Dalton has quickly become my favorite TH-camr. Definitely underrated. I love how he shows all the bad stuff that he comes across unlike other people who make everything look like roses and cherries. Also love the fact that he involves his family in his shenanigans 😂 it almost feels as if we are right there in the garage with him.
He’s one of us, just a working man sharing hella cool $hit (I’m watched to closely to swear & not get got) it’s stuff all we do in our own “multimillion dollar facility’s” & he’s dang good at it
You don’t realize how good Dalton, Kevin and Derek are until you see a channel of someone trying to duplicate what they do. You can be the best shade tree mechanic in the world, but you gotta have PERSONALITY to be successful on TH-cam. Rock on Dalton; this old man in Oklahoma appreciates all the sarcasm and self-deprecation.😎👍🏼🍺
Tough call having to sell it. Having father and son matching cars would have been so cool. She sure does have good bones and is a candidate to have the work you started continued on, giving her many more miles and smiles. Thank you for the early upload for us. Neil :-)
Check out “Curious Cars” if you enjoy a whiskey drenched, used car salesman’s evaluation (review) on a classic car. I enjoy his No b/s take on the world today, his knowledge on cars is a bonus
That 59 ford is honesty a really nice car, it’s definitely worth taking the time to get it a 100 percent. It’d make someone a really good cruiser, keep up the great work.
33:17 The D settings are indicative of the Cruise-o-matic transmission. D1, D2, D3 are drive 1 is the lowest gears, D2 being around town gears, and D3 being highway gears (cruising speeds). There is another (green) "updated" Galaxie 500 in Kansas City listed on Marketplace for $12,000.. Gives you some idea what the car is potentially worth.
@@auteurfiddler8706 in the 50's automatic transmissions were a new thing. Everyone was making something different, almost every year some brought out a "new" automatic transmission
In the 50s there weren't many highways with high top speeds so the 3rd ratio was a bit too long for around town so you could "manually" adjust ratios on the fly think the floppy paddles on modern minivans for a similar idea today or the sport mode in your Corolla econobox
@@ywe3 They had highways (ie: Route 66) but with the Manual transmission vehicles Up until the late 1970s, most transmissions had three or four forward gear ratios, although five-speed manual transmissions were occasionally used in sports cars such as the 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter and the 1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint. Five-speed transmissions became widespread during the 1980s, as did the use of synchromesh on all forward gears. Until about 2005 most Automatics still had "gear selector" on the shifter. Most automatics still only had 3 gears with over-drive (4th gear). Although it was rare for people to turn off overdrive.
In D2 the transmission would start off in 2nd gear for winter driving. 1st gear was easy to spin the tires on snow. Take off in second would ease off on the spin. That's what an old timer told me. And I'm no spring chicken at 57..😊
The 59 looks great!! I bet you could get a bubble balancer for the wheels pretty cheap. Spin balancing didn’t come out until the 70s or 80s. All those old cars were balanced on a bubble balancer. Just a thought. Great episode as always!!
Spin (or dynamic) balancing came out well before the '70s, first invented in 1945. We had a Bear model 330, both static and dynamic balance, in my dad's gas station shop from the time he bought the place in '61 and it was far from new then. The Bear 330 machine was used at the Indy 500 back in the day... Bear provided the front-end alignment and balancing equipment. I knew the guy who was the Bear shop chief at Indy, was an old friend of my dad's from Bear's front-end school.
Pole Barn, PLEASE 🙏 keep the '59, it matches your son's classic car 🚗 AND it looks amazing 😍 🤩. You should cruise it in the yard next to your son driving HIS '59, NOW THAT WOULD BE VERY COOL 😎. Thanks for the video 📸.
26:28 the original purpose of the dash padding was for safety purposes, in an accident your head had less chance of injury, personally I would have cleaned up the dash leaving in the boot.
Glad to hear you bumped into Richard and Christine from What the Rust. I love the revivals they do and his get her running patented gas feed apparatus is super clever!!
As a fellow Midwesterner and bib overalls aficionado I appreciate the fact that you were going formal with the top buttons done up. That is High Falutin Sir!
Dalton, before you dump this for only five large, go over to Bring A Trailer and check out what some of these classics are going for. You are so close: dashpad, real shocks, bushings, balance tires (lots of YT vids how), alignment, paint correction, and clean up the windows. Maybe exhaust. You could easily double what you want for it and get some good content to boot. If you do those things, I think you could actually get $15K for it.
