While I was living in Encinitas California I came across this car, a 1961 ford falcon, it was a dream car more or less. I always had an appreciation for those older fords from the early 60’s. The round curves and the simplistic design . I could look under the hood and actually understand what I was looking at when I saw the engine. It didn’t have the clutter and chaos that later cars were inherently shrouded in .
My wife and I had an anniversary coming up and she too shared the appreciation so we decided that we should by the Falcon for each other for our anniversary. It wasn’t expensive, and actually I thought it was a steal at the 1200 dollar price tag. The body was in great shape with no rust, the tags were current and it had a great painting on the hood in the style of Rat Fink. And aptly so the car itself had been christened with the name “Drag Rat.” So we dropped in and began the joy of cruising the beach town with the windows down and arms out the window. Only one hand on the wheel of course. It felt like we were doing something just by going out and driving it. In this shot our longtime friends Cassie Dunaway and film maker , Justin Hostynek , was visiting and we took them on a drive down the PCH right by the surf spot , Swamis. Our other long time canine friend, Waxer is chilling obliviously in the back. Our newborn girl , Flora is also obliviously sitting backwards in the middle like all babies do. After taking this shot , Justin liked it so much that he used it as part of the box layout for his following film, More.
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