man what a beautiful example of one of the all time best Fords...the '60 was so unusual compared to what immediately came before and after it. this ones a stunner in that lilac color. That's a 292 Y-block...which had bolt-through valve covers. the biggest engine in the '60 Galaxie line was the 352...390 came out in '61...not that I'm a pedant or anything. maybe I am. BUT...if there was ever a car looking to take off as a space ship to the stars, this one is it...fabulous.
The 292 Y-block was a capable cruising engine but the 352 was the one you wanted for serious horsepower and towing. Ford equipped the police cruisers with them back in the day
@@georgemckenna462 the 427 did not come out 'til the 63 R-code Galaxie...Starliners ran '60-'61. also, the first 427 was the top-oiler...side-oiler did not come out 'til '65 after the top-oiler's limitations became known. The SOHC is a whole 'nother animal...
Absolutely beautiful car! I love this color! There was a color TV commercial for the '60 Starliner that used one in this color. Ford built 68,641 Starliners this year. Factory price was $2610 for a 6, and $2723 for a V-8 (the 292 seen here). Shipping weight was 3566 lbs. for a 6, and 3667 lbs. for a V-8. Ford-O-Matic was $190, power steering was $77, power brakes were $43, dual exhausts $25, backup lights $11, clock $15, wheel covers $17, regular outside mirror about $6, fender skirts around $20, whitewalls around $40, heater either $47 or $75, radio and antenna $59, A/C either $271 or $404 (inc. tinted glass). I would guess around $40 for the spotlight, hood ornament, and rear bumper reflectors.
Those upgrades added about 25% to the base cost of the car (maybe the same for today's car "toys"), but they make a tremendous difference in driving comfort. A great looking car, and perhaps the first time this 80-something has ever seen one.
Charles I just love that metallic lavender paint with that awesome styling of this neat car. This car is outstanding in every way! I loved the 1960 model year Ford as it was one of my favorite years. A great presentation Charles! Thanks for sharing!!!
The 1960 full-size Fords, along with Mercury and the Lincoln versions, were the widest cars ever made at 80.0 inches. They were required by federal regulations to make them slightly narrower for 1961 and beyond.
The color helps a lot. In the ‘60s, I considered this Ford rather plain. But now, after your classic sales and humormanship... I’ll take your entire stock!!! Sunday drive, here I come.
Had one when I was a kid (1965-1967). had a solid lifter 63 390 with aftermarket tri power and all syncro three speed /hurst shifter. full Tiajuana interior and early Mickey Thompson radar wheels. Was well admired at the time.
Most beautiful, most stately and most elegant Ford 2-door of its era. No overdone fins, stove-burner taillights, rear grilles or any of the other unneeded add-ons Ford always seemed to think were needed, but weren't....and the only Ford on which that roofline worked.
Just sub'd. Don't know what took me soooo long to find your vids, They're FANTASTIC! Can't wait to start viewing more of them but I'm going to do it on the BIG screen to see these beauties as they are meant to be seen.
I’m ashamed to say that I have been blind for decades, paying attention only to the evolution of the Thunderbird. But in 1960, this mid-to-upper-market Ford extravaganza made the Thunderbird of 1960 look very “retardataire,” as we say in architectural history. Or shall I just say passé? It wasn’t until the 1961 Thunderbird was introduced that it jetted ahead in the Ford line-up in terms of design finesse. I never liked the front end of this model all that much, but the profile is truly, truly extraordinary. And the way it transitions into those remarkable fins; well, all I can say is I’m swooning. Too much elegance all at once!
I have to hand it to you, Charles. Even if I HATED the '60 Fords, by the time you got done showing me one I'd be its biggest fan! I KNOW! (BTW, I don't hate them. My Dad owned a big '60 Galaxie 4-door hardtop back in the day).
Thanks Charles! We recently watched your stream slideshow Fins Flair and Futurism and of the many many cars you featured this one was my absolute favorite!!
@@_charlesphoenix This Khachaturian Sabre Dance soundtracked 1960 Starliner commercial is a suitable adjunct to your review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BMElpF-RkJI.html
I love the orchid grey metallic. He (or she) is lucky the package tray is in such great shape. I once owned a '60 Edsel Ranger 2-door hardtop with the same roof line that needed a package tray and I had horrible time finding one.
Gosh I love your videos, check out the Finnage!!!!.... and fins on the outside rear view mirror too... Brilliant presentation mate Keep finding those beautiful cars for us to share, and we LOVE your unique presentation... I know!!!!!!
That 1960 Ford Starliner, together with the convertible in the same model, in my opinion is one of the best postwar auto exterior designs ever. And regrettably a one off year when considering how boring the 1959 and 1961 models were in comparison. And Charles, if I ever get to Palm Springs I’ve got to see your collection.... I especially enjoy the subtle dialogue and understated production values around this piece, and your others… Keep them coming!
Oh Charles, what I would give to have you personally greet & welcome me into ANY brand new car dealership back in the glorious, halcyon days of the ‘60’s!! You’d sell every car on the showroom floor to me!! Man, you are ONE very gifted wordsmith!! Goddam it I am TOTALLY hooked on you & your extraordinary talent of describing classic cars . . . Talk about ‘Behold the Glory’ my friend, you are an absolute classic motoring treasure & I could honestly see you doing commentaries like this at classic car shows / meets!! I really hope you do because you are SO entertaining to watch & listen to!! PLEASE come to Australia & do a one of your famous commentaries on my beautifully original ‘61 Cadillac Fleetwood!! We’d show you a great time over here & you’d love us Aussies & the huge appreciation we have for all your GORGEOUS American classics!! 👍😜 THANK YOU for your class, style & enthusiasm, it is greatly appreciated!!
