My oldest son has the same deal. For some reason, he has had lots of 59's. Started with a 59 Biscayne, then a 59 Edsel, and also has a 59 Lark in his future.
They say we are attracted to things that were made close to the time we were born. I'm not sure I believe that, I was born in 56, I have never owned anything built in 56. Personally, I'm trying to figure out why I seem to have an attraction to 39-54 Mopars. Seems that almost every vehicle (except a few strays) I have ever owned that was older then about 1966 fell into the 39-54 era. I currently have a 48 Plymouth coupe and a 49 Dodge pickup.
I wondered the same. I remember seeing where Jim recently found it on a road trip in the vette, but didn't realize it came back?
yeah, I got the Edsel back. I got it in 2016 to go on the first LeMons Rally, then sold it to a guy in a nearby small town. LeMons announced the 2026 Rallys, and said they were interested in any cars that were going on the 10th anniversary of the first Rally...so I figured I might as well. And besides, it's a famous magazine car!
I’m not a ford guy but the 59s trip my trigger. Especially a 59 Galaxy 500 2 door hardtop with all the chrome trim!
Sure do. The license plate from it still hangs on my garage wall. I did a few modifications to it and got it on the road. That car did not like any modifications, as you know, it had a lot of modifications before I got it. It protested everything that was done to it. We did drive it a few years. I finally got to the point I was tired of fighting with it. I sold the car. The coupe is still in the area, it now sports a very pretty era correct blue paint job. The new owner is still fighting with it to accept the modifications. The last I heard was it was going up for sale again. I had a 50 Dodge pickup at the same time. The 39 coupe is in the background of my 50 Dodge pickup (just off the back end of the bed). A few years later, I had a couple of 39 Dodge pickups.
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