That is a very fair and legit statement mustie. I have come to learn that I had my best car learning experiences by cracking a few knuckles and burning a few hairs....lol
By the way mustie...I hope you are doing well. We haven't seen many videos lately from you and was hoping you were well and we're just taking a break for a few. Best wishes to you my friend.
Hi mustie, I`m now nearly 71 and had great life messing with things that go bang if you put petrol (gas) or diesel in it and a few sparks. Look at a man's hands to tell if he`s talking crap or talking some sense. LOL. I still love watching both you and Johnathon `s videos - I`m still learning even at my age, and the joy of first starts comes across in any language - All you guys doing videos don't stop, please. Thanks, Ian. UK
Mustie1 isn’t that the truth! No matter how old you are, or experience you have, you never stop learning. I been watching you for a couple of years now, and only just discovered Jonathan’s channel, I’m a fairly competent mechanic, but you two have taught me a lot.....
A convicts dream would be to take care of a wreck like this, but we who are free are just to fat and happy. It's amazing how beautiful a car like this can look in the hands of a man with vision and determination.Not me though. I also have a couple of wrecks that I just can't part with.
For this car to be as old as it is & to have been sitting for so long gotta admit it sounded pretty good......nice to see people getting these old cars running again instead of sending them to the crusher......especially cars that are in as good of shape as this one is...love to see someone get this old car back on the road again....
I drive a 77 GMC. I bought it for scrap . Built one carb from three, fixed the timing and drove it home that morning. Drove her to work Monday morning . After ten years in the woods sitting, she was like breaking a wild horse. 😂😂 Best purchase I ever made!! Six years ago and runs like new. $450. You are a master at this !! Thank You for the Great videos Sir!!!! 😁
Cranki Nothing like the gentleman here!! I'm learning a ton !! But around here a lot of old has rusted away or been scrapped. I would like another one to mess with.
@@kevintomes3786 , if you are interested, I have a 59 Chevy truck that I want to sell. You can find the information about it on Craigslist under 1959 Chevy Viking.
I appreciate you being so helpful while working on this old girl. Being 15 and not the best when it comes to anything more complicated then pulling off and replacing. Appreciate it because I like older vehicles and instead of buying a 2007 civic I chose to get a 70 Ford F-250 project. Cheers
gotta love the throw away world , take a wheel cylinder for instance , whole cylinder $10 , rebuild kit $20 , no joke I priced kits a few week back lol
You fix is still available.We fixed our flat screen, took a card out and mailed it to a guy in New Mexico and fixed it pretty cheap. We also fixed our Lazy Boy recliner, which had a couple of broken parts for less than $100. But some things are just so cheap at Walmart that you end up throwing away. I have a garage full of shit..
God its ashame we dont live closer together we think just alike. And love a lot of the same things. My older friends who u remind me of are all long gone and i miss the good ol days working on old iron. I will continue to watch all your videos over and over. Love them all keep on keeping on good man
Just a Ford lover and also a collector. Watching these videos is good for my self-esteem. Because oftentimes we don't really get to enjoy the vehicles. That we used too own.
What a cool car, Jonathan. Will make a nice driver or is certainly worthy of a full restoration. I love seeing your first start videos. There is something so satisfying about seeing a long forgotten machine run again with minimal effort and expense. Keep doing what you’re doing and we’ll keep watching!
yes before the 80,s and inbuilt obsolescence and throwaway parts and cars ! These old cars stand as testimony to engineering beauty and resilience ! We need to get back to this and away from these damed dangerous electical cars that catch fire while you are driving down the road with the family and dog in the back ! With doors auto locking and not allowing you to get out as said fire develops to a point that no fire truck can put out as lithium fires indeed do not go out with standardised fire fighting techniques which are functional on petrol based cars !
That old 500 would be a good daily driver. And dumping gas in the carb while it’s running, shoot! I do it all the time. I like what you do,thanks for resurrecting these old vehicles.
