1959 Ford Commercials Restored to HD [in Glorious B&W]
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- 1959 Ford Commercials Restored to HD [in Glorious B&W]
The top-line spot for 1959 was the new Galaxie, positioned above the continued Fairlane 500. The Custom line was dropped, with Custom 300 the lowest rung on the ladder, and all 1959 Fords used the long 118 in (2997 mm) wheelbase. New for safety was fully padded armrests and rear door locks that were child proof.[12] American prices ranged from the mid-1,000 to the low 3,000s.
This version was also assembled in Australia, beginning in late 1959. Local models were the luxurious Fairlane 500, the lower-priced Custom 300 (both sedans), as well as the Ranch Wagon.[13] The Australian models were powered by the 332 cu in (5.4 L) "Thunderbird" engine, producing 204 hp.[13] For 1960, the range was updated with the grille and trim from the 1959 Canadian Meteor. [TAKEN FROM WIKI]
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I used to be able to tell the make and model of a car just by their headlights or taillights from blocks away. Today every car looks alike.
We had a '59 Galaxie 4-door HT that became my car when I turned 16 in 1967. It was a workhorse. It had the 332 V8 that was a great engine and an absolutely bomb-proof Cruise-o-matic transmission. Great old car that lasted.
@Sunrays2020 You could probably afford to retire if you still had it! Lol
In 1969, when I was 11 years old, I really, really wanted a 59 Ford. I loved them all, the Galaxies to the Customs. There were still tons of them on the road back then as well. I never got one and now they are pretty much all gone.
You and me both, I was 12 in 69, and I've always loved the 59 Fords. I finally did acquire one in 1985, and regretfully sold it 15 years later.
Same. I was a little kid in the late 1960s & early 1970s, when there were still a TON of 1959 Fords in the junkyards and on the roads. I wanted one so badly. Finally acquired one in 2001.
59 ford's all over in Kansas salvage yards
I was 4 in '69, but I think even then I was attracted to cars at that age. I did get my favorite car, a '66 Mustang I bought in '93. I still have it. Today's cars are so boring and ugly.
You will have to look off the beaten path.
They are out there.
When I watched the movie Psycho, I see many of the '59 Galaxie's, including the police car.
I bought a '59 Ford Fairlane 500 a few months ago, and it looks like the yellow and white car on the thumbnail screen. I needed to do some work on it, so I parked it in the driveway, and haven't driven it since. I can't wait to get it back on the road! It has the 352 FE (Ford-Edsel) engine. They strongly believed in using lots of cast iron. The intake manifold weighs 83 pounds, and the heads are also dang heavy. I replaced the power steering pump also. Cast iron, naturally. The paint, body, and interior are all in excellent condition.
I hope you get it the way you want it, not too many 59’s left.
I thought the 352 was the second iteration of the famous FE.
In 59’ it was probably the biggest Ford engine not counting the rate 430 MEL option for Thunderbird.
@@Johnnycdrums Because '58 Edsels were introduced in late '57, the 361 engine in the first FE engine. For the 1958 car year, Ford had the 332 and 352 FE engines, along with Y block engines, and a 6 cylinder engine. The 361 was the first available FE engine, but only by a couple of months.
@@garylangley4502 m
Gas station attendant=Just pumping Ethel!!🤣🤣
Ha!! That was a running gag when I worked at a gas station. Nobody gets it anymore.
Even as a GM guy, I always liked the '59 Fords, The single act of applying the '58 Thunderbird roof styling to the Galaxie set a style that would last into the 1980's. Don't get me wrong; I Loove the wild '59 Chevy and '59 Plymouth too, While those were intended to look futuristic, ironically the more conservative (by comparison) '59 Ford look (as it turned out), WAS the future.
