1959 Ford Fairlane back in 50s and 60s they make these vehicles anymore engine haul butt new paint job windshield tires good mechanic run like new again from dealership awesome video bless you happy holidays
The 59 Ford two door hard top Was my first car. Solid white , red and black interior. With the late model 352 automatic transmission. It does it bring back memories.
This brought back some good memories. When I was sixteen I bought a 59 Ford Fairlane 2 door post and it had a 292 with a speed on the tree. Sure wish I still had it. Thank you for rescuing this one. By the way that tank does mount there.
Love that car. Being a 2dr sedan makes even worth more and rare. Did my drivers test in March 1962 in 59 Galaxie town sedan. I ended up with it in 1984 and had it untill 2000. 332 v8 w cruiseomatic ps and pb. Dark green white top. Last known was at Country classics in Staunton Il. Miss that car.
Man, that is a cool car. Great find. And just a year older than me! When I saw '59, I thought Y-block, but no! Really looking forward to the first start. Thanks.
Well I had the same 59 FORD. Paid 151 dollars and 71 cents. That was the cost for a engine rebuilt kit and gaskets. The guy wanted to pay the parts store bill off. That is a great barn find. THANKS
Now that's what I call a real barn find! I haven't seen a more solid, untouched 60 years old car ever. Thanks for bringing this one to us, JW. It'll be nice to hear it run again.
I was born in 59. I have my parents 58 Cadillac they bought in 1960. I grew up with this car. Life long southern California car. Has no rust . I drive it regularly for all my around town errands. Extremely original car, including power train. 365 engine. Hope this one turns out ok for you.
Awesome find! Love your content and other guys preserving our classics! I have a '70 Malibu original paint/everything..350/TH350, A/C one owner got it out of an estate sale 12 years ago in sun city 92 year old lady had passed on, bought it new.Paint shows beautifully! Keep up the awesome work!
My first car was a 65 Fairlane 500 convertible. Man did I ever love that car. Stayed with Fords ever since. My everyday ride now is an 87 Lincoln Continental Town car.
When I was growing up in Atlanta a neighbor owned a late 50's Galaxie 500 with the power folding convertible to hardtop option housed in the trunk. It was wild to see it it operate.
@@19fortynine10 Nixon, who was VP at the time, took a '58 retractable hardtop to the USSR and presented it to Kruschev. The US had a show of our machinery, appliances, etc. in Moscow then.
My great uncle recently gave me a 59 galaxy 500 4 door, I was about to say your fairlane looks just like my galaxy same color too. Thank you for clearing that up. Wish I could show you some pics. I’m jealous though, yours is in WAY better shape!
I bought a 59 Fairlane 500 Galaxy for $500 in 2002 only had 43k miles solid white with red interior and a 312cc also had the makeshift oil squirters plumed through the valve cover gasket for rocker shaft oiling. I miss that car So much.
Yessiree, I remember when all cars were that size. I love the old iron to tinker with and drive on sunday and holidays . But hard to beat the dependability of todays cars, and ease of maintenance. Just gas and an oil change every 10,000 or so and drive
Good find indeed! Two doors are getting scarce. I've owned one for several years now and it receives lots of thumbs up while crusin'. Hope to get rid of the road draft tube and go to a pcv system to make it burn cleaner. It averages about 12 mpg, but it's worth it!
That's a solid car for sure. Well worth restoring. There are 2 1963 Galaxy's here. My friend at the garage has one, and the other is at Wragby. I've shown both, Wragby shows 2016 and 2018. Think there is also another in Lincolnshire.
That really is a solid Ford Fairlane Galaxy 500. The condition it's in is actually great for an original barn/shed find. Definitely worth no less than $5,000 as it sits.
My favorite mid century American car. Dad had one for a while.. 2 door, white.. It had the extra ‘chrome’ triangular block in the rear window that was a lead-in trim for the wide C pillar trim.
Boy has that car come a long way back, at least it was under cover its lot better looking & running now. To bad it wasn't painted but I see what your saying you'd never get back what you got into it now either I hope get a good price for it you put lot work into it all your videos prove that.
Jonathan - steering “...not as bad as the rat-rod...” 🤣🤣🤣 I don’t know how you stopped yourself laughing when you said that! Can’t wait for the first start... It really is something to behold to see the condition of much of the body, especially structure (e.g. trunk), the frame & especially that motor!
These '58 and 59' Fairlanes were beautiful cars back then, as kids we tried to see who among us could see the most brand new cars on the road when each new year's production came out. I always won, because the Ford dealer was right next door to my school and that where I'd spend a lot time,...no, in the dealer's yard , not school.
nice solid old car. Who ever restores it is starting with a great find. All pieces there. Most expensive part is replacing missing parts and time to track them down. Course that is some of the fun. My Dad had a 58 with the 352 and automatic, old police car. ran great, but only got 8 miles to the gallon. You need a new windshield wiper on the tow truck ( I think)
Lotta guys on here commenting that they had a car like this so let say that I had a 59 Fairlane 4dr in my senior year in HS. It was red and white with small v8. The cook where I worked after school had the exact car you have here. Even same color. I bought mine in April of 1964 for $1000. . I earned my own money for it @ $0.90 an hr lol. How much does a 5 year old ford cost today and could a 16 yo kid afford it working at a min. wage job today ?
I’d almost forgotten the layer of sludge in pretty much all engines from the 70s back. Quaker State and Penzoil did seem to be the worst! I stripped a relic from my core collection and was reminded of how nasty engines were before good quality detergent oil. No detergent oil doesn’t “clean” anything, it just keeps the particulates in suspension so that when you did your 2000 mile oil changes, you were able to drain most of the sludge with the oil. Most cars had an oil filter as an option, and the bypass flow types only ran about 10% of the oil through the filter. The sludge gradually separated out and settled in all the low spots. The sludge was lots of burnt or partially burnt hydrocarbons and lead, the grey appearance is from the lead, the black nasty stuff mostly carbon! Use gloves when you are cleaning up the mess.
She may not be perfect but finding one that complete and unrestored is VERY rare. Excellent find! Can’t wait for the first start video. Also, it looks like it’s time for some new windshield wiper blades on your rollback. Looks like the drivers side one is peeling.
It looks to be a very early 70's air cleaner housing. The engine does look like it was originally Ford Blue... from the video anyway... so I would guess 66 or newer... maybe even very early 70's also. Still a really cool solid old Ford Galaxy worth restoring!!!
Sweet find! The 60 Fairlane was my favorite back then. Agree with the others tho, that’s not the original engine. Still, I’d take it! Yep, there were little circular gun sight things that stuck up from those chrome fender pieces.
