Can anyone identify this car? (1950's ford)

AgeGap · 20th August 2009, 04:18 PM

It says it is a Ford Falcon on the tax disc.

I Ratant · 20th August 2009, 04:51 PM

That resembles some English sport coupe.
A 1960 Ford Falcon.

ParrotPirate · 20th August 2009, 08:39 PM

I know they use different names in the UK,Australia,etc than in the US,but the top one looks sort of like a Thunderbird to me. ('57,'58?)

logical muse · 20th August 2009, 09:19 PM

Here you go:

http://www.classic-fords.co.uk/photo...an_special.htm

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/50_falcon.htm

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photo...ribbean_12.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Shells

AgeGap · 21st August 2009, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by logical muse

Here you go:

http://www.classic-fords.co.uk/photo...an_special.htm

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/50_falcon.htm

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photo...ribbean_12.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Shells

Thanks. I was getting bleary eyed looking at Fords using Google Images.
I thought I had found it when I saw the Ford Comète.

HeyLeroy · 22nd August 2009, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by I Ratant

That resembles some English sport coupe.
A 1960 Ford Falcon.

My first car was a burgundy '61 Falcon. I bought it (used

) in '87 when I was 18.

I Ratant · 22nd August 2009, 10:22 AM

The Falcon, Corvair and Valiant were new in '60 when I graduated college, and Mom let me pick which one I could have.
I went for the Valiant.
Had two of those, then the Barracuda.

Foolmewunz · 22nd August 2009, 09:58 PM

Interesting.

So it wasn't so much a "Ford" Falcon, as a body produced by a custom shop to fit on a Ford chassis.

I have to say that as an American, that threw me. No way the Falcon that we knew ever looked that good.

(Thanks to Logical Muse for the links.)

logical muse · 23rd August 2009, 01:53 AM

A couple of pics:

caribbean.jpg

fs_20379.jpg

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AgeGap Graduate Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,803	Originally Posted by logical muse Here you go: http://www.classic-fords.co.uk/photo...an_special.htm http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/50_falcon.htm http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photo...ribbean_12.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Shells Thanks. I was getting bleary eyed looking at Fords using Google Images. I thought I had found it when I saw the Ford Comète.
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HeyLeroy Vegan Cannibal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Going off the rails on the Crazy Train. Posts: 5,434	Originally Posted by I Ratant That resembles some English sport coupe. A 1960 Ford Falcon. My first car was a burgundy '61 Falcon. I bought it (used ) in '87 when I was 18.
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logical muse LogMu Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,065	A couple of pics: caribbean.jpg fs_20379.jpg
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