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Those rear horizontal fins look 100% identical to adorably cute dog ears!!!!!
Charles, I just Love it! As a 3 year old my Aunt Flo had a white Coupe and I was mesmerized with the wheels covers. I use to go around the car and just stare at them. I distinctly remember one had a small dent. Mom and I outside of a Shopping center and I tell my mom Aunt Flo is inside. Mom says.. How do you know that? I pointed over to her car. Mom, “there are probably lots of these kinds of car” I said.” Aunty Flo has a dent right here in her hubcap. We I was right and my mom couldn’t get over how I paid such close attention when it came to Cars and Trucks. I was 3 years old. And I still remember it. But after that I had never run into another 1960 Ford :( I forgot about them for years. I know the Public made a big deal over this Ford not having round tail Lights. This should be in a Museum. It’s that Nice!
You notice Ford moved away from the round jet exhaust tail lights for '60, but brought them back for '61. Well, those '60 tail light showed up on the '61 Ford F-150. They just turned them vertical instead of horizontal. The F-150 kept those tail lights for many years whereas before '61 they were round for like ever.
That is a 292 engine backed by a Ford-O-Matic transmission. The 390 did not come out until 1961. The upgrade engine would have been a 352 backed with a Cruise-O-Matic. While the 292 could have been had in decent tune in the 50s, by 1960 it was greatly detuned. I had a 1960 Mercury and what a dog it was.
I remember car ads back then. It was always stated this car has power steering, power brakes, radio, heater. Things we all take for granted now. Just wondering if this is the only year they came out.
Oh and hey, I was just on the phone talking to my bestie Ted and was telling him about your new video and that I hope to meet you when I move to SoCal. He said he knows you and you've even filmed his Donna Reed Edsel Bermuda. I'd LOVE it if you'd post the video!!
@@charlesphoenix9746 The car you REALLY REALLY REALLY need to film a video of is Ted's very rare press car. These cars were Pacer 2-door hardtops and all were painted Spring Green and Snow White and were fully optioned. They were loaned to members of the press to drive home and write articles about the Edsel. Very few remain and his is absolutely stunning! He recently had it repainted.
My grandma had a '60 Impala coupe, so it's what I remember, but the fins and overall car looks like Ford and Chevy copied each other. Her's was 2 dr light blue w/white hardtop and white insert in the rear quarter...similar horizontal fins and had the 6 point bullet like taillights low in the rear...I think red/clear/red each side. I started washing my grandparents cars on Saturdays at like 8 yrs old bc I got to get the keys to move them like from under the garage...and it had fender skirts, me too young to take them off, and I was scared to try to clean the top of the tire of all those jagged edges back of the skirt, so even more reason for the keys, a half roll forward to clean the entire tire and wheel...GIVE ME THE KEYS! Lol. But I loved that car, it had that eye thing sticking up seems center of the dash, maybe that was auto headlight dimmer. I was like prob 8 yrs old, my first side-hustle washing cars, lol. I was struck though at how similar this is to the same year '60 Impala. My grandparents were always Chevy/GM.
This car came out right around the time Kennedy made the pledge to send a man to the moon , the Jetsons were the rage and Ford had a car called the Galaxie. Does anyone remember Fireball XL-5 ? If I remember correctly wasnt 59-60 the only years that Ford put 4 headlights on their pick-ups?
So much character, this shows that the new cars have no character whatsoever, they all look alike and have almost no badging on them. I always thought they are too embarrassed of the ugly cars they've created they don't what to aknowledge what they built.
This was a completely new body and wasn't that popular, but I think it's the coolest by far of the 1960-64 body Fords. The sort of 1957 Chrysler product style roofline was unfashionable by then, with Ford's own "Thunderbird" style roof that they had already used the year before taking over, so it's a one-year style. The station wagons also have a one-year roof with a wraparound window upper tailgate, replaced the next year with a roll-down window like Chryslers came up with in 1957 and GM copied in 1959. For some reason the new 1960 Falcons had the roll down window already. That's the more expensive AC unit - Ford didn't have integrated air unlike Chevys and Plymouths until the all new design in 1965.
There was also a '61 Starliner, with this type roof. Chrysler used this type roofline until 1964, on the '60-'62 Chrysler, '60-'61 DeSoto, and '62-'64 Dodge 880.
Too bad it's a Y Block, can tell by the rear position of the distributor and the valve cover. Any FE engine would be so much better. Other than the poor engine, it's a nice car.
It sort of flowed into the '61, though things got toned down a bit visually. Just freakin BEAUTIFUL cars. I had a '61 in the 1990s, and though clean and straight, it was nowhere near as nice as this. Mine was deep 'astral' blue (it had originally been a sort of medium blue) and the original 352 had been torn out by the previous owner and replaced with a 410 Mercury engine (basically a factory-stroked 390-4V, 330 hp, two years only, '66-67). It was a car that could get ANY teenager laid.
Martin, I seem to recall reading somewhere, probably in Collectible Automobile magazine that the horizontal fins were Ford's reaction to Chevy's '59s.. at any rate I think they did a marvelous, elegant job!
