1959 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible Tri-Power in Sunset Glow & Ride My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

A beauty. What a stunning example of mid century, fine American car craftsmanship. Thanks a lot, Lou.

Now - that's my kind of car! Beautiful! My parents were Pontiac people from 1956 to 1971. Mostly Bonnevilles.

Ha ha. You nailed this one Lou. Six finned beauty from the year that produced the wildest body styles in American automobile history!👍😊

I'm a Ford guy, but this is a fine looking automobile from GM's Excitement Division!

Be still my beating heart ~ gorgeous car and color!

Ken has the best cars. I remember when I was a kid one of the teenagers had a Pontiac. Where it had the Pontiac name on the backend he changed to TOP CAT. Man we thought that was so Kool.

My goodness, it's just impeccable! Those wide track Bonnevilles have the perfect stance for cruising or just looking great standing still. And what a great day for a drive, too. Thanks for taking us along, Lou!

Holy crap it's magnificent great one to document.

Wow Lou another great unit from Mr. Nagal's collection. This car was made when I was a year old but growing up I remember seeing them around.The color the design the chrome in and out that carpet was just beyond words. All that chrome and those wings were just outstanding. That tri-power motor had a lot of power. Just a outstanding rag top car. Had some really awesome options on this unit too. That color was really pretty nice to see from a distance and that engine sound was so neat as that car has a lot of oomph! I rally enjoyed this video and I always enjoy Mr. Nagal's cars. He has a outstanding collection! Thanks for sharing Lou as I love Pontiac's!

Lou - I couldn't help but sit here in reverent silence witnessing this beautiful rocket ship design disguised as a car! Surely sunglasses are in order for sitting in the chromed dash of this ship's cockpit! And it's a convertible! WOWSAH!!!! We have a winner my friend! We really do!

Longer, Lower, Wider... I believe that's how the commercial went.. Was before my time. ;) Very nice car. That interior is wild. Thanks for sharing Lou.

Absolute breathtaking beauty from one end to the other!

Can a person really have too many fins? Not likely!! LOL What a nice Bonneville. GREAT VIDEO LOU.

Wow-what a stunning Bonneville. Ken sure has some beauties! Thanks for sharing!

Very rare car, you never see these. Thanks Lou for bringing it right into my dining room.

As one would expect from Ken, an absolutely top-notch example of this top-of-the-line model car. A convertible with tri-power, buckets, and all the power options. It's hard to beat. This was the first year of the signature Pontiac split grille that would go on to represent the marquis until it's demise. I heard that these early wide-track Pontiacs caused quite a stir at car-washes because they didn't fit within the guide rails! 1959 was the peak of the proverbial "yank-tanks" and very soon consumers would fall out of favor with the excessive styling. The last gasp was 1960.

Nice! So here it is the iconic Pontiac split grill - new for '59 and the signature design cue carried forward to the end. Just a fabulous sample and optioned out perfectly. Enjoyed the video guys thanks so much.

Beautiful car. Love the old Pontiac’s

What makes these 50's cars so special is the little embellishments, like the badging, the chrome highlights, the deadly, but beautiful steering wheel and chrome / stainless steel / aluminium inlay in the dash and that typical 50's carpet and upholstery with the sparkles and attention to detail in the seat upholstery. Ken has some beautiful cars and that lovely Illinois countryside sets it all off beautifully.

Lovely detail thanks for showing close up.im english and a massive fan of classic american cars,they feature in my paintings.and attention to detail is what these works of art are all about.

I never thought much about this model Pontiac when I was young but now I appreciate them, they are automotive art. Thanks.

BIG cars in 1959.......beautiful interior. This car must have cost quite a few 1959 dollars with all those options......great video Lou.

T.G.I.F. GREETING. From Venezuela. . . .

My family were devoted GM fans and they would alternate between Pontiac’s (favorite of my mother) and Chevrolets (favorite of my father). Thank you for posting.

"Wide Track Pontiac." Like brand new! Gorgeous! Thank you.

O-pul-ent! Expect no less from Mr. Ken Nagel! Thanks Lou & Ken!

Beautiful car! Love the 4 fins, never noticed that about the bonneville

Eye catching example Lou, thanks for filming it !

What a Beautiful car,...... Amazing Interior, love the fins and the 389 tri power really took it over the top. Oh My Gosh!!!! Thank You Lou!

