1963 1/2 Ford Falcon Futura 260 V8 with Factory AC

[@dennisschell5543]

These cars were light and quick! I raced them back in the day...These are forerunner of the Mustang. 😎

[@andrewandrew3837]

Ji

[@bobfeller604]

I love these old cars. My grandparents had a '61 Mercury Comet, in line 6, built like a tank.

[@jeffscott8323]

But slow as hell

[@nonelost1]

‘61 Mercury Comet? Who can forget those skinny diagonal taillights? 😎

[@jeffscott8323]

@@nonelost1 that was 60 only. Cats eyes.

[@1957kwick]

At that time. They never installed air conditioners at the factory they were always dealer installed FYI.🇺🇸

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Very true. I worked at a Ford dealer for near 38 years. 60's cars A/C units were dealer installed. If a car was ordered with A/C, the kit was boxed came from the factory in the trunk.

[@danb.3397]

Yes but when you bought the car you ordered AC so it was factory ordered dealer installed

[@barryphillips7327]

This car should be restored too factory original condition!!

[@rickf7445]

To do that, you'd have to get an inline 6 to put it back in. Look at the battery position, right up against the radiator. On an original v8, the inner fender wall had a carvity that moved the battery away from the radiator and generator pulley. This car does not have that.

[@IchibanMoto]

awesome video! I want to travel back to 2018 and buy this

[@falconsp]

Hermoso, acá en Argentina no se hicieron v8 ni tampoco 2 puertas, pero hubo muy lindas versiones , se fabricó hasta el año 1991!!, Ninguna tan linda como esa que tienen allá, salvo la versión sprint, motor 6 cilindros 3.6, 4 velocidades y 166hp.

[@jackwilson8651]

Lovely. I hope it went to a good buyer.

[@dyer2cycle]

..Yes!..someone who hopefully will restore it, not leave it with that god-awful "patina" crap, or even worse, cut it up and "rod" it...

[@bullzeyez3236]

My first car was a 63 Ford Futura . The 6 cyl had no power but it was a beautiful car, the dash had a lot of chrome.

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

I don't know how long they made the 260 v-8, but I bought a brand new Ford F-150 p/u truck in 1980 and they gave me a choice of two trucks for the same price. Either I could take a truck with a 460 and 3 speed automatic or one with a 260 V-8 and a 4 on the floor tranny. I chose the truck with the 260 V-8. After I bought it I had the dealership order an A/C kit to be installed by them. When the kit came in I was floored when the kit came with the old fashioned blower and control box that sat on the middle of the truck floor. Believe it or not it was a great A/C unit. It came with a newer type round compressor instead of the old piston type compressor. I learned that the 260 V-* was the same old engine that was brought out in the 50s but it had been upraded over the years and had quite a lot more H.P. than when it first came out. It came with higher compression, aluminum heads and just a really good drive train. It wasn't a real fast truck but mated with the 4 speed with tall gears it ran down the road pretty efficiently. I got more than 26 mpg on the highway and about 20 in the city driving. The Fords they come out with ow have a hard time doing that. Maybe the manufacturers need to start stepping back and go back to something that worked then and would be a lot simpiler and easier to make. Not only that maybe they could make something that wouldnt take a mechanical guru to work on them. We might even get back to simple designs that the average person could actually work on without a computer. We have gotten so smart that it takes somebody who has a technical diploma to make a simple repair on a vehicle that costs more than my house cost when I built it in 1978. This has gotten so far out of hand now it is rediculous. Somebody has to make $150,000/year just to afford a simple car.

[@deanstevenson6527]

@ TBull Cajunbreadmaker So true about the complication ( Technican here comment bombing your post!)The 260 was a bored out 221 or a small bore 289. 3.80" bore x 2.87" stroke engine which was the common more Sunbeam Tiger engine. The 1980-1983 4.2 liter was a tiny 3.68 " bore by 3.00" stroke engine...a destroked 5.0 / 302 with Falcon 200 six pistons. The 4speed equipped 4.2 was used in F150s exclusively as a base engine, only 4.2 ever equipped with a over drive four speed "manual", even in California. It was a Highly underated Fox and F150s option, not so good in a Crown Victoria where it used more fuel than the 5.0 and 5.8 liter High Output options.

