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Classic Cars 1960's Ford Falcons
133 messages, Last post on Feb 05, 2008 at 7:50 AM
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We had two of them. The '62 4-dr sedan had the 144 cid, "three-on-the-tree" manual. Traded the '56 Chevy S/W 265 cid V-8, two-speed "Power Glide" AT. We also had a Fargo pick-up and a '51 Chevy Styleline 2-door coupe. Should have kept that wagon. As a college student, I had a '61 Falcon with the same 144 cid set-up: Point A-to-Point B kind of transportation. Car got "dolled-up" a bit with GT "racing stripes" (all show, no go) at the bottom of the doors, 4/8-track tape player, Goodyear "Boots" ("wide" 78s), and acrylic "fake fur" rear deck mat. Now, the '64 and '65 V-8 Sprint hardtops and convertibles were a different breed altogether. Wouldn't mind getting my hands on any of those. |
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Not to rain on anyone's parade, but just a reminder to stay alert out there.... Grove City woman dies in collision Monday, August 19, 2002 DISPATCH STATE SERVICE WEST JEFFERSON, Ohio -- A Grove City woman, riding in an older model car without seat belts, was killed in a collision with a sport-utility vehicle about 5 miles northwest of here yesterday. The State Highway Patrol was called to the intersection of Rt. 42 and Middle Pike at about 12:30 p.m. Della M. Coldiron, 69, of 5960 Kirkwood Dr., was pronounced dead at Doctor's Hospital West. Coldiron was in the front passenger seat of a 1963 Ford Falcon that was westbound on Middle Pike, the patrol reported. The driver, James H. Moore, ran a stop sign while trying to turn right into the northbound lane of Rt. 42, the patrol said. The car collided with a northbound sport-utility vehicle in the intersection. Mr. Moore, 55, of 216 W. Columbus St., Pickerington, and his wife Marsha L. Moore, 49, who was a passenger, both were taken to Grant Medical Center. Mr. Moore was listed in serious condition. Mrs. Moore was in fair condition. The driver of the SUV, Lorri T. Gholson, 42, of 1520 Rt. 29 N.E., London, and her two passengers, sons Duncan, 5, and Dwight, 6, were wearing seat belts in the 1997 Chevy Tahoe. None was injured. The crash is under investigation. |
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| Well, sure, another poor soul in an older car skewered on the cow-catcher front bumper of an SUV. Pretty dumb not wearing seat belts though. | |
| Let's put the major blame on the fact that the Falcon's driver ran the stop sign, not the lack of seat belts or the SUV. | |
| ...late '60's 2-door sedan, the beefier style that was essentially a truncated Fairlane. It was a r-e-a-l pale blue, with a white vinyl top, and looked to be in pretty good shape. Every once in awhile, I see a Falcon wagon of similar vintage in the parking lot here at work. | |
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| It was one of my most favorite cars!! It was a four door sedan with a 200 straight 6. I paid 400 bucks for it, spent $100 on a new oil pump in the C4 trans, and replaced the head gasket and did a valve grind. I than drove it for 3 years without doing a thing to it. The occasional oil change, but that's it. I got pulled over for a burned out brake light bulb, and got an "order to inspect" ticket. That means I had to have a Government Certified Safety Inspection. It was condemned. Seems that the engine compartment was made completely out of licsence plates, cut into strips and bondo'd together. Then tarred and painted. I sold it to some guy for parts, and have never seen it since. Now I wish I had it, actually I have come to really like the two door hardtop model of the same year. There are a couple around town, one is pretty stock looking, and the other is all suped up. Even has wheelie bars, I can just imagine what it has for an engine. | |
| Saw one in my mirror behind me. 2-door coupe, don't know whether it was a Futura or Sprint as I couldn't see the V-8 emblem on the fenders. I tried to drive slowly to let him pass, but he turned left after about 1-1/2 miles. It looked clean and was in Wimbledon White. I'll be checking around that neighborhood ........ | |
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...and my family first moved into the neighborhood our elderly neighbors had a black 1961 Ford Falcon sedan with a red and white interior. The car was about eight-years old at the time and in pretty good condition. He later replaced it with a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair which he had until 1976. The Philadelphia Police Department used 1960 Ford Falcons as patrol cars, but promptly disposed of them since they couldn't take the punishing urban environment and the rigors of police patrol. |
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| A Vespa could outrun them! | |
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