The oldest year-round daily driver in my little city:
Not quite as old as I thought at first, it looks to be a 1968 to 1970 model, if Google images is any help.
AND it's a 3-pedal, base model special! Dog dish hubcaps, shifter on the tree.
As much as I like seeing it tooling slowly around town (it's always going slowly when I see it), I had the displeasure of biking behind it one day, and oh man, the fumes! Made me appreciate modern emissions controls.
Fuel economy?
I'm not sure what engines were available in 1968-70, but according to Wiki, Ford marketed two "Mileagemaker" inline 6-cylinders in the previous generation Falcons.
Quote:
Ford boasted of the good fuel economy achieved by the six-cylinder Ford Falcon models in advertising. The fuel economy was good, a claimed 30 mpg‑US (7.8 L/100 km; 36 mpg‑imp),[10] compared to other American cars at the time.
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Ford also promoted that in a Mobilgas economy run, the Falcon got 32.5mpg.[12]
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Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F...(North_America)
There are a half dozen 60's Falcons on Fuelly, averaging 15-18 mpg US.