We’ve had a few of these owner galleries lately, and the time has come to showcase Ford goods. With that in mind, today’s gallery is devoted to Blue Oval owners from the 50s to the 60s. As can be seen, most are awfully proud of their possessions, with some even being true Ford families.
Great photos, great time capsules.
These are great photos.
That 50(?) with the two tone paint, skirts and vinyl roof looks like one of the early Crestline models – Ford’s attempt to do a high-end competitor to the Bel Air before they could get a hardtop out the door.
And that solid white 59 is one of the best looking 59 Fords I have ever seen. Which reminds me that I saw a red and white 59 Ford sedan underway several nights ago while I was out on the road. I always thought those little white lights in the rear fins were backup lights, but this one had a red flashing bulb in it for the turn signal.
I think it’s not a two tone, but a padded vinyl roof. I agree, it’s probably a Crestline Victoria.
The two-tone paint on the lower body and the padded roof (of whatever fabric it might have been, whether vinyl or something more primitive) were both part of the Crestline package.
I just looked it up – it was a Crestliner, and there were over 17k of them built in 1950. Not a blockbuster, but more than I thought there might have been.
And isn’t that a Studebaker in the garage behind the Crestline? Our last house had a double garage like that with the post in the middle. It was built around 1954. By 1959 or so that garage would have been pretty useless as cars grew wider. And then again for full sized SUV’s, let alone pickups, in the modern era.
Dman, I looked at that one too. It’s a `52 Lincoln Capri hardtop coupe.
We also had the two door post in the middle garage. When dad bought his first pickup, a 67 3/4 ton Camper Special, it had west coast mirrors and we had to remove one of the mirrors to get it in the garage while weaving the truck to get the drivers mirror past the post. It wasn’t so bad because it wasn’t an every day vehicle. The camper went on the truck in the spring and wasn’t removed until Nov. The truck went into the garage and rarely moved until spring.
I would take the 70 Mustang or the 71-72 in the back ground.
Most of the others are not my cup of tea. Grandpa had a 60 Ford 2dr sedan, my two older brothers had 59 Fords, both 2 drs, one black, one white. The farmer I worked for had a whole slew of T-Birds, several of each generation. We had a 50 Ford 2dr sedan, V8 3spd w/overdrive, I never liked that styling. The 56-57 Ford’s are alright, just give me a 63 1/2 Ford 2dr Hardtop with a 427 and a 4 speed. I’m more of a Pony car and 60’s intermediate fan.
Nice couple of ‘57 Fords in the mix. Young PRNDL approves!
Count me in as a fan of the 1957 Ford. Granted, I liked the 1957 Plymouth styling even better; I thought the 1957 Chevrolet was a lot of ornamentation promiscuously pasted onto the 1955 Chevrolet body to make it imitate a Cadillac, and not doing all that good a job of it! The Ford seems to be too much ignored, these days.
I’ve never found anything to like about the ’60 Ford, but I have to admit the side view of that blue wagon looks pretty good.
Lots a cool pics. That “T Bird, in the lead photo is beautiful. The “Falcon” pic could been taken in my home town!
Grandma/Grandpa, with the “Nash wagon” behind is priceless.
A lot of great Fords, but I confess a strange attraction to the green & white DeSoto lurking behind a Ford & Chevy.
I always enjoy these photos from yesteryear, both the cars and the background, too. I’m also impressed with the color quality.
In the opening photo I wonder “if she’ll have fun fun fun till her daddy takes the T-Bird away”.
(Might that be grandpa?)
It’s interesting to note how people after about 1965-1966 were generally much more expressive with their bodies and smiles than in earlier times, when most folks were so formal and repressed. It just goes to show vast the cultural influence of the mid ’60s was.
When I was 4, mom and dad bought the 1960 Ford Wagon like the blue on in the third photo, but ours was yellow. That body style was a single model year 1960 because regulations changed for maximum dimensions I believe.
Love the photos of these proud, happy people, even though I can’t relate to their love of Fords. 🙂
I think the T-bird in the first pic is my favorite but there are a lot of good ones in there.
I also like the 60 wagon with the kids apparently in their Sunday best. If you are quiet you can hear “stand up straight”, “keep your hands out of your pockets”, “stop fidgeting” coming from behind the camera.
This is a great assortment, and I’m old enough to easily imagine appropriate-age me dropping into each photo. And I love seeing the cars when they were new and shiny (looking a little different from lovingly restored & clearcoated 21st-century survivors).
Some license plates indicate the (likely) state, but I can’t seem to find any more “clue” in them to narrow down the locale any better.
I’ll guess the grandparents to have been born a bit before 1900, and the youngest guy with the 1960 wagon to be nearing 70 right now……thanks again for these!
All *very* nice pictures ! .
I’m glad that “old man pants” like that are a thing of the past =8-) .
I kike the 1957 Fords best, they looked very sharp to me .
-Nate
The 59 was owner modified. As a previous owner of one, the white lights were back-up lights, those huge red ones were park/stop/turn.
Really nice pics! I always loved the 57 Fords. Fun fact; did you know the 57’s actually had 130 mph speedometer? There is one more stroke past the 120 and if you count them out that last stroke is actually 130. I was so impressed with that as kid lol though none of our 6 cylinders could have come close to that no matter how inaccurate they might have been.
Looked up some photos. Yup. 1958 too, only black numbers on a white background.
Yep, the younger version of me thought car’s top speed was what ever the highest number on the speedo was.
Imagine growing up 1 block from a western Canadian city’s Ford compound from age 5-9 inclusive! Seeing the brand new 1957, 58 and 59 models arrive from the Ford (Canada) huge Oakville plant while walking from and to the elementary school.