Falcon Club of America

MAKE PLANS

The National FCA Convention will be in Louisville KY. in 2012 and is the closest it has been to middle Tennessee in several years. This is a golden opportunity for many of us to go and if you have never been to one this is your opportunity to  see what it is all about and see some beautiful Falcons. 

Click on www.falconclub.com for details

Congratulations to Lamar Dixon, one of our members on his First Place Trophy at the 2011 National Convention for his 1964 Falcon Sedan. Lamar has driven his Falcon long distance to several national meets.

 Some of our members in the Tullahoma TN area experienced some major damage to building roofs and vehicles from 3" hailstones recently. Bruce Johnson had damage to his late model pickup truck but said his Sedan Delivery Falcon setting outside wasn't damaged at all!

Where There Is A Will There Is A Way

We were treated to a great time at our recent club meeting 

at the home of James and Pam Massingille. They were great hosts and we got to see James' collection of cars and projects. 

Anyone that knows James knows of his adventures with getting cars and other items across the country and getting them home. James could certainly write a book about some of his travels and the experiences he has had. 

One story I hadn't heard until our last meeting was when James decided on a Friday to go to a regional meet in Fort Worth Texas that weekend. So after work he and Pam load up in his Falcon wagon and start out after work Friday. In the wee hours James noticed the headlights seemed to be getting dimmer. At first he thought he was just tired and sleepy and that was the reason, but that wasn't the reason as the car quit running. Luckly they were coming upon  an exit and he rolled on the interstate ramp and across it to a service station he saw. All the lights were on but the station was closed. After popping the hood he saw the problem, a loose wire on the alternator. He quickly fixed this but still had a dead battery.  

Being the innovate guy James is he soon found an answer to his problem. There was a used car lot across the street and James had a set of jumper cables. They rolled the car across the street to the car lot, popped the hood on a pickup and jumped off the wagon, closed the hood on the truck and were on their way with possible security cameras recording the whole incident. 

This is just one of his minor experiences over the years and some of his major experiences could fill many pages and show more of his challenges and his ways to overcome them. 

Come to one of our club meetings and get him to tell you just one story, you will be amazed!

Christmas Day 2010

we lost a great club member

Bob Ferguson 

Tribute on 

Monthly Feature Page

Falcons lined up at the funeral home

to accompany Bob on his last road trip

Falcons at the cemetery

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Seen on the hood of a Falcon

during the Hot Rod Power Tour

stop in Bowling Green, KY

Lamar Dixon's nice 64  at

the Northside Church of Christ

car show

 Check Out 

Assembly Line Of Original Ford Plant 

http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=S4KrlMZpwCY

  SAFE AT THE PUMP??

Looking for gas  gasoline without ethanol? 

We know  ethanol creates potential 

problems for us with older automobiles.

For a listing of stations nationwide that sell 100% gasoline 

go to:

www.pure-gas.org

ETHANOL PROBLEMS

               POTENTIAL                  CORRECTIVE

                 PROBLEM                      ACTION

  Hagerty's, the collectable car insurance  people, 

have a lot of information about  gas/ethanol mixes 

and their usage in older cars at:

http://www.hagerty.com/ethanol

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