The winding mechanism in the clock is stripped. The gold ornament is on the roof of every 59 Ford Galaxie model to cover a leaded joint in the roof. 59 Ford owner since 1960
I am a Chevy guy but when I was a lot younger I remember one of my brothers was pretty much a Ford man and I remember him owning quite a few of those Fords I really loved that make and model but I was way too young back then. I am sixty one now and I would love to own one of those old Fords.Such a cool car.For some reason I was always into the 64 model year for some reason. I have only one brother left out of the seven of us and he was never really a car guy like my other five brothers. I really miss them and the times we would work on those late fifties and mid sixty model of cars.They cars were just so simple to work on back in those days.Thank you for letting me in joy the video. I have watched a few other people videos and I also in joyed watching them too.
My favorite was the 1960 Lincoln and the 1957 Mercury Turnpike Crusier. That's a very nice Ford and would look great with a pair of 1957 Mercury fender skirts on it.
Jonathan, grew up next to a junkyard, and we siphoned gas with hoses, started those old cars without hoses hooked up, done everything the way you do. Im 65 yrs old and still buy junk cars and trucks now there barn finds and rescues, nothing diferent except a 59 ford could be bought for 50 dollars back then now they are worth quite abit more. NICE 59er, sounds good1
Ha! "I needed a haircut anyway" I love it! Great videos and educational for the younger crowd. Thanks! I remember the ads in 1959 describing the 59 Ford as "the world's most beautifully proportioned car" My Dad had one..
johathan i am an old man,live in albemarle n.c. built cars myself,started with nothing myself,thats makes me enjoy your post so much i can tell you have a very good heart how you love your family and frinds and animals i envy your age keep it up forget the bull shit people talk about i have always dont care what other people think i am looking forward to your futher vidios god bless Ron
One of the best straight-forword explainations of points I've heard Jon, I'd love it if you shared more of your little tricks and tips like you did here like shorting the points to see if there's spark that's helpful. Yeah people worry so much about lack of coolant, those giant cast iron blocks take a lot to get hot. My 55' Ford Fairlane takes about 20 minutes to get to operation temperature on a cool day, while driving down the road even.
Brought some great memories back, I'm 70 now but back in the day that was one fine auto!! I drove mine every where and yes the points went out right in front of the 302 operators union hall so in desperation I used my needle nose and bent the points arm and adjusted the points where the arm would make just contact..... it fired right back up and run great so I got new points/condenser to put in but it was raining out and no garage so I just kept driving it and kinda forgot about it but going to work one cold morning that fix of mine quit. LOL that arm was almost gone as it was burning it up every time it made contact. That my friend is a true story Years after I parked it, I got married and had a 63 1/2 galaxy and she wrecked it body wise so I took the body off the 59 and put it on the 63 frame and it was not a bad fit as the body mount moved easy enough but the brake lines were a lot of fun. I used the newer interior, buckets, console, 4 speed, steering column...ect and got her back on the road for another ten years. Oh I also got a divorce over her shit driving and running around on me. No worries as it was for the best. The next marriage lasted 37 years... I lost that one to cancer :( but life goes on as I never married again. Still miss the last one.
Thanks for all of your Cool videos Jonathon. I really like the way you explain the way you do things your so cool. Keep the videos. Coming. I wish I could speak to you in person like I said I think your a great person
My first car was a 59 convertible. White with black top and blue interior. That was in 1965. It was already close to the end of its life. 6 short years. After 4 months of agony I traded it for a top of the line 61 Pontiac Bonneville 2 dr hard top. I still have the hood badge from that old Ford. Yesterday I had to change a flat tire and used a lug wrench I bought new for $1.50 in 1964. I have carried it in every car since then. I will always have fond memories of that 59 ragtop.
you are very fortunate to have such old timer knowledge at your age. Love these old classics and am glad you saw fit to share it with us. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Have thoroughly enjoyed watching you tinker with this car. Really gonna make a sweet driver. Still can't believe how solid she is. Those old 352's are almost bulletproof. I really got tickled when you were talkin about the backfires. I guess some people don't understand " downhome mechanikin". Nice video man!
Dann the old girl was want to run! Broke plug wire and not running since 77 and then fire off like that, WOW !!! It just might make it to KC if I hold my mouth just right. Great find Jonathan!
