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Money No Object: This 1970.5 Ford Falcon 429 4-speed Was Ford’s Secret Monster!


Money No Object: This 1970.5 Ford Falcon 429 4-speed Was Ford’s Secret Monster!

As we are to understand it, for 1970, Ford was going to go through a large shift in their car department: the Falcon as it was known was going to be replaced by the Ford Maverick, and the Torino was going to be the main name for the intermediate car, which had been the “Fairlane Torino” prior to, if you want to get really correct about things. Fairlane was going to be a model of Torino that would disappear after 1971, and just in case you were still following along…the small Falcon managed to continue through the first half of 1970, but was axed completely, and the Falcon name became the lowest trim level on the intermediate line: rubber floors, a two-door post model, and generally speaking, the lowest of the low-buck options.
falcon-2Except for one gigantic asterisk: you could get the 429 Cobra Jet or Super Cobra Jet in the otherwise stripper Falcon. This opened up the potential buyer’s world to parts-bin raiding that only the true enthusiast could dream up: the competition suspension, torque boxes, deep gear ratios (4.30!) and so on and so forth, in a featherweight Ford that came with rubber floors, bench seats, and steel wheels with dog dish caps. If the Cobra was an open dare in the parking lot at night, the “Mr. Hyde” Falcon was the epitome of Teddy Roosevelt’s “walk softly and carry a big stick” mantra. And it’d rock the unsuspecting who never, ever saw it coming.

falcon3This is the kind of Ford worth looking at a second mortgage for, and if you have the cash and the inclination, this particular yellow Falcon could be yours. Numbers matching or not, there’s a 429 under that hood that is only a few miles old, packing Keith Black pistons. There’s a bench seat and a four-speed box, fresh body panels to clean up rotted parts, and a Buy It Now price of $25,000. The black hood stripe isn’t original, but do you really care, or do you want to twist the key, stab the clutch, and make your own decision on how full of it Ford marketing execs were when they rated the car under 400 horsepower?

eBay Link: 1970.5 Ford Falcon

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6 thoughts on “Money No Object: This 1970.5 Ford Falcon 429 4-speed Was Ford’s Secret Monster!

  1. Lee

    The “N” in the VIN denotes that this car came with the low performance 429 Thunder Jet engine – a station wagon engine.

    Now . . . if it was a “C” then it would be a high performance 429 Cobra Jet. And the top of the line was a “J” for a 429 Cobra Jet Ram Air.

    The car is priced OK – I guess, but it will never be worth much more than the $25K

  2. crazy canuck

    Love these cars had one with a 351w c4 rotted away . the formal roof post looks better than the fast back any day

  3. Lynn Minthorne

    Regardless of Vin #s I would guess more like $40K for any kind of 429 / 4 speed combo. That is if you like yellow cars, NOT my cup of tea. Ford either.

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