Readers Ride: 1962 Ford Falcon Station Wagon

First ride inwards the Falcon. Neil Yessick is a hot rodder. To live on clear, he lives inwards the southward (Alabama), but his pump is definitely West Coast. Here is a listing of what Neil loves:

Flat Hot Rod paint
Gassers
Ink
Tunnel Rams in addition to Carburetors
Hilborn Injectors
Von Dutch means pivot stripes
Vintage stickers inwards the dorsum window
Sedans amongst a post for forcefulness in addition to stability
Steelies in addition to hub caps (hub caps optional)
High inwards the front, depression inwards the dorsum rods
High inwards the back, depression inwards the front end rods
Lowered all the means rods
Hot Rod jackets amongst existent patches
Exhaust systems yous tin experience through the ground
Any carriage resembling whatsoever of these things from the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s.

Neil Yessick at habitation behind the bike of his ’62 Falcon wagon.

Running for the door
All these things nosotros know most Neil, in addition to thus it did non surprise us at all when he located a non-running 1962 Ford Falcon carriage inwards demand of a novel home. Neil idea his habitation would live on but fine. Sold. H5N1 fiddling driveway tinkering in addition to this apartment dark animate beingness roared to life.
This is why nosotros dearest this guy. Instead of jumping correct inwards in addition to hitting the road, he calls me in addition to offers the project of riding kickoff mate. Me, at shotgun for the maiden voyage.
“Stay correct there!,” I yelled into the phone, equally I scrambled for automobile keys in addition to a photographic television set camera to document this monumental, in addition to experimental ride that I volition never forget.

Gauge cluster is amazingly clean. It was sure as shooting removed in addition to cleaned, but it
has mysteries. Like why would yous set that much come across a cluster in addition to
not connect the speedo? H5N1 fiddling Car Guy CSI is inwards fellowship – I know but the detective for the case!

Feel lucky?
We striking the route similar the excited automobile guys nosotros are. H5N1 driveway gravel slip exam for the brakes, which it passed (kind of). Bad fuel inwards the tank? We could odour it. Unsure of just how much one-time gas nosotros had, because the gauges are non working yet. This made us fifty-fifty braver* equally nosotros took to beautiful province roads equally the Sun was going down.
Do nosotros convey lights? I guess nosotros should convey checked, but in that place was no fourth dimension for those shenanigans. We had a hot rod Falcon carriage that demanded that nosotros drive it!

Bare bones on the road! Note the extra cut Neil constitute inwards the Falcon.

Cruising the half dozen banger
The inline 6 cylinder, packing 170 cubic inches in addition to automatic transmission combination performed flawlessly! It wasn’t smoking or ticking, other than a leaky exhaust system. The manual steering wasn’t bad. I actually enjoyed the drive.
Neil managed to disclose a pocket-size in addition to calorie-free weight automobile amongst a lot of room in addition to a ton of character. Our favorite part... it’s a wagon! We dearest wagons.

*Editor’s note: Is “brave” actually the give-and-take nosotros are looking for here?

Hammer down!
Future plans include a fiddling interior run for comfort in addition to a calendar total of plans in addition to events to savor the carriage way. I know Neil, in addition to I await to listen of him tossing a V8 inwards in that place at some point, but no hurry. This 6 cylinder runs bully in addition to has a lot of miles left.
We welcome Neil to the vintage carriage family!

Ron Kidd
— Junkyard Life

We were also plagued past times an electrical gremlin that constitute it funny to arbitrarily plough on in addition to off the interior lights. We shall banish the fiddling prankster from the car.

Red steelies in addition to hub caps on the 1962 Ford Falcon carriage – almost perfect. These are of the 13-inch variety. Neil plans on a 5-lug 15-inch bike conversion.