G'Day, in the late sixties, my father was a truck driver and drove a (petrol) gasoline truck. A neighbour was always stealing petrol (gas) from it. My father got a new diesel truck, the neighbour only stole fuel once more. Syphone hoses were credit cards everywhere, even before credit cards existed.
In the mid 70's my boss's father in law, who lived next door to his body shop, came in every day & told everyone how great his gas mileage was in his new VW, after listening to this for about two weeks, everyone couldn't take it anymore, so Bud would sneak into his garage every night & add more gas to the vw, pretty soon the car didn't use any gas at all, the gauge never went down. Bud kept this up for two weeks, you should of heard his father in law's stories then................course no one believed him & when it started using gas again, the stories quit..............it was a riot.......
That's Ol" Waylon Wire with the barbed wire plug wires on his old rat rod "Rockabilly". He's putting together his new rat rod truck now to hold that big GMC V-12. I can't wait to see it done. I love watchin you, and Mr. Ken's projects come together!
@@timothynewkirk2654 oh crap. I am in beechmont and anderson. It's great to see a fellow ford enthusiast so close. We are ford all the way . We have a restored 56 thunderbird, 69 Mach 1, 51 ford choptop, 64 Galaxie convertible, 56 victoria, 48 coupe we are making a street rod with, and 65 mustang fastback. This 57 is beautiful as is and I would love to add it to our stash! 😆
You're So Right, Jonathan on People Worry to Damn Much. IF they could see what we used to do with these old car's and How we used to run 'em. Well, they would just shit them self's💩"👀" he-he. I had a '59 T-Bird bit I don't remember the exact HP of it now. These old hoods made Cool 'ol sleds🛷to pull though the fields around the farm👍🏼
I had a 71 fairlane in the 80s, broke the throttle cable. Tied my shoelaces up to carby through the firewall and pulled the car home by hand throttle. Good times
Ford Galaxy sitting there many years hope you get car running engine good condition new tires car wash no brakes awesome video keep up the good job friend bless you
Another good one...from what l'm seeing - all it's gonna take is a few dollars (that someone would have to spend anyway on whatever they were driving) & a little bit of time...oil pan hump's at the front - if it'll drop & slide out, be good to see what that sump screen looks like...can't believe that po' o' clock's trying to make time... this car's trying to do right by you Jonathan...l think it was glad to see you coming in the red truck
Jonathan W though you have said "I'm not a Ford guy" I think you might be getting attached to this old beauty. It loves you. Started up pretty quick for you. Haha. And a guy can always use a shave and haircut by fire.😆
Sounds good. Some marvel mystery oil will probably cleanup and quieten those lifters. A little work to make it a driving car would get you more money and make it easier to sell
Jonathan this is a beautiful 500 just as is! I wouldn't restore anything on it.....just do what needs to be done to make it road reliable and safe. I would love to see you keep it because it would make a great video series for your channel and you actually appreciate cars like this as we do. I would rather see you keep it but I am a classic ford collector here in cincinnati and if you made up your mind to sell it do you have a price in mind? Thank you for another great video and I wish you and your family all the best during the holidays!
Tranny fluid or Marvel Mystery Oil or ... I have used LUCAS OIL TREATMENT ... A LOT ! I SWEAR by that stuff. Have saved a few valve train rebuilds with it ! Believe it or not. I have a Chevy S-10 that had noisy lifters when I bought it 6 years ago. I add the Lucas right in the GAS and the Oil. Within a 50 mile run the lifters were as quiet as NEW ! I've put at least 30,000 on it and no more lifter noise ! I add 2 ounces every oil change. GREAT STUFF ! And I'm NOT much for the "mechanic in a can" stuff either, but I make sure I always have some LUCAS on hand ... always !
God i would love to hang out with you. When I was a little kid my older brother was was A 352 king. I learned about points, timing etc. Best time of my life you are just like him. Now I'm 65. And building a 47 Chevy truck
Superb !!! Love this tremendously. I remember very well when my father had this same 1959 Ford, when I was about 7 years old. It was a peach color and white top. Awesome car. Thank you for sharing this.
