My Dad purchased this Falcon new on January 8, 1960. Actually this was the first 'New' car he bought. 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. My Dad gave me the keys on my 16th birthday, this is the car that I drove back in my high school days.
I had a job pumping gas after school and this guy I worked with said they was a Falcon in their backyard that was junk and if I could get it running and drive it out of the yard he would give it to me. I went to look at it to see if I wanted to mess with it or not. It was a '63 fordor with a V8 emblem on the fender. After a few minutes trying to get it to run I decide it had to be a bad coil. I borrowed the coil from my car to see what will happen, 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 thought I had a 260 but after removing the heads I knew by the bore it was a 289 block. It was now time for a Torker intake and Holley 4 barrel. A while later I was able to afford to buy some Hooker headers and later on a new Mallory dual point distributor.
I bought everything I needed from a guy my sister's boyfriend knew to swap the 2-speed automatic to a T-10 4-speed.
The 3:00 gear wasn't enough so I traded the ’63 rear end to a friend plus $$ for a 65 Mustang 9 in. rear end with a 4:57 gear.