Well, yeah... They weren't terribly dependable but that's no reason to go bustin' on 'um...

The counterpart over on the Ford side, the Falcon, wasn't all that dependable either...

Both did get better from the 1960 models...

Mine was a '66 and I had if for many years and had to tinker a little but nothing major but, then again, I only drove it about 500 miles a month...

B~