[Tigers] Falcons and Mustangs

[CoolVT at aol.com]

Wow, I never knew that about the Falcon.
 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2014 11:58:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cburruss at hiwaay.net writes:

According to the May 2014 issue of Road & Track, the lowly  Falcon was 
hardly
a marketing dud, selling 417,000 units in its first year,  1960.  That was
said to be a record at the time.  The Mustang, in  its first year on the
market, sold almost 419,000 units, a new record but  not very much more than
the first Falcon.



As a young man of  24, the 63= Falcon Sprint hardtops and convertibles
certainly caught my  attention.  Just out of the Army in late 63, I bought 
a
new Sprint  convertible with four on the floor and drove it out of the
dealers  showroom.  It had the stamped wire-style wheel covers with  3-bar
spinners, a small tach on top of the dash, bucket seats and a  slightly 
raspy
muffler.  I had the dealer add seat belts.  It had  a powered convertible
top, while many other domestic small convertibles did  not. It was a peppy
little car that Impressed several friends who were  previously unimpressed 
by
Falcons in general.



The following  spring, I stood in another Ford dealers showroom admiring 
the
new Mustang  and thinking that if I had only known it was coming, Id have
waited for  it.  But the Falcon Sprint convertible was a good car that my
wife and  I enjoyed a lot.



I bought my 65 Tiger from the original owner  in late 68.  I still have 
it.



Jim  Burruss
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