If you've read MyRideisMe.com long, you know we don't do many stockers, but the unrestored and original 1960 Starliner from part 1 was special. Contrast that with the billet-wheeled'n candy painted sweetheart you see here. Or is it? I met Mel and Lynda Swafford at the NorCal Knockout in Vallejo, CA. From the pics you can see it was a cool show nestled in the trees of the Solano County Fairgrounds. As the first annual, it wasn't that big, but everyone who showed enjoyed a perfect California July day. (Look for Nick K and my pics soon...) Back to this "sweetheart" known to the Swafford's and their friends as, "Christine". Oh you remember! Stephen King's 1958 Plymouth Fury that didn't mind running folks off the road... It's not a nickname you give to a car that's been nice during a rebuild. (Are they ever nice?) It all started well. Mel's dad owned a white 1960 Starliner way-back-when and Mel, "Always loved it." It's often a special memory a car brings back that make it, "My Ride is Me." To get started, in about 2006, Mel traveled to Denver to...
1960 Starliner Part 1 – Low Mile Stocker
posted by pikesan
When you're cruzin' the LA Roadster show, you never know what you'll find. Roadsters, yea, but like I've said before, the LA Roadsters brings out the best in all of SoCal. Here's one of the best you'll see anywhere from Rod Barrett of Rancho Dominguez, CA. This original and unrestored 1960 Galaxie Starliner has a little over 10,000 miles on the odo. This is part 1 of 2 Ford Starliners found this summer, but maybe there was a part ZERO? KIRK! from Billetproof and now Goodguys Gazette fame has (had, he sold it now) one of the finest 60 Starliners ever built. If you've never seen it, check it out in Kirk's garage here. So much has been written about Kirk's ride, I'm skipping to this bad black beauty. One thing 60 Starliner folks are happy to tell you is that they own the longest and widest Ford ever built. At 5.7 inches longer and five inches wider than the 1959 Ford, they're still shorties compared to the 1959-60 Caddy coming in at 213.7 inches compared to the Cad's 225. Looking around the web, I found numerous mentions of...