That`s a nice old car . People in Sweden love them . When they were sold new in Sweden they did not had hood ornaments because hood ornaments became illegal on cars in Sweden in 1957 . I have no idea of hove they open up the hood`s on old Cadillacs witch opens with the hood ornaments ?
I had a 58 Ford Fairlane 500 with 352 police interceptor. You know the old motor came with solid lift cam. Good old cars. Get rid of the exhaust leak Think it’s a keeper but wouldn’t mind to own it myself.
If I didn't live with my folks and had more space I'd give you five thousand for it. I actually have a 1969 Chrysler Newport already, that's such a good deal considering how all the chrome and everything is there, you your kid and Jess do a great job with the videos as always, keep up the hustle man!
The white dot right after neutral is for snow conditions its starts you off in second. Then the green dot is normal drive where it starts off in 1. And low is a cool one where if your going 10 miles an hr it jumps into 1 and if your going down the high way and pop it into low it will down shift into second giving her all the onions.
My dad had blue 59 galaxie fairlane 500. Always wanted me one but when arthritis takes over and you can't work anymore things change. As far as selling ? If I ever got my hands on one never let it go !! I still got my 81 F 100 6 cyl still runs good ,
I would buy it in a hot second but seeing as I have two other vehicles and no garage it would be a sin to leave it out in the NE Ohio winters. I recently sold a '61 Tbird convertible before leaving AZ and regret it every day. We aren't owners but merely caretakers of moments in time. Thank you for keeping these dreams alive D, JD is lucky to have you for a dad.
Looks like a 352 since it's the light Ford blue and paint looks original. 300 horse. Compression ratio was dropped to 9.6 from 1958's 10.2:1... same HP rating, lost 15 ft-lb torque. (EDIT: then Dalton said "you guys who know your Fords probably know this is the 352...") This is a pretty nice car.
Drove almost an identical car for a couple years in college in the mid-90s. Great grandparents bought it new and it was off the road since the late 1960s. 332, same transmission, power steering, and select-air air conditioning - and vacuum wipers (discovered how great Rain X was) . . . The car was the same geranium color but the paint scheme was a little different - geranium on the bottom and roof and white through the middle. The thing rode like a couch and usually gave 16 to 18 mpg - would bark the tire shifting into second if you had your foot in it. Good times.
Your car is equipped with the Three-Speed "Cruise-O-Matic" transmission. D1 is used if you want low-gear starts with automatic upshifts to 2nd and direct. D2 gives 2nd-gear starts with automatic upshift into direct. Low can only be accessed in D2 by flooring the accelerator at speeds less than 15 mph. Ford transmissions (FMX) and Borg-Warner transmissions were like this until about 1967/1968. Even some AMC's (which used Borg-Warners) had the same 2nd-gear start with the P-R-N-D2-D1-L quadrant.
Jess would look badass cruising that car around. I have that Holt bleeder. It can get finicky. Have to barely crack it till you get a loop of solid fluid then crack a little more sometimes.
Old cargo straps make great gas tank strap gaskets. This would be a fantastic cruiser. I had a 49 Fairlane with 292 V8 slot of this looks quite familiar. It was a great first car. Low on power but a respectable top speed. Simple to repair and back in the 70s parts were available, that and I knew where every junk yard was within 60 miles.
So, we bought this wreck. Should we have watched this video before the purchase? Yes, but sadly, we did not. Lesson learned. All kidding aside, Dalton and his son were awesome hosts when we bought the Galaxie. We hung out for quite a while and got the nickel shop tour. The car has gone to a great home! Thanks guys! #GetOutNDrive
Dealing with solo brake bleeding/fluid flushing and tracking down vacuum system leaks, I finally broke down and bought a metal Mityvac vacuum pump and a AUTOOL smoke machine. The time and headache savings to bleed brakes, swap out brake fluid, and quickly see the vacuum leaks in a system made these two items well worth the costs.
