No American-built Falcons were built with the 271hp 289 Hi-Po engine, Top Loader four-speed gearbox, and Traction Lok–equipped 9-inch rear axle, and the K-code packagewas never officially available with it north of the border.
As with other factory high-performance packages of the day, the intent was to make the car legal in NHRA Stock Eliminator racing. Problem was, only seven of the cars were built by Ford at the Oakville, Ontario, assembly plant.
NHRA demanded at least 50 to qualify for a Stock Eliminator class. As a result, they were relegated to the Factory Experimental (FX) class.
And now you know what a legit Factory Experimental Falcon looks like... and Ford only gave them the worst warranty I've heard of lately 90 days/4,000 miles.
The neighborhood kid who admired it every day on the way to school followed its dragstrip exploits,
watched it drive around his hometown, and saw a succession of his friends trade ownership. Although the car stayed local for a while, it eventually moved away. But not too far, and he recognized it immediately when it popped up in a local trader publication in 2003.
He has accumulated copious documentation on the car, including photos and a letter from NHRA indicating the low production excluded the car from Stock Eliminator classes, and, curiously, a copy of the original dealer invoice, which was shown in the Jan. 2002 issue of Muscle Car Review Magazine. It was part of a story on another of the seven don’t-call-it-a-K-Code Hi-Po Falcons.
After the restoration was complete, Teacher’s Pet was displayed at the 2008 Speed-O-Rama in Toronto, as well as the Toronto Performance World Car Show, where Brouwer reunited it with Thompson for the first time in decades.
“It was a great moment,” he says. “And after the show, I took the car over to Graeme’s house. He still lived in the same one I walked by more than 40 years earlier. He and his son took the car out for a few blasts down the street. It was just like 1967 again.”
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/ultrarare-canadian-1965-ford-falcon-hi-po/
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