1959 Ford Custom 300 Fordor Sedan [58E]

1959 Ford Custom 300 [58E] in The Killers, Movie, 1964

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Author	Message
Raul1983 ◊ 2008-03-08 21:57	-- Last edit: 2008-03-08 22:00:21
rjluna2 ◊ 2008-03-08 22:00	1959. Say, jettalover, is this a real california plate?
DynaMike ◊ 2008-03-08 22:05	Custom 300 [58E].
jettalover ◊ 2008-03-09 08:10	Don't know much about these vintage plates, but I think fake plates weren't used or required by the productions companies or the DMV unitl the '80s, so I'd quess they're real. Maybe 58Roadmaster knows?
62imperial ◊ 2009-12-09 08:03	Definitely fake. The J and the 6 are too squared in shape, and JTR is too early a letter combination for a '59 Ford (should have begun with R or S - see the '59 cars on the dealer lot in "Psycho" for example). The 6 on the police car plate looks correct but the digits on that one are spaced too far apart. Give the art director a little credit, though - for scenes set in 1960 in a 1964 movie, I'm surprised they even bothered to get the correct year plate! Of course, Shelby Cobras weren't around in 1960...
herbie1968 ◊ 2023-10-25 14:15	I’ve watched the movie, it has LAPD stickers
jettalover ◊ 2025-03-07 07:30	It doesn’t have a side mirror. Guess that was optional on the cheaper Fords.