1962 Ford Falcon Sports Futura Hipster Found Hiding In Alley 15 Years After Its CC Debut

It’s always a bit heart-warming to run into an old friend that you haven’t seen in 15 years and didn’t know that they were still around. I first shot this Falcon back in 2009, in the early days of my curbsiding, and wrote it up here. Yes, it was the heyday of the Falcon as the hipster’s car of choice, and it looked a bit better then, but here it is, still intact and probably all it needs is a hot shot to get that little Falcon six purring again.

Looks like its owner might have had just that in mind recently, given how its hood is cocked open a bit. As to whether its the 144 or mighty 170 version, I know not.

Either way, it’s exhaust exits the rear via this vintage-style exhaust deflector. I tried to find out just when these first became a thing. Best as I can tell, in the late thirties.

As its lengthy title proclaims, this is not just a regular Falcon, but a Sports Futura. That included the bucket seats, console and some other trim items.

The Futura had been around since 1961, as a response to the very popular Corvair Monza. But in the spring of 1962, it also got this new Thunderbird-style roof, and thus it was now the Sports Futura. Not exactly all that sporty, but the optional UK-sourced 4-speed manual with floor shifter definitely helped a bit to coax the most out of the Falcon six.

Our featured Sports Futura does not have that rare option (I’ve yet to ever see one), but at least it has the three-speed manual and not the power-sapping two-speed Fordomatic.

This Falcon also sports some custom touches.

All that sitting outdoors has also supported the growth of this moss that has gone to seed along its lower window ledge. And that reflection is of its partner, a Chevy El Camino.

Let’s give it its 15 seconds of fame at CC too.

Here’s how the Falcon looked 15 years ago. Well, 15 years will age all of us; actually us more than it. I look at this and remember how different life was then; little did I know that my hobby of taking pictures of old cars on the streets would amount to anything.

 

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Curbside Classic: 1962½ Ford Falcon Sports Futura – Ford Sees The Future; At Chevrolet

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