The Can Do Car - Corvair Vs Ford Falcon Vintage 1960 Comparison

[@FredricBender-du8pi]

I owned a Corvair, a 65 Monza 140 HP convertable. I took trophies at autocrosses in my class which included base level Mustangs and Cameros. The souped up Mustangs and Cameros were in the higher class with Corvettes. I loved my Corvair. I did not haul corn but college textbooks and clothes and a small TV I had. It was a great car. I wish I had not traded it in after college. It truly could have been the American Porsche as the flat 6 air cooled could have recieved two DOHC and a supercharger instead of the Turbo on some Corvairs that delivered 180 HP. One really can't compare a Corvair to a Falcon. They are two very different cars.

[@joemackey1950]

An aunt of mine traded in her '49 Nash Airflythe on a new '60 Corvair. I joked she had gone from extreme to the other. Also she could brought the Corvair and put in the trunk as a spare. :)

[@JorgeRodriguez-tz1cm]

No había nada como el Falcon.Nunca le pasaba nada ,un fierro como decimos los argentinos.

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

My how times have changed... targeting 2 wheel drive compact cars to farmers for off-road use. And the male-centric focus of this video. It seems like this air cooled rear engine car was perfect for everyone! So versatile. Use it in the city, on the farm, as a commercial fleet vehicle... though I think the Falcon sold more and didn't have the stability/cornering issues the Corvair had.

[@jorgetoro3573]

El Corvair, tuvo un diseño, que influyó en el estilo de otros coches en el mundo entero! Ejemplos? NSU Prinz IV; Fiat 1300/1500; BMW 1500 Simca 1000 y muchos otros.

[@tomservo56954]

What farmer carries corn in an automobile?

[@dvaeogreg5557]

This was a salesman's training video for salesmen of the Corvair, not advertising for the general public. It's marketing for salesmen giving them specific angles with which to sell the car. At the end it gives the salesmen tips on how to mine marks, errr, customers via what was learned in the filmstrip presentation. It wasn't meant to be a Consumer Reports comparison test. All the manufacturers did the same thing. On paper AMC did X-Ray brochures comparing competitive makes to it's cars. Guess which ones were superior? Their training videos the same thing. Watch the ones from Chrysler and Ford. People need to keep these videos in the context of their time and their purpose. Nice to see it and thanks for posting this, 1unsafe1.

[@johnguilfoyle3073]

I want to know if the Mail/Newspaper guy in Kansas was running a siren and lights when he would drive 70 miles per hour in the Corvair.

[@sergiovazquez9223]

Funny video! They went throw every tricky corner to find an advantage over the falcon....I owned 3 falcons...many years passed by and still makes me smile...each of them. They were unbreakable....so...good for the farmer!!!

[@bdh70]

If I had been a nurse or a social worker in 1960 I would surely have preferred a Corvair.

[@erin19030]

I was the Falcon guy. Mine was the 1967 model, built on the Mustang chassis. My cousin had the Corvair. I liked that one too. It was a fun drive. almost like a sports car.

[@wjjnjr]

This old Corvair commercial was definitely a play with words, supporting the Corvair over the falcon. Typical old-school training film! Thank you for sharing these fun Corvair videos!

[@Hereford98]

2 words, Ralph Nader 😊

[@vidguy007]

Then they put a new body on the Falcon, called it the Mustang, and no one tried carrying corn in it

[@Barb5001]

Yes, that is all the original Mustangs were..... just a Falcon with a different body and interior

[@ew1usnr]

The trunk on the Corvair wasn't big enough, so they used a four-door sedan and stacked stuff in the back seat. Well, you could stack stuff in the back seat of a four-door Falcon too. And the Falcon has a bigger trunk on top of that.

[@nlpnt]

I always thought the Corvair Lakewood wagon would be the ideal dog owner's car. You could put the groceries in the frunk and the dog in the wayback, and still have the full seating area for human passengers.

[@tomservo56954]

11:33 "Car 54, where are you?"

[@johnm6201]

Well yeah don't all farmers haul their crops to market in a compact car? I wonder if farmer Bill bought a pinto in 71

[@TairnKA]

It was funny about having a "stylish" grill to prevent chips and dings but to allow that debris to hit the radiator, Oh, My! I really doubt that a stock Falcon (of the 60s) wouldn't have an overheating problem going to Denver (happened often back then). Just saying, some of those other problems were the same as a Porsche 911, tail hanging out, little trunk space (less than Corvair), etc... Our family had a 64 Monza convertible (learned stick) and I had a 66 Corsa convertible. ;-)

[@owenlewis8006]

Ford didn't fit an expansion tank to the falcon, so they would overheat on a hot day or when working hard

[@jasoncarpp7742]

For a farmer like him, he probably needs a van, like the Corvair van, or a Corvair pickup truck.

