1970 1/2 Ford
Falcon
 This
is Lonnie Plank's 1970 1/2 Ford Falcon. When he bought this car just over 2
years ago, it was sold to him as a 1970 Torino. It was almost a year
later, with the help of the Ford company, that the cars true identity was
revealed.
Lonnie started researching the 1970 1/2 Falcon and found it to built on the
Torino/Fairlane body with Falcon markings. The biggest difference between
the two models is that the Falcons were a 2 door sedans (post sedan). Ford
produced just over 26,000 of this model Falcon, which included the 2-dr, 4-dr,
and station wagon variants. Most Falcons came with the standard 6
cylinder engine in keeping with the Falcon image. In addition to the
meager 6 cylinder, Ford also offered all of the Torino's power options
like the 429cj package.
 Lonnie's Falcon is
fitted the 351C 4V-V8, a real performer. Beefing up the stock power plant
are some aftermarket performance parts like a larger cam, roller rockers,
aluminum intake manifold, aluminum pulleys, performance water pump, and other
trick components.
Lonnie's favorite part of owning this car, is its rarity. It never fails
that someone will come up to him at a car show and say "Why have you put Falcon
emblems on a Torino?". Now you know better than to ask! CC
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