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| My 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint (Chapter 2) Here are a few more updated shots of my 1964 Falcon Sprint project. The car has come a long way since I started the project back in 1999 after 10 years of storage. Check out... www.geocities.com/matts64sprint/matts64sprint.html to see the other photos and text as well. |
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| Here's the car as it sits and is nearly completed. All of the trim has been put back on, new front and rear bumpers were installed, new tires, new paint, new engine, new interior. Basically the whole car was taken down to a shell and rebuilt by me. The best thing about the project was that I did all the work myself and it came out pretty good for the $$ amount I have invested in it; approx. $7,000.00 total. What kind of used car can you buy for that kind of money today, certainly nothing this fast, or cool! All metal, All American, V-8 Power! UGH- UGH-UGH-UGH-UGH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here's a shot of the driver's side door panel. While working on the project, the door panels were removed and completely re-finished. The interior color was originally Red and I decided to keep it that way. You don't see many cars out there with Red interiors and with the Black exterior, the combo looks pretty cool. Because I started from scratch, I could have done anything I wanted with the interior, but one of the reasons I bought the car was because I thought the stock ( but ratty ) interior looked so cool. Ford really hit the nail on the head with the Falcon.. "Cheap but Classy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Driver's side shot of the interior. It's a sea of Red vinyl, with little bits of chrome and woodgrain here and there. It's hard to see in this shot but I've modified my 4-speed shifter to come through the front of the factory console. It looks pretty good and unless you know, it looks like it might have come that way from the factory. I could have replaced the "Sprint" style steering wheel as well but it looks perfect in there! Classic styling... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here's a shot from the other side. This view shows the shifter through the console from the other side. It's a toploader from a Mustang with the mount all the way to the rear of the tailshaft. Some day I'd like to upgrade to a Hurst shifter, as the Ford one is a little sloppy right now, but still shifts fine. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here's a shot of the rear seat area. While working on this project I had all of the seats out and the interior seemed big to me. Once I put the rear seat and both buckets back in I realized why Ford considered the Falcon to be a compact car. Not a whole lot of room in the back seat area if ya know what I mean! A little known fact about the 1964 Ford Falcon Hard-top, is that they each came equipped with one of those bobbing head Chalupa dogs for the rear deck area. The convertibles came with Hula-Girls for the dash! I CHECKED THE BUILD SHEET, IT'S TRUE! |
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| Here's a shot from the right side. The car shows 48,000 miles on the odometer but I'm sure it's been flipped once or twice. I often wonder what its history is. When gutting out the interior I found old coins in the seats, as well as an old Texas Drive-in ticket from 1965 under the carpet. I've also found pictures of it from 1987 when it was painted Red with a "Kelly AFB" parking sticker on the left front bumper. It had Silvermore Grey paint from the San Jose factory and has probably seen more of the country that I have. Even when it was in it's worst condition, I don't see how someone could crush a car like this! It will live on! |
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