Just wondering, I found this one a while back. I was going to buy it but the stainless trim was missing off of the right side and the chrome do dad on the fin was broken. I figured thses pieces would probably be impossible to find and would cost more than the whole damn car would cost me. Anyone know of any junkers?
They certainly seem to be more rare than 61's and 2's, which I guess is why I love those 60's so damn much!
I wouldn't say that the 60 is rare. They didn't sell fer shit though. This made Ford go and redesign the car into what the 61 became. I am not sure abo0ut actual numbers sold but they weren't good. You don't see many 61's out there and they made alot more of them than the 60. Bottom line is.. do ya like the car? If so.. then you know the deal. Cole Foster made a badass 60.
60 edsels were rarer... both kinda cool. i say but it and do a mild custom, then ya don't have to worry about missing pieces
The way I understand it, the 60's were manufactured too wide to meet federal regulations of the time, that's why they were a single year body style. As was mentioned previously, the 60 Ford was only sold during the 1960 model year... This is a 60 Ranch wagon which is pretty rare and quite cool.
hell it might be a 61??...have to look at the title again and yeah superbell i considered chopping it some more but id hate to mess with perfection a 12oz was just was too small so we cut it to the regulation 40ounce height
johnnygringo, that's a '61. The '60 Fords are one of my favorites, I'd like to have one. My '63 Consul Capri looks a lot like a shrunken down '60 Ford.
[ QUOTE ] No Way. You guys don't know '60's from '61's apparently. '61-up had round taillights. That is a '60. [/ QUOTE ] The confusion pertains to the chopped one. Looks like a '61 to me. Plowboy's is obviously a '60. What's the story on this one Aaron? How rusty is it? Looks like a 2 door, right? I know where some parts cars are.
Chad, Its a 4 door. It ain't too bad rust wise. I didn't want to buy it and not be able to find any trim. Hellfish told me where the parts are. It is not high up on my priority list but I may get it just to have it, the guy has a 49 ford Club coupe I may get a package deal on. I need to sell that Dodge sedan first and get the interior done in the spacetruck.
I would say '60s are rare-er than other years due to the Ford/Rust factor, which was quite evident in the 1960 model year output. And, seguing into output, there were 911,034 full-size Fords built to 1960 specs. Galaxies are most common, Custom 300s, least. 67.5% were V8; 67.1% were auto trans. Output for 1959: 1,394,684. For 1961: 799,886 So, no, 1961 are NOT more common. Production figures for 1961 include Falcon (1960 numbers do not, Falcon was considered separate for the first year, like Valiant), and therefore look initially larger. Cosmo
60's are pretty but I actually prefer the 61 and 2 more. That chopped Ferd is definately a 61 Holmes!
[ QUOTE ] The way I understand it, the 60's were manufactured too wide to meet federal regulations of the time, that's why they were a single year body style. [/ QUOTE ] Where the hell did you get that Landmule? You think a major automobile manufacturer is going to screw up on something so obvious as width...'59/'60 Chevies were almost as wide if not as wide...what about '60 Mercury's? I'd sure like to hear of your source on that one! R-
One o' my favorites those years is the '61 Starliner with it's unique roof. GREAT looking car. The other favorite of mine in that early '60's era is the '63-1/2 fastback Galaxie. Sorry for the confusion on the '61.
i would love to own an 1960 ford starliner one of my favourite cars. i just love that car hmm maybe i should sell a few and get one of those instead
Interesting numbers cosmo... I may need to check my records! I was sure that the 61 outsold the 60... but what the hell... selling a 3/4 or a full million still aint what I call rare. Now studedude... pertaining to your statement. I am not sure about the measurments of the 60's wheels base but I can say that somebody may just have mixed up the 60 with the 61 on the width. The 61 fairlane/Galaxy was the second widest American passenger car ever made. The absolute widest was another ford of the same year but the model escapes me. How do I know this? Well two reasons... if you ever tried finding a trailer that could accomodate a behemoth this wide... hahaha.. you would understand. But more accurately... my bro's dad works for Ford. I bought the car from him. I am trying to remember... but I think the width of the front bumper is 88 inches... I may be wrong because it has been a while.... but I know the thing is very wide... makes driving narrows streets very fun!