Absolutely Gorgeous ‘59 Bonneville Lou. I love how General Motors went ‘Wing’ crazy for the ‘59 model year !!!

First year of the "wide track" Pontiacs. Great cars in the late 50s and 60s. Thanks Lou.

Great Looking Pontiac!!!!!!! Wow! the Quality is out of this world!

There’s no staring at this one Lou, there’s so much that catches your eye! The interior is so space age... Loving it! Beautiful! Tri Power is three duces right? Keep them coming Lou!

LOU. ANOTHER MEMORY COMES ALIVE .THX NEIGHBORS. X STREET HAD A WHITE 4DSD. LOVE THIS PONTY.

Pontiac offered a lot of car for the money in those days. The 59 is one of my favorites. It seemed to have the style in just the right places and to top it off the color of this Bonneville is simply gorgeous. Enjoyed seeming it.

Just beautiful !!! What memories !!! No I am not old !!!

My all time favorite vehicle. Love the rear end, Not to mention those beautiful fins as well as the other styling cues. I have a drawing of one on my wall. Thanks for sharing Lou!

I have to consciously close my mouth, otherwise I start drooling. 🤤 This car is positively awesome!

Thank you Ken and Lou, you made my Sunday morning.

Ken's has very nice cars! Thanks for posting this beautiful red /white Pontiac Lou!

This Bonney is gorgeous!

I definitely have one of these on my Christmas shopping list!! Ken great choice. Lou, great post. The joy of driving these can't be beat.

Hi, Lou! Ahh, yes, the 1959 Pontiac! This was the first of the Wide-Track Pontiacs, the first with the famous 389 V-8, the one that established the split grille and the arrowhead emblem as Pontiac symbols, and the one that put Pontiac on the road to becoming America's favorite middle-priced car brand and the glory days it would experience throughout the Sixties. It also earned Pontiac its first Motor Trend Car of the Year award, which it would also win in 1961 (for the Tempest), 1965 (for the entire lineup) and 1968 (for the GTO with the Endura bumper). And I would say the Bonneville convertible with Tri-Power was probably the best expression of it! Those twin-fin fenders took a lot of styling creativity for sure! It's great that you and Ken had such a beautiful day to enjoy this car. My area has just been hit with 14 inches of snow as I write this. Many thanks to you and Ken for taking us along on this wonderful and Tri-Powerful Wide-Track ride!

So much better than out of the factory? Wow !!

I would like to see it lowered, with moon hubs, and bouncing up and down. I kid. I kid.

All the 59 GM cars were so over the top, I like them all. But a Bonnie stands out, Thanks.

What a beauty! Seeing you and Ken motoring along conjures up images of you both back-roading to some nice car show! Thanks Lou!

My Favorite late 50’s car!!! Love it. One of most Showroom one I have ever seen.....We had the FLat Top 1959 Star Chief. I actually cried my eyes out when dad traded this car at age 9. I loved the Sterring wheel so many standout cool features like the silver thread running through the carpet. on and on

Another gem. Good Lord. Being a man of a certain age, I miss the days when one saw these cars on the road on a regular basis, throughout the sixties into the early seventies. The question I have is, when Ken restored this, was a glass insert used for the convertible top? The cars back then used plastic, which was unusable after a few years.

Great old Pontiac! Thanks Lou

Wow! Beautiful car Ken! 👍😀 Thanks for bringing this one Lou! It’s amazing... I have a couple of 1968 and 1970 Mopars. Cars changer so much in that 10 year period from 1959.

Beautiful Pontiac artwork

Another great "Ken-car"! The tri-color interior is so satisfying! It speaks to the time period so well! We occasionally get some 2 tone or leather/ fabric seats today but I can imagine the cost of doing the 3 colors now would be quite a bit and would seem out of place. Looks gorgeous on this era of cars, though!😉

Hey Lou. Another awesome video. Awesome looking car. I've always loved the 1959 Pontiac Bonneville.

Such a gorgeous car in the perfect color for it. Thanks Lou

What else can be said but Wow!, what a beauty!

First year for the "Wide Track" and the 389 motor. Also I believe it was car of the year. My first car I purchased was a 59 Pontiac Catalina Convertible way back in 68. White body with a Black Top. Bought from original owner was a garaged kept car and had less than 50 thousand miles. Ran like Brand New. Beautiful Car.

