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falcon Archive
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COAL #4: The ’62 Falcon – The First Ford in Our Future
Posted on November 12, 2023 | 34 CommentsIf you’ve been keeping track of the evolution of our household fleet so far, as of mid-1961 it still included my father’s ’58 Plymouth station wagon (already showing the […] -
Automotive History: 1963 Days – Popular Science Tests the Hot Compacts
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/16/2013, Revised and updated 8/19/2023) We keep coming back to this topic, first with yesterday’s Comet and then today’s Falcon Sprint. That era was indeed the beginning […] -
Curbside Classic: 1953 Willys Aero-Lark – The Failed Sneak Preview Of The Falcon, Lark And Other Compacts
Posted on August 14, 2023 | 108 Comments(first posted 10/28/2013) If I told you this was a mid-fifties Simca, or English Ford, or a Vauxhall, or Morris, or a Holden, or even a lost prototype of the […] -
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Ford Edition
Posted on May 18, 2023 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/18/2017) With Part One of this Low Production series having focused on Chevrolet, it only seems natural to turn our attention to its long-time rival, Ford. As […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right
Posted on August 17, 2022 | 165 Comments(first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Falcon Futura Found In Bogota
Posted on March 28, 2022 | 6 CommentsThe Futura has been getting some love at CC lately and here is a chance to give it a South American take, or Colombian as is the case. I was […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon Sedan – Needle, Meet Haystack
Posted on January 3, 2022 | 114 Comments(first posted 3/7/2013) Despite a massive snowstorm on Tuesday, last week was most excellent for me. Long story short, I had been out of work for approximately a month, but […] -
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 35 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […] -
Large and in Charge: A Visual History of the Aussie Ford Fairlane and LTD
Posted on January 16, 2021 | 83 Comments(first posted 1/16/2015) It’s a peculiar pattern. From the early 1970s all the way up until their demise in 2006, the Australian Ford Fairlane and LTD would completely transform visually […] -
Curbside Classic: 1996-98 Ford Taurus Ghia – The Hometown Falcon Knocks Out The Ovoid Contender
Posted on November 24, 2020 | 80 Comments(first posted 11/24/2014) What you are looking at here is the object of my teenage lust. While some teenage boys had posters of Lamborghinis and Ferraris in their rooms, I […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury Comet 202 – To the Moon and Back
Posted on November 23, 2020 | 33 Comments(first posted 9/18/2011) How many of us can say we’ve owned and loved a car so long that we could have driven it to the Moon and back if we […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Columbia, Missouri, Then And Now
Posted on January 8, 2020 | 35 CommentsIf a person finds a stocked pond, they are often wise to fish it for a while. Such is the case with the Facebook group Missouri’s Historic Highways. The photographs […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1962 Ford Falcon + Teardrop Camper – Drivin’ The Dream
Posted on September 28, 2019 | 35 Comments(First Posted September 5, 2013) When I was growing up, there was one sure thing around our household–come Labor Day weekend, you could be sure Dad would have some labor […] -
CC Update – The Falcon Thrives!
Posted on August 13, 2019 | 11 CommentsOne of my favorite finds of recent years was a stunningly original 1961 Ford Falcon sedan outside of a local restaurant three years ago. I had not seen the car […]
![COAL #4: The ’62 Falcon – The First Ford in Our Future If you’ve been keeping track of the evolution of our household fleet so far, as of mid-1961 it still included my father’s ’58 Plymouth station wagon (already showing the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/62-Falcon-base-two-door.jpg)
![Automotive History: 1963 Days – Popular Science Tests the Hot Compacts (first posted 10/16/2013, Revised and updated 8/19/2023) We keep coming back to this topic, first with yesterday’s Comet and then today’s Falcon Sprint. That era was indeed the beginning […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/books_004.jpeg)
![Curbside Classic: 1953 Willys Aero-Lark – The Failed Sneak Preview Of The Falcon, Lark And Other Compacts (first posted 10/28/2013) If I told you this was a mid-fifties Simca, or English Ford, or a Vauxhall, or Morris, or a Holden, or even a lost prototype of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-142-154-800.jpg)
![Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Ford Edition (first posted 5/18/2017) With Part One of this Low Production series having focused on Chevrolet, it only seems natural to turn our attention to its long-time rival, Ford. As […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1946-Ford-Sportsman-02-03.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right (first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1961FordFalcon14a.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Falcon Futura Found In Bogota The Futura has been getting some love at CC lately and here is a chance to give it a South American take, or Colombian as is the case. I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20210905_121056504.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon Sedan – Needle, Meet Haystack (first posted 3/7/2013) Despite a massive snowstorm on Tuesday, last week was most excellent for me. Long story short, I had been out of work for approximately a month, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=852,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2-28-2013-001-e1362268435705.jpg)
![CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg)
![Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1 (first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jasons-dad.jpg)
![Large and in Charge: A Visual History of the Aussie Ford Fairlane and LTD (first posted 1/16/2015) It’s a peculiar pattern. From the early 1970s all the way up until their demise in 2006, the Australian Ford Fairlane and LTD would completely transform visually […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1976-Ford-Marquis-4.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1996-98 Ford Taurus Ghia – The Hometown Falcon Knocks Out The Ovoid Contender (first posted 11/24/2014) What you are looking at here is the object of my teenage lust. While some teenage boys had posters of Lamborghinis and Ferraris in their rooms, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a-t.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury Comet 202 – To the Moon and Back (first posted 9/18/2011) How many of us can say we’ve owned and loved a car so long that we could have driven it to the Moon and back if we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/6143247012_119815a886_z.jpg)
![Vintage Snapshots: Columbia, Missouri, Then And Now If a person finds a stocked pond, they are often wise to fish it for a while. Such is the case with the Facebook group Missouri’s Historic Highways. The photographs […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/old-columbia-4.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 1962 Ford Falcon + Teardrop Camper – Drivin’ The Dream (First Posted September 5, 2013) When I was growing up, there was one sure thing around our household–come Labor Day weekend, you could be sure Dad would have some labor […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_62falcon_rfront.jpg)
![CC Update – The Falcon Thrives! One of my favorite finds of recent years was a stunningly original 1961 Ford Falcon sedan outside of a local restaurant three years ago. I had not seen the car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Falcon-Revisited-05.jpg)


