Dusty Ol' Falcon Guy
9/29/12, 11:02 PM
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Dusty Ol' Falcon Guy
I have a 1-owner '61 Falcon.
But then...I consider Mustangs to be a sub-category of Falcon.
Dad was a hotrodder back in the 40s and raced track roadsters, midgets and dry lakes. My parents met at a road race in Palm Springs. I grew up around sports car racing and many other forms of motorsports. I started working Tech Inspection at the age of 7 with my folks. Lots of Fords around. In 54, Gramp handed over his 49 Ford to my folks when he bought his new Ford. That was followed in late 60 by the Falcon I still have. In the 60s, being in SoCal, there were a lot of Shelby staff around us at the sports car races like Pete Cordts who often worked Tech with us and lots of racing Mustangs. By the early 70s, we got more involved with offroad racing. But I have always retained my interest in Mustangs and Falcons. In the mid 70s, I bought a 61 F100, which I soon upgraded the 292 engine to a 390. After another 325,000 miles, I replaced that with a 428CJ. Still park that truck next to the Falcon. By the mid 80s, I had won an off road racing Championship as a builder, owner and driver. Then I started working as a Fabricator building every sort of cars for motorsports from offroad racers that won their class in the Baja 1000 to Super Modifieds, to Vintage Sprint cars and Midgets which wound up in museums as well as on tracks, to dry lakes racers to street hotrods, to road racers, including a 69 Boss 302 and recently a Shelby 67 Trans Am Mustang. I’m a 30-year married guy with an 18 year old son who is working at a fab shop building offroad race cars.
But then...I consider Mustangs to be a sub-category of Falcon.
Dad was a hotrodder back in the 40s and raced track roadsters, midgets and dry lakes. My parents met at a road race in Palm Springs. I grew up around sports car racing and many other forms of motorsports. I started working Tech Inspection at the age of 7 with my folks. Lots of Fords around. In 54, Gramp handed over his 49 Ford to my folks when he bought his new Ford. That was followed in late 60 by the Falcon I still have. In the 60s, being in SoCal, there were a lot of Shelby staff around us at the sports car races like Pete Cordts who often worked Tech with us and lots of racing Mustangs. By the early 70s, we got more involved with offroad racing. But I have always retained my interest in Mustangs and Falcons. In the mid 70s, I bought a 61 F100, which I soon upgraded the 292 engine to a 390. After another 325,000 miles, I replaced that with a 428CJ. Still park that truck next to the Falcon. By the mid 80s, I had won an off road racing Championship as a builder, owner and driver. Then I started working as a Fabricator building every sort of cars for motorsports from offroad racers that won their class in the Baja 1000 to Super Modifieds, to Vintage Sprint cars and Midgets which wound up in museums as well as on tracks, to dry lakes racers to street hotrods, to road racers, including a 69 Boss 302 and recently a Shelby 67 Trans Am Mustang. I’m a 30-year married guy with an 18 year old son who is working at a fab shop building offroad race cars.
9/30/12, 01:19 AM
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My Falcon:
The 67 Mustang Shelby TA racer:
69 Boss 302:
A little upskirt action
And the F100:
Old film photo with a little old school photoshop fun with the road sign.
The 67 Mustang Shelby TA racer:
69 Boss 302:
A little upskirt action
And the F100:
Old film photo with a little old school photoshop fun with the road sign.
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