[Shotimes] Futura... was: If Ford Asked you ...

[Carl Prochilo]

I'm with Joe on this.  Futura is not a name I want on my car.  I'd 
be okay with Falcon; my uncle owned a plain Falcon in the 60s with a
manual transmission and it didn't leave a big impression on me, just
transportation.  But Futura sounds like a word that someone made up
because they were too lazy to think of a decent one.  At least
Taurus is "bull" in latin.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Donald Mallinson said:
> The Futura was a very nice sport/luxury version of the
> Falcon, and the Falcon, believe it or not, was a decent
> little car in a time when little cars just didn't sell.
>
> Decent 60's era Futura Falcons are sought after jewels of an
> era that didn't need little cars but made them anyway.  And
> then there were the few drag Falcons with the 427 that did
> the Thunderbolt one better!
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> van Oss wrote:
>> Sorry, but for me, the name "Futura" ranks well below "Edsel."
>> Does the
>> name "Futura" go back further than I know?  Maybe to some time
>> when it meant
>> something good?  Because when I hear "Futura" I picture the
>> Fox-platformed
>> Fairmont Futura.
>>
>> http://media9.motorcities.com/01AND230450904A.jpeg
>>
>> The scraping sound was Detroit hitting bottom.  On that memory,
>> "Futura" is
>> one of the last names I'd resurrect.  But that's just me.   ; )
>> If
>> "Futura" ever was the name of a good car, could someone enlighten
>> me?
>>
>> VO
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> There are rumors of an SVT Futura...
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