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

@@deanstevenson6527 Thank you, I'm sure I was not the only one who was impressed with this explanation. I think I know a lot about Ford drive trains but I learn more every time the subject comes up.

[@randallcarney1216]

255 not 260 ,weak engine ! 300 six will run circles around it!

[@deanstevenson6527]

@@randallcarney1216 Both the 260 and 255 were excellent engines when combined with a manual transmission in a light car. All those 3speed auto 255s in the 2750 to 3000 pound Foxes or the 4 speed manual SROD F150s were 23 -26 US mpg cars that could do 18 second quarters and 109 mph in a Mustang, or make more off idle grunt than a 4.9 1bbl. 190 lb-ft at 1800 to 2200 rpm....the 255 had a stump puller 244 degree cam but yet a good 2bbl carb. They still made more hp than the 4.9 Big Six with 114 to 120 hp for all 3 years it was produced. Anyone who recycles 80s hate and dribbke on the 255...don't know what they are talking about. The only dog's were the 3600 to 3800 pound Thunderbird, Cougar XR7S ( or IIRC, the 1980 LTD or 81-83 Crown Victoria or Grand Marq 's that had them) . They Were S-L-O-W....and thirsty. Any thing over 3250 pounds..the 255 stuggled

[@sergeantmasson3669]

@@randallcarney1216 Ford never made a 255 CID V8 engine. 260 engine was never put in a Ford p/u truck. Neither was the 289.

[@jackiejoy7276]

Thank you so much for posting it you prone back a lot of good memories excellent find I wish I would run into stuff like that if you ever come across another one keep it 🤨💯💥

[@tWoforgamenot1]

i sure enjoyed it. a sweet car. had it 3 years i was 16 when i got it lol :) 76 nice to see t thank you ... :)

[@Marc816]

That the hooptie has A/C is its only saving grace.

[@danb.3397]

It sold for $3200 so not so hooptie after all.

[@jeddroston9690]

working AC ... indeed

[@tWoforgamenot1]

she was not my first fast car in the 60 and 70 . but i did like her !

[@billyfoster3223]

Great little Falcon! I'd rather drive this than my LeSabre!😀👍

[@proofbox]

As it does not appear to have a AC compressor , notice single fan belt turning the generator how does the AC work?

[@danb.3397]

Weird that I didn't know about the comments but the compressor was in the trunk it came with it on but in order to do the water pump I had removed it sorry about taking forever

[@nofrackingzone7479]

The under the dash AC unit is just that - the actual condenser is in the under the dashboard box. What is required is electrical input and a drain for the condenser. There are videos on KZbin that explains it and shows restoration.

[@diavolonet]

Ready for restoration man

[@2centsam927]

Sweet lil car. Most of them have the 170 inline six.

[@titan-tm7kl]

The Australian variant was very similar but had much nicer lines in the rear end of the car leading to the taillights the XM Falcon Futura

[@garycorbin2789]

Yes but this car wasn't available as this one is , I would love to find one in Oz and import the AC equipment to install .

[@brucebyrnes5996]

Like this ford!!

[@charles_henry_]

Sweet ride!

[@20alphabet]

Great find.

[@sdjb111]

Excel pump works or does not. Diagram goes and so does the MPG.

[@craigjorgensen4637]

“ Factory Air Conditioning installed by the dealer”. So which is it? That under dash unit didn’t come from Ford or from the dealer! In addition, the air conditioning has been REMOVED! I hope you aren’t asking much fir this!

[@spiderbrandt4066]

I saw that , but the hoses are still there

[@markw208]

In Fords of that era had A/C installed under the dash. So “factory air” and “dealer installed” were identical. I don’t understand why he described it as he did.

