![]() ![]() We don’t know what powerplant the drag car previously packed, but we’re told it is now set up in such a way as to receive a Ford 460ci big block and a SuperGlide transmission. ![]() We’re not specifically told why that’s so, but if you look under the hood a possible explanation reveals itself: the Falcon has no engine, only a very cold and shiny bay. I say “once” because despite the car being properly equipped and more than willing to race the quarter mile, it did so in very few occasions over the past decade, and not at all over the past three years. There are a few high-profile Falcons doing the rounds of drag strips across the country though, and the one we have here was once one of them. For whatever reason, that didn’t happen either, so the Falcon is not necessarily the type of car we come across very often in this segment. Being related to many other Ford models of the time, it shared a lot of its components with them.Įven if it wasn’t that much of a hit back in its day, the connections the Falcon had with the likes of the Ranchero, Comet, or later in its life with the Mustang itself, should have made it a solid choice for custom shops, and a collector’s favorite. It turns out it didn’t, and just eleven short years later, in 1970, the model was pulled from production.ĭuring its time on the market, the Falcon has been made in three generations, each of them offering a rather extensive choice of body styles and engines. ![]() It was introduced by Ford in 1959 as the first compact coming out of Detroit, and that should have ensured it some sort of success. The Falcon was a very short-lived car on the American continent. ![]()
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