MAKE & MODEL: Ford Falcon 2 Door Coupe 170CD

REGISTRATION: 982XUE

DATE OF REGISTRATION: 31st January 1961

COLOUR: Metallic Blue

ENGINE SIZE: 2800cc

CHASSIS NO: 1R115153827

DOCUMENTS: V5C, Latest and old MOT’s, some invoices & history

This stunning 1961 Falcon 2 Door Coupe 170CD arrived in the UK from Seattle California in 2007 and has had 4 caring owners since.

Its fitted with the bullet proof 2800cc straight six petrol engine coupled to a 2 speed automatic which runs and drives superbly and cruises comfortably at all speeds.

The exterior paintwork is stunning in metallic blue with old school custom paintwork to the sides using the lace curtain effect!!

The interior is mainly original and again in excellent condition with just minor wear and tear commensurate with age and use.

Underneath she is very clean, rock solid, no rust anywhere and looks as though she's never been welded!

Tax and MOT exempt but has just had an MOT done to ensure everything is working and safe with a couple of issues raised that have been addressed and just one minor advisory relating to a tyre!

If your looking for a retro ride thats ready to enjoy and simple to maintain then look no further and this is one cool car.

The 1960 Falcon was powered by a small, lightweight 95-hp (70 kW), 144 CID (2.4 L) Mileage Maker straight-six with a single-barrel carburetor. Unibody construction, which had previously been introduced by Ford on the luxurious 1958 Ford Thunderbird and Lincoln Continental, accommodated coil spring front suspension, leaf spring rear suspension, and drum brakes front and rear.^[5] A three-speed manual column shift was standard, and the two-speed Ford-O-Matic automatic was optional. It had room for six passengers.^[6] Body styles included two- and four-door sedans, two- or four-door station wagons, and the Ranchero car-based pickup, transferred onto the Falcon platform for 1960 from the Fairlane. The Comet, originally intended for the defunct Edsel marque and based on the 1960 Falcon, was launched in the US in March 1960. (By 1962, the Comet adopted more Mercury-based styling and was folded into the Mercury line as the Mercury Comet.)

The market shift that spurred the development of the Falcon and its competitors also precipitated the demise of several well-established marques in the late-1950s and early-1960s. Besides the infamous tale of the Edsel, the Nash, Hudson, DeSoto, and Packard nameplates all disappeared from the marketplace.

In 1960, Ford's Canadian subsidiary introduced the Falcon-based Frontenac. It was designed to give Mercury-Meteor dealers a smaller model to sell, since the Comet was originally intended as an Edsel, which was sold by Ford-Monarch dealers. Produced for the 1960 model year only, the Frontenac was essentially a rebadged 1960 Falcon with its own unique grille, tail lights, and external trim, including red maple-leaf insignia. Despite strong sales (5% of Ford's total Canadian output), the Frontenac was discontinued and replaced by the Comet for 1961.

Robert McNamara, a Ford executive who became Ford's president briefly before being offered the job of U.S. Defense Secretary, is regarded by many as "the father of the Falcon". McNamara left Ford shortly after the Falcon's introduction, but his faith in the concept was vindicated with record sales; over half a million sold in the first year and over a million sold by the end of the second year.

The 1961 model year introduced an optional 101-hp, 170-CID (2.8-L) six, and two new models were introduced; a bucket-seat and console sedan model in a higher trim level called the Futura, and a sedan delivery.

Delivery is offered anywhere in the UK just email your postcode for a quote.

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