Retrieving a 59 Fairlane 500 convertible

Where do you find this stuff!? I want that truck, that is "MY" kind of truck!! And I'd use it as, but take care of it.




.........although for me the red rims have to go on this one for me, maybe a gun metal silver....chrome the bumpers, BFG-K02's, screams for a headache rack ( steel to fit the era, in silver gun metal) AM radio......... OK, I dreamed and now I'm popping my own bubble....never gona happen in my life


But I do think the red rims belong to this car. Also, I am a fan of fender skirts, but IMO the car looks way better without then.




But as mentioned, the car belongs to you....

 

...or do one black, the second red, the third silver-gray and the forth a custom wire wheel, Sir?

 

Can't do that. At least each side has to match. As the pinstripers used to say "by the time people walk around the car they forget how the other side looked. " Pinstripes originally were added to cover runs and other defects in the paint.
This white truck and the red convertible are screaming RED WHEELS.
I'm also a lover of fenderskirts. Yet I have to agree with Tedy, no skirts on the '59 Ford. All of that stainless trim does a great job already.

Maybe argent silver later on the truck bumpers. That was popular on newer trucks with the large diamond plate bumpers.
I'm glad I don't own the truck or the convertible.............. Just too many choices to make.

 

A '59 Ford driving on the wrong side of the road:

 

Well, at least the Fairlane wasn't trying to swim 'upstream,' considering it was maybe salmon-colored (or is that 'coloured?).

 

To me it looks pale yeller and white coloured and I have no idea which side of that road is the right side. But the yellow Fairlane's wheels should be painted red.

 

Maybe they are already. We just have to wait until it hits the proper pothole, so that the wheelcover declares its own independence, Sir.
This is salmon-coloured:

 

My uncle's 1956 Ford was this color with white roof. Ford called it "buckskin brown."
We called it "something pink" but not around grandma!

 

How would grandma know. Are you accusing her of abusing a portable vanity mirror for purposes of which it wasn't intended for, Sir?

 

You're right, it is yellowish. But it's certainly cool to see Detroit Iron compound the parking and traffic problems of London.

 

I took the Fairlane to a local shop that does most of our brake, alignment and suspension type work.
It's a really neat place. It's an old Blacksmith and machine shop.
There is always something neat in there being worked on.

We decided to take the Fairlane to them so that they could sort out all of the bits that may need attention. We want to make certain it's safe when we're hauling the kids down the road for an ice cream cone.

It was a nice day, so I decided to drive the car rather than haul it in the trailer.


Stopped for the gratuitous photo on the way through the gate.

 

Still no takers on the Roadmaster, eh? Back in the early '80s, when my classmates were getting their licenses and cars, there were a few Fifties 4-doors (no wagons though) that were in the parking lot, and every one of them was a $20-$100 car, in as straight a condition as yours.

 

Nope, no takers yet.
Lots of tire kickers. Unfortunately it's the wrong time of year to try and sell a classic car.

 

As I mentioned earlier, the shop we took the car to always has something cool in there.

 

The '59 is my favorite Chev, and the Elco is no exception. Can't see well enough into the engine bay, does it have a smallblock or a W-block?