[@woody5563]

Cool car

[@crocbaitaussie5204]

I was told some coupe falcons came out with a 289. In Canada? Pretty sure we only had sixes in them in Aus. 144cuinch and a 170

[@deanstevenson6527]

crocbait aussie: the Australian and Argentinian Falcons continued with sixes only for the Round body. In the US and Canada, 260 V8 ( not 221 i6). Then the 289 for the next year. The Aussie Fairlane compact had 221 V8s, 260 and 289s for 62 to 66. The Fairlane 260 V8 in Round Body Falcons was an exceptional engine. 164 hp gross and even with a two speed Fordomatic, good acceleration and economy! A Sunbeam Tiger could drop low 16 second 1/4 miles with a 4 speed T10 gearbox. The Falcon could do low 18 second quarters with just a two stage auto.

[@wagonmaster1974]

@@deanstevenson6527 289 was not produced until 1964.

[@deanstevenson6527]

@@wagonmaster1974I wish you well. Everything you have said is true in context, and Thank you! . Specific to any Australian winding up into the conversation, Between 62 and 66, in Australian Fairlane's, we had V8's. 221s, 260's and 289s. First year, 221's stock, next year(63), most had 260's stock. Then in 64, I think a 289 option, but most were 260s. I could be wrong on exact year of the Compact Fairlane's RHD options and years, as Australia was way behind the US model year cycles. IIRC, the first US 289 was released before the Pontiac GTO as a high performance US Fairlane Sports Coupe and also Mercury Comete option in the mid 1963 June period for the October 1963 "1964" model year release, both as K codes and a kind of D code for Mercury's. In Australia, a backwater from the market vitality of the US, we had no V8 Round body Falcons. Unlike America. Hope that helps. Love the early US Falcon V8...they should have all come that way from birth!

[@deanstevenson6527]

The Mark I and IA Sunbeam Tiger engine. Here is a 289 Mark 2 "kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2Gcc6uahK6pepI"

[@pauljanssen2624]

2 questions why you would know why there's no smoke after startup one is all the oil strain down second one is did you started up or did somebody else started up first thing to do is check the oil put some fresh gas down the carburetor never run an engine on old gas disconnect the gas line to the fuel pump and run fresh clean gas to the motor

[@butchjackson4428]

I had to read this three times.

[@cesarflaminio4011]

I want it now!!!!!

[@gregsterb]

That’s a beautiful car. I would be interested to learn what happened to it. That would be a great candidate for a full restoration or even a nice resto mod. Throw in a Coyote drive train, Brembos custom wheels, a new interior and paint, you’d have a real head turner.

[@jeffscott8323]

Noooo leave orginal. Those 260s were good engines. Better than any modern crap.

[@matthewsewellmontegut3691]

With the water leakage on the driver's side, maybe shorted out the dimmer switch on the floorboard. (?) Sweet car!!

[@josephtravers777]

Very possible. Also very possible leak is from rusted out cowl, not windshield seal. Very expensive repair.

[@earnieb5318]

....didn't see the AC compressor??

[@robertdees1914]

Heater core is not hooked up

[@jamesflickinger8875]

Nice car. Good job on the video.

[@christolbert4628]

Factory installed a/c, by the dealer?

[@douglasb.1203]

Just came into my feed and was the first thing I noticed. Hmm.

[@danielulz1640]

How about " two door sedan because it has a bench seat " !

[@KipBurbank1]

Dealer received the “factory approved” fitted parts and installed them upon request. Had a Ford logo on the front. My 1965 Futura 289 had the big under-dash unit. It was freezing cold blowing out from one spot. Better than nothing.

[@The35speedster]

I had the same car, except it was a convertible with a straight six

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Mine was a fastback with 260 engine and 4 speed transmission but it was not a Sprint model.

[@kimberlysulak2394]

if this was a factory v-8 car the battery box would be inset into the right front fender well a little bit. this appears to be a 6 cylinder pre 1963.5 that has been converted to v-8 running gear.

[@zazzy1369]

How much did you sell the car for cause I have a 62 falcon futura with factory air pretty much all original numbers matching barn find surviver

[@danb.3397]

I asked $4200 but nobody really responded so it went for $3000. The market is so weird right now as I saw a POS 1965 Dodge van pickup sell for $4000 this week !

[@20alphabet]

@@danb.3397 $3,000. is reasonable for all the damage.