The "future" is now the past! Funny how that works! Lol
Sometime in 1961, I think, my mom and I took a test ride in a beautiful light blue and white '59 Fairlane 2 door sedan, from the Ford dealer in Brookneal, Virginia. Sometime in the '80's, a friend got a beautiful two tone green '59 Galaxie 2 door sedan, and had it repainted in Imron, same colors. A couple of years after, he had the whole car painted black, drove it for a few months, then got bored with it, and parked it on his side yard to rot. I think the 1959 lineup is as beautiful as those ads say they are. Thanks for putting these gems up!
The two-tone paints were colorful...the number of combinations made each car unique.
The 2 two tone colors that I remember most on the '59 Fords were light green over dark green and light brown over dark brown.
They were such a beautiful combination.
Sad that today it's 😴Silver, 😴Dark Silver, 😴Black 😴White, 😴Red and some sort of 😴Blue.
All boring and just
dreadful.🤢
@@spiff8862 By the time I showed any interest in cars those late 1950s cars were mostly junked. But there were plenty of cars from the mid-1960s that still looked good. Pastel colors were popular from the mid-1950s to early 1960s.
My first car back in 1984 was a 59 Ford Ranchero I paid a whopping $700 for it. Seized on the way home. I didn’t care cuz I figured send the motor out to be remanufactured and that will end all mechanical issues. Honestly I never even seen a 59 but I needed a truck to haul my motorcycle to Ascot Raceway in Gardena Ca. I never cared for the 50s Chevy trucks and always wanted a 50s era car. It was the perfect compromise. Painted it two tone Red and White. With gangster white walls. Survived a divorce and raising 3 kids by myself. Now I’m almost ready to retire and I’m happy to say I still have the Ranchero. She’s been patiently sitting for three decades for me to give her the attention she deserves. Also my Girlfriend owns a solid red 59 F100. She even allows me to drive it once in a while.
Back when cars had class and personality
Same thing for people
One of my all-time favorites, easily the best looking car of 59.
I just got a 1959 fairlane with the 223 inline 6 and 3 on the tree I’m not a ford guy but I fell in love with the styling
I knew a fellow that had a retractable hardtop. He went under a very low bridge and his roof retracted!
The mechanism for the roof was amazing. It didn't have any electronics, but relied on relays, limit switches, and some motors. I have always wanted one, but they are definitely pricey now..
@@garylangley4502 I think Glenn was saying the car was actually a hardtop and the roof "retracted" because of the low bridge.
@@wizzard5442 Thanks, I wasn't exactly "With it". Too tired!
@@wizzard5442 Yuppie! 😁. I was once driving behind a road grader that had a tall cabin over the driver seat that tried to go under a low bridge and got stuck. 😱
Love my 2 door ‘59 Fairlane…
The 4 wheel drive will give you whiplash.
My mom and dad had a 59 Ford two door Brown when I was a kid
Funny how some of this was filmed in Belgium. An American car was an upper middle class car in Europe. The gas consumption and taxation alone made it expensive to own. They stood out in European traffic. Usually driven by well dressed people too.
My left ear enjoyed this video
The strong sales of the 1959 Ford (about 1.5 million) kept FoMoCo solvent because both the 1959 Edsel and 1959 Lincoln were sales disasters. The 1960 Ford would be vastly different (except for drivetrains) and controversial.
Indeed, the 60s were vastly different. The only controversy would be the fact they carried the only "real" fin Ford ever had, and the lack of the traditional big round taillights. Hard to beat the looks of a 60 Starliner.
@@wyo1446 Many years ago I had a 1960 Fairlane 2-Door Sedan (totally stripped). It had very clean styling because it was so plain. However, the 1961 Ford had the better styling with more of a traditional look (narrower body, round tail lights, and conventional grill).
@@SpockvsMcCoy I agree, the 61 had nicer overall styling, and was more "Ford-like"
That Ford engineer sounds like a voice heard on many commercials...an actor?
My left ear has never felt so lonely 🙆
Oh my right ear. Had my headphones in reversed
The aluminium muffler was probably the deal-breaker.
The '57 and '58 Mercury Monterey 2 door sedan looks like the begining of the '59 Ford 2 door sedan. Anyone agree?
