was perhaps the most beloved car by the Argentines along with the IKA "Torino" and the Peugeot 504. In Argentina there are a lot of Ford Falcon clubs. Even Ford of Argentina has developed the pick-up version "Ranchero" in 1971 continuing its production until 1991.
The pre (US) 66 Ford Falcon was the perfect size auto for 2021. Get rid of the McPherson front suspension (the later Mustang II front end will fit) and 2 speed automatic, get the more ergonomic seats of the South American Falcons and I would drive one powered by a 200 co six on a daily basis. The Falcon was doomed by the Mustang, not the V8 "Chebbie" Nova ( engineered on the SAME concept as the Falcon but whose sales were small compared to the Falcon. I have lost count of the number of pre 66 Falcons I have owned (two Comets), one post 65 US Falcon, an Aussie XC Falcon ute, and still.Looking for a 70-71 Falcon. Have not renewed my FCA membership in ages (#474 or #475), used my connect with that group to get an invitation to see the Holman-Moody (Falcon) Challenger, actually built a sectioned Falcon body in an attempt to duplicate the Challenger.
Problem was "back then" people would laugh at you if you drove a Falcon. Now Jay Leno brags about owning one...
My dad got a used falcon with a bad engine before the mustang came out and he put a v8 in it and it would go like hell beacuse it was so light compared to most cars then (he doesnt remember what kind of v8 he was quite young then and had just found some engine at the wreckers that could fit).
People did laugh at how small it was until they saw how fast it was.
@@user-xg8yy7yl1d Campbells soup company makes a very good V8
Women all dressed up,and men with suits and hats.classy
I miss panel seats and all that room under the hood that made an engine easy to work on.
👍 ЛЕГЕНДА🚘🔥
*This 'Mustang' looks funny* *It also looks funny as a 'Mercury Comet'*
Daddy had a 2 door 1960 with a 144 6 cylinder 3 on the tree . he drove to work
My first car 💘
My sister had a 1960 Frontenac, which was a rebadged Falcon only sold at Mercury dealerships in Canada and only for 1960. It was replaced I think by the Mercury Meteor clone. My sister’s Frontenac was a blue 2-door automatic and had a driver side mirror, which I think was an option. Think it also had an AM radio, so yes, it wasn’t the base model LOL. She bought it used in 1965 or 1966. Not a bad car but very underpowered. When it rained and you were driving on the highway and got passed and splashed, you needed to slow down to make the wipers work faster. Some sort of vacuum system. I don’t think she ever got it to go faster than 60 mph.
Had a black 2 door ‘62 two door 3 speed manual. Was slow and noisy. Only one station on the radio worked. Was in the family from ‘63 to ‘70. We had a ‘69 2 door Galaxy from late ‘69 to ‘76. Funny, the radio stopped working around ‘73. What was with Philco car radios?
Was my First Car in 1970 , A1963 Falcon IT Burned More Oil Then Gas LOL, Also The Heater Wasn't Worth A Crap.
Im pretty sure, knowing Ford brakes, that camera was hit in the beginning
It was the "Modern Model A" that loyal Ford buyers had been clamoring for years for, and while it did steal sales from the full-size Ford while the Corvair feasted on the bones of the more marginal imports, most of those came at the expense of strippo Custom 300 post sedans while Ford's lead in high-margin convertibles and Country Squires was undiminished.
This car was partial inspiration for the song 'Born To Be Wild'. Go figure.
I had the wagon and I'm sorry I sold it
Now that's when Ford made real cars 🚗 metal not plastic and aluminum and the MPG was better
Good looking little cars especially 63 and later, but nothing luxurious about them, Great gas mileage, but with a 144 CI engine and 2 speed automatic you didn't want to take on vacation over the Rocky Mtns. It should have had a 6 speed transmission. I never got to enjoy driving one with a 260 CI or a 289 CI.
If you had a Falcon, you had to wear a hat when driving it!
The price of gas back then you might as well put a 427 in it
Ford Australia film shows the work needed to get this 1960 model made in Australia :
czcams.com/video/Kof6XNeOrbs/video.html
However just heard today that 900 imported right hand drive cars were sold before production got into full swing.
Seems unlikely that the US or Canada made RIght Hand Drive versions for Australia but would love to know the facts.
The ‘60 has a pretty low grill for a semi aero look lol.
Had that engine been so spunky they wouldn't have needed the 170...the 200...and the 250 engines that followed it...
Maybe folks’ expectations grew over time?
That 250 engine was very good lots of power back then .
351w is a bolt in for ya.
It was known as the XK here in Australia.
30 MPG!
63 falcon
30 mpg now a days they boast 22
0 to 60 .. 3hrs
🔥
Falcon destroyed the Corvair during it's run.
Mustang same car W/different sheet-metal.
My neighbor Rose had one -- Sis and I would wash it for her.
The lady always sits in the middle and everyone is well hatted
I had a 62 same color. Got it in the early seventies. You just about had to shoot it to kill it.
If I remember right Ford sold more Falcons than Mustangs!
It's be interesting to put a 4cylinder engine/trans out of a brand new mustang in there.
Exactly what I was thinking!
A peppy turbo 4 cylinder with 310 horsepower, and *350 ft.lbs of torque?* in a 2500+/- lb. car?
It'd be a rocket ship AND get 30 miles to the gallon!
1:45 "...ample reserve power for any kind of driving..."?
Are they kidding? A Studebaker Lark VI (six in Roman numerals) had ten more horsepower, and the Lark VI was notoriously slow. You wanted a compact six with any sort of reserve power in 1960, you wanted a Valiant or a Rambler Six. The Lark and Rambler models offered V8 power, up to 195 horsepower in the Lark, or 115 more than the only engine offered in Falcon.
Successful because it out spec'd the foreign cars. An it had familiar technology... later the chevy II was a copy as the corvair faded
Gosh it's swell
You can still take an old falcon and a coat hanger and go a thousands of miles
Simple great cars for what they were. If you wanted to impress a date or lady or hot rod it not for you. I had a 61 Ranchero and a 61 merc comet I paid $75 and it was a great simple car but the windows were like you were in a fish bowl ha ha
Oooo
Ford sold a bunch of them. But Nova and Dart/Valiant gave em a run for their money.
651L boot!
I bought a '60 Falcon in 1964. Most of its miles was spent behind a tow truck. A real piece of junk!
World car Compact
I love seeing these commercials depicting American culture before America's Democrat enemies turned the country into a third world cesspool.
Our second family car in the early 60’s. Rambler wagon was the primary. I remember .25 cents a gallon at the Texaco station.
That was my first car. A dud.
Mine too. It was practically indestructible. I drove it everywhere
Scary brakes........FACT
no way it is 23 cubic feet with the spare in there. My 2009 Taurus limited trunk was huge and wasn't as big as they say this is. I'm calling BS on Ford's Falcon numbers.
Mine had no power.
My aunt traded in a Studebaker Hawk for this junk!
My parents had a '64 falcon 6-cylinder 3-speed manual wagon and I learned to drive in it.. It has a built in speed control. Hit 60 MPH and the oil light came on. that experiene is why I have never, nor will ever own a Ford. What a POS.
Women all dressed up,and men with suits and hats.classy