My 16th birthday card held a gold key to our '59 Galaxie as my dad upgraded to a '66 Impala. The golden key was better than the Wonka golden ticket. I drove it to school the next day. Sitting in homeroom, I realized I didn't have the gold key. Mr. Smith let me run down to my car, and there I found the key in the ignition as my Galaxie sat rumbling along.
@anderander56624 жыл бұрын
I can hardly tell what brand a car is nowadays without reading the script... back then there was no doubt
@chadakoin13 жыл бұрын
"The world's most beautifully proportioned car." Until 1960.
@pl56243 жыл бұрын
...and 1963
@critchley38199 жыл бұрын
Four wheeled man made art, cars that had a soul, cars you looked back on after parking because they looked good, the majority of cars today could have come from a washing machine factory.. Rap me up and send me back to 1959..
@leonotarianni26045 жыл бұрын
Well written
@josephg413 жыл бұрын
Same
@janetyurkin8223 жыл бұрын
Brian take me with you! When quality and craftsmanship meant something! I wouldn’t own the overpriced ugly bland plastic cookie cutter crap they build today! I’m 78 and have an 89 Lincoln Town car, we bought when it was 20 years old, with only 37k miles on it. It now has 80,000 miles, the original paint job and no rust. I plan on keeping it until my driving days are over!
@stevenoverwood24742 жыл бұрын
When cars were cars.
@ew1usnr10 жыл бұрын
God Bless America! Ford, the most beautifully proportioned car!
@rickypresley15934 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the "high-fashion design" of the seats!
@carolynhowell97684 жыл бұрын
So much room. Not compact like todays little cars.
@daleostrom36134 жыл бұрын
We had a 2dr hardtop, black with red interior. That car got so many complements. My Dad had 3 59s, two Galaxies and one Fairlane.
@OldRustySteeleАй бұрын
The center cloth inserts had metallized threads woven into the cloth which made the cloth sparkle in the light. Dad bought a ‘59 Galaxie 4-dr sedan when I was 5 and kept it until 1965 when I was 11, so I remember that car like it was yesterday!
@joesinkovits65913 жыл бұрын
Why is it that these cars still look so much better to me than the soulless crap being produced today- especially the junk from Toy-yo-yo?
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
"You know that the same men who created the Thunderbird, MUST have created the Galaxie..." No Shit?!? Next thing ya know, I find out that the same men who created the Corvette MUST have created the Biscayne! 😂😜
@74rockon6 жыл бұрын
Best looking car of 1959 without a doubt
@glen15554 жыл бұрын
59 Buick Electra was better
@daleostrom36134 жыл бұрын
@@glen1555; Not even close.
@OldRustySteeleАй бұрын
I agree. And then Ford messed it up with the 1960 model, which I never liked.
@jamesfox25796 жыл бұрын
Beauuuuutiful car!
@thejudgefrom692 жыл бұрын
Back when you could hand this car to your kids and it still ran like out of the door..
@TOBYH3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't that look great in white?
@mikesamra912610 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car.
@stephenvelden2954 жыл бұрын
O.K. I've got my deposit. Now where can I get one?
@mikeboyer358412 жыл бұрын
Sweet!!
@246024004 жыл бұрын
Lucille Ball did an ad for Ford Hardtop Convertibles if you can find it.
@spiff88623 жыл бұрын
It was for the 1957 Ford Skyliner. Desi was in it too. It played on the retractable hardtop, where Desi was freaking out that one minute it was a hardtop and then he turns around and now it's a convertible. KZbin has it. Have seen it many times.
@AtlantaGymFan7 жыл бұрын
Aaah the days of planned obsolesce had us drooling every fall!
@tracy4good4 жыл бұрын
CRANK UP WINDOWS AND AN ARMREST. My god the luxury is simply too much for a $2,500 Ford. And those sumptuous designer seats. Hold me !!!
@daleostrom36134 жыл бұрын
That's possibly the best looking interior of any car, any year.
@ednahwanjiku8109Ай бұрын
What is this
@Slimjim2602 жыл бұрын
They all rusted out from road salt, sadly.
@ftjax9 жыл бұрын
I liked the 1958 Ford better. The 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air better
@VinnyDaQ9 жыл бұрын
ftjax Yeah, the front is slightly different, but that rear end is just plain ugly!
@dillysgirl4ever4 жыл бұрын
Pass. Too boxy looking. I’ll wait - the 1960 cars look better.
@daleostrom36134 жыл бұрын
While a do like the 1960 starliner, all other 1960 Fords did not do much for me.
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
That "boxy" look (derived from the successful '58 T bird) did well for Ford for the next 40 years. (and it was soon copied by....everyone..) The '60 Ford, while cool in their own way, was an attempt at the '59 Chevy (itself an attempt at the '57 Plymouth..) That fad died quick.. The '61 Ford is more related to the '59 than the '60! The "boxy" look with wide "C" pillars was a big part of the landmark '61 Lincoln design, (originally also a T-Bird!) The basic concept was used on big Lincolns until 1989!