Wrecked – 1964 Ford Falcon

1964 Ford Falcon.

I love the ’50s-’60s stations wagons.

1964 Ford Falcon

But there are other, equally cool cars that you might take a fancy too and want to restore.  Finding stuff can be a problem.  My new feature “Wrecked” might help you out with finding those parts.

I’m doing this in conjunction with listing on www.PartingOut.Com  they pull together a lot of cars and many are southwestern cars, that means less debilitating rest on the parts you need.  And that’s where I found this very near complete parts car.

The 1964 Falcon came in 2 door coupe, 4 door coupe with names almost as long as the wheel base, like Ford Falcon Futura Sprint (yeah…that’s model) and the wagon.

The wagons were the work horses of the suburbs. They got the families to and from ball games and camping trips and the grocery store.  1964 was the first year the Falcon wagons were their own series.

They featured either a 6 cylinder or a V8 for power.  Two 6 cylinder, the Falcon Six-Cylinder and the Falcon/Fairlane Six-Cylinder, 85hp and 100hp respectively were available.   The V8 mustard up 164 hp, which was pretty respectable for a light wagon.

The Falcon wagon came as a 6 passenger hauler with 3 models, the Standard, Deluxe and the Squire.  These were mostly all 4 doors (not counting  the tailgate) but there were few with a very desirable 2 door wagon.  I’m a sucker for 2 door wagons and I give it a collectable rating of “very”.  Why?  Well not only do you have a ‘first’ year model but you have a low production car as only 6,034 of two doors were produced.

As you can see used parts are available and they are easy to restore and two doors lend themselves easily to modification for – additional forward thrust.  And  you can do stuff like this:

Slightly hot rodded

Slightly hot rodded

Easy to add more breathing capacity.

Easy to add more breathing capacity.

Custom 2 Door.  Very Nice!!

Custom 2 Door. Very Nice!!

Have I convinced you yet?  If so check out this and more parts cars at www.PartingOut.com

PartingOut.com

PartingOut.com

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

Todd Carlson’s Awesome 2011 Mustang Runs 9′s And Knocks Down 23MPG – StangTV.com

This what a sleeper is suppose to look like…but WOW!!!

Todd Carlson’s Awesome 2011 Mustang Runs 9′s And Knocks Down 23MPG – StangTV.com.

The 2011+ Mustang platform has already proven itself to be a hell of a performer, both on the street and at the track. Livernois Motorsports customer Todd Carlson has one of the cleanest examples we’ve seen to date, outfitted with a number of upgrades including a Livernois Motorsports engine and 2.9L Whipple supercharger. The best part? Todd drives this car every chance he gets, except for in the rain.

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Awesome car!!!
Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

Strong Rumor: 2015 Mustang IRS Confirmed With Photos – StangTV.com

Strong Rumor: 2015 Mustang IRS Confirmed With Photos – StangTV.com.

Keep in mind while you are reading this that the C7 Corvette was a huge draw for anyone that had an idea, notion  or had a dream about the new design.  This won’t be as exciting

There is no doubt that for us the 2015 Mustang will be the hottest story of the next year. Rumors abound, and speculation (even by us) is mostly what we have to go on. We’ve brought you plenty of leaked secrets, artist renderings, and our own opinions and wish lists about what the next generation Mustang should be. This week we can add a little more to that growing pile, none of which will be completely confirmed until the Blue Oval decides that we’re worthy of knowing, and let’s the new horse out of the barn.

 

Thanks for reading

Tim

 

American Muscle In Albury – crcooperphotography

I really need to plan a trip down-under.  I love these guys!!!

← The Reverend Horton Heat-Billboards Australia American Muscle In Albury Posted on June 4, 2013 by crcooperphotography A few weeks back A few American Car Clubs joined forces and bombed on Albury’s QE2 Square.

via American Muscle In Albury | crcooperphotography.

 Muscle Down-Under

Thanks for reading

Tim