In a parallel universe, the 1965 Ford Falcon Sprint would have been a sales winner. It brought together a passenger compartment that accommodated a family of five, practical trunk space and a drivetrain combination that offered better-than-average performance. However, the unprecedented success of t...
To some, the pre-'66 Falcons were the ultimate "throwaway" cars: designed to sell at a low price -- initially just under $2000 -- and to be discarded within five years (some said one year). To others, though, Falcon was the Model A reborn: cheap but cheerful, simple but not unacc...
The end of production of the Falcon in the US paved the way for much greater Australian input in the design of Australian-made Falcons, from 1972 onwards,... Ford XA Falcon GT 2015 Bringing new sophistication to the compact car segment, the all-new Ford Escort offers elegant design, except...
He finally (almost) tumbled to that in 1965, when the Fairlane was traded in on a 1965 Dodge Coronet eight-seat wagon; technically still a mid-sized car, but a huge improvement. Since its arrival roughly coincided with my sister’s departure from the fami...
The front suspension was generally borrowed from the Falcons, and was a variation of the conventional parallel-linkage suspension, using two wishbones, with the shock absorber and spring assembly removed from between the wishbones and placed over the top lever. This suspension (called “double-wishbo...
The new Ford GT is intended for the road, unlike the original 1960s race cars that ultimately spawned a limited numder of production road cars. However, the new car required unique race-like engineering solutions - like engineering out the aerodynamic "lift" inherent in the original car's de...