In a message dated 10/26/05 2:08:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mst@AK.NET writes:
> And yet from that "junk" Falcon came the best(U.S. market) selling car of > the 60's, the Mustang. The two were almost identical underneath the outer > skin. > > my dad still owns the first car he ever bought.. a '63 Ford Falcon Sprint Convertible...260 V8..all chromed out from the factory.. 3 spd manual column shift...black sport interior w/ buckets seats and factory tachometer.. what a blast to drive :<) aside from the body, the car is virtually identical to the 64 mustang.. ford must have done something right, that thing has over 250k mi on the original engine and its never been out or rebuilt.. its been all over the USA. he drove it pretty much every day as a daily driver from '63 up until 1980, when he had it restored.. we have pics of that car going thru a hollowed out giant redwood tree in yosemite natnl forest, and on the beach in florida... my dad still has the removeable platform he made for me to sleep on as a newborn on the back seat when we moved to PA from california in 75.. chris |
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