Junkyard Find: 1970 Ford Falcon Futura Sedan

by Murilee Martin

March 10th, 2011 1:47 AM

junkyard find 1970 ford falcon futura sedan

We often forget that Ford made the Falcon until 1970. That’s in North America; you could buy a new Falcon— based on the original 1960 version— in Argentina until 1991, and Australians can still buy Falcons today. The shortened-Fairlane-based 1966-70 Falcon tends to get overlooked, unless you live in East Oakland, so it took me a second to figure out what I was looking at when I spotted this one in my local self-serve wrecking yard.

For a moment, I thought it was some sort of AMC product, but the Mustang-esque long hood/short trunk gave it away as a Ford. This is actually a very rare car; Ford made the Falcon name a trim level for the ’70 Fairlane and designated it a 1970-1/2 model year car (no doubt to avoid marketing confusion while FoMoCo pitched the new-ish Maverick). Some 1969 Falcons were sold as 1970 models, and that’s what we’re looking at here.

Does that rarity make it valuable? Well, no. The surprise is that a four-door, six-cylinder ’69/’70 Falcon evaded The Crusher as long as this one did. Still, I estimate that there are 10,000 1970 Mustangs for every 1970 Falcon still extant, so it would be nice if more of them could survive.

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Dusterdude on Apr 05, 2021

My driving school instructor had one of these , I believe a 1975 Maverick ? I took my lessons in 1980 - what I remember is that it was a boring car compared to my dads car at the time ( a 68 Newport) . The maverick had standard steering ( only car I drive without power steering ! )

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Laszlo on Feb 06, 2023

I own a 1969 falcon futura 4 door hardtop, original inline 6 and c4 transmission and it still runs to this day.

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