The Falcon Sprint was Ford’s small, sporty, V-8 powered precursor to the Mustang. This 347-packed street machine just turned 60, and it’s better than ever.

This 1963 Ford Falcon gasser proves that affordable nostalgia is still a thing in hot-rodding. Here’s the good and the bad before it hits Mecum in Orlando.

The Ford Falcon sold 417,174 units in its first year, a record broken by the 1965 Ford Mustang's 418,812 units and later by the 1978 Ford Fairmont's 422,690 units.