The FULL HISTORY of the "SUPER FALCON" Drag Car

HISTORIC drag cars are awesome, and this one has DEEP family history dating back to 1969. Check out the Super Falcon, an incredible old school drag car that racked up many wins and even a track championship back in the day. It raced all over the Southeast, piloted originally by Terry Hood and later by his wife Sandy Hood. Power came from a rowdy small block Ford, 4 speed manual transmission (later switched to automatic) and 6.14 gears out back!
Surprisingly the 1965 Ford Falcon Futura was never butchered or cut up. The only modifications are widened wheel tubs, and offset shackles to move the leaf springs inward. Everything else is very close to original. All of the trim, emblems and windows survived. Even the original hood survived, as Terry put it away for safe keeping back in the 1970's. Check out this car's originality and hear some of the stories that make it (and its owner) a true local legend. Hopefully, Terry and his grandson Daniel will put an engine in this car and get it back going again. Either way it's a great piece of local drag racing history from the Chattanooga area, and it holds a lot of memories for the Hood family.
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[@maddmaddox1648]

Thank you for sharing the story of my grandpas car! We are getting ready to start on it early next year!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Looking forward to seeing it back going again...a great piece of local history!

[@barneymiller7894]

Awsome you guys are putting it back together! Not only is it a really cool historical drag car, it's a Ford 😉

[@1982MCI]

Please share the progress with us as you go. You don’t need to film everything you do but it would be nice for us older guys who remember this car running to be able to see it come back to life. Maybe even if it’s just to have Hot Rod Hoarder come down when it’s halfway done and again when it’s done and he can put out the updates. Either way is fine, I guess whatever works best for the family but It definitely deserves to be saved for sure!! There’s too much racing history in that falcon body to let it rot away! If you need the help, I’m sure if you started a gofundme for the restoration, you could get some enormous help from the racing community to help get it back to the track the way it used to be. What a beautiful car and awesome family story and I appreciate y’all sharing everything with us!! Take care and Merry Christmas from NC!!

[@tylerallen8802]

If you want to sell this car I may be interested in it

[@marcchaffee7751]

42 years later , and i still have my 65 falcon !

[@gmans7859]

I love this stuff. Never had much money growing up so now days I am trying to relive these times in small way with my Torino.

[@marcchaffee7751]

looks like mine when i found it back in 1979 . And yes , i still have it ! Coulda bought 2 houses with the money thats been through it , but i love it and it out lasted many girls ! lol

[@davidmaggard2796]

What a great story .way he did those shackels was so Kool .I think the 1970 pic of the car with the beauty rings and caps looked the best thanks for sharing the history on this awesome Ford

[@RiverBanks38]

Really like the stories of these old drag cars and the people that built and drove them!

[@kevinsnyder4425]

Love this story about the Super Falcon.! Another great history lesson about this family of drag racers ! I know you put a lot of time into these videos , & I really appreciate it. ! Not a Ford guy, but I love those old Falcons. !

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Kevin...same here, not a Ford guy, but I love the history!

[@NathansMoparGarage]

Very cool car and history. The vintage pictures make it even better.

[@curtfreeman8632]

Thanks for sharing the story of the Super Falcon! I love hearing about old cars like this and the folks who own/owned them. Glad you’re documenting this information. Another generation or two down the road and no one will know about historic details of our sport, without people like you taking the time to make record of it. Keep up the great work. It’s always a pleasure to see.

[@donsorrells2552]

I love the local history lesson! Not being from this area, it really interesting to hear all the stories!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks for watching Don!

[@mick_1949]

Another very cool story/history of a drag racing family that's not forgotten. Thanks 👍

[@jasonsharp9390]

Back when the car was a 4 speed everyone called it the bouncing Falcon because the front end would bounce up and down with every shift. Thanks, that brought back a lot of memories.

