Administrators Eric Posted November 1, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 1, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 33 minutes ago, Eric said: This is a muchunder-appreciated car. I always loved the Falcons. I also have some affection for the Falcon. It was the first car my mother had: a two-door, six-cylinder, three-on-the-tree in that pale green color. Dad bought it used in 1962. Before that, we were a one car family. It got left behind when we moved from Arizona in St. Louis in 1965, replaced by 1963 Tempest, the car I learned to drive in. Thanks for the memory, amigo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 1, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 1, 2018 9 minutes ago, tous said: I also have some affection for the Falcon. It was the first car my mother had: a two-door, six-cylinder, three-on-the-tree in that pale green color. Dad bought it used in 1962. Before that, we were a one car family. It got left behind when we moved from Arizona in St. Louis in 1965, replaced by 1963 Tempest, the car I learned to drive in. Thanks for the memory, amigo. I like the Chevy II better, but I always thought the Falcon was a better looking car. I love the Tempest as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 And the 1960 Plymouth Valiant has to win first prize for the worst-looking automobile of the class and times. Equally ugly from any perspective, especially the fake spare tire on the trunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Rabbi Posted November 1, 2018 Administrators Share Posted November 1, 2018 Did someone say Chevy II (one of my favorites) The Canadian version the Acadian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Was the Acadian a polite car, eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Eric said: This is a muchunder-appreciated car. I always loved the Falcons. I owned a Falcone like this one only in black. tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 11 hours ago, Eric said: This is a muchunder-appreciated car. I always loved the Falcons. In the 60's, I was working for a medical electronics company in downtown Minneapolis. I needed to get something and a guy told me to use his new car, since it was a "wagon". I jumped into the new Falcon wagon and hit the gas to pull into heavy traffic downtown, and little to nothing happened. That trip was one of the two scariest of my driving experience. No performance was an understatement. At lights I had the misfortune to be the only 90 HP vehicle in the lead of a pack of angry honking ordinary cars with engines. I never got over that engine and car. However a few years later, I took my 67 Mustang into the dealers for an oil change, and the salesman ( a family shirt tail relative I knew well) walked me over to the end of the dealer's garage to show me a car. It was a Falcon. It was the cheapest version sedan you could buy. IIRC it had a 427 Wedge and 4 spd. It was light as hell, and God awful fast. He said the car was in for it's third transmission replacement under warranty. The dealer wouldn't give the young man the car back, since they said he couldn't drive it without breaking it. And, also because "The dealer co-signed the note for the sale!". When the kid go new financing he could have the car back, but without any more warranty. The 60 were interesting times. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 1, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 1, 2018 This is a sexy looking Auburn! Outstanding color for that body. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Eric Posted November 4, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 4, 2018 On 11/1/2018 at 6:44 PM, Eric said: This is a sexy looking Auburn! Outstanding color for that body. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tous Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, Eric said: Is that an early 1960s Plymouth Valiant made even uglier? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 4, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 4, 2018 34 minutes ago, tous said: Is that an early 1960s Plymouth Valiant made even uglier? It’s an early-sixties Plymouth concept car. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 4, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 4, 2018 This is the Dodge Norseman concept car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 4, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 4, 2018 This is the 1954 Plymouth Belmont concept car. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, Eric said: This is the Dodge Norseman concept car. Now we know where the dreaded Rambler Marlin came from. I like that they still considered wire wheels stylish back then. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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