The company offered a wide variety of inline-six and V8 engines over these five model years, but being a Futura wagon, this car packs a 200-cubic-inch (3.3-liter) six-cylinder rated at 120 horsepower and 190 pound-feet (258 Nm) of torque.
#1963 FORD FALCON SERIES#
This Falcon is part of the third-generation series that Ford produced from 1966 to 1970. He's planning on doing that and he promised new footage that will also include the Falcon's first wash in 45 years, but until that happens, let's see it coming out of the barn in the video below. He doesn't give out any specific details, but it's safe to say that this powerplant won't fire up with a rebuild. Our host tried every trick in the book to get the inline-six mill to spin, but he says things are quite bad. While the Falcon looks good inside and out, the engine is a different story because it's stuck. And seeing it emerge into the light after almost five decades is downright amazing.īut it's not all good news, unfortunately. Yup, this almost forgotten Ford Falcon is an unrestored survivor. AC, Heating, Body, Brakes, Controls, Switches, Convertible Top.
Not only that, but it's almost rust-free, it's complete, and the blue paint has a nice patina to it. ACPs Top Grade Classic 1963 Ford Falcon Parts trusted by Restoration Professionals. While a few decades in a barn are enough to render most classic cars useless, this Falcon is still in one piece. And surprisingly enough, this wagon looks like the kind of classic that deserves one, because it soldiered on through more than four decades of sitting like a champ. Yup, that's a whopping 45 years off the road.įortunately, when the owner decided to let the Falcon go, YouTube's "Drive Analog" jumped in to give it a second chance. That's when the station wagon was parked in a wooden barn and left to sit until 2022. Specifically, the owner drove it for only 11 years until 1977. 1963 Ford Falcon Futura For Sale 13,900 28,732 views 336 Dislike Share Save Unique Classic Cars 59.3K subscribers To be fully up-to-date, be sure to SUBSCRIBE and the BELL ICON to. Not only it spent a whole lot of time in storage, but it was also parked after a relatively short time on the road. Overshadowed by the Mustangs, Fairlanes, and Thunderbirds of the era, many Falcons spend their retirement years in junkyards and barns and rarely get the attention they deserve. On top of that, the V8-powered Sprint model that was introduced in 1963 became the basis for the first-generation Mustang, which arrived in 1964 to kickstart the pony car segment.īut despite being one of the most important Fords produced in the early 1960s, the Falcon is not a highly sought-after classic nowadays.
Sales dropped below the 300K mark starting in 1962, but the Falcon remained in production until 1970 when it was replaced by the Maverick. Ford moved a whopping 435,676 units in 1960 and sold 474,191 examples in 1961. Notably smaller and lighter than anything else in the company's lineup at the time and originally offered with economical inline-six engines, the Falcon became a hit.
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