[@maddmaddox1648]

He fixed that by adding ladder bars and stiffening the frame

[@donshotrodgarage1717]

Awesome car and story on the car! Enjoy the time with your daughter man they grow up so quick!👍

[@roberthinkle981]

Thanks for sharing this story I hope they bring it back to life and put it back on the drag strip

[@diycatcraft]

Must be either an A code or K code car from original, excellent car to have proud of him for saving for so long and not cutting it up. Keep up the excellent videos and history for us all.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching!

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

Actually, they were all C codes from the factory. The A code was available in the Ranchero or wagon that year, but for some reason not anything else.

[@eddiespagetti8395]

Cool falcon. My uncle had one with rollerized hipo 289. This was in 1980s Andy had over 500 HP outta his small blocks in his backyard garage. Fast Ford's in a poor man budget. Fun times I had a 1967 fairlane 289 with big power as well. The 289 is one of my fave ford motors. The ,300 inline 6. Cobra jets and ford motors are my fave. This beast was 9 second or high 8s and this was awesome for the time. This was wild really cool. Thanks I love the stories I have many stories of my dad and uncle and their Ford's.

[@danielwilson6665]

Many thanks to The Hotrod Hoarder for bringing this important piece of Drag Racing history back to life with photos and informative narration. Unfortunately I never got to see this beautiful Falcon in competition but the story of its history brought back some great memories of my friends that also became racing legends. My oldest brother Gene operated “Gene Wilson’s Speed Shop” originally located in Decatur Georgia during the sixties before moving to a larger facility in Tucker Georgia. Gene was the engine builder for the late, great Phil Bonner whose “Daddy Warbucks” lineup of Fords were legendary in the Southeast USA. Gene also drove one of Phil’s 1964 Fairlane “Thunderbolt” factory lightweight Super Stock drag cars with the 427 8-V, “High Riser” engine. I was only 10 at the time but being a member of the pit crew got me hooked on Ford Drag Racing !

[@PFay]

Another great piece of automotive sleuthing, but real nice to meet some of the family this time. Stay cool.

[@markweber7275]

Home grown mechanics/racers are the best. Make the most of what you have👌

[@philmoore2115]

I have been waiting for this one! I remember seeing the car online and it is great to hear about it. I love falcons and actually have 2 65s and would love to see this car back together and complete but preserved as much of the originality as possible

[@rexsmith3886]

Wow my first car was a 62 2 door 240 city 3 n the. Floor my mom sold it tired of me tearing up. The drv way ha ha I was pissed lvv the. Car

[@jerrytee2688]

@@rexsmith3886 huh??

[@jackbaker452]

Love these old drag car stories takes me back to my track days and all the cool cars i raced and will never forget ,those were cherrished days thoughts of my 55 chevy e/mp 2 dr sedan towing it to the track with a 64 ford wagon 352 4spd daily driver. and others thanks .

[@ChrisConnerSr]

I lived down the road from them for a while. I wanted to put my truck on the strip after I built it. I was changing 1st to 2nd at 55 and at 100 from 2nd to 3rd. This was a Ford automatic so it would stay in the gear you put it in. The way I worked, I couldn't take it to the track. I was lucky to get to go watch them

[@vonnsnyder2481]

I really hope that car gets put back together. Awesome story

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yes, me too!

[@johnbrowning4490]

Thank you for putting all this great racing history together,, growing up in the sixties and seventies, seems like everybody’s brother had a drag or dirt car, and we had 6 racetracks to go to,,sadly, they have all closed down and nobody has a race car in the yard anymore.

[@jackylrox977]

I have been looking at that car for a couple of years now off of old 41 next to Roch hollow I love it

[@chipps1066]

Beautiful ,save it and race again!

[@davida.p.9911]

Awesome history and a awesome car! The Falcon was really an underrated car in my opinion. It could definitely race with the best of 'em. And it was also the car the Mustang was based on. Thanks for sharing! 😎

[@65plumbbob]

Great car great story! I’ve got a red 65 just like that! Working it into a FX tribute. Keep up the great work I love it!