Numbers are what the factory wants to make of them. You can have calendar year production vs model year production. This way, there are far, far more 1965 Mustangs than any other year, BUT they were produced from March (about) through to the 1966 changeover. About 18 months. This also brought about a change in law, whereby a factory cannot claim a model year only so many months prior to the actual year, and can only produce that model year for about 18 months. The '60 and '61 Ford numbers are probably skewed by Ford so that they can claim some production superiority. Chevrolet for 1959 claim calendar year sales of 1,528,592 units, but actual 1959 Chevrolet production was 1,481,071 units. Sales figures obviously include left-over '58s (if any) and early '60s. And, those numbers for a single body-shell will likely never be repeated. Today we have the "niche" cars, cars which the manufacturer feels good to shift a few ten-thousands, never dreaming of a million. Just look back 50 years: If you wanted a Chevrolet, you bought the one body shell they had (excepting Corvette), and adorned it how you wished. True, there were few options packages, you could generally add whatever you wished, provided it was available, which is decidedly not the case today. But, if you wanted a smaller car, or an SUV, or anything other than the one body-shell, you went somewhere else. I'ver gone on far too long... Cosmo
Rare, no Unpopular, yes I like them and 61, but they werent popular for a very long time. Now there are a few followers. Just like everything, it all eventually becomes cool, sometimes it takes a little to long........and when you go to look for one the junk yards have crushed them all!
Django, a "roof pinch?" The guy needs to learn some correct terminology for stuff. It's a chopped top, albeit very differently. I like 60 Fords, they're neat lookin. Guy around here has a 2dr wagon in about 40 different shades of paint. Apparently reliable as hell, he's taken it on Americruise a few times, I've caught sight of it in the magazines and on TV coverage. I personally think 1960 was an excellent year for the big 3. Mopars were graceful, FoMoCo's stuff was neat, and GM's stuff was badass too.
The way I understand it, the 60's were manufactured too wide to meet federal regulations of the time, that's why they were a single year body style. Where the hell did you get that Landmule? You think a major automobile manufacturer is going to screw up on something so obvious as width...'59/'60 Chevies were almost as wide if not as wide...what about '60 Mercury's? I'd sure like to hear of your source on that one! [ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] As I recall, I learned that from the Galaxie Club of America or another of the 60's Ford clubs. I had a thing for 60 Fords for a while and tried to learn about them. Actually major automobile manufacturers and other corporations, being made up of regular people, "screw up" on obvious things all of the time. Remember in the late 50's when Cadillac could not sell 58 models in some states until laws were changed to allow the use of 4 headlights? Or perhaps you recall the Vega? Seems GM screwed up on something as simple as the thermodynamics of the metals in the engines. Maybe you have heard of the Ford Pinto and its propensity to explode during rear end collisions? There are entire armies of attorneys that make fine livings both defending and suing "major automobile manufacturers" and other corporations for "obvious screw ups". Corporations and individuals buy insurance to protect them from "obvious screw ups". In the case of the 1960 Ford, it wasn't an issue of safety so much a compliance and I don't know that anyone was sued, died or was otherwise harmed. In terms of the GM products being "almost as wide" maybe you've had experience with something being "almost" long enough? The point is even if it's 1/32 of an inch too wide is too wide. I'd be interested in learning if what I've been told is about width and the 60 Ford is untrue, You certainly have a friendly way of questioning a guy's sources StudeDude and from your tone, I can only assume that you are very well schooled on all of these issues. Perhaps you have no use for insurance companies or lawyers but they certainly make a great deal of money from folks that use them. Thanks for asking!
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