1965 falcon futura

[joe demoruelle]

Aloha Jerry do you have an email address for the place in Dearborn. A new one would be best. Not sure what the item is called or what it's parts No. is. Thanks Joe

[Jerry Kirby]

Hi Joe,

The place was Dearborn Classics Phone 800-252-7427
Part # SVB100 and the price was $26 but that was about 3 years ago. Check them out on the net @ Dearbornclassics.com

Jerry

[Luva65wagon]

Joe,

Dearborn does apparently have this part. Their part number is SVB100: 63-65 Sunvisor Pin Bracket (Hdtp, Conv) Ea 39.95

Their toll-free number is 800-252-7427 and they are in Bend, Oregon.
web www.dearbornclassics.com


Highway robbery if you ask me, but yeah, probably less than rechroming one. I grabbed the one from the swap meet that Jerry donated and here's a picture of his cleaned up a little. If you've got a driver, it's not too bad shined up a little.

[joe demoruelle]

Roger I agree... way too much money for my driver. How much to mail yours to the Vegas address and you mentioned a donation..?
My grille has a hole punched in it and doen't look repairable.. or ? ... but the ones I find on ebay just don't look like mine, even though they say they're for a falcon futura. Any place to locate one? Thanks

[Luva65wagon]

Just a couple bucks, I'm sure, to mail it to you.

So it appears the price for a new one has gone up in the past couple years -- but I sense Dearborn Classics is just raising their prices for the sake of raising them. I seriously doubt that part is costing them $5 from China.

The grille, it's the same for all '65 Falcons. The other thing you are missing is the center emblem. On average a good core grille at a swap meet is about $50-75 and the NOS grilles, if you find them, are in the $700 price range. The place I had my grille restored at is called King of Trim in southern California. They charged about $500 to straighten, polish, and re-anodize it. They messed up the first time 'round, but made good on it. If you go to this page on their site you'll see a '65 Falcon grille up high on the peg board.

http://www.kingoftrim.com/PlantTour.html

[Luva65wagon]

OK... now that I see you have a picture of the car I see it is a Futura wagon and not a Futura hardtop (like Jerry has). Don't know how I missed the picture, but I did. This means the part you have to hold the visors pins is also an integral part of the rear-view mirror bracket. Do you not have a mirror in this wagon? Somebody glue one to the windshield like new cars have? I was a little confused by the "three screws" part, since this part doesn't have three screws.

Unfortunately I don't think I have a spare mirror bracket anywhere around here -- but others may... now that it's a little clearer what you need. There is a guy not far from us here who buys and parts out rotting 64/65 Falcons, so I have to contact him about something else and will ask him about this too - this week.

[joe demoruelle]

Good Grief the mirror is glued onto the windshield. Thanks for that bit of info. we're finding many "jerry-rigged" things on the car but with a great site like this, I'll be able to figure most of them out.

[Luva65wagon]

Well... that at least explains the mystery, which is a good thing.

You'll probably want to keep the glued on part for now -- at least until the glass needs to be replaced. Getting those glued on parts off the glass can be a problem. Sometimes they come right off, but I've seen them break off a piece of glass in the process. If I track down a mirror I'll let you know. You'll be able to remove the mirror part and just use the other pin-holding part until what time you need to replace the windshield... then you can go back to stock.