[@herrunsinn774]

Oh, that paint will buff right out. 😅 😂 🤣

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Nice my dad had A Ford Falcon like this in the 70s he bought for $800 and sold it for $300.

[@danb.3397]

I hear you. I bought many a car for well under $1000 that are now selling for $4000 and in much worse condition ! People are, to be kind, silly.

[@jackiejoy7276]

And I see the Kelly plates I'm in Hemet now looks like you could be around Temecula somewhere or something wildomar!!?? Elsinore sure looks like it the scenery and what's that in the garage back there

[@danb.3397]

Sorry Jackie but I don't keep up with my comments like I should. $3200 sold for.

[@dalehall2067]

Future Mustang

[@TheAnthonybozza]

Sorry forgot to add address MailGarbage63 at g mail you know the rest as I cannot enclose the full addy.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.:-(

[@robertcrawford6178]

How much do you want for it this is Robert Crawford out of Tulsa Oklahoma

[@jeffscott8323]

Idsell my newer cars and keep this better car.

[@mixedmetalmimi]

Dan, is the car still for sale ? If so, how much ?

[@danb.3397]

Sorry I didn't know that there was a comment and no it has sold so sorry about that

[@jackiejoy7276]

Yes yes yes my very first car was a 63 and a half future with the 260 V8 with three speed on the floor this thing was quick I mean quick surprise me my mother gave it to me back in 78 drove it all around la Mirada California it was black primer and caps but it would blow people away then my brother took it to the high school mechanics teacher he took it home for the weekend because he had had a Sprint 63 and 1/2 convertible at one time had a lot of extra parts because he used to race them so he ended up keeping it for a week or two but I swear when he brung that thing back to me it was almost pull the front wheels off the ground if I had tread on the tires drove it for a couple of years in Southern California then moved to Arkansas Hot springs to be exact and as far as I know to date the guy who got the car is still driving around Hot springs Arkansas I got in a little trouble with tickets back there I guess I was trying to be the dukes of Hazzard and they just weren't putting up with that s*** from a city boy so my parents took the car away from me and sold it to this guy I sure miss that car had a lot of fun especially going down them dirt roads and stirred up a big old cloud of dirt I mean I thought I was in The dukes of Hazzard because I had grown up in the city and never seen nothing like that before and I had the perfect car to raise some hell in that bird would fly I'm telling you and handle the road like you wouldn't believe I sure miss it last time I seen one the guy wanted 22,000 for it I think my mom paid $400 for this car when she first got it she used to pile like six of his kids in that little falcon and go down Beach boulevard and race these punk kids from light to light and blow them away we would all laugh and giggle our mom was badass and then when she gave me the car while I was a badass too great fun you should have kept it going for big money now and getting ready by the day luckily now I have a 59 ranchero with a big block 352 in it so I'm still smoking the tires from light to light but I ain't going back to Arkansas because I think they are looking for me I think I ran over somebody's goat or dog chicken or something pig cow I don't know but I ain't going back and that's a fact Jack 🙉🙈🙊💯💥😎 little Jack SoCal OPB 😡

[@charliehustle2579]

There's one in my area same as this 63 with a 289 and 3 on the floor. Rear end is from a 66 mustang and 5 lugs all around. Two questions, how's the 3 speed on freeway speeds? Will it struggle at 70 75 mph? And is $11k too much? All original no rust and decent condition

[@joeb3668]

Nice

[@rogersksn25]

Do you still have this car 4 sale or is it sold please let me know I am very interested and a price please Sir

[@danb.3397]

Sorry I didn't know that there were any comments the car did sell but I sort of left the video on I guess I need to amend that and will do so my apologies

[@kempomac1]

Did you sale this Futura? Nice 2 door, Garyth from NZ-

[@danb.3397]

Sorry Garyth for not responding but I'm an idiot on KZbin. It sold for $3000

[@51artvn74]

Build in time when cars have unicality. Beaty.

[@tWoforgamenot1]

i had 1 a great car !

[@alloutoftime]

That A/C is NOT factory, it is aftermarket.

