TheFord Customlineis an automobile that was produced byFordin the United States for model years 1952 to 1956.[1]
Contents[hide]1954 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan |
Ford |
1952-1954 |
Chester, Pennsylvania Long Beach, California Saint Paul, Minnesota United States Australia[2] |
Full-size |
2-doorsedan[1] 4-doorsedan[1] 2-doorcoupé[1] 2-doorstation wagon[1] 4-doorstation wagon[1] |
FR layout |
The Ford Customline was introduced in 1952 as the mid-range model in that year’s US Ford range, positioned below theFord Crestlineand above theFord Mainline.[1]It was offered in 2-doorsedan, 4-door sedan, 2-doorcoupé& 4-doorstation wagonbody styles.[1]The coupe was marketed as the Club Coupe[1]and the station wagon as the Customline Country Sedan.[3]1952 Customlines were available with 215 cidinline six-cylinderor 239 cidV8engines.[1]Production totaled 402,542 units.[1]
1953[edit]The 1953 Customlines utilized the 1952 bodies with only minor changes.[1]Production totaled 761,662 units.[1]
1954[edit]The 1954 Customlines utilized the 1952-53 bodies with only minor changes.[1]The Customline range now included a new 2-door Ranch Wagon.[4]Engines were now 223 cidinline six-cylinderor 239 cid overhead valve V8.[1]1954 Customline production totaled 674,295 units.[1]Some historians suppose that at 1956 theSovietcar designer Lev Eremeyev studied the design Ford Customline for ideas to create the new Soviet automobileGAZ-21 "Volga".
1952 Ford Customline Tudor Sedan
1953 Ford Customline Country Sedan
1954 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan
1954 Ford Customline Country Sedan
1956 Ford Customline Victoria |
1955-1956 |
Chester, Pennsylvania Long Beach, California Saint Paul, Minnesota United States Australia[2] |
Full-size |
2-doorsedan[1] 4-doorsedan[1] 2-doorhardtop coupe[1] |
FR layout |
The 1955 Customline was redesigned with new longer, lower and wider bodies.[1]It continued as the mid range trim level, now positioned below the newFord Fairlaneand above theFord Mainline.[1]It was offered in 2-doorsedanand 4-door sedan body styles only,[1]with the wagons now included in their own series which comprised theFord Ranch Wagon,Ford Country SedanandFord Country Squire.[1]Customlines were available with 223 cidinline six-cylinderor 272 cidV8engines.[1]1955 Customline production totaled 471,992 units.[1]
1956[edit]The 1956 Customlines utilized the 1955 bodies with only minor changes.[1]A Customline Victoria 2-doorhardtopwas added to the range.[1]1956 Customline production totaled 368,653 units.[1]
1955 Ford Customline Tudor Sedan
1955 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan
1956 Ford Customline Victoria
The Customline was not carried over to the 1957 model year.[5]