That’s is a beautiful car, I had a 1970 Ford Galaxie 500 while in High school during the 80’s. But unfortunately someone T-boned me while going to school one morning and bent frame and totaled it.😢
This old man used to have a 59 Ford when I was much younger. And I loved that car. Same engine and all. Except mine was black. Don't think you'll have any problems getting your asking price for sure. You just keep making your videos. And ill definitely keep watching
Drive 2 should start out in second then go to third unless you floor it, then it'll downshift to first. Drive 1, AKA green dot is the standard 1-2-3 shift pattern. If you want to shift those manually 1-2-3, start off in L, get it past 29 MPH (you need to be HARD into the throttle for this to successfully work), shift to D1 then pull it back down to L and for third you can shift it back up to D1. The rear leaf spring bushings need replaced. I did them on both of my 64's, it cured both odd leaning to one side or another and going around a corner both cars no longer felt like the back end was going to come around to the front, not to mention better ride and handling.
@@paulsimonie6937 Coming from a guy who rebuilt one and drives one regularly. I find if I do the manual L to D1 shift it'll often just skip right to third gear if I'm not hard enough on the throttle or going fast enough. I think it's something to do with the transgo shift kit I installed when I rebuilt the transmission because if I held it in L then shifted to D1 it would shift to second then third automatically at lower speeds/throttle before. I find I have to be at least 50% in the throttle for it to not skip to third. It's either that, or the combo of the 2200 RPM stall converter and camshaft vacuum signal I have.
New to this channel. Love your drool sense of humor. I was a teenager when this car was built! The 59 was my favorite, and that color says it all. I’m not a fan of the new cars, but I’m told they’re so much safer than these classics. I’m 81 so I made it through all the years with the older cars, the craftsmanship was so much better back then. I drive a black 89 Lincoln town car and I wouldn’t trade it for one of today’s new ones! Doesn’t have a spot of rust on it.
Another excellent and highly entertaining video by our host, Dalton. This car is a true survivor with great potential, and at his price point, well worthy of a new $$$ dashpad and some straight exhaust manifolds. The color is super cool, and the interior is amazing. I remember these cars when they were fairly new and all over the place and they haven't lost any of their 'coolness'. Good luck with the sale and keep up the excellent work. You guys are having a lot of fun.
Another great video! Can't wait to see what you do with the stepside interior. Id love to see you engrave "PBG" with your laser into some metal somewhere on it.
I believe on the transmission when in normal drive position you only got 2nd and 3rd. Floor it and you got all three gears. That's the best of my memory.
Boy, I truly wish I had the money to give you for that car. It's worth every penny you're asking for it. You did a wonderful job, putting it back on the road. The only bad part about your videos. Are they coming to an end? And I have to wait until you do another one. Looking forward to it. Thank you so much for sharing.
Beautiful car. Wish I had someplace to keep it. As for brake bleeding I never liked those vacuum breeders. Never worked well for me . I always used a pressure bleeder that hooks you to the master cylinder. It lets you know how much fluid is reaching each wheel and also pushes old fluid out much better than vacuum.
I love finding sellers who have bought out an old auto parts store, one of the REAL ones and you find the BEST OE parts. Such a shame to see the old brick and mortar stores go away, but this is what happens I guess. At least someone who bought it up took the time to inventory every item and organize it all. Nice find on the OE fuel pump.
my little sister is looking for a 59 ford. I've got a 57 Fairlaine, she was never into the 50's Fords until I bought my 57, now I regret it! 😂 not really, its nice having someone else to talk about old cars with other than my dad. I'm loving these videos!
I see in the comments some guessing about the shift markings. I am from that era. You should have R for reverse. L for low. in that position it will start in low or go to second win down shifting above 25 mph. when the speed drops below 25 it will drop back into low. Drive 1 will start in second and go to high. They did that so you could start in second in snow and ice for better traction. Drive 2 starts in low and goes to second and on to third. If you push the accelerator to the floor it should kick down to second for passing. That is adjustable with the carburetor linkage. should work in D1 or D2. That is the way I remember it. Hope that helps. Most of those 59 s rusted away so you have a very collectable car there. You get the front bushing and links balance etc. she will cruse all day at 80 plus MPH.
Pole barn garage has become one of my favorite channels to watch daily is real it is what it is no cover-up or cut up material content it’s just real I’m a mechanic myself 35 years in this channel I most enjoy and I feel like he’s justLike me so I identify very much with you Dalton thank you for all your content
Ahhh the rare 1959 ford fairlane 500. Love these cars. So many memories building one. We named it frankenstiens monster. We dropped a 429 big block ford into it. Well after we did we found out that it has around 500 or so horsepower. The last piece is there and soon it will drive again. Thanks for saving this beauty.
