I was looking through some of the early issues of Canada Track & Traffic magazine when I saw a comparison road test between a 1960 Corvair and a 1960 Frontenac. The Ford Frontenac must be one of the more rare Ford cars. The origin of the Frontenac was the Ford Motor Company of Canada’s policy of providing their Ford dealers and the Mercury-Meteor dealers with the same type of products. Therefore when the 1960 Falcon appeared in Ford showrooms across Canada, their Mercury dealers needed a similar compact car and thus the appearance of the Frontenac.
The Ford Of Canada Frontenac
The Frontenac was only labelled as a Frontenac – not a Mercury and not a Meteor. Its grille had two sections with a chrome disc at the center that had a red maple leaf on it. A chrome dart on front fender also had a red maple leaf. Three chrome emblems, one over the other, were on the rear fenders. The chrome lock and handle on the trunk also included a red maple leaf. The wheel disc covers also had a red maple leaf on them.
1960 Frontenac
In addition, the Frontenac had smaller rear lights than the Falcon, but they appeared to be just as large when illuminated due to a wide multi- beveled rim reflecting the light from the protruding lens.
Frontenacs were available in 2 and 4-door sedans and 2 and 4-door station wagons. The Frontenac was mechanically the same as Falcon with the 90 horsepower 144 cubic inch inline 6-cylinder engine. The Frontenac, which was only available in Canada, sold well at a little over 8,400 units in 1960. This was more than the new Corvairs and the Valiants. Despite is popularity, Frontenac lasted only one year as in 1961, Mercury dealers got the Mercury Comet cars to sell as their compact car and thus the Frontenac was terminated.
Frontenac 2-Door Wagon
Canada Track & Traffic did a joint road test of a Frontenac along with a 1960 Corvair. I have included below the pages from Canada Track & Traffic from that road test that dealt with the Frontenac.
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Pages From Canada Track & Traffic
It is unlikely that there are many Frontenacs still left. I only remember seeing a few Frontenacs back in the day and the Canadian climate is not kind to cars in the long-term. It would be nice to see one of these unique Canadian cars.
If you have any comments or questions regarding the Frontenac cars or this post then please leave a comment below or you can send me a private email message at the following address: shanna12 at comcast dot net
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due to a low hp engine the car became a smoker and gained a poor rep…as did the twin falcon…falcon increased hp but frontenac did not….was the second car called frontenac….was one built in the 20s in east toronto and that plant became the hudson plant in the 40s,50s
I have a diamond 💎 of a Frontenac.
Hi Chris,
Could you send me some pictures and information about your Frontenac? My email is shanna12 at comcast dot net
Steve McKelvie