[Tigers] Falcons and Mustangs

[Tom Witt]

Your Sprint convertible would bring a nice price today.  I had a '64 
(260/2-speed auto/C-4 transplant) and a '61 Ranchero (170/200 transplant 
with the rare Daganham 4 speed). Well worn Falcons go for around a $5,000 
asking price.  Nice ones are in the teens - and up. Leno has a very nice 
'63.  Not quite TBON, but Ray Miller's "Falcon!" book sits next to it on my 
shelf. I've considered getting another Falcon (thinning the rest of my 
eclectic herd) but the condition and price now a days is too flip-flopped to 
proceed.  An, what, another project in the way of my 14+ year Tiger on 
jackstands.

Tom

-----Original Message----- 
From: James W. Burruss, Jr.
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 8:58 AM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Falcons and Mustangs

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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