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

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@FredricBender-du8pi
@FredricBender-du8pi Жыл бұрын
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
@joemackey1950 2 жыл бұрын
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
@JorgeRodriguez-tz1cm 3 жыл бұрын
No había nada como el Falcon.Nunca le pasaba nada ,un fierro como decimos los argentinos.
@reallyrandomrides1296
@reallyrandomrides1296 2 жыл бұрын
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
@jorgetoro3573 3 жыл бұрын
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
@tomservo56954 10 жыл бұрын
What farmer carries corn in an automobile?
@dvaeogreg5557
@dvaeogreg5557 7 жыл бұрын
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
@johnguilfoyle3073 Жыл бұрын
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
@sergiovazquez9223 3 жыл бұрын
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
@bdh70 6 жыл бұрын
If I had been a nurse or a social worker in 1960 I would surely have preferred a Corvair.
@erin19030
@erin19030 5 жыл бұрын
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
@wjjnjr 6 жыл бұрын
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
@Hereford98 7 ай бұрын
2 words, Ralph Nader 😊
@vidguy007
@vidguy007 6 жыл бұрын
Then they put a new body on the Falcon, called it the Mustang, and no one tried carrying corn in it
@Barb5001
@Barb5001 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, that is all the original Mustangs were..... just a Falcon with a different body and interior
@ew1usnr
@ew1usnr 11 жыл бұрын
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
@nlpnt 3 жыл бұрын
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
@tomservo56954 2 жыл бұрын
11:33 "Car 54, where are you?"
@johnm6201
@johnm6201 4 жыл бұрын
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
@TairnKA 6 жыл бұрын
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
@owenlewis8006 6 жыл бұрын
Ford didn't fit an expansion tank to the falcon, so they would overheat on a hot day or when working hard
@jasoncarpp7742
@jasoncarpp7742 11 жыл бұрын
For a farmer like him, he probably needs a van, like the Corvair van, or a Corvair pickup truck.
@kernals12
@kernals12 8 жыл бұрын
Or maybe he needs a full size station wagon
@jasoncarpp7742
@jasoncarpp7742 Жыл бұрын
@@kernals12 I can imagine myself driving a Greenbrier. I like something that can carry people and cargo.
@jasoncarpp7742
@jasoncarpp7742 11 жыл бұрын
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
@STARDRIVE 9 жыл бұрын
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
@oilsmokejones3452 8 жыл бұрын
Corvairs did have excellent traction with all the weight over the drive wheels...as for the rest...no comment.
@kernals12
@kernals12 8 жыл бұрын
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
@mrdanforth3744 6 жыл бұрын
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
@ahoneyman 2 жыл бұрын
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
@kernals12 8 жыл бұрын
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
@tomservo56954 7 жыл бұрын
Two words...Falcon Ranchero
@mrdanforth3744
@mrdanforth3744 6 жыл бұрын
The Falcon back seat doesn't fold down like Corvair's and he wanted a cheaper more economical vehicle.
@tomservo56954
@tomservo56954 2 жыл бұрын
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
@AgustinMellado-p8j 2 ай бұрын
Falcón forever.
@greg69rr89
@greg69rr89 5 жыл бұрын
I would take the falcon over the corvair any day of the week
@wildcman
@wildcman 7 жыл бұрын
Where's the volume I can barely hear it
@1unsafe1
@1unsafe1 7 жыл бұрын
the volume works fine here
@wildcman
@wildcman 7 жыл бұрын
1unsafe1 in the beginning your intro is fine ,but when the film starts the volume drops way down
@1unsafe1
@1unsafe1 7 жыл бұрын
hi , sorry it's not working for you - I just tried it again and the volume seems to be fine .
@gojoe283
@gojoe283 11 жыл бұрын
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
@oilsmokejones3452 8 жыл бұрын
+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
@rmo4222 5 жыл бұрын
yep, their fix was they caught fire
@BigEightiesNewWave
@BigEightiesNewWave 3 жыл бұрын
Corvair was a poorly thought-out vehicle , so many flaws. A gasoline-fired heater LOL right over your lap.
@Bigdog302V8
@Bigdog302V8 10 жыл бұрын
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
@LN997-i8x 4 жыл бұрын
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
@alphonso136 9 ай бұрын
the falcon was better the valiant was better than them both
@bobbbi52
@bobbbi52 10 жыл бұрын
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
@animalcorvair 10 жыл бұрын
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
@hawkermustang 11 жыл бұрын
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
@flufanga 3 жыл бұрын
Robot voice. Thumbs down. Good bye.
@amerigovespucci4076
@amerigovespucci4076 2 жыл бұрын
corvair=a glorified tuna can!
@rmo4222
@rmo4222 5 жыл бұрын
sounds just like carpetbagger democrat
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