Ford advertised 'safety anchorage' for the front seats. It was the very image of the ostentatious late-1950s American automobiles, though somewhat tamer than its Chevrolet and Plymouth competitors. In keeping with the era, the 1959 Galaxie was a chrome and stainless steel-bedecked vehicle with optional two-tone paint. Although a separate series from the Fairlane 500, : 402 1959 Galaxie models carried both Fairlane 500 and Galaxie badging. : 402 Styling varied from the Fairlane 500 with the addition of a Ford Thunderbird-style C pillar : 402 on all but the Sunliner. : 402 The Galaxie was offered with the same sedan and hardtop body styles as the Fairlane 500 whilst the Sunliner and Skyliner convertibles were moved across from the Fairlane 500 range. : 402 During the 1959 model year the Galaxie was added to the range as an additional trim level, assuming the top position from the Fairlane 500. The 1959 Ford range was introduced in late 1958 with the Fairlane 500 as the top trim level. The Galaxie was the competitor to the high-volume full sized Chevrolet Impala. The 'regular' Galaxie 500 continued below the LTD as Ford's mid-level full-size model from 1965 until its demise at the end of the 1974 model year. The Galaxie 500 prefix was dropped from the LTD in 1966, and from the XL in 1967 however the basic series structuring levels were maintained. The Galaxie 500/LTD was introduced for 1965 followed by the Galaxie 500 7-Litre for 1966. For 1962, all full-size Fords wore the Galaxie badge, with '500' and '500/XL' denoting the higher series. The name was used for the top models in Ford's full-size range from 1958 until 1961, in a marketing attempt to appeal to the excitement surrounding the Space Race. The Ford Galaxie is a full-sized car that was built in the United States by Ford for model years 1959 through to 1974.

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