29:20 Classic Industries wants $525 for a dash pad (plus shipping of course) so a heat gun, a few bucks of foam, and a can of spray glue really is the budget option.
A little info on the transmission, Low is first D with a green dot is second, and Regular D is third. Regular D being closest to Neutral and low being at the very bottom of the shift pattern
Maaaan if money weren't so tight right now id be on the road coming down to offer cash for that beauty, i love old vehicles and up north they're all rotted out where i live. Love the content, keep up the amazing work dalton!
If you have to glue more things the spray can is not the best for interior stuff. Some of the best stuff is dap brand landu top adhesive. It's made for vinyl tops and has uv tolerance. You can spray it with a cheap paint gun but it will ruin it or needs to sit in thinner overnight in pieces.
Back in the late 90s my friend had this same car in the same color in Austin TX. It was his moms car he said he had to fly up to Kansas to bring it back to Texas. That is an unforgettable color.
It's a nice car. I played in my dad's Galaxie when I was a kid but I never heard it run. More yard art and toy then a drivable car. There was no TH-cam car revival in the '90s.
Dalton has quickly become my favorite TH-camr. Definitely underrated. I love how he shows all the bad stuff that he comes across unlike other people who make everything look like roses and cherries. Also love the fact that he involves his family in his shenanigans 😂 it almost feels as if we are right there in the garage with him.
and every one of his resurrections haven't been parked undriven for 25-30 years and start right up...lol
He’s one of us, just a working man sharing hella cool $hit (I’m watched to closely to swear & not get got) it’s stuff all we do in our own “multimillion dollar facility’s” & he’s dang good at it
The Jag did it for me.
Dalton, kevin, Derek, and of course cleeter are absolutely my top 4.
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You don’t realize how good Dalton, Kevin and Derek are until you see a channel of someone trying to duplicate what they do. You can be the best shade tree mechanic in the world, but you gotta have PERSONALITY to be successful on TH-cam. Rock on Dalton; this old man in Oklahoma appreciates all the sarcasm and self-deprecation.😎👍🏼🍺
Tough call having to sell it. Having father and son matching cars would have been so cool.
She sure does have good bones and is a candidate to have the work you started continued on, giving her many more miles and smiles.
Thank you for the early upload for us.
Neil :-)
You and Kevin are my only escape these days. Keep up the great work.
Check out “Curious Cars” if you enjoy a whiskey drenched, used car salesman’s evaluation (review) on a classic car. I enjoy his No b/s take on the world today, his knowledge on cars is a bonus
Yep, us anons canceled all the standard entertainment sources. This is great content!
Try Vice Grip Garage, Jennings Motorsports, Sleeperdude, and Mortske Repair! VGG is the best channel on You Tube, bar none.
Vice Grip Garage
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James Condon
@@hegamb have to check those out. Thanks!!
That 59 ford is honesty a really nice car, it’s definitely worth taking the time to get it a 100 percent. It’d make someone a really good cruiser, keep up the great work.
33:17 The D settings are indicative of the Cruise-o-matic transmission. D1, D2, D3 are drive 1 is the lowest gears, D2 being around town gears, and D3 being highway gears (cruising speeds). There is another (green) "updated" Galaxie 500 in Kansas City listed on Marketplace for $12,000.. Gives you some idea what the car is potentially worth.
Why would anyone drive in any gear other than D3? Is it not fully automatic down to the lowest gear when you select a higher one?
@@auteurfiddler8706 in the 50's automatic transmissions were a new thing. Everyone was making something different, almost every year some brought out a "new" automatic transmission
In the 50s there weren't many highways with high top speeds so the 3rd ratio was a bit too long for around town so you could "manually" adjust ratios on the fly think the floppy paddles on modern minivans for a similar idea today or the sport mode in your Corolla econobox
@@ywe3 They had highways (ie: Route 66) but with the Manual transmission vehicles Up until the late 1970s, most transmissions had three or four forward gear ratios, although five-speed manual transmissions were occasionally used in sports cars such as the 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter and the 1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint. Five-speed transmissions became widespread during the 1980s, as did the use of synchromesh on all forward gears.
