Update: Jay Leno's dream car the 63 1/2 Sprint

**Nathan289** · August 10th, 2012, 02:14 PM

Thats what ive read on the internet and have been told too.

I find it odd if thats 100% true because my sprint seems to be low mileage, has almost everything else correct except the tail panal. The second owner who bought it in 1980 refers to it as a sprint. So it has had the sprint stuff on it for 30 plus years.

I care because i want to say i own a sprint.. not a clone..

My wife called somebody at ford in the historical department and they decoded the falcon as a sprint. Not sure how they figured that out, but i have a cool letter from ford saying it is.

Nathan

**falcon cobra** · August 10th, 2012, 02:37 PM

If the car was hit in the back they could of replaced it with a futura panel, sometimes parts come with no holes and they drill them, I have heard that some have filled the holes and redrilled then , some people go a long way to cheat, I thought about it a long time ago to make my futura a sprint, but how much more would I get if I sold it ? not worth the trouble....jh

**pbrown** · August 10th, 2012, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by falcon cobra

If the car was hit in the back they could of replaced it with a futura panel, sometimes parts come with no holes and they drill them, I have heard that some have filled the holes and redrilled then , some people go a long way to cheat, I thought about it a long time ago to make my futura a sprint, but how much more would I get if I sold it ? not worth the trouble....jh

I thought that was a Cobra. I knew something was off. Maybe it was the lack of stripes across the hood and roof.

**Nathan289** · August 10th, 2012, 03:17 PM

I like my story. My car has a march 25th 1963 production date. Should make it an early sprint. Maybe the sales guy ordered it wrong or the san jose workers built it wrong.

Anyways I have documentation from ford saying it is and that's good enough for me.

It won't be matching numbers when I'm done anyways.. though for some reason I'm keeping the engine.. it has a march 21st assembly date.

Nathan

**falcon cobra** · August 10th, 2012, 04:22 PM

So thats what I get for trying to help a falcon guy out, maybe we should go to pacific race track sometime and give the falcons a run and some will see why it has a snake on the fender....OK....jh

**64SprintV8** · August 10th, 2012, 09:43 PM

JH/All 63 owners,

Here's the 63 1/2 Sprint Glove Box trim on e-bay today for $63.19 right now. So, if you would like to start the upgrade to a Sprint or replace and existing/missing piece here's your chance....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-FORD-FA...85784a&vxp=mtr