No wonder I have such negative associations of this Falcon.īy the time we crossed over into Manhattan, it was dark.Īnd then we had to find her sister’s place, which was in a rather odd location, in an old commercial area, in the general area of the garment district, if I remember correctly. And it reminded me why I lived in Iowa I’d forgotten how bad traffic can be. By the time we hit the endless exurbs in New Jersey on Good Friday afternoon, traffic was terrible. I just gave up and resigned myself to my fate.įrankly, I made a mistake to take all those back roads. No fun at all, no matter how hard I tried. But that felt like a rocket compared to the Falcon.
#1964 FALCON MANUAL#
I’m one of those guys who’s pretty open minded about cars’ limitations, and I’ve had plenty of fun in slower cars, like in my dad’s ’68 Dart with the 170 inch slant six and three speed manual on the winding back roads of Baltimore County. Of course that was only half the story, as the Falcon’s steering was as sloppy as Joes, and the handling, such as it was, on the little 13″ bias ply tires, made it the most un-fun driving trip I’ve pretty much ever had. It didn’t matter much if I pulled the selector into Low or left it in Drive the result was mostly the same, except for the pitch of the engine. I can hear that Falcon six wailing away up the grades. Much of the way was through hilly country. I’m not sure exactly what routes we took, but it was through Northern Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The 170 bleated like a lamb at slaughter, from my endless full-throttle efforts to gain some speed. And for 1965, the Fordomatic was thankfully gone altogether, tossed on the ash heap of transmission history, replaced by the much better 3-spped C4 Selectshift automatic. Actually it couldn’t, in 1964, as the 144 was mercifully no longer available with the automatic.
Yeah, it could have been worse…the 144 inch six. That something was that two-speed Fordomatic, teamed with the 101 (gross) hp 170 six (about 75 in today’s hp). Well, that ended up to be a rather long and tedious drive, and not just because the old highways in New Jersey were a lot busier than I had expected. And we decided to not drive on any freeways, which was a thing I had at the time, taking only two lane highways and country roads.
And for reasons unknown to me at the moment, we took her Falcon instead of my ’63 Corvair Monza 4-speed. On the three-day Easter weekend we decided to go visit her older sister who, lived in Manhattan. It was identical to this one except it was a base Falcon, not as lavishly trimmed as this Futura. She was going to school at Essex Community College, and drove…you guessed it. In the spring of 1973, I found myself back in the Baltimore area for a few months, and I reconnected again with my main former high school girlfriend. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a very happy one blame it on the Falcon. Why? Something to do with a road trip with a female student who had one just like it. The location near the university is icing on the cake. *We highly recommend that each car is inspected by a third party prior to purchase.I’ve been waiting for a long time to find a baby-blue ’64 Falcon 2-door sedan with the 170 inch six and 2-speed Fordomatic. If it’s not sold soon, it will head to the paint shop for an easy scuff and shoot, raising the price in to around $30,000. SMG is offering this Sprint for $19,500 as it sits (for a short period of time).
#1964 FALCON DRIVER#
It’s also a super fun driver that can easily smoke the tires. This Sprint is still wearing its original patina’d turquoise paint on an incredibly straight body. The car comes with all new rubber in case someone wants to do a first-class cosmetic restoration. This early muscle car is not only a rare find, but it has a rust-free frame and nearly rust-free sheet-metal. The 8” differential, chrome valve covers, chrome air cleaner, and stock suspension is still in place.
#1964 FALCON CODE#
The previous owner had this car for nearly 30 years, and although he said it was all-original, we have confirmed that the transmission has been upgraded to a 68 date code 4-speed top loader. This Sprint has a date code correct, potent 289 that the previous owner says was the original engine. In late 1964-according to some experts-the 260 was replaced with the 289 with 4bbl. Ford added the Sprint package to their 1964 model, which included a snappy 260 V8, 4-speed transmission, stiff suspension, and loud exhaust.
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