Until about 2005 most Automatics still had "gear selector" on the shifter. Most automatics still only had 3 gears with over-drive (4th gear). Although it was rare for people to turn off overdrive.
In D2 the transmission would start off in 2nd gear for winter driving. 1st gear was easy to spin the tires on snow. Take off in second would ease off on the spin. That's what an old timer told me. And I'm no spring chicken at 57..😊
The 59 looks great!! I bet you could get a bubble balancer for the wheels pretty cheap. Spin balancing didn’t come out until the 70s or 80s. All those old cars were balanced on a bubble balancer. Just a thought.
Great episode as always!!
Good idea!
Spin (or dynamic) balancing came out well before the '70s, first invented in 1945. We had a Bear model 330, both static and dynamic balance, in my dad's gas station shop from the time he bought the place in '61 and it was far from new then. The Bear 330 machine was used at the Indy 500 back in the day... Bear provided the front-end alignment and balancing equipment. I knew the guy who was the Bear shop chief at Indy, was an old friend of my dad's from Bear's front-end school.
Pole Barn, PLEASE 🙏 keep the '59, it matches your son's classic car 🚗 AND it looks amazing 😍 🤩. You should cruise it in the yard next to your son driving HIS '59, NOW THAT WOULD BE VERY COOL 😎. Thanks for the video 📸.
Dalton. You and JD remind me so much of me and my old man... God rest his soul. Thanks for the great content.
26:28 the original purpose of the dash padding was for safety purposes, in an accident your head had less chance of injury, personally I would have cleaned up the dash leaving in the boot.
Glad to hear you bumped into Richard and Christine from What the Rust. I love the revivals they do and his get her running patented gas feed apparatus is super clever!!
Sometimes I think I’m the only one keeping rock auto in business. Judging by the boxes in your shop I’d say you are also doing your part. 🤣
Most of my friends are around my age and none of them even know what rock auto is. It drives me crazy
@@patheticambush How is that possible?! 🤯
I’ve been buying from them for years
That’s the only place to shop all of the parts houses around here are rip offs unless you I need it that day rock auto is the way to go
Lol I purchase about 98% of my auto parts from rock auto. Always try to tell people to go there.
As a fellow Midwesterner and bib overalls aficionado I appreciate the fact that you were going formal with the top buttons done up. That is High Falutin Sir!
Love the Mario cosplay :-p 12:34
Dalton, before you dump this for only five large, go over to Bring A Trailer and check out what some of these classics are going for. You are so close: dashpad, real shocks, bushings, balance tires (lots of YT vids how), alignment, paint correction, and clean up the windows. Maybe exhaust. You could easily double what you want for it and get some good content to boot. If you do those things, I think you could actually get $15K for it.
That`s a nice old car .
People in Sweden love them .
When they were sold new in Sweden they did not had hood ornaments because hood ornaments became illegal on cars in Sweden in 1957 .
I have no idea of hove they open up the hood`s on old Cadillacs witch opens with the hood ornaments ?
😂 At 11:44 a wild Super Mario Mechanic appears!
love 57-59 fords so much, my '57 needs some metal work, and suspension work that 59 looks like it drives like a dream.
I had a 58 Ford Fairlane 500 with 352 police interceptor. You know the old motor came with solid lift cam. Good old cars. Get rid of the exhaust leak Think it’s a keeper but wouldn’t
mind to own it myself.
9:20 This is why I like your channel is because you’re real and you say it the way it is
If I didn't live with my folks and had more space I'd give you five thousand for it. I actually have a 1969 Chrysler Newport already, that's such a good deal considering how all the chrome and everything is there, you your kid and Jess do a great job with the videos as always, keep up the hustle man!
Pretty cool old classic. Thanks for getting the old gal rolling again. Fun n educational videos!
The white dot right after neutral is for snow conditions its starts you off in second. Then the green dot is normal drive where it starts off in 1. And low is a cool one where if your going 10 miles an hr it jumps into 1 and if your going down the high way and pop it into low it will down shift into second giving her all the onions.
