1963 Ford Falcon

1963 Ford Falcon 2-Door Wagon — V8 Restomod with Rare Body Style and Custom Build Throughout

The 1963 Ford Falcon is not a car most people associate with performance, and that is exactly what makes one like this so interesting. Ford sold the Falcon as an economy car starting in 1960, and it became one of the best-selling compact cars in America during the early 1960s. By 1963, the lineup had expanded to include sedans, convertibles, hardtops, and wagons — but the 2-door wagon was never a high-volume body style. Only 7,322 two-door Falcon wagons were built for the 1963 model year, and with six decades of attrition behind us, the number of solid survivors is genuinely small.

The VIN on this car decodes to confirm it was built in San Jose, California, assembled as a 1963 model, and leaves no ambiguity about the body style — this is the two-door wagon, the short-roof variant that gives the Falcon a profile completely different from its four-door counterpart. It carries the compact dimensions and unibody construction Ford engineered for the platform, which is worth understanding: the 1963 Falcon shares its basic architecture with what eventually became the original 1964-and-a-half Mustang. Ford engineers used the Falcon's floorpan, front suspension geometry, and rear axle as the starting point when they developed the Mustang in a hurry. That is not trivia — it is the reason V8 swaps and performance upgrades translate so cleanly to these cars. The hard engineering work was already done.

This particular 1963 Ford Falcon has been built as a street-driven restomod. It is not a show trailer queen and it is not a rough project. It occupies the middle ground that experienced car guys tend to prefer: a car that is already done, already sorted, and ready to drive. The 302 cubic inch small block under the hood, the Hurst floor shifter, the Flowmaster dual exhaust, the lowered stance — these are the choices of someone who understood what the Falcon's light weight and tight dimensions could become with the right power behind them.

Key details
Transmission: 3-Speed Automatic
VIN / chassis: 3H29U160146

Offered by Skyway Classics, 14805 Venture Dr, Farmers Branch, TX 75234. Taxes, title and fees not included.

Photos courtesy of Skyway Classics.