Bought another Falcon

**Nathan289** · January 19th, 2010, 12:18 AM

Well I was doing my civic duty and trying to find a reason to drive over the mountain and see you guys and maybe bring roger a stock 6 cylinder rear end. Roger didn't want me making any special trips so I started cruising craigslist looking for another falcon. Can't have too many of them right?
Its been over a year since i bought the last one. Right?

So i stumbled across this 63.5 hard top posting.. looks like a cool car..
V-8 2 speed auto and hey it has a tach on the dash.. hey it has the wood grain steering wheel. yea it has the sprint chrome package, yep it has all the correct sprint badging.. Could it be?

Well we aren't a 100% certain but it looks to be an orginal sprint. though its missing the correct tail pannal lettering..

Story is the car was rear ended many years ago and repaired with a futura tail panal..

Could be true, I don't really care.. I didn't buy it because it might be a sprint. I bought it becasue its a 63 hardtop..
seller never claimed it was a sprint though he bought it in 95 believing it was and thinks it might be.

So I'll be over that direction the first weekend in February, although I'll be a little bit to the south..

Nathan

**Nathan289** · January 20th, 2010, 09:21 AM

Here are a couple of low res photos..

I don't think its a true sprint, but it will be fun trying to find out if it is.

Nathan

**Luva65wagon** · January 20th, 2010, 01:11 PM

Was it a V8 car from the get-go? That may help, though I'm pretty sure they made a 63 6 cyl Sprint as well. Something nagging in my memory banks about such a thing.

I don't think there is much to document if something was a Sprint from VIN numbers. I think it was a last-minute factory change. But the question is whether in 63 they made a V8 Futura. I'm clueless in that regard.

**Nathan289** · January 20th, 2010, 02:27 PM

Roger,

No body knows of a 6 cylinder sprint though there is rumor that there was.. I know they made a mustang sprint that was a 6 cylinder. it had all the ralley pack options but the v-8..
Yes the futura had a v-8 in late 63, it shared the same series code and body code as the sprint.
The vin number is 3r17f156812
the door tag says
body 63c color M Trim 86b date 25C DSO 74 Axle 4 Trans 3

The vin should break down as a 63 san jose built hardtop with a 260 unit number 156812

the door tag breaks down as a hardtop that was corinthian white black crush vinyal with single welt born on March 25 sold in seattle with a 3.25 non locking rear with a 2 speed auto.

problem is ford didn't have any data plate info that tells someone what the difference is between a futura and a sprint. in 1964 they did a better job.

So I have to go off of visual ques.. which this car has all but one, but there is a story to why that one part is incorrect. see picture below.
The good news is the seller has alot of documentation from previous owners although not the window sticker or anything like that, so maybe I can trace down the original buyer and find out from them if it was a sprint.

Nathan