My dad had blue 59 galaxie fairlane 500. Always wanted me one but when arthritis takes over and you can't work anymore things change. As far as selling ? If I ever got my hands on one never let it go !! I still got my 81 F 100 6 cyl still runs good ,
I would buy it in a hot second but seeing as I have two other vehicles and no garage it would be a sin to leave it out in the NE Ohio winters. I recently sold a '61 Tbird convertible before leaving AZ and regret it every day. We aren't owners but merely caretakers of moments in time. Thank you for keeping these dreams alive D, JD is lucky to have you for a dad.
Thanks to What the Rust! They are great folks and have a wealth of old car knowledge. Love Not Pink Floyd.
Its so nice having membership muahahahaha
It's almost as good as owning a JAAAG!!!!😎
@@dsc420247almost.
"Kevin's, currently fisting my JAG."😂
Thanks to whoever paid for mine
INDEED IT IS!!!
Looks like a 352 since it's the light Ford blue and paint looks original. 300 horse. Compression ratio was dropped to 9.6 from 1958's 10.2:1... same HP rating, lost 15 ft-lb torque. (EDIT: then Dalton said "you guys who know your Fords probably know this is the 352...") This is a pretty nice car.
That is a cool old car! Well done easing her back onto the road.
Drove almost an identical car for a couple years in college in the mid-90s. Great grandparents bought it new and it was off the road since the late 1960s. 332, same transmission, power steering, and select-air air conditioning - and vacuum wipers (discovered how great Rain X was) . . . The car was the same geranium color but the paint scheme was a little different - geranium on the bottom and roof and white through the middle. The thing rode like a couch and usually gave 16 to 18 mpg - would bark the tire shifting into second if you had your foot in it. Good times.
DAMN YOU DALTON!!!!!!!!! Between this and JD's Custom I want one of these damn cars now!!!!!!!
Your car is equipped with the Three-Speed "Cruise-O-Matic" transmission. D1 is used if you want low-gear starts with automatic upshifts to 2nd and direct. D2 gives 2nd-gear starts with automatic upshift into direct. Low can only be accessed in D2 by flooring the accelerator at speeds less than 15 mph.
Ford transmissions (FMX) and Borg-Warner transmissions were like this until about 1967/1968. Even some AMC's (which used Borg-Warners) had the same 2nd-gear start with the P-R-N-D2-D1-L quadrant.
Dalton is a "Salt of the Earth" dude, you can't ask for more than that. Thanks PBG!
Jess would look badass cruising that car around. I have that Holt bleeder. It can get finicky. Have to barely crack it till you get a loop of solid fluid then crack a little more sometimes.
Let her drive it to see if she needs it, she does not lol. Bought her a mustang instead
Nice! Did you bring the Mustang home in the trunk of the 59? 🤣
The old rubber hose into a soda bottle is still my favorite single person brake bleeding method.
Blows me away when you pull really nice vehicles out of that pole barn. But it's way better than what I have to work out of.
@@logicthought25my dad painted cars outside on the patio that turned out perfect, nice calm clear hot day makes all the difference
Old cargo straps make great gas tank strap gaskets. This would be a fantastic cruiser. I had a 49 Fairlane with 292 V8 slot of this looks quite familiar. It was a great first car. Low on power but a respectable top speed. Simple to repair and back in the 70s parts were available, that and I knew where every junk yard was within 60 miles.
So, we bought this wreck. Should we have watched this video before the purchase? Yes, but sadly, we did not. Lesson learned.
All kidding aside, Dalton and his son were awesome hosts when we bought the Galaxie. We hung out for quite a while and got the nickel shop tour. The car has gone to a great home! Thanks guys! #GetOutNDrive
I love that car. The late 50’s fords are some of my favorites and that color is perfect for it.
Dealing with solo brake bleeding/fluid flushing and tracking down vacuum system leaks, I finally broke down and bought a metal Mityvac vacuum pump and a AUTOOL smoke machine. The time and headache savings to bleed brakes, swap out brake fluid, and quickly see the vacuum leaks in a system made these two items well worth the costs.
That’s is a beautiful car, I had a 1970 Ford Galaxie 500 while in High school during the 80’s. But unfortunately someone T-boned me while going to school one morning and bent frame and totaled it.😢
I'm shocked how much I actually don't mind that color it really works for that car. nice work dalton
Coral works well on a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air as well.
