Most people don't know, or don't remember that, the Falcon was the fastest and best selling car in the history of the automobile, right up to the time of the Mustang. I've had at least 6 60-62's in my life (never had a '63 Falcon), including my first car, a 1961 Futura. I loved that car! Easiest darn thing you'd ever work on, IF you ever had to work on it. I had 7 teenagers in that thing once, and it pulled from the curb just fine
Vapor lock WAS an issue though, but you learned how to deal with it. And vacuum wipers really sucked (no pun intended), but the stone age drum brakes worked just fine. The car was super light; you didn't need anything better.
I drove a 3 spd '63 Comet, daily, in the Summer months up until about 7 years ago. Stone stock and 100% original. That was a MAJOR step up because it had ELECTRIC wipers!!
The only reason I stopped driving it was because the front suspension was wore out and it shimmied bad when you got to about 40mph. It's still sitting in my driveway, and I'd bet a years wages that in 15 minutes I could have it running, and running perfectly! It was still getting 24 mpg when I parked it.
It still looks the same except for some black mildew covering the car because of sitting...
Best damned utilitarian cars ever made, if you ask me.
Edit to add that, I couldn't get past the 5 minute mark of that Goober driving on the interstate. Putting a call out for "anybody with mechanical skills", and the poor guy didn't have a cigarette lighter to plug his GPS into. The dumbing down of America! Learn how to read a map, and don't expect a nearly 60 year old car to perform flawlessly on a 70 mph interstate when it probably hasn't been totally rebuilt. There's a cure for transmission leaks....they're called SEALS.
I just wanted to slap that guy.
