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17/10/2023 8:06 am
It's the '61 for me. I never cared for the rear end styling of the '59.
John Bono
North Jersey
17/10/2023 9:26 am
Australia (and most other countries) couldn't afford dramatic annual styling changes like the US did, so they didn't follow American model year changes. It was late September 1959 before they introduced the full-size Fairlane so, based on the way the start of a model year is usually defined (in the US at least), that made it a "1960" model in Australia. It was assembled locally from parts supplied by Ford Canada (don't ask me why!) and in late 1960 the car was given a mild facelift with a grille from the Canadian Ford/Mercury Meteor - which is the version modelled by Trax.
Australia never got the 1960 U.S. Ford body. They carried on with the '59 body with minor detail revisions until 1964, but concentrated mainly on producing the US-designed 1960 Falcon compact and the 1962 mid-size U.S. Fairlane.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
17/10/2023 7:47 pm
Australia (and most other countries) couldn't afford dramatic annual styling changes like the US did, so they didn't follow American model year changes. It was late September 1959 before they introduced the full-size Fairlane so, based on the way the start of a model year is usually defined (in the US at least), that made it a "1960" model in Australia. It was assembled locally from parts supplied by Ford Canada (don't ask me why!) and in late 1960 the car was given a mild facelift with a grille from the Canadian Ford/Mercury Meteor - which is the version modelled by Trax.
Australia never got the 1960 U.S. Ford body. They carried on with the '59 body with minor detail revisions until 1964, but concentrated mainly on producing the US-designed 1960 Falcon compact and the 1962 mid-size U.S. Fairlane.
WOW! A total bunch of stuff I never knew. THANK YOU for sharing and teaching this old guy something new.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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