This old man used to have a 59 Ford when I was much younger. And I loved that car. Same engine and all. Except mine was black. Don't think you'll have any problems getting your asking price for sure. You just keep making your videos. And ill definitely keep watching
Drive 2 should start out in second then go to third unless you floor it, then it'll downshift to first. Drive 1, AKA green dot is the standard 1-2-3 shift pattern. If you want to shift those manually 1-2-3, start off in L, get it past 29 MPH (you need to be HARD into the throttle for this to successfully work), shift to D1 then pull it back down to L and for third you can shift it back up to D1.
The rear leaf spring bushings need replaced. I did them on both of my 64's, it cured both odd leaning to one side or another and going around a corner both cars no longer felt like the back end was going to come around to the front, not to mention better ride and handling.
Great description of how the Ford o matic/ cruise o matic work !!
I have a 62 Thunderbird and that is excatly how I run her!!
@@paulsimonie6937 Coming from a guy who rebuilt one and drives one regularly. I find if I do the manual L to D1 shift it'll often just skip right to third gear if I'm not hard enough on the throttle or going fast enough. I think it's something to do with the transgo shift kit I installed when I rebuilt the transmission because if I held it in L then shifted to D1 it would shift to second then third automatically at lower speeds/throttle before. I find I have to be at least 50% in the throttle for it to not skip to third. It's either that, or the combo of the 2200 RPM stall converter and camshaft vacuum signal I have.
the dash pad in this would be worth getting a pro re trimming given how nice the restt of the car is
New to this channel. Love your drool sense of humor.
I was a teenager when this car was built!
The 59 was my favorite, and that color says it all.
I’m not a fan of the new cars, but I’m told they’re so much safer than these classics.
I’m 81 so I made it through all the years with the older cars, the craftsmanship was so much better back then.
I drive a black 89 Lincoln town car and I wouldn’t trade it for one of today’s new ones!
Doesn’t have a spot of rust on it.
Your Lincoln is what I would consider a good compromise of old car quality with just a bit of modern convenience!
Definitely need to see more of this car. We need for 59 Ford videos
What a cool car. I wouldn't change a thing on it except fixing the dash. The color is even cool.
In Canada, the Ford was also called Meteor, which was a cross between a Ford and a Mercury.
Another excellent and highly entertaining video by our host, Dalton. This car is a true survivor with great potential, and at his price point, well worthy of a new $$$ dashpad and some straight exhaust manifolds. The color is super cool, and the interior is amazing. I remember these cars when they were fairly new and all over the place and they haven't lost any of their 'coolness'. Good luck with the sale and keep up the excellent work. You guys are having a lot of fun.
Super excited to finish the video on my way to Florida.
Another great video! Can't wait to see what you do with the stepside interior. Id love to see you engrave "PBG" with your laser into some metal somewhere on it.
I may
Beautiful land yacht looked fantastic on the concrete ocean ☠️
You should keep it. It’s beautiful
I believe on the transmission when in normal drive position you only got 2nd and 3rd. Floor it and you got all three gears.
That's the best of my memory.
Boy, I truly wish I had the money to give you for that car. It's worth every penny you're asking for it. You did a wonderful job, putting it back on the road. The only bad part about your videos. Are they coming to an end? And I have to wait until you do another one. Looking forward to it. Thank you so much for sharing.
Bring that up to Canada you could get $15,000 for it up here easy. To bad its a 4 door but still pretty nice.
Those white walls really look good on that car that's what it would have had on it in the 50s
GREAT Car....Amazing find - Love the car.
It's a nice car. I love mine! Good job guy!
Beautiful car. Wish I had someplace to keep it. As for brake bleeding I never liked those vacuum breeders. Never worked well for me . I always used a pressure bleeder that hooks you to the master cylinder. It lets you know how much fluid is reaching each wheel and also pushes old fluid out much better than vacuum.
Given the size and color of the car, as well as my tendency to look on the bright side of life, I'd be so tempted to name it the Salmon Moose.
She’s a keeper. I’d keep it for a while. Have some fun and enjoy it.
This car is awesome.
Sth completely different.
Plus that coral color rocks badass
Nice old Ferd!
Another great video. Its been a pleasure watching your channel mature, one of my favorite channels on youtube. Keep up the great work.
The cigs on the floor at the end xD looks like something I would have had in my garage NGL xD
I love finding sellers who have bought out an old auto parts store, one of the REAL ones and you find the BEST OE parts. Such a shame to see the old brick and mortar stores go away, but this is what happens I guess. At least someone who bought it up took the time to inventory every item and organize it all. Nice find on the OE fuel pump.
