Welcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie.

Many of these rare and historic examples of Detroit engineering prowess and ostentation were assembled at the Ford plant in San Jose. The 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie Skyliner could be delivered ...

However, Ford's models remained successful, and the Fairlane 500 and the Fairlane 500 Skyliner (the convertible version) continued to sell well. The Skyliner Retractable Convertible eventually ...

The Galaxie series was new for '59, and replaced the Fairlane 500 as the top series at Ford. The Galaxie shared many styling cues with the Thunderbird, which included squared styling, bold front ...

The Galaxie 500 debuted in 1959. Only extra ornamentation and different nameplates distinguished the new car from the Fairlane. ... Ford sold 11,832 Galaxie 500 convertibles in 1968, ...

1959 Ford Galaxie Town Victoria Four-Door Hardtop. May 26, 2001. ... Ford designers had grafted a Thunderbird roof line on the 1958 Fairlane 500 sedan to give the car a flatter, ...

After a Lincoln Mark II concept show car in 1953, Ford mass produced retractable Fairlane 500s in 1957 and 1958, followed by Fairlane 500 and Galaxie versions in '59.