From My Collection... '58 Ford

Posted by: @jcarnutz

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"I am very fond of the '58 Ford Fairlane and these two are the only 2 Sunliners I have for '58."

John, it's nice to have models in your collection of cars you really like..... I'll post this here ONLY because you seem to truly appreciate 1958 Fords:  My last 1/18 scratch-built hauler project involved a truck load of 1958 Fords - including one Sunliner; I like '58 Fords too....  😏 

@chris 

I do really like the style of the '58 Ford, all body styles. Thanks for posting your photos of the car-hauler. It is very cool, and I love Fairlanes. I remember it from a few years ago and I saved the photos you posted then. 

Like you John, I like the '58 Ford Fairlane very much; in fact there isn't a Ford HT from this decade I don't like.  My favorite is the '56 without a doubt.

Those Marque One 1958 Fords look excellent and that was a very attractive year for the full-size automobiles from Ford that year. I have a vague remembrance that my Dad rented a 1958 Ford when our family vacationed in Miami Beach that year.

Right now, I have beautiful green 1/43 Goldvarg 1958 Ford wagon that I need to find a tail-light for as I lost it during a recent move. Fords looked great that year and there are some fine 1/43 examples out there that display and photograph really well, as yours certainly do.

After owning a 1:1 '57 Ford Fairlane 500 I was put off with the '58 for years. But here, in scale and in your fine photos, John, these two are magnificent!

Yours are excellent as well Chris!!

Posted by: @jack-dodds

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"...in fact, there isn't a Ford HT from this decade I don't like."

I definitely agree with that Jack, and I'll go a step further....  from 1946 until the 1990's, all full-size Ford cars were nicely styled.   😏 😏 

Posted by: @perrone1

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"After owning a 1:1 '57 Ford Fairlane 500 I was put off with the '58 for years."

- Lucky you Tony.  I once came within "inches"  of owning a gorgeous tu-tone chocolate '57 2-dr HT but just couldn't (and still can't ) deal with that reverse hood.   For many years I too felt the '58 Ford design language destroyed the sleek '57 design themes - especially those taillights!   How could designers ruin Ford's signature round taillight look?  🙄 🙄 🙄  

I loved the 57 Ford styling and still do. When the the 58 came out I wasn't particularly fond of it but it has grown on my over the years. When the 59 came out I thought to myself it will grow on me, that never happened. Nice models John.

David Green has some nice Jag's (posted here a while ago) made by Marque One Models and cast by SMTS.  So they made some nice American and British cars.  Too bad that Strutt and Wright did not cover them in their 2011 book...

I've posted on this before, but to review, the '58 full-size Ford design language sought to cash in on the new Square Bird design, effectively giving it a family image. To get the full impact, you can remove the crossbar from the grille of the full-size car. 

The pic of the grille on the '58 shows up a little wonky. Click on the image to get a better look. 

@jkuvakas  Hmmm, I forgot about that.... 🤔 🤨     As noted, I've come to appreciate the '58 but, IMO, the square-Birds wore these design cues a bit better than their larger siblings.     Less "wonky:" 

I like the Ford grille much more than the T-Bird, which seems unfinished to my eyes.  Much better in '59/60

@chris

I gotta say Chris...I LOVE the job you did on this car carrier.  I wish I had your talent.

@jack-dodds ....thank you very much Jack.   I look at it today and see many little mistakes (or things I'd do differently ).    There may be one more in my future; I have ideas.   But I sure wish a high-end manufacture would release a vintage American hauler.....  I'm very lazy, I hate making all this crap!     😫 😫 😫

@chris Your "crap" is another man's treasure......lol.