1963 Ford Falcon

Sedan

170 CID six cylinder

Manual

Clear

Gasoline

This Falcon was restored in the mid-eighties and was used as a show car for local car shows and annual national FCA events (in which it won trophies in stock class) without so much as a hiccup. When I bought the vehicle it had a pretty severe rear main seal leak after driving it from sitting with no use for a couple years when the previous owner could no longer drive it. The 144CID engine seemed tired so I replaced it with a good, extremely low mileage (appx. 5,000 mile) 170CID mill from my other Falcon. I went through the entire car to make sure it was in good tune and drove nicely. I installed an alternator in place of the generator, replaced the radiator, rear shocks, hoses, belts, carburetor, distributor, choke cable, worn column shift mechanism, repainted the steering wheel, and I'm sure I'm forgetting other bits and pieces I went through. It is very pleasant to drive. It starts, stops, rides, and steers as it should. *Be aware this is a manual three speed column shift, meaning the first gear in the transmission is not synchronized if you did not already now that.* It however, is not a perfect car. It is a driver, not a trailer queen. I'd give it a 6.5-7 out of 10 overall visually, and a 9 out of 10 mechnically with 1 being worst and 10 being best. It has an OK paint job, pretty nice trim, bumpers, and a very nice interior. The car needs the underside gone through if you want it 100% perfect. The front floor pans had an older repair job/patch done to them that is solid, but not correct. The rearmost part of the framerails were replaced with new metal. The torque boxes are getting scaly/rusted but aren't gone by any means. It has some very small filler/rust popping here and there in front of and behind the quarters. Just old bodywork and paint showing it's age. The quarters were replaced from the door opening back when it was restored. The car is very solid and can and is driven the way it is. The casual observer wouldn't notice the exterior flaws, and highly I doubt would notice the underbody issues. The underside of this Falcon is pretty good, don't get me wrong, I'm just picky and making sure I describe it as best and truthfully as I can. It is NOT a rust bucket, nor is it perfect. Just a nice looking, reliable, economical way to get into classic cars or just a nice car to take to shows or cruise around town in. If you would like any additional information or pictures, please don't hesitate to ask. I will gladly answer questions or take more specific photos if they are requested.On Jul-13-13 at 11:35:51 PDT, seller added the following information: I have added pictures of the rear frame repair and floor pans per requests. The rear framerails were replaced right before the shackle attaching point years ago and the front floor pans were basically put in over the top of the exsisting rusty ones around the same time. I also forgot to mention that I have a 1960-61 manual with the 62-63 supplement and a car cover to go with the vehicle. Another feature of the car I forgot to mention is the previous owner had the factory radio sent out to be converted to AM/FM and ALSO has an auxillay input that can be plugged into an MP3 player on the back of the radio. It looks like the factory Ford AM radio from 1963, but has been internaly modified modern FM and an aux input. There just has to be an audio cable plugged into the back of the radio and ran into a jack, or just a long enough cable to reach your device to make the auxillary port work. I thought the inside of the glovebox would be an excellent place to conceal it and not ruin the look of the factory dash.