What car could this be

[Jack.s]

Hi I’ve been trying to work out what car this could possibly be. It is my grandads old car and sadly he’s not here for me to ask him. But have found these pictures of the car sorry they are not the greatest it’s a kit car he built in the 1960s. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Edmundo2]

Falcon Caribbean ?

[nicanary]

Edmundo2 said:

Falcon Caribbean ?

Agreed. Probably with Ford sidevalve mechanicals.

[StuntmanMike]

nicanary said:

Edmundo2 said:

Falcon Caribbean ?

Agreed. Probably with Ford sidevalve mechanicals.

That’s some old hardware! What sort of car was this? Small manufacturers using Ford engines, or kit car?

[nicanary]

StuntmanMike said:

That’s some old hardware! What sort of car was this? Small manufacturers using Ford engines, or kit car?

According to Wiki there were 2000 built! Falcon produced grp shells like so many other companies at that time, to fit mundane chassis/engines in order to produce a sporty-looking car even if it could barely crawl up the road. In effect a kit car, but the buyer had to mate it to the chassis himself. I think only the 515 model could be bought ready-built.

[RDMcG]

It was reputed to be falcon slow.

[hilly10]

There was one for sale on the ACA Auction last Sunday all be it for restoration.

[838HNK]

If you've got the reg we can go do some more research ... ??

[Jack.s]

Hi guys thanks so much means a lot to find out what it is I’ve been trying to identify it. Thanks and will let you guys know if I find the reg of it.

[Old Merc]

shame its a very poor image.



I found this to get the ball rolling.

[Old Merc]

I`m beginning to think its not a Falcon ??

[Lily the Pink]

Old Merc said:

I`m beginning to think its not a Falcon ??

Why not ? It looks very much like it to me. I was puzzling about the line of what might be considered a B pillar - maybe a soft-top frame ? But as the ads show it's pillarless, maybe the rear quarterlight rolls down into the rear wing and the original photo has it partly open.

(BTW, I do hope that's not the OP about to take a pee against his grandad's car )

[Scrump]

I too was thinking it may not be a Caribbean due to the differences in front quarter light window, the b pillar, the prominent door handle and the corner bumpers.
I then did a bit of research and found this picture of a 1964 mk4 falcon Caribbean which looks a lot closer:

[Jack.s]

That’s the other photo I’ve got but sorry it’s not great quality as I took the pictures off of an old cine film.

[AW111]

Scrump said:

I too was thinking it may not be a Caribbean due to the differences in front quarter light window, the b pillar, the prominent door handle and the corner bumpers.
I then did a bit of research and found this picture of a 1964 mk4 falcon Caribbean which looks a lot closer:

That's much closer.
At least it's got the chromed quarter window.