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only 163 were still in the rally when the field struggled into Monaco—but they included all eight of the specially equipped Falcons that originally started!
Thiaeight-out-of-eight record was perhaps more remarkable than the fact that, despite a handicap formula that favored the smallest cars, a Falcon captured second place overall. One car can have luck . . . but eight have to have total performance. Because the Rallye samples every variety of weather and road conditions the continent can provide, and because it winds up on the most remote byways in the French Maritime Alps, it is a supreme test of all the car’s abilities. Falcon steering had to be flawless on glare ice above a 1,000foot drop. Those fabulous V-8’s had to run like dynamos. The final results in the Monte Carlo Rallye gave Falcon 2nd place overall, 1st in Class 8 of the Touring category, 1st and 2nd in Class 5 of the much tougher Grand Touring category, 1st and 2nd in the final three-lap test on the Monte Carlo circuit. The best finiah
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