Oh yeah,,, Nothing like the Taste of Gas,, and the smell of burnt Hair... lol Been there,, done that...More times than I can remember..... And you ain't kidding when you said, "Everything today is Throw Away"... Went to the parts store just here recently looking for Wiper blade refills.... NOPE, You got to buy the complete Wiper..Don't carry just the rubber anymore..REALLY ??? Ain't nothing wrong with my old wiper or arm,, just needed new rubber....Talk about wasteful spending.... Now these....Love these old simple setups under the hood...No EFI, No Electronic Ignition, No Stupid sensors and wires everywhere, No Multiple Coils, or MILES of Vacuum Hoses all over....Just keep a spare, set of points, Spark Plug and an Extra Wire, a spare Fanbelt, a roll of Black Tape, maybe an extra Quart of Oil and a handfull of tools... Heck,, you can pretty much get her back home.... It's getting to the point, where you can't even work on vehicles today, without having to use Special tools and/or equipment... Just imagine what it's going to be like working on vehicles 60 years into the future... Well,, You and I won't be around then to see it, 'Cause we're both Old...lol Gasoline fueled Autos might be a by-gone thing of the past by then....
make it drive able J.W. I KNOW you have to many projects .but you can do it justice .have a not a rat rod build.i would to put some cash into it.and im sure there lots of good people that will fund the build wright people.just a few bucks from us yuoutubers can make it happen (WITH YOUR HELP AND GUIDANCE J.W)PLEASE
That dent in the rear, it's amazing how it didn't rust over the years! Now a days if you scrape the chrome off just a little bit on a bumper hitting something, the bumper starts to rust like crazy. This car looks amazing and great first start video!
Not only did you get it to run but it tried to move with flat tires. With all of the chrome and stainless being intact on this car that's what really makes it look nice. Dad kept some old transil oil around just to make sure he cleaned the sludge out of an engine. You do great on all of your first start videos always like to see an old engine brought back to life.
sea foam will clean it out and most likely free up the lifters. but i would wait until after you get it running good. and i was about to say your gap was to big.
1959 ford won best car of the year for ford custom. My dad bought one for my mom. White ford 4 door custom with blue interior. 6 cylinder standard with three on the tree (3 gears on the steering column). My twin brother and I learned how to drive at 13 years old driving it up and down the lane way that ran behind our street that our garage was on in high park area of Toronto. wow....this brings back memories..... Thanx for posting....you da man. Dad sold it to me when I was old enough to get a license. Loved that car. Tranny went out of it in 67. Body was still in good shape but had bought a 56 T- bird that I was fixen’ up....was too cool .....so I scrapped it, the ford custom, and let her go.
mick Jagr oh you mean the rich guy who will take it to a garage, have them restore it, and use their talents to go win car shows acting like he did it? Those rich guys? Lol
I seen a comment on a post here the other day was a comment on a straight 6 cylinder and they called it a antique and i know iam old but it aint been that long! Best dam motors ever!:)
@@jonathanw4942 I just want to say thanks to you for the great video content you provide us. At the end of the day you are an honest, fair, and good hearted good ole' boy who loves classic cars.....all are traits I respect....lol. when you talk it reminds me that their are still good people out there who still live by the principles I was taught and grew up with. I wish you nothing but continued success at all you do and the best to your entire family! Take care Jonathan.
I'm thinkin' here that cleaned up nice and all tuned up with new brakes and tires you might just have something worth while. Since the body's so sound and it's so complete that might compensate for being the ugliest Ford ever built. All that being said if you were to do it up right back to pink and everything your wife would be the envy of every young Lady at the grocery store. That trunk is big enough to carry groceries for a whole passel of hungry young men. It looks like a hit from here. 2 thumbs up !
@@timothynewkirk2654 amen! That screams style! That's when a ford had personality and class. Now cars are just cookie cutters of each other. Remember a time when you could have a car coming towards you at night and you knew what it was before it got to you just by the headlights??? Good luck doing that now.....😕
We grew up riding in the back windows climbing over the seats drinking out of garden hoses rode bicycles with out pads and helmets and now there scared of everything nice video
I appreciate that you took the time to explainabout the points. There's been a couple generations now that may not ever have learned about them. Same goes for carburetors. There's folks that are afraid of that old technology because they never learned about how simple it really is compared to electronic ignition or fool infection.
