The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1963 Page: 4 of 4
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THE HEDBIRD
February 22, 1963
FALCON IS 'NEVK KING M THE MOUNTAINS"
IN TOUGHEST 2,500-MllE MONTE CARLO RAU.YE
Special edition Falcon V-8 "Sprint"
defeats the world's best in final
490-mile test section on icy
Alpine cliff roads ... then
outperforms every sedan on
famous Monaco circuit!
Falcon picked the world's roughest winter ordeal
to reveal an astonishing new brand of total per-
formance. Four days and three nights through an
inferno of ice, snow, freezing fog, endless curves
— 2,500 miles against an implacable time schedule,
designed to try a car's reliability, road-holding
and performance to the ultimate. Experts said a
first-time Car couldn't hope to finish—and two
thirds of the 296 competitors did drop out. But
Falcon not only placed first and second in its
class, it defeated every car, regardless of class, on
the brutal Chambery-Monte Carlo final leg, set
best time among all finishers in all of the six
special test sections — and showed its heels to
every sedan in the dramatic three-lap elimination
on Monaco's famous round-the-houses course.
You couldn't get better proof of total performance
anywhere!
*You can read the dramatic report of the world's
most rugged winter Rallye in Sports lllustrated's
February 4 issue. And you can get the full story of
this and Ford's other total performance accom-
plishments from your Ford Dealer.
DEEP SNOW on the Col de Turini special section didn't
even slow the "Sprint." And sure-footed Falcon also
amazed the Rallye experts by its traction on glare ice.
STORMING ALONG IN THE FRENCH DUSK, a Falcon
plunges into the third night behind the special lights that
let a Rallye driver see around curves, spot patches of ice.
penetrate fog.
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FALCONS TOOK CURVES LIKE THESE—hundreds upon hundreds of them—and proved that road-
holding is not a European monopoly. In fact, Sports Illustrated magazine called them "the new
kings of the mountains" and quoted a London newspaper as declaring, "The Falcons are part of
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"LACETS" is French for zigzags like these.
It means "bootlaces", but to Rallye drivers
it means an ultimate test of steering,
stability, brakes and, above all, durability.
BEST OF ALL "TOURING" CATEGORY CARS in the three-lap
Monaco circuit was the Falcon piloted by Swedish ice expert Bo
Ljungfeldt. It was surpassed by only three cars, all of them two-
seater sports cars in the Grand Touring category.
America’s liveliest,
most care-free cars!
FALCON • FAIRLANE • FOftD • THUNDERBIRD
FOR 60 YEARS THE SYMBOL OF
DEPENDABLE PRODUCTS
MOTOR COMPANY
IF IT S FORD-BUILT,
IT S BUILT FOR PERFORMANCE.. .TOTAL PERFORMANCE!
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du Perier, Mary Anne. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1963, newspaper, February 22, 1963; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499489/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.