We find Ford Country Squire station wagons all of the time; the late ’60s and early ’70s behemoths are popular right now. Ford Falcon Squires? Not so much so, they seem to be a lot rarer today and it’s unknown how popular they may be. So, with that thought, let’s check out this ’65 example and see what gives. This compact wagon is located in El Paso, Texas and is available, here on eBay for a BIN price of $7,500, There is a make an offer option too.

Ford had all the compact bases covered for ’65.  The Falcon underwent a beautification for the ’64 model year, losing its initial design frump, and offered, in addition to two-door hardtops/sedans and a four-door sedan, an entire range of people movers. Besides the Falcon Squire, there was a faux-woodless Futura wagon, a Falcon two-door wagon, and a series of Falcon vans such as the Club and Deluxe Club vans.

Speaking of faux wood, our subject car appears to have substituted its for a painted brown finish. That’s not so unusual as it’s a simple way to replace faded, bubbling, and self-removing veneer. Some of the veneer trim on the passenger side is missing too, though the body panels check out as OK. There’s no obvious sign of serious rust-through but the seller advises, “The rust I could find is on the left rear quarter and the door jams on the rear doors(right and left sides)where the wheel well meets the rocker, the left front torque box and frame rail also have rust.”  Note the wheels, they appear to be from a late ’60s Torino or Mustang.

Power is provided by a 200 gross HP, 289 CI “Challenger” V8 engine which is tethered to an automatic transmission. The seller advises, “This car has been a daily driver up until a couple of months ago when the engine tired out, the engine is making noise and is going to need to be rebuilt“. That sounds potentially ominous…Anyway, the car can apparently be driven up onto a trailer.

The interior is about what one would expect on a 57-year-old car that has experienced over 100K miles. The seating upholstery is actually in good nick with the backseat, typically, looking better than the front. The carpet is well ground down but the cargo area hasn’t taken too much abuse. The door panels aren’t great and note the inside of the front passenger side door – it’s a replacement as the top portion of it is finished in a mismatched shade of blue as opposed to a matching tan. As can be seen, there is an under-dash, working A/C unit – probably dealer installed.

This Falcon Squire is hard to place from a desirability or value perspective. The big wagons are a draw but we haven’t seen a lot of action on intermediates and considerably less on compacts. The aesthetics aren’t terrible in this case but that unknown engine issue is cause for concern. It’s tough to justify the asking price so maybe the make an offer option will help to get the job done; what do you think?