Thanks for the comments! This bronze car really does stand out at shows in that respect ... in a sea of red and black and blue cars, it's definitely not the color of choice with most. I've grown to love it, especially with the no option palamino interior this baseline model carried. It's close to the '67 color, but different, as you say. I believe that year it was called Saturn Gold. Might stand to be corrected on that.
I give her a love tap on the dashpad every time I drive her. Truly a sweetie. Mine was called Desert Sand or Tan, and it was all faded and chalky from sitting in the Mexican sun for almost 2 decades. She actually sat in the same spot for almost 8 years, after the owner passed away. Her daughter sold it to me, although she was hoping to keep it for her daughter. The daughter had her dad buy her a New Beetle convert, and I got this baby. The new colour is one of Rustoleum's stock rust paint colours, under the TremClad name, called Chestnut. I used SEMS vinyl paint in Camel colour, to do the interior trim. Seats, door panels and carpet, are from a 1984 Fox-sized LTD sedan.
That color is so perfect for the wagon. It is surprising that more people don't go down this route when repainting a car, but maybe that is part of the beauty of this one, seldom seen and on a gorgeous car to boot. Very nice.
well from one Falcon fanatic to another.... I say...shes a beauty!! and to the garage...beers on the left
I stand corrected, my exterior colour was Tiger Eye, from the factory. Really nice colour with metallic dust in the paint. Just way too fried in the sun. I was looking through the VIN decoded stuff I had.
Thanks for the comments/welcome, all of you! I've now got a question for Safari57 that I think I'll post anew elsewhere. See you in the main room!
Welcome aboard. Very nice Falcon. I read all about your restoration in the January '09 issue of Hemmings Classic Car magazine. Now I'll go back and read it again.
Thanks. Your Belvedere wagon looks to be a solid survivor! A friend of mine's family in high school had one of these, and all I remember is that he never had a problem flying in the fast lane to the beach, with all six of us inside and six surfboards on the top racks. Love the '67's, great choice! Any other pics?
Thanks. Got any vintage photos of that Belvedere wagon with the surfboards on top? I don't have any more photos of my wagon as I bought it sight unseen a few months ago and haven't seen it in person yet. A buddy of mine checked it out for me and picked it up for me when I bought it. I'll ship it south from Massachusettes to Virginia in the spring. It does need a better tailgate and a little body work on the right rear quarter panel where the spare tire well collected water. My Belvedere will never look as nice as your Falcon. Beautiful restoration, and I too like that color.
I wish, Jim. All I can say is that, once that wagon was gone, all through the 70's to present, it seemed like all of the Belvedere wagons of that year disappeared. Now they are quite rare. Wagons of all sorts are everywhere at present here in SoCal, especially where we are at the beach. Older guys (like me) are buying these for their longboard trips to San Onofre. On any given Sunday with good weather/waves, there will be at least a dozen wagons from the '50's and 60's. Your's would fit right in! I'll be sure to snap a picture the next time I spot a '67 Bel, and send your way. Norm
Oh no, you've done it now. You just said you can see a dozen 50's -60's wagons of all kinds on any given Sunday with decent weather and decent surf. So, now, we're gonna be expecting you to take you camera with you whenever you go out on one of those days. I, for one would love to see a few pictures of the assortment of wagons I'm missing cause I live on the wrong coast. And if they've got surfboards piled on top or sticking out the back, then so much the better.
Oh, when that day comes, you'll see wagons, my friend. There's a "Beach Transportation" Show in the early Spring right on Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach (half hour away) that I go to every year. It's amazing ... hundreds of cars, all surf-transportation vehicles i.e. woodies, "steelies" (that's our's), and trucks/Ranchero's/El Caminos, etc., along with VW vans et al. I love this show, it's put on by Wavecrest, and is one of my favorites. My dad used to take us to Doheny State Beach in the 60's to surf on the weekends, in our '65 Caprice "Woody" wagon/396/auto/air/8 track. He'd have his Kodak Super 8 camera out taking movies of us learning how to surf. Periodically, he'd pan the parking lot with all the cars and we'd say, "Dad, you're wasting film!" Nowadays, after consolidating all of those reels on a disc, we watch those films, and die waiting for the next parking lot shot. Truly a slice of "surf transportation" history!
Huntington Beach, Tin Can Beach 'tween Huntington and SealWonder if they still call it that Wonder if THAT BEACH iz even still there Yustah run Hiway 39 down there from La Habra in ah '48 Roooadmasta Vert Been lovin' the color on your Falcon fur almost 50 yearz Norm. Ordered a '64 1/2 'Stang notch back in that VERY color 5 dayz after the grand showing on my wifes BD as her Graduation prez from college. 'Stang iz long gone, Wife iz still ah Keeper. Belated Norm. Take your to that show PAHLEEZ
A lot has changed in the surfing world since then, but the Bolsa Chica "Drain Pipe" still stands. I grew up in Whittier and used to bicycle down Hwy 39 (Beach Blvd.) all the way to HB Pier on weekends in those days. With a rickshaw! And your Mustang ... I've done a bit of research, and Prairie Bronze was the #5 most popular color on those early Stangs in '64. Amazing, isn't it? Cheers, and thanx for the welcome.
Hey Norm, I'm brand new here as well, but wow, your wagon is nice! I grew up with a friend of ours who drove a real 64 or 65 Falcon sedan delivery, that car was FUN! He swapped in a 289 with four speed, and to put it mildly, did not baby it. Great color, nice options, thanks for the pictures. Arvid Svendsen