Im looking for a front windshield and radiator automatic for Galaxy 1959
...while stressing the inherent beauty of the new '59 model lineup as " the most beautifully proportioned cars"...
...the real thrust of these ads stressed the money-saving aspects of the '59's ... this in the wake of an unexpectedly deep "Eisenhower recession" which started in mid-1957 and ran through late 1958...having disastrous sales consequences for all automakers, including Ford...
...the prospect of saving 5 cents/gallon may seem insignificant to modern readers, but this would be equal to roughly 50 cents per gallon in today's money...combined with improvements allowing oil changes every 4,000 miles vs. the then-standard of every 2 to 3 thousand miles was an additional money-saver...
...this all fed into Ford's concept, encouraging those potential Custom buyers to consider a new Galaxie 500; or for Galaxie 500 prospects to think about "going whole hog" in a snazzy Thunderbird...
...just about as greedy as William Clay Ford ( Edsel Ford's son) practically grabbing the French design group's trophy at the Brussels World Fair...too much champagne, Bill???
...this is yet another boffo TV ad collection from the folks at Classic Car Channel...thanks from a huge fan base of 1950"s Detroit...
Supposedly this was a bogus award which was conceived by Ford's marketing agency. Also, the motor oil and oil filters at that time were inferior quality to today's standards so smart owners still changed them more often.
@@SpockvsMcCoy I wouldn't be surprised if it was a bogus award. The total sales of European cars weren't alot in 59 but were growing fast and Ford wanted to make it clear that those Europeans really loved American cars, particularly Fords. The Falcon was a better response for the import market but it was still in the pipeline.
The 4000 mile oil change was OK for drivers who did mostly light duty highway driving. I'm sure most owners found out from the owner's manual that Ford actually wanted them to change the oil more often. If they actually read the manual.
@@21stcenturyfossil7 The styling award was marketed as a way to convince prospective customers that the 1959 Ford was more beautiful than Chevrolet or Plymouth...not necessarily considering any imported European car. The 1959 Chevrolet was very controversial when new but still sold strongly. The 1959 Plymouth was less controversial. But the 1959 Ford was considered to be the most restrained and tasteful design which is what the bogus award was emphasizing.
@@SpockvsMcCoy European imports were becoming a growing concern for the Big 3. Ford advertising, in particular, was trying to sell the idea that the new Fords were some sort of "World Car" , although that term hadn't been termed yet and the American Fords had little appeal outside North America. The VW Beetle was the real world car of that time and in the U.S., Renault sold 28,000 Dauphines in 1957, 57,000 in 1958 and 102,000 in 1959, Suggest to the American buyer the idea that the French loved the Fairlane, too.
Here's the new Ford Look that brought home the bravos from Paris to Saigon:
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@@21stcenturyfossil7 The marketing of the 1958 and 1959 Fords emphasized worldly sophistication and good taste (common marketing technique for a mass produced product). After the controversial 1960 Fairlane/Galaxie, the restyled 1961 Ford Galaxie used Rome Italy as a backdrop to emphasize the new "Classic Ford Look." Many small European cars sold at that time were a supplementary second car in a two car family. Most of the other buyers of them would not consider a large American car. The Dauphine is considered one of the worst cars of all time... smart buyers bought the Beetle.
no audio?
Wth is that crazy motorcycle with 2 people in front driver in back? Never seen one.
Give me the '60 any day.
I never realized how important proper proportions were ………
In
Australia they were called Yank Tanks !
In Australia you got rhe 59 Ford in RHD for 1960-62...
Ford for 59
See your
Ford dealer
Now and tell
Them Tennessee Ernie Ford
Scent ya!😊
Certainly more attractive than the batwing Chevy...
I like these commercials. Thank you. But looking back now at these commercials so many years later, you can hear and almost feel the pomposity, condescension, and arrogance of the 3 American car companies and their advertising agencies.
ok...fords getting married to each other was kinda squicky
The T.V. lies....the 59' was beyond ugly