Great choice with the white walls.
Another great video! Had that classic “PBG” feel! I’d keep the car, seems like a jewel.
This is one of my dream cars... I'm so happy that you saved this one
All I have to say my friend is $4500 for that car is a heck of a deal. Your buddy would be crazy to pass it up.
An interesting car. Someone will definitely want this ride. Always like the content on this channel, it never disappoints.
my little sister is looking for a 59 ford. I've got a 57 Fairlaine, she was never into the 50's Fords until I bought my 57, now I regret it! 😂 not really, its nice having someone else to talk about old cars with other than my dad. I'm loving these videos!
I see in the comments some guessing about the shift markings. I am from that era. You should have R for reverse. L for low. in that position it will start in low or go to second win down shifting above 25 mph. when the speed drops below 25 it will drop back into low. Drive 1 will start in second and go to high. They did that so you could start in second in snow and ice for better traction. Drive 2 starts in low and goes to second and on to third. If you push the accelerator to the floor it should kick down to second for passing. That is adjustable with the carburetor linkage. should work in D1 or D2. That is the way I remember it. Hope that helps. Most of those 59 s rusted away so you have a very collectable car there. You get the front bushing and links balance etc. she will cruse all day at 80 plus MPH.
Pole barn garage has become one of my favorite channels to watch daily is real it is what it is no cover-up or cut up material content it’s just real I’m a mechanic myself 35 years in this channel I most enjoy and I feel like he’s justLike me so I identify very much with you Dalton thank you for all your content
Ahhh the rare 1959 ford fairlane 500. Love these cars. So many memories building one. We named it frankenstiens monster. We dropped a 429 big block ford into it. Well after we did we found out that it has around 500 or so horsepower. The last piece is there and soon it will drive again. Thanks for saving this beauty.
Parts parts parts. It's like Christmas for a car guy! Love your content!
29:20 Classic Industries wants $525 for a dash pad (plus shipping of course) so a heat gun, a few bucks of foam, and a can of spray glue really is the budget option.
Omg ! That dash pad looks like the top of a bad baked cake ! Lol !
Loved this guy in Jay and Silent Bob and love him working on cars, too.
I'm a ford guy. My great grandfather was a Ford guy and my grandfather and my father and uncle so long story short I love this car.
Someone will love that car no doubt !
That my friend is what you call a keeper. Don't let it go.
A little info on the transmission, Low is first D with a green dot is second, and Regular D is third. Regular D being closest to Neutral and low being at the very bottom of the shift pattern
You guys should definitely keep it. That car showed us a beautiful moment
Maaaan if money weren't so tight right now id be on the road coming down to offer cash for that beauty, i love old vehicles and up north they're all rotted out where i live. Love the content, keep up the amazing work dalton!
$4500 what a steal!!
Almost a dollar a pound!
If you have to glue more things the spray can is not the best for interior stuff. Some of the best stuff is dap brand landu top adhesive. It's made for vinyl tops and has uv tolerance. You can spray it with a cheap paint gun but it will ruin it or needs to sit in thinner overnight in pieces.
Such a super cool car. Do what you need to do. Just keep putting out great videos. I like it
Good Call on White Walls!!!!! Period right!!!!!
Great episode. I love this channel. Keep the Ford. You can take both to a show that would be excellent
The D position to the right, starts the trans in 2nd gear, for low traction situations.
Back in the late 90s my friend had this same car in the same color in Austin TX. It was his moms car he said he had to fly up to Kansas to bring it back to Texas. That is an unforgettable color.
I absolutely love this car. They had styles that stood out back then.
My 2011 Hyundai has style! …. The same “style” as EVERY car made today 😂 they all look the same except some have a gaping fish mouth grille
Such a good looking car
That's really a very nice car. That color was a very popular at that time.
I aint a big Ford fans but I do really like both of them 50s Fords if I owned it I dont know if I would be able to sell it either
It's a nice car. I played in my dad's Galaxie when I was a kid but I never heard it run. More yard art and toy then a drivable car. There was no TH-cam car revival in the '90s.
That car is beautiful. I love that coral color. Keep up the great work.
I will as long as you keep watching 😂