Falcons on film/tv

[ew1usnr]

In the 1961 movie "The Absent Minded Professor", Fred Macmurray attached "flubber" to his Model T ford and made it fly:

Model T.jpg

But ... I noticed that his "regular" car that was parked outside his garage was a ... 1960 Ford Falcon! Not to detract from Model T's, but he should have attached the flubber to his Falcon!

If I had a Model T, I would drive it to and from work everyday. And I would start it with its hand crank!

[dhbfaster]

I loved that movie.

[ew1usnr]

I was watching the Tampa local news this morning and they showed a 1962 or 1963 Falcon being stopped for speeding. It wasn't me!

Police cracking down on excessive speeding at troubled intersection
114 tickets issued in 3 hours at intersection. Ryan Smith, 11:24 PM, May 17, 2017

See: http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/re...d-intersection

Speeding Falcon.JPG

[Gitanesteel]

Not exactly why you want your Falcon on tv.

[dhbfaster]

That cop better think about what kind of brakes these cars have!

[ew1usnr]

This article that mentions rear facing seats and shows an early 60's Falcon wagon. The tail lights look different, is it a Mercury? I didn't know that Falcon wagons ever had an extra seat in back.

Rear facing third seat.JPG

See: http://www.aarp.org/auto/info-2016/c...bb16d5c#slide2

[pbrown]

This article that mentions rear facing seats and shows an early 60's Falcon wagon. The tail lights look different, and I didn't know that Falcon wagons ever had an extra seat in back.

Rear facing third seat.JPG

See: http://www.aarp.org/auto/info-2016/c...bb16d5c#slide2

That would be a 62 wagon in the photo based on the tail lights. I do remember growing up with a wagon with a rear facing seat back that but it wasn't a Falcon. I'm pretty sure the Falcon never had that option. That wouldn't have prevented parents from letting kids ride back there anyway. It was safer back then . We could never get away with that today.