Car of the Week: 1960 Ford Fairlane 500

A fine Fairlane, XM Turnpike is sold, Broad Arrow's inaugural Amelia auction and Packard's rallying cry in this week's newslster.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Car of the Week: 1960 Ford Fairlane 500 A Fairlane 500 more stunning than Dad's new sedan! Patrick Kaluzny's 1960 Ford Fairlane 500 Town Sedan might be a four-door sedan, but there's nothing mundane about it. While most people walk past four-door sedans at car shows, Patrick Kaluzny's Fairlane draws a crowd wherever it goes. The 1960 Ford's attraction may come from its lovely green-and-white two-tone paint. It might even be what Ford described as the "continental flair" to its long and lithe styling. But more than likely, it's the fact that someone restored a mid-level 1960 Ford four-door sedan, and did so to a show-stopping, gem-like Old Cars Price Guide Number 1 condition. See More Make your car our "Car of the Week"  If you've got an old car you really love, we want to hear about it! Click here to submit your ride! Famed 1956 Mercury concept sold The XM-Turnpike Cruiser is heading south and finding its new home in a Florida museum. Tom Maruska, the man who miraculously brought back Mercury's one-of-a-kind 1956 XM-Turnpike Cruiser show car from the brink (or beyond) confirmed the concept car has been sold to the American Muscle Car Museum in Melbourne, Florida. See More McLaren trio headlines Broad Arrow's inaugural Amelia auction McLarens, Porsches, Ford GTs and more at Broad Arrow's inaugural March 4th Amelia sale. Grosse Point, Michigan – Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company,  released the complete digital catalog for its inaugural Amelia Auction on March 4 at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island. As the official auction of The Amelia, the sale will feature more than 100 motor cars, from coachbuilt beauties of the 1920s and 1930s, to the fastest, rarest, and most sought-after supercars of the last three decades. See More Packard's 'Ask the Man Who Owns One' origins How an advertising slogan became Packard's mantra going forward. It took the status of motto due to the gruffness of Alexander Winton of Cleveland, a man known for his short Scottish fuse of impatience. Amid his pre-1900 experiments in making a reliable car bearing his name, he was bothered in his mechanical work one day as James Ward Packard drove his self-repaired Winton from Warren, Ohio, to explain his improvements on a car that proved cantankerous. Mr. Winton was interrupted and cast aside the news with disdain that the younger Ward should build his own car, if he knew so much. See More Subscribe Now to the Highest Frequency Publication for Die-Hard Car Lovers! Your subscription to Old Cars includes: All the recent news from around the old car hobby Coverage of all the important collector car auctions and shows Classifieds including expert advice SUBSCRIBE NOW! Active Interest Media 2143 Grand Ave Des Moines, Iowa, 50312 United States You received this email because you are subscribed to Old Cars Weekly eNewsletter. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.