Advertising Last completed movie pages 1960 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan [58E]Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
![1960 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan [58E]](/i001830505.jpg)
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2023-10-01 08:00 |
If I am not wrong a Custom 300, even though non more available to usual customers, was made for fleet purposes. |
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◊ 2023-10-01 11:18 |
No such thing as a Custom 300 in 1960, the base 1960 Ford was the Fairlane. |
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◊ 2023-10-01 11:25 |
![[Image: hoodlumpriest196107011903_2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/hoodlumpriest196107011903_2.jpg) ![[Image: hoodlumpriest196107011910.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/hoodlumpriest196107011910.jpg) |
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◊ 2023-10-01 12:24 |
On the George Damman book in the Crestline edition was written what I wrote. This could be a mistake of the author... No idea ! -- Last edit: 2023-10-01 12:27:41 |
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◊ 2023-10-01 12:47 |
1960 Ford Taxi brochure and 1960 Ford Police brochure list the Fairlane but make no mention of a 'Custom 300'. But in spite of that, there seems indeed that there was a small series of 1960-branded Custom 300 if we are to believe classiccardatabase.com - mentioning a production tally of 874 units. I'm wondering if this was a leftover batch of 1959 Fords as I cannot find any pictorial reference to any 1960 Ford Custom 300. |
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◊ 2023-10-01 13:37 |
The book "50 Years of American Automobiles Since 1939" also lists 874 Custom 300s for 1960:![[Image: custom300.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/custom300.1.jpg) 58F and 64H apparently designate "body style" and for Custom 300 they do not appear prior to 1960 (it's 58E and 64F in 1959, 64G being a 'bus sdn' - business sedan). Both styles are also listed under 1961, with Prod numbers dwindling further to 303 and 49 and no price listing. Alas, the only Custom 300 depicted in the book is a 1958 model. 1961 marks the final appearance of Custom 300 in the book (1957 being the first). |
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◊ 2023-10-01 16:04 |
I wonder if the reason they do not appear in the brochure and the numbers were so low was the possibility that they were part of a government contract? The 119" wheelbase confirms that they were true 1960 models and not leftover 1959 models (118"). |
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