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

[Carl Prochilo]

Good note.  See below.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Donald Mallinson said:
> Carl,
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> Personally I don't think Ford should bring the name back,
> because it is dated.  Like Art Deco.  Still those are neat
> cars and draw a crowd at any cruise-in/show.

I feel the same way about the name 500, unless Ford plans to put a 5
liter engine in the car.

> 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!  :)

Yeah.  Lexus and Infitity are real words though.  Acura is not.

> 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!  ;)

Good point.  I need me a little stuffed Bull.

> 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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