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.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:43 pm
Subject: Re: Wait a minute, I drive a Ford Falcon!

> >On 10/24/05, james@icebox500.com <icebox500@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Beautiful thing about my 61 Falcon is that all the parts are still
> >>  available
> >>  and there is a huge Internet community!
> >>
> >>  ;-)
> >>
> >And the irony of that is that in the '60's the Falcon was
> considered to be
> >junk compared to the Valiant/Dart or Corvair. And a good friend
> of mine was
> >driving a '61 Falcon about '64 and he agreed. How perception
> changes.....
> The Falcon is still in production. It has a 4.1-liter DOHC 24V
> straight-6 (with or without turbo) or a US-made V8... there's even a
> 4WD wagon based on the Falcon.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
>
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>
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>