As with 58, the 59 Ford Panel Delivery received a minor restyling to it's front end. Specifications were exactly the same as the 58 with the exception of improvements to the engine and drive train. A paint delete option appears to have been available, which meant the vehicle was shipped primered for the new owner to have painted. Fleets could request special colors too, if their order was large enough.

The basic unit came with either an in-line 6 with a V-8 available as an option. A 3 speed manual transmission with a non-syncomesh 1st gear was standard, but you could get a 3 speed with overdrive which was full syncromesh, Fordomatic, or a 4 speed with a granny gear (non-syncomesh) with either engine.

Two interior color combinations became available this year, tan or gray vinyl for the seats with brown or gray hardboard door panels. A cargo compartment mat was availabe at extra cost on basic models in black, otherwise the floor was the same color as the rest of the vehicle. The mat was standard with the interior dress-up package which included one sunvisor and a drivers door arm rest.

This highly detailed 31 piece model, mastered by Curtiss Seeman, uses AMT/ERTL's 57 Ford kit as a donor. It comes in two versions, one with chrome bumpers, grill, parking lights and dog dish hub caps is $74.95, the other without chrome is $10.00 less. Three pewter door handles (2 right and 1 left), gas cap and 2 tail lights are also included.

You have lots of options when building this model, first off, many were produced without chrome bumpers and grills. The standard model used white paint in place of of the brightwork. In addition, The passenger seat, sunvisors and door armrests were optional and often were not installed in delivery vehicles.

Options included; padded dash, padded sunvisors and safety belts. A frame mounted spare tire carrier was standard, the spare itself was optional. If you decide to build a basic version of this truck, all you need is one tail light which you'd mount on the left door since dual tail lights were optional.

Ed of F & F did a quickie build for us so you could see how this baby looks assembled. The only thing I can see that doesn't match the prototype is the gas cap, which should be mounted flush in the opening.