Falcon 2. The day I sold my first Falcon in 1994 I regretted it. Every day since, I've wanted another one. But I just couldn't settle for a Falcon of any year or style, I had to have another 65 Futura hardtop or nothing. I liked the styling, I liked the seating position, and I liked that it was a relatively unique vehicle. I am a big fan of the jet-age styling that the car has with it's twin afterburner taillights. More cars need round taillights. I found this car advertised on Craigslist for $900. It was in some old guy's back yard for almost 20 years. Sadly his health was failing and he knew he wouldn't realize his dream of restoring it. I looked the car over. No keys, signed original pink slip from around 1980, no engine, no transmission, interior absolutely shot, windshield busted, and I couldn't look in the trunk as it was locked and there was still no key. Oh yeah, it had early Toyota Celica rims that looked atrocious. So I bought it. Hey, the body was in-tact and all Futura trim was present. That was late 2007.
This was my first glimpse of the car after the owner pulled off the tarps. Mostly straight body. I had to replace the passenger door, however.
Those Toyota rims didn't do the car any favors visually.
The interior was appalling. There were some missing and broken pieces, but I figured I'd find reasonable replacements on ebay. The windows were all stuck from sitting so long. Surprisingly, no mice!
The original engine and transmission- a 6 cylinder and 3 speed auto- were long ago removed from the bay via gas torch.
Check back to read about the progression to this:
Spoiler alert: this is the current state of the Falcon.
