History

My Dad bought this Falcon new on January 8, 1960. According the warranty number it was built on December 22, 1959. I was 4 1/2 years old at the time. I guess I feel likes this car is my little brother in a way, we did grow up together, it has always been in my driveway as far as I can remember. My Dad gave me the Falcon on my 16th birthday, this is the car that I drove back in my high school days.

Then once a pond a time, in the year '74. This guy I worked with said they was a Falcon in there backyard that was junk and if I could start it up he would give it to me. I went to look at it to see if I wanted it or not. It was a '63 fordor with a V8! Just what I was wanting. (...the motor, not the four door) After about 30 minutes trying to get it to run I decide it had to be the coil. I took my coil off my car and put it on the other car, sure enough the '63 fired right up. I pumped up the tires pour more and more ATF in the 2-speed automatic and drove it back to my house a half mile away. Soon as I got home with it I started taking it apart.

I though I had a 260 but when I went to rebuild the engine and after getting the heads off I knew by the bore it was a 289. I bought a T-10 and bell housing from a guy my sister's boyfriend knew. I sold the 6 cyl stuff to help my funds and bought a 9" rear-end and was a ble to afford to buy some headers too. It was now time for an intake and 4 barrel. The 3:00 gear wasn't enough and a 4:57 took its place.

In 1976 I bought a new Cougar and parked the Falcon in the backyard. It was just getting around 7-9 mpg, along with something breaking every time.

I got married in '82 and didn't do nothing with the Falcon until '89. This is when I started to restore some of the major things that was in need to get back on the road. I rebuilt the engine and added a bigger cam, roller rockers, forged pistons, studded mains and went with a 3:70 gear. I also replaced the weather stripping around the doors and windshields along with new window channels. I had my wife sew up a headliner while I replaced the carpet and home

Later on, in 1994 I bought a '69 Mach I and shifted my attention to it. Looking for parts one day for the Mustang, I found a '69 G Code Boss 302 body, stripped the 'stang to fix the Boss, sold the Boss, (...I miss it too).

In '96 I pulled out the Falcon again. This time around the poor little Falcon was in need for a floor, the fuel tank was also rusting. I replaced the floor and had the fuel tank dipped and sealed.

I bought a Maverick in '08 and spent a lot of time playing with it. I got a '63 Falcon hardtop in '15 and spent a couple years messing with it.

In '17 I decided to go through the '60 one end to the other.