Hi Group
I went to Cleburne Tx this weekend to look at a 57 F100
but it was sold when i got there.
But while i was there looking around, I found a Prize.
A 1964 Falcon Club Wagon.
I didnt know that Falcon even made a van. It was sweet
original inside and out. It was on a lot for sale, but I just
dont have the moneys for that Sweet Girl
Wow Falcon made a van

 

And you didn't get any pictures to share?

 

Hi J Madsen
No I didnt, but I did find some earler today on Goggle
just type 1964 falcon club wagon
I hope this will help you
Take care

 

I do not have a club wagon but I got a regular wagon, check out Last Chance 55 gallery. A very nice car and drives great.

 

Club wagon = Econoline with windows

 

 

seems like I remember driving in a ford van very similar to that when I was very young, I know it was a ford, but makes me wonder if it was possibly a Falcon? Those are nice!

 

Well what about that! Sorry, I am a idiot.

 

I just happened to find this one on the local Craiglist today:



1961 Ford Falcon Window Van (E-100)

He's asking $1000 for it.

 

Why in the he** did they call it a Falcon?

 

Probably the same reason Ch**y called their van a Corvair. The Falcon car was the competitor of the Corvair car.

 

Good point, I will buy that. No more non falcon questions.

 

T'was a FoMoCo marketing ploy. Falcons sold like hotcakes ** when introduced in 1960, so using the Falcon name on some Econoline models gave it name recognition when first introduced in 1961.

Like Econolines, the Corvair came in wagon (Greenbriar) and pickup versions, which Chevy called a "Ramp Side" because it had a side loading door.

The Corvair models were a failure. Because of the rear engines, the floor wasn't flat, and loading them was a PITA.

** Falcons outsold Corvairs by 5 to 1.

btw: When Ralph Naders book (Unsafe at any Speed) about the dangers associated with the Corvairs rear suspension was published, sales dropped to nothing.

The 1965 Corvair models corrected the earlier models suspension ills, but it was too late. Sales never recovered, the Corvair was cancelled in 1967.

 

This guy I worked for in the 1980's had a van like that I drove sometimes it had 3-on the tree, my cousin also had one with the wall-to-wall carpet and strobe lights. Those 80's...

 

n' don't ferget
they also did mercury versions of it up here
mikie
near ottawa canada
58 merc 100 panel & 64 econoline p/u