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Post by Doug T. on Jul 9, 2011 12:40:22 GMT -5
Hi All! We had a nice little parade today ( 3 floats, a few old tractors, and the Harpursville High School Marching Band ), tonight there will be fireworks. I took LOTS of photos, here are a couple of them This one's a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria. A Trucktor ? Your guess is as good as mine! The farm boys around here seem to have a lot of time on their hands I'll post more later. Doug
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Post by daveh on Jul 9, 2011 13:43:55 GMT -5
Doug, super - again. My only complaint - 'here's a couple of them' - no there isn't there is a triplet of them! Thanks for posting. I hope to see more later.
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Post by nikonbob on Jul 9, 2011 15:49:28 GMT -5
Never a big fan of Fords but the Ford Crown Victoria is an exception for me and in particular the Skyliner model. You captured a classic car in classic paint scheme. Yea, the farm boys do seem to have a lot of time on their hands. OTH they seem to put it to creative good use.
Bob
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Post by Doug T. on Jul 9, 2011 15:57:55 GMT -5
Dave, "A couple three" is a local expression. It sort of like saying " a few" Doug
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Post by olroy2044 on Jul 9, 2011 19:20:09 GMT -5
Neat shots, Doug! Like Bob, I also have a weakness for the Crown Victoria. However, I think the one in your photo is a '55, not a '56. The '56 has a "spur" (for lack of a better term ) at the bottom of the stylized V on the front door. The majority of the coachwork forward of the windshield is from a 1929 Ford Model A, The rest of it--------------------------------? Great fun! Thanks for sharing! Roy
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Post by Doug T. on Jul 9, 2011 19:46:49 GMT -5
Hi Roy! I think you might be right about the year. My Dad had one of these when I was much younger ,(somewhere in the 50's ), he wasn't too fond of it. I seem to remember that he had problems with the carb catching fire. He also owned an Edsel and a 57 or 58 Ford with the hardtop retractable roof that would only go back about half way, then stop. Dad sure knew how to pick em Doug
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 9, 2011 22:23:57 GMT -5
Crown Victoria.
My wife and I drove one from Toronto to Florida and New York City on our honeymoon in 1954. It was maroon and white.
Mickey
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Post by photax on Jul 12, 2011 13:16:59 GMT -5
Doug, Your picture shows me that Ford built some good looking cars in the US back then. The only well-shaped Ford made in Germany was the end 1960`s Capri. The other two do-it-yourself cars are amazing If you would be stopped by police here, while driving these, I can assure you that you will walk home, after loosing your drivers licence MIK
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 12, 2011 14:41:43 GMT -5
MIK,
I cannot get too excited about those Fords. Rattles and squeeks occurred shortly after taking delivery from the dealer. After two years one had to buy seat covers and a new muffler and exhaust pipe. After three years a new exhaust system. Then brakes. and so on and on. By four years rust began to show and the chrome was pitted. By five years one started to look hungrily at new cars.
The good looks were only skin deep.
I guess I should say "IMHO" but I wont.
Mickey
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2011 14:56:42 GMT -5
Yep that's a '55 Crown Vic. Can tell by the round front parking/turn signal lights. 1956 Crown Victorias are relatively rare. There weren't many made. A lot more 1955 models. Anybody know, did all Crown Vics have the 312 Cu inch Thunderbird engine? I think that was the case.
Mickey:
I had a standard 1956 Ford four-door sedan and still miss it. It was dependable transportation. Never had the troubles you listed by then again I never lived in an area where snow is on the ground half the year and they salt the roads.. My Ford had the basic 272 cu inch V8