Beautiful cars like this were out of reach for my family back in the day....But, I do fondly remember Uncle Billy's 59 biscayne two door post car equipped with the earth shaking 6cylinder coupled to the three on the tree shifter.

I remember this body style, in Canada most were the Parisienne model version. Can you imagine the stamping process to produce those dual fin rear fenders? This one is an incredible car, motorized rolling art! 👍🍻🇨🇦🥂🇺🇸

Ken and Lou Thank you for one of a few WOW What A Car episodes ! I so missed not having car shows this year your channel helps to get me through it all Thank you Lou

My father's first car was one of these, I can see why he was bedazzled by it. He graduated college, got his first career job and bought one of these in white. I never saw pictures of it though. It had a loose wire that was shorting everything out and racked up some major repair bills. He traded it for a '64 Catalina Ventura which proved to be very reliable.

Hello you, I love classic cars and you are my favorite RU-vidr. Keep it up and greetings from Germany🇩🇪

Used to occasionally see a near-twin to this Bonnie around the neighborhood near where I used to work.

Beautiful car ! I own exactly the same car and same color but in Canadian version: a Parisienne convertible with a 348 pc . I love these Pontiac. Thank's

Another great one from Ken.. the 389 tri power makes the car

Theres one of these in the woods north of Wausau Wisconsin that we snowmobile past.. probably been there for 40 years.. nice to see one in perfect condition.

Loved this Red Pontiac👍

What a great car could not get better

That had to be like a money is No Object restoration. I can't imagine how much the guy that restored that thing had to charge in order to make a profit restoring it. It looks like there's 850 trillion hours of work restoring that thing to that level of perfection. Every little sticker and tag a nut and bolt in that engine compartment is just like it came off the factory floor. If the guy that restored it wasn't a super expert historian into that specific model then he had to do a lot of research to get all those little parts and pieces just right. Which of course added even more and more hours to the restoration project.

Thanks for showing us the cars. Good job!!!!! Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you!!!! King Patrick

That looks like a 59 Chevy Combined with an Oldsmobile👍👍

Hey Lou 👋, when I saw the notification I thought 🤔 looks like a Ken Nagel piece 😀,, he's got quite the collection and love all of them!! This Bonneville took me to "slobberville" I couldn't close my mouth, had me droooling! Wow what a nice ,rare... Masterpiece 😃 . Thanks so much for sharing, have a Merry Christmas and as always you know "Howdy from Texas "!!

Beautiful car. I have a 1966 Pontiac Catalina Convertible!

catching up with some of your vids binge-watching nice wheels... the cross-ply tyres however give me nightmares though oh the memories 😎

Beautiful year for GM, 1959 must be the first year for long cars

So absolutely beautiful!!! 😍😍😍

There's a lot of 64 GTO DNA in this car for sure. Especially the front end

Beautiful

fantastic Pontiac , i love it !

I'm a Pontiac guy and I love the 59 Bonnie! PS: it would have been fun to drop the top for your drive but I understand it would have been too noisy for dialogue.

Man..What a beauty!

Truly a work of

Another great car. Thanks.

Such a wonderful auto, thanks

That's one old Pontiac in nice shape glad he didn't part that one out love them original

Magnífic car! Congratulation!

great car great owner thanks Lou

Very cool

Fine car!!!

My good golly gorsh, that's insane!!!

Remember a 59 Pontiac on a cereal box and moving a glass while dad poured milk : /

Merry Christmas. Thumbs Up Liked.

Nice! GM 59 full sized cars sported that "one last hurrah" with the gingerbread before the 60s would trim much of it... Appropriate 389 Tri-Power (3 Duece) for 1959... Why not? Gas was pretty cheap back then... Nice ragtop as I have only seen hard tops with this type...

Art

a beauty

Aah the 50s styling!! This car is literally a ⭐️. BTW what does Bonneville mean Lou?

My favorite color on a ‘59.

Nice 😀

Love your show Lou. How come you didn't ask Ken didn't put the top down at any point? The drive down that long corn-lined road with you two tucked inside was very cool but Ken's final exit from the driveway could have been more stunning with the top down--as he sailed off into the heartland, no? My other question is, why a Pontiac when Mopar is really his thing.

Designer:#1 "Think we have added enough chrome embellishments"? Rest of the designers: "Absolety not!😂 Incredible example of a convertible that is waaay over the top😝