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Yesterday 10:27:00 AM EDT
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Ford built the Falcon as an economy car and it was used as the test car to develop the Mustang. The 1963 1/2 Falcon Sprint was released just before the 1964 Mustang was announced. 260 V8 and a sloped roof gave it street appeal. It was the fore runner of mini muscle cars like the Chevy Nova SS. Pretty obvious there is no definition of muscle cars, but we do know what pony cars are. The Falcon and similar cars will be called mini muscle cars. Show me what you have.
Yesterday 10:36:56 AM EDT
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I'd drive that!
"Once Open AI is good enough we will ask it to find a way to become profitable."

- Sam Altman
Yesterday 10:42:30 AM EDT
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I had one just like this with 260 4spd, but stock hub caps

Yesterday 10:51:12 AM EDT
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Those Falcons and Chevy II's of that era are sweet.

You still see a million Chevy II's at the dragstrip.  Not quite as many Falcons.
Yesterday 10:58:27 AM EDT
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Mom had a 64 Falcon convertible that my dad sold to a poor college kid for $100.  
Yesterday 11:18:21 AM EDT
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I'd like to build a road race round body falcon, but in the mean time here is my 65 Falcon Futura wagon I cruise around.

Yesterday 11:45:51 AM EDT
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Compared to the behemoths that came later, they were small.
A man down the street had a four door with three-on-the-tree.
Yesterday 11:49:12 AM EDT
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I used to own a 63 1/2 Falcon Futura, 2-door hardtop, with a 260 and 3-on-the-tree. I miss that car.
A strange game; the only winning move is not to play.
Yesterday 11:50:42 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By piciphant:

I had one just like this with 260 4spd, but stock hub caps

https://photos.classiccars.com/cc-temp/listing/112/4795/12807187-1961-ford-ranchero-std.jpg
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I think that's the same as the one Oddjob used in Goldfinger, to haul off the crushed car with the guy and gold in it.


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https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Ford_Falcon_Ranchero
Yesterday 1:39:21 PM EDT
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The $50.00 used Falcons had a good reputation for durability among high school kids in the late 1960s.  Pretty much anything with a straight Six and three on the tree was GTG if it ran when you bought it.
Yesterday 2:24:44 PM EDT
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‘65 Falcon was more better looking!
Yesterday 2:28:30 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Plasticseng:
Those Falcons and Chevy II's of that era are sweet.

You still see a million Chevy II's at the dragstrip.  Not quite as many Falcons.
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Always sad to see what Bubba Blowtorch has done to an old classic just so he can play boy racer on the easy mode straight road "racing". Shit, even Nascar requires you to have a steering wheel but drag stuff? "Press throttle". With another great classic car all hacked up to do it.
Yesterday 2:47:12 PM EDT
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the true 63 muscle car, Pontiac Tempest with a 421 Super Duty.
This type of Pontiac won the first ever NASCAR challenge cup in Feb of 63, beating corvettes and ferrari, jags and porsches.

link to story
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-super-duty-tempest-winner-of-first.html



Yesterday 2:51:14 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By _DR:
I'd drive that!
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Hell Yeah.
Yesterday 2:59:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ScottsGT:
‘65 Falcon was more better looking!
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No computers. Lots of fun. Shade tree mechanics made this era.
Yesterday 3:48:49 PM EDT
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I met a guy back in the ‘80’s that had a pro street ‘65 Falcon.  It was very wild, from those huge tires to the wild paint job.  Come to find out later, Mom funded the build of the car by embezzling money from the town she worked for.  Another friend was in the right place at the right time when he had to unload it to come up with funds for mom’s attorney bills to keep her out of jail.
Yesterday 6:28:49 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By EDDIECRUM:
Originally Posted By ScottsGT:
‘65 Falcon was more better looking!

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No computers. Lots of fun. Shade tree mechanics made this era.


Thats sooo nice .

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