Comments on: ‘A Wonderful New World of Fords’ Ad, 1960 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/09/a-wonderful-new-world-of-fords-1960/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 03 Nov 2024 08:13:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: George http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/09/a-wonderful-new-world-of-fords-1960/#comment-60825 George Sat, 03 Sep 2024 02:42:32 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=25026#comment-60825 When just learning to drive, I drove the family Ford Falcon. I soon made the mistake of driving it to the service station after somebody had rear-ended me, causing the fan to chew up the radiator. In the drive back, the car overheated, the piston rings were damaged, and it was all downhill. But Falcons were very decent cars. You could fit six moderately sized persons in the, you could, with the station wagons, haul six foot cypresses on the tail gate. You got 20 miles per gallon in a day that thought little of economy. When just learning to drive, I drove the family Ford Falcon. I soon made the mistake of driving it to the service station after somebody had rear-ended me, causing the fan to chew up the radiator. In the drive back, the car overheated, the piston rings were damaged, and it was all downhill.

But Falcons were very decent cars. You could fit six moderately sized persons in the, you could, with the station wagons, haul six foot cypresses on the tail gate. You got 20 miles per gallon in a day that thought little of economy.

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