[@briangoldy8784]

Would have Gave Dan $2,500 for this,,,,,,,,Fix Brakes, A/C .Floor Pans, Carpet, Seat Covers, Paint , Wheels...Cruise down the Car Show here in Tampa.......Every Saturday. nite.........WEEEE- DOGGGYYY

[@robertsnyder5149]

The 2-speed automatic needs replacing with a C-4.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

C4 didn't come out until 1964.

[@robertsnyder5149]

@@sergeantmasson3669 I know and the bell housing pattern for that changed in 1965. The 2-speed was a pile of houey.

[@billburr3428]

is THAT an MG MGB GT in the garage?? (You wouldn't BELIEVE the ultra LOW mileage, 87 yr old orig OWNER MG MGB Roadster BRG - of course - w/ OverDrive that I bought, from the orig owner, cuz no family member wanted it...he died of cancer 5months later, unbeknownst to me.) MINT!!

[@wizzard5442]

I think it is

[@wagonmaster1974]

I'm amazed this car brought $3K. It is a marginally equipped Futura. Sedan, not coupe - bench seat, poor choice of auto behind a 260. Lots and lots of issues that will be high dollar fixes, beginning with the front suspension. The dealer air is irrelevant, as there was no factory air option.

[@danb.3397]

because it's an oddball.

[@butchjackson4428]

And the 260. Fewer and fewer that survived. Some would buy it just to pull that engine for a vintage Mustang, etc. Moreover, wanna see real money exchange hands? - advertise you have a Falcon/Comet w/ the 221, 2bbl. V8. that Ford manufactured for about a minute at the end of 1962.

[@HARLEY05FLHT]

That is not a 63 1/2 ... it's a 63 ... the roof line is different on a 63 1/2!!!

[@danb.3397]

Sorry but it is a 63 1/2 SEDAN. Basically a test bed for the Mustang the next cycle. You're thinking of the Sprint.

[@HARLEY05FLHT]

@@danb.3397 I owned one for 43 years do your research that is a 63 sedan not a 63 1/2 ... not all 63 1/2 Falcons where Sprints ... mine was not!

[@jackiejoy7276]

I know it's sold now but you never did say what you wanted for it 🤨🤗😳 I don't understand why I'm just getting this in November 2nd 2021 believe me if I would have known this you would have had 10 grand for me for it because I sure miss mine so would you pay and would you sell it for ,🤣or what you ended up getting for it 🤨just curious and yes it seems like the back window is more slanted and the back side windows are smaller

[@KipBurbank1]

Nice old bomb.

[@davidkendall6801]

This is not a 63 1/2.

[@steze48]

The half year only designates a 64-1/2 Mustang which was an early release of the 65...No other vehicle uses this designation...

[@KDoyle4]

For 1963 1/2, the Falcon gained a v8 option, along with the availability of 2-door hardtop and convertible body styles.

[@josephtravers777]

Wrong. FoMoCo '63 1/2 models were first hardtop compacts w/ V8 and Warner T-10 4 speed. Falcon Sprint, Comet Custom. One year before the introduction of the Mustang.

[@timothyharrison8953]

Galaxies received a fastback hardtop mid-year 1963 to be more competitive in NASCAR. They are normally referred to as 1963 1/2 Galaxies

[@josephtravers777]

@@timothyharrison8953 Yep, w/ the 427. FoMoCo engineers making them run and look faster, a year before the Mustang was introduced and marketed for women.

[@TheAnthonybozza]

Hello, can you provide me owner you sold it to ? Maybe he wants to sell ? Here is my safe address which is real. Thank you.

[@jeffscott8323]

Is a better car.

[@mrdiplomat9018]

Wait a second. He says, “factory installed from the dealer”. So which one is it, installed at the factory, or at the dealership ❓🤣. Then, he says, “the high beams don’t work,” then later on he says, “all the lights work”!! Good grief, which is it dude❓🤡

[@danb.3397]

the factory did not install AC but offered it when you bought the car new to be installed by the dealer who sold the car.

[@gwendolynnstinson6972]

How sad that it's an automatic.

[@garyblanchard1084]

A proper conversion would take just money and effort. Then let the good times roll.