This is a good study of what Ford did to Prep the First year Falcons to race with their new 144 Cu. In. Inline Six back in the 1960 & 1961 race season. In my above posts there’s already the links to the old magazine articles that go into good detail of how the 144 Six engine's were built back in mid to late 1959. This story with its pictures that I just found while working to get my old computer running this week for getting it ready for the newer operating software I need to download (that part was a total failure since my hardware is going to need to be up graded with something newer, but at least I found this story in its files.) It show's how the stock Falcon chassis and body were modded for that race series. Enjoy!
In 1960 Ford had built several Falcon's to compete in the new "Compact Car Series" races, below is the story showing how Holman Moody Prepped these Falcon Race Car's Part's 1 and 2 with lots of pictures. This is actually a continuation car that the Holman & Moody Shop Employees built to Show and Display representing one of these 1960 and 1961 Ford Falcons race cars that they had once built its is very close recreation of the original "The North Carolina Falcon" display car for that race series. The specs of Body and Chassis appear to be a match just like what those cars were with back then, with the exception that the original car would of had a smaller 1960 144 Cu. In. Six with a 2.77 3 speed trans and a stock 7 1/4 inch rear axle. This car was built in 2006 and this info and the below pictures are from this cars sale listing that I think I found back around April 10, 2014. EDITED
1960 Ford Falcon Base Model prepped by Holman & Moody "The North Carolina Falcon" powered by a Ford Falcon Six with 3 X 1V Carbs 4 Speed and a Full Rally Suspension
In 1960 Holman & Moody was given 4 Falcons and money from Ford to create cars to be run in the Compact Car series put on by Bill France and others. The first race was at Denver, a 6 hour endurance event at Continental Divide Raceway. Then, 4 weeks later it moved to Sebring for a 2 hour race for compacts just before the Grand Prix Main Event on Sunday. Bill France had several races in January,1960 at Daytona International Speedway that were televised by CBS. These races were run by Corvair's, Falcon's, Rambler's, Volvo's, Lark's, Jag's, Valiant's and several others. The drivers were some of the better drivers from that era being, Glen (Fireball) Roberts, Curtis Turner, Art Riley, and Pedro Rodriguez to name a few. The series was run for 2 years-1960 and 61 and then went away.
One of the cars built by H&M was a display car known as "The North Carolina Falcon" as seen in March 1960 Hot Rod Magazine. This magazine also had an article about the Compact car race in Sebring before the Grand Prix race. Several of Holman & Moody employees were intrigued by this car when pictures of it were found in the H&M library by Charles Farr. With permission from H&M, President Lee Holman, it was decided to recreate this car so a search for information was started. Several of the old H&M employees were located and they were drilled for information along with articles and pictures that could be found. It was also learned that this car was to be a test bed for the Rally Falcons that were to be built later. This car was built in 2006 and used as a show car and cruiser for several years. It was then stored away until last month when brought out and serviced.
It has a Ford 200 CI, with 3X 1V carbs, and a Dagenham 4-speed. When this project was started it took several years to find the correct donor car an early 1960 Falcon with no rust. It was located in a garage in Locust NC about 30 miles from the shop. It was stripped to the bare metal and primed. then painted with enamel paint as it would have been in 1960. All the changes that H&M would have made on the car were also added to include boxed suspension, bigger sway bars, traction bars, larger wheels and brakes along with frame rails.
The car will be sold with a clear NC title in my name, along with a BILL OF SALE from Holman & Moody, and a letter on H&M Stationary of Authenticity. This letter states that this is the only continuation car "The North Carolina Falcon" that will be allowed to be constructed.
The car is in excellent shape and has been driven over 3000 mile since it was constructed with no issues. The engine and transmission were rebuilt along with all suspension to include steering box brakes and rear end. There was no rust in this car and it was always garaged before and after construction. It has the original floors and trunk along with original sheet metal.
This vehicle would make an excellent display piece for a museum that wanted to show the compact series that was run in the early 1960's or a cruiser. There will not be another one produced by Holman & Moody. See the blow pictures 1960 Falcon Holman & Moody Prepped 1 to 20