[@gman7oh]

One of the first memories I have of the dragstrip was Sandy in the roadster. My mom was a Hood (no relation that I know of) so I remember thinking how cool it was seeing her race. Good job Tommy. Keep making memories with the kids. God bless.

[@robchan5912]

Me and my grandson just love your channel very well done your a great historian on old drag cars thanks for all you so keep the vids coming!!😀😀

[@crittercraig9445]

Great video looks like you and your daughter had a great time it's nice to see. Thanks for the knowledge of the cars and history of them enjoy your videos. Thanks and have a great weekend and Take Care

[@jdrods1519]

This is Awesome!!! Thank you for sharing!!! True American muscle! 🇺🇸💪🏼

[@chucksinger1916]

Great video Thanks

[@TheAmerican1963]

Gentlemen like you are priceless !!!!!! Thank you !!!!!! :-)

[@1pieman]

Wow such great history preserved thank you for sharing 👍👍

[@DB-ch8qr]

Soon she will get the Vette. Great to see such a happy girl. Speaks a lot about car guys. Your killing it on the stories and cars.

[@cjespers]

Not a lot of fords on here. But it is your channel, lol. Lots of other stuff to watch. Thanks for the video.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Sorry about that! I have a handful of cool Ford drag car documentaries, but you're right...pretty GM heavy in this neck of the woods.

[@garybrinker4522]

Beautiful car..Too bad to see it rusting away..

[@KoolDude100]

Love the Falcon cheers for the vid

[@sporty196071]

You do a great job telling the history of the regular car guy & family working together for fast ¼ mile weekends.

[@davidvonanderseck8649]

To cool nice piece of history

[@maassauto]

I believe the red light in top of the dash may have been for a Hurst line lock. I remember one which came with one I purchased in the early 80s

[@charlesarmstrong7767]

That was awesome man! I daily drive a little 69 hot rod falcon so this video was really cool

[@albertwayenberg9140]

So sad to see these cars years later just rotting away

[@timrayburn2461]

Great story.Your daughter is an absolute sweetheart

[@LITTLE1994]

Definitely is a historic muscle racer. Nice to know it still stands, though needs restoration.

[@martymartin7637]

Great video

[@tysonsullivan7837]

Too start thank ya for the great videos and content, for the guys who use to buy car magazines 😎, U have to give thanks 🙏 for a fella to bring Us something we all love seeing and the history of Hod Rod that was saved..

[@tracybrown2062]

Tommy, do enjoy these videos, because it gives me a better knowledge and understanding of the local drag racing scene over the years. Moved to the Chattanooga area in 1992, so there's a lot I don't know, but this really helps fill in some of the empty spaces! Thanks again, and keep up the great work👍!

[@rescueinoldraggedy7407]

Cool story on this car , thanks for sharing

[@edwardestes8038]

I just liked the giant dead bugs on top of the dashboard

[@michaelguinn5736]

Great story, it's also great the time you are spending with your daughter, she will be grown before you know it it....be safe, God Bless!!!

[@HotRodHoarder]

For sure, she's growing up quick!

[@cavemangarage]

What-a-cool story and even cooler that they're going to put the car back together

[@paulmcwilliams1709]

YES SIR! I love those "Daisy Dukes" on Sandy! 😍 lol

[@houstonbigfooter]

I remember seeing this car posted to one of the falcon groups on FB.anyway,you did a excellent job telling the history of this car.👍

[@brentmenier3442]

Good looking car model

[@mapo5976]

Memories created. Memories lived . New memories made.

[@markallen1413]

Another great job man, I always watch just haven’t been able to comment every time but always love the shows….. love those Falcons 👍👍👍👍👍✅✅✅✅✅

[@russthomson6168]

great stuff,,love the hair

[@willsummers1245]

Cool car I went to high school with a guy that had a 64 Falcon his Dad own a auto parts store!

