aa Ford Fairlane 500 1959 Club Sedan badgeg
Ford Galaxie 1959 Club Sedan - badge on rear wing. the 1959 'Galaxie' carried both Galaxie and 'Fairlane 500' badges
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Ford Galaxie 1959 Club Sedan - badge on trunk. The 1959 Galaxie carried both 'Galaxie' and 'Fairlane 500' badges
aa Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible 1968 badger
Click here to go to an album on: Ford Galaxie models.Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible 1968 - badge on rear wing
aa Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner badgeg
Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner - badge on rear wing. In fact this first 'Galaxie' was a Fairlane with a trim package, but in 1960 the 'Galaxie badge too over.
aa Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner badges
Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner - badge on c-pillar. The 'Skyliner' had the rectractable hardtop, whereas the 'Sunliner' was a conventional convertible.
aa Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner head
Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner. Quad lamps had been given to the Fairlane in 1958 and were inherited by the Galaxie versions. A 5.8-litre (352) V8 was the largest engine in the 1959 Galaxie
ac Ford Galaxie 1959 Town Sedan head
Ford Galaxie 1959 Town Sedan. Launched in 1959 as a top trim Fairlane, the Galaxie was still available with the 3,653cc Mileage Maker Six, as well as the Thunderbird 292, 332 and 352 V8s
Ford Galaxie 1959 Club Sedan front
Ford Galaxie 1959 Club Sedan. 'Galaxie' was the top trim for the 1959 Fairlane 500 with chrome ladled on. Standard power was the Mileage Maker Six (3,653cc 222), but the Thunderbird 292 (4,778cc) V8 was common and there were larger V8s as well
Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner hardtop frontc
Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner hardtop, Powered by 7 motors, 8 circuit breakers, 10 relays and utilising 600 feet of wire, the retractable hardtop was expensive and sold compared to the Sunliner convertible.
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Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner - with fully retractable hardtop with folds into an extended boot
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Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner. Thardtop is moved up and out to start folding in under itself.
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Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner. With roof in mid fold
Ford Galaxie 1959 Sunliner front
Ford Galaxie 1959 Sunliner. The 'Sunliner' was the conventional convertible version of the Galaxie, whereas the 'Skyliner' had the retractable hardtop.
Ford Galaxie 1959 Town Sedan rear
Ford Galaxie 1959 Town Sedan. Whereas Fairlanes had wraparound rear windows, Galaxies had flat rear windows and thick c-pillars like the Thunderbirds
Ford Galaxie Club Victoria 1959 side
Ford Galaxie Club Victoria 1959. In 1959 Ford announced a new topline trim for the Fairlane 500 and called it 'Galaxie'. In 1960 the Galaxie was a full model range on its own, but for 1959 the Ford Galaxie also carried 'Fairlane 500' badging. Not only looking like a Ford Thunderbird, the Fairlanes and Galaxies could be ordered with the Thunderbird Y-block 4,778cc (292) V8
Ford Galaxie Club Victoria1959 rear
Ford Galaxie Club Victoria1959. In 1959 Ford announced a new topline trim for the Fairlane 500 and called it 'Galaxie'. Not only looking like a Ford Thunderbird, with the thick c-pillar, the Fairlanes and Galaxies could be ordered with the Thunderbird Y-block 4,778cc (292) V8
l Ford Galaxie 1959 Club Sedan lamps
Ford Galaxie 1959 Club Sedan - rear lamps
t Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner tail
Ford Galaxie 1959 Skyliner - the external spare wheel was part of the Continental kit.
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