A modern shrouded fan will force-suck air though the radiator first, keeping the car's green blood cool. That would be manageable if the fan was shrouded, but it isn't. If you're idling, the fan is idling too, moving no air though the single-core copper radiator which sits more than one inch from the fan blades. That means the fan turns at whatever speed the engine is turning. The fan is mechanical it is bolted directly to the belt-driven mechanical water pump. The single-barrel Holly carb vapor-locks on top of a reverse-flow head when you leave the gas station. The stock radiator has no overflow tank, just a metal tube for peeing coolant on the ground. It huffs and pants and begs for water when traveling at 65mph. The Ford 144 I6 is more of a dog than Mr.
Their rose glasses are more translucent than a watermelon Jolly Rancher candy. They don't know what they're talking about. They will proclaim it as "bulletproof," "dead-reliable," "unstoppable," and "the best little six ever made." Keyboard mechanics will whip themselves up into a evangelical slactivist fury and cry halleluiah for the original Ford 144 I6. You'd just amble up to 50 mph and stay there until you got to where you needed to go. If you happened to be late, you could give any excuse you wanted and no one could call you on it because Waze didn't exist. Whenever you got there was whenever you got there. No one could call you and ask "Where are you?" or "How much longer until you get here?" There was no need to check in, because there was no way to check in. When you were driving in the 60s, no one could get in contact with you. Thirdly, no one was in a hurry on the roads in 1960. Why? There was no reason to hurry. For middle-Americans, everyone ambled up to 50 mph and stayed there. That means there was no need to have cars with snappy high compression engines for zipping into and jousting with traffic because daily traffic congestion just wasn't a thing outside of major cities. Compare that to 128.3 million cars by 1995, and 253.6 million cars by 2012. Secondly, there were fewer cars on the road. In 1960 the USA had 61.6 million registered automobiles. You were expected to amble up to 50 mph and stay right there. The 1960 Falcon never came with an overdrive gear in automatic or manual. Cars were not expected to maintain sustained highway speeds hour after hour. These roads didn't bypass cities, they stabbed straight though them, which means there were many traffic lights and stop signs.
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What does that mean? That means most drivers traveled between cities on smaller state roads or on the old US Numbered Highways with moderate speed limits. Hell, the final ribbon of I-5 wasn't laid down until October 12, 1979. Yes, the US Interstate Highway began in 1956, but it took most of the 1960s to complete. Most cars in 1960 were slow for a number of reasons:įirst, the Interstate Highway System was still under construction. Yes, the Falcon is slow, but it is slow by today's standards, not by 1960 standards.
A Falcon runs slower than Half Life on your parents 300mhz 1995 Packard Bell desktop. It moves slower than campaign finance reform. A Falcon moves slower than a clock in church. It's so slow, 0-60 takes longer than loading a Homestar Runner cartoon on dialup. The world of 1960 had the appearance of a thundering Jet-Age, with sexy celebrities flying in sexy Douglas DC-8's, powered by four Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojets thrusting out 16,200 sexily pounding sexy pound feet, to sexy Mediterranean locations to have sexy encounters on sexy balconies for kissing and kissing only, but there was nothing Jet-Age about 1960s American cars.Ī 1960 Ford Falcon is so slow, it makes a 50cc Honda Metropolitan scooter feel like a CBR1000 sportbike. It explains why cars like this are perfect for your grandparents, but not necessarily for you. Y: How did people live with these things back in the day? R: Ford-O-Matic two-speed automatic with no overdrive. R: No Y: Does it at least have a five-speed manual? Mr. The only thing that is overhead is the valves. Regular: Yea, small pistons, they move up and down easy! Y: Double overhead cam? Mr. That must have a short stroke, right? Mr. What follows is a conversation I recently had about the1960 Ford Falcon that I just purchased: For the younger crowd, this engine configuration sounds pretty good.
3/8 nylon braided fuel line with -6an fittings.This is a 1960 Ford Falcon with the original 144ci (2.4L) straight six engine.Wagon gets a bunch of attention wherever it goes. I am the second owner bought the wagon from the estate in 2014.
Montana Car Barn find where it was sitting since1975.
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