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

[James F. Ryan III]

>the question was about other possible Futura's that were
>better than the one mentioned, and the Falcon Futura was a
>good car that was thought of well in the 60's and is sought
>after by collectors today.

My father bought a new '62 Falcon Futura when he got back from Korea.  I did
some research a few years ago and found that there were only 1,800 Futuras
built in 1962.  I told my father and he's been kicking himself ever since.
That's why I'm never getting rid of my SHO Plus.  FWIW, he said it was a
great car.  He drove it to work everyday, northern NJ to the Bronx, and got
100,000 miles out of the original clutch.  He has nothing but praise for
that car and always says it was the best car he's ever owned.


>I agree that the name itself is dated, but in the 50's and
>60's everything was about space (Rocket 88, tailfins) chrome
>and excess.  Excess on a small compact car sounds silly but
>then there are the very expensive and excessive small cars
>from Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc.  They are no more outrageous
>than the Futura Falcon was in 1964 (not sure how many years
>they made that model, but I am pretty darn sure that 64 was
>one of them).

Falcon was produced from 1960-1970, and the Futura model was avail from
1962-1970.  The Futura was not gaudy, it was very subtle - like our SHOs.
On the outside it came with full wheel covers (instead of the dog-dish of
the std Falcon), and a chrome "spear" that ran the length of the body.  On
the inside it had bucket seats and a T-bird console (instead of the bench
seat of the std Falcon).


>I assume, Carl, that you dislike other made-up-from-nothing
>names like Lexus, Infinity, Acura, and a host of other
>modern names.  Names that sound like something but are pure
>fiction and made up by people that are also too lazy to
>think of a good name!  :)

And, what about Scion?  What the frick is a Scion?  Does everyone know that
it's just another division of Toyota?  Their model names are "xA", "xB", and
"tC".  Talk about being too lazy to think up good names!!  AND, have you
seen the xB?????  Talk about being too lazy to actually design a car with
style.



Jim Ryan
'91 PLUS - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler

255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop horn, 55mm MAF, K&N panel filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys, SHO Shop
HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced engine &
trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, FPS '96 SHO front brakes, Carbotech F
brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj struts, SHO Shop linear springs,
24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730
225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police grille








>
>I have a little stuffed Bull in my 91 SHO and people all the
>time are asking why...then I explain about "Taurus" and they
>still have a blank stare, at least you and I and few hundred
>other SHO (and SLO Taurus) fanatics know what it is all
>about!  ;)
>
>Don Mallinson
>
>Carl Prochilo wrote:
>> 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.
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