[@Popsaircraftdetail]

Super cool falcon

[@williemoon7522]

i so regret not having any pictures of the dozens of cars i have built and owned over the last 45 years .. Jay Leno would envy the stuff iv`e had ..

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Enjoyed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michellehoefer5922]

Thank you for the video.

[@martymartin7637]

Like to own this and restore it back to its glory

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

Fantastic.. It would be great to see that car brought back to life and saved from the crumble back to Earth.

[@TurboRanger351]

I remember several of Terry's cars. But mostly remember the roadster in the 80s

[@jayallen408]

Restore it or let someone else do it. That car deserves it. I almost had a 65 falcon but the deal fell through. I’ve been sad every since 😒

[@Boss429..]

Nice story. Hopefully they’ll get it running someday.

[@7viewerlogic670]

Nice!

[@anthonygibbo1881]

She's a beauty man still even after all this time

[@garygarner1095]

awesome vid good to hear the story on this one .. passed by it many weekends riding thru ringgold

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks for watching Gary!

[@PANTHEON71]

Wow Brainard! I use to race there

[@keithcalitri840]

So cool would have been cool to see terry and his wife now

[@petej.8676]

I enjoyed your video.

[@davidbarrus6542]

......just falcon around. Great history.

[@williesweetjr8713]

Great story! Cotton Perry and his six cylinder Nova was another good competitor from that area of Georgia that I remember racing at Music City Raceway. Pretty good talent from this area.

[@MrPappysCobra]

Great video!

[@maddmaddox1648]

Little update for yall, interior, gas tank, and trunklid have all been removed. Should have a motor and trans for it soon. Just gotta find a small block c4....

[@ricksalmon4916]

Another cool one!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Rick!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

I would like to see it restored back to when sandy raced it 👍👍

[@granddad-mv5ef]

Darned good story! If we were only 750 miles closer, I could introduce you to a few more stories. I haven't been there myself since 1989, but I know some guys.........

[@HotRodHoarder]

That would be cool! Always love a good story!

[@Merylstreep1949]

Wow that was so cool! Please do a follow up if they restore this awesome car

[@maddmaddox1648]

Body shop was supposed to take it in for rust repair. Guy kept dragging his feet so now we have to go elsewhere. Slowly gathering parts. Oh. And we have an engine for it now too. Waiting assembly

[@dionrau5580]

Another good video, Hoarder!

[@SparksofOhio]

What a great story, thanks for the in depth analysis of the Super Falcon and the Hood family. I wonder whatever happened to the Fairlane and the Super Pinto?

[@lonniem9728]

Cool video 👍

[@amjrpain919]

💯FORDEVER AND EVER 💯💖👋👁👁👍

[@davidm3302]

Ringgold my dad was born there but spent his young years across the line in Chattanooga

[@rodneyharouff5739]

cool!

[@stevehilliard1495]

I never received notification for this video

[@douglaspell3764]

Good blast of the past! Rember all the cars they had! Looking forwards to coming to your Swapmeet! Are you going to the show at Dayton courthouse Saturday?

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yes sir I'll be at the car show at some point.

[@Mduffey22]

Yo my dad has a 62’ falcon and it looked way different lol

[@douglaslambert579]

Looks like the neighborhood I grew up in.

[@coolbreeze5561]

Awesome

[@ThomasSmith-hh8fp]

Super Falcon, and then Super Pinto.. boy, he was original wasnt he !??.. LOL!!

[@gregkistner1955]

Always liked the Falcons had a 63 back in the day.

[@peterduerr4154]

I can picture a coyote in that cars future

[@CamaroChic]

Cool car history and video!! Nice ole Falcon. You might like Carolina Custom Classics! Similar awesome content.

[@jakespeed63]

Another fantastic drag racing history lesson. thanks for sharing this. do you have a mailing address? Got some cool stuff to send.