[@kernals12]

Or maybe he needs a full size station wagon

[@jasoncarpp7742]

@@kernals12 I can imagine myself driving a Greenbrier. I like something that can carry people and cargo.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I don't know whether air-cooling would be good for every situation, but I like the boxer engine over the rear wheels. It's too bad the Corvair was discontinued when it was. It may not have outsold its front engined competitors, or even its front engined siblings within Chevrolet. But so what? It would've at least offered something different for those willing to try something different. And never mind Ralph Nader. He's a nut job.

[@STARDRIVE]

I'm impressed by the Corvair vans, load- & rampsides; compared to the Ford Econoline of the day. The first gen Corvair passenger car, not so much.

[@oilsmokejones3452]

Corvairs did have excellent traction with all the weight over the drive wheels...as for the rest...no comment.

[@kernals12]

Who would buy a Corvair on a doctor's salary? I think they'd be much more interested in a Buick or an Oldsmobile.

[@mrdanforth3744]

Our local doctor was a Corvair fan and accumulated half a dozen of them. He had quite a set, including turbocharged Monza coupe, convertible and 4 door hardtop.

[@ahoneyman]

My pediatrician drove a VW Rabbit. On fact, he sold it to my Dad for a $1 One weekend with a welder and it was back on the road. That thing was a little tank in the snow.

[@kernals12]

Why didn't the farmer try to put the bushel in the backseat of his falcon? And why didn't he just buy a station wagon or a pickup truck?

[@tomservo56954]

Two words...Falcon Ranchero

[@mrdanforth3744]

The Falcon back seat doesn't fold down like Corvair's and he wanted a cheaper more economical vehicle.

[@tomservo56954]

Farmer Bill should have gotten a Ranchero...there's an film by International Harvester from the 30s to sell its trucks by showing how inconvenient it was for a farmer to use a passenger car for his chores...do YOU want to ride with a goat next to you?

[@AgustinMellado-p8j]

Falcón forever.

[@greg69rr89]

I would take the falcon over the corvair any day of the week

[@wildcman]

Where's the volume I can barely hear it

[@1unsafe1]

the volume works fine here

[@wildcman]

1unsafe1 in the beginning your intro is fine ,but when the film starts the volume drops way down

[@1unsafe1]

hi , sorry it's not working for you - I just tried it again and the volume seems to be fine .

[@gojoe283]

I'm a BIG Corvair fan, but in all honesty, the Falcon's old thinwall six WAS more reliable than the 60 Corvair's flat six. One big problem with the Corvair was icing carburetors. But eventually Chevy fixed its shortcomings and by 1965 the Corvair was light years better than the Falcon, which kept the same old design from 1960.

[@oilsmokejones3452]

+gojoe283 I'm a Corvair fan and feel is was just poorly executed and marketed...it was a small specialty sporty car not really a utility compact..like the Edsel there was just no market for it especially once the Mustang hit..

[@rmo4222]

yep, their fix was they caught fire

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Corvair was a poorly thought-out vehicle , so many flaws. A gasoline-fired heater LOL right over your lap.

[@Bigdog302V8]

another little fact,how well the cars themselves held up over the last 54 years.not near as many 1960 Corvairs as there is 1960 Falcons.to be fair though Ford sold more Falcons than Chevy did with Corvairs in 1960.this film is propaganda pretty much.

[@LN997-i8x]

Part of the reason 1960 Corvair's are relatively rare is the fact they were essentially a 1 year only car. They made big changes in '61 and on. The Corvair generations are '60, '61-63, '64, and '65-69. Lots of 1960 parts are much more difficult (or impossible) to find, which means many of them just didn't get saved.

[@alphonso136]

the falcon was better the valiant was better than them both

[@bobbbi52]

Yes the Ford was much better in all areas. This film is definitely in the propaganda class, wishy washy babbling and nothing very much definite stated, unlike the Ford " No Contest" comparison where definite proof is offered and shown clearly. I'd like to see the Corvair really trying to drive in a muddy orchard with those skinny tyres! haha, what crap. AND you had to pay a heap extra for that fold down rear seat, which they keep going on about. Cheaply made (cardboard door trims!) and poorly designed

[@animalcorvair]

had a ford falcon it was a 63 my corvairs are 20 years ahead of that car still have my vairs not the ford but i have a 69 mach 1 to this date fords cant go like a corvair

[@hawkermustang]

The Ford was clearly better. This propaganda here is so lame and corny. Who cares where the car can go and who can use it? lol

[@flufanga]

Robot voice. Thumbs down. Good bye.

[@amerigovespucci4076]

corvair=a glorified tuna can!

[@rmo4222]

sounds just like carpetbagger democrat