My 1963 Falcon

RING....RING...RING... "Hello son, how are you?...I'm fine too...you bought a what? Why in hell did you buy a Station Wagon?...You're going to restore it??? You've got to be crazy!

This little senario got repeated a lot back in June of 1991. But when I saw this car, I knew no one else would have anything like it. I like unique cars, however most of them are priced way out of my league. But as the rolling restoration progressed, more and more people would compliment rather than laugh.

This car has only had three owners. It was built in San Jose, California, and purchased new from Walker Buerge Ford in West Los Angeles by Millard Williams on June 6, 1963. Based on service records found in the glove box, it remained in Los Angeles until some time in 1970 when it was sold to Bill Malott, and was used in Sacramento, California. The registration lapsed in 1982, when the car was stored. In 1991, I was looking for a station wagon to use to haul supplies for work. I wanted something with V-8 power, A/C, and something pre-1966 so that I would not have to Smog Check it. I spotted the Squire in "Wheels and Deals" and new instantly I had found the car I was looking for. The car went back into daily service in July of1991, and saw about 1500 miles a month of use until 1995, when I retired it back to hobby car status. It now has 170,000 miles on it, and in 1998 dependably took me to the Falcon Club of America National meet in Colorado, a 2500 mile round trip. for pictures and story. It's four pages, and if it gets too boring, follow the links to skip ahead and check out the pictures.

This Falcon was featured on the TNN show, "My Classic Car" hosted by Dennis Gage. It is episode #996112. A video tape of this episode can be purchased on their website.

Vital Statistics

• 1963 1/2 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon

• Built In San Jose California May 1963

• 260 V-8 Engine

• 2 speed Automatic Transmission

• Power Steering

• Power Rear Window

• Factory Air Conditioning

• Factory Front Seat Belts

• Total Falcon Production in 1963..............................345,972

• Total Wagon Production in 1963...............................61,821

• Total Squire Option Production in 1963......................8,269

• Total V-8 Station Wagon Production in 1963............4,700

• Estimated combination of V-8 and Squire options.....700 (based on the assumption that only 8% of wagons were equipped with the V-8)

• Known restored surviving 1963 V-8 Squire Wagons........1

Above Falcon Production Figures from "The Falcon News", August, 1980 by Roy Sword.

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