1970 1/2 Falcon Wagon

[ev0014]

I am, and have been for a little over 4 years, in possesion of a completely stock(except for tires and transmission rebuild) 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon 4-door station wagon, 250ci straight 6, c4(I think) transmission. I love this car, but am short of funds to fix it up(quit a few spots of cancer). I would really like to frame-off restore it, but that would be in the distant future if I ever get that kind of money. Anyway, the reasons why i'm posting is A. What would you guys do in my situation. and B. I had to share that I have this car:P oh another thing, I noticed through some web searching that there were like 10,500 of this specific body style made. This may sound like a stupid question, but is it rare? I often find cars with far higher production numbers have become "rare" and cars with less production numbers not have that same title. Anyone have any input? when I get hold of a digital camera I'm going to snap some shots, let me know what you think, whether it be on the car or not! thanks!

Ev0014

[xaenon]

Well, '70-1/2 Falcons of ANY body style are fairly scarce today; so much so
that there are still some hardcore Ford fans that are completely unaware of
them. Station wagons are especially scarce. 11,000 units or so is not a
particularly 'big' number, as Ford probably sold like two million cars that year,
but 'scarce' doesn't necessarily mean 'valuable'. When these cars were fairly new, they were not particularly sought-after.

The midyear Falcon was actually not its own model any more. It actually was
the base model of the Fairlane/Torino line (as Ford's Maverick now filled the
'compact model' slot). This is why so few of them were sold; base-model cars
almost never do sell very well. In addition, base-model cars tend to have a
harder and shorter life than their higher-series (better equipped) brethren.
Wagons, in particular, would fare worst of all, as they typically are not
considered 'cool' by the hot-rod types, except to part out the heavy-duty
parts that wagons typically got for their own rides.

Today, however, things have changed considerably. There are people who
actually SEEK OUT vintage station wagons, and since the Falcon variants are
so scarce, particularly the 70-1/2 models, it might be worth quite a bit to (and this is the important part) the right buyer. The 250 inline-six, I think,
is the biggest negative about the car - most folks want a V8 in something
that size.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to rag on your car - personally, I like the
little 250s, and if I had the means, I'd jump at the chance to own a car like
yours. But I'm by no means the 'typical' buyer.

My advice is to keep it, care for it, drive it, enjoy it. You apparently like the
car (or you wouldn't have hung onto it for four years), and restore it as as
time and resources permit. If it becomes necessary to sell it, I'd suggest
eBay - and be sure to point out that few of them survive today. Get some
GOOD, well-lit pictures of it - that makes a difference, believe me, and I'd
let the auction run for two weeks, to give collectors a better chance to find it. One thing's for certain, not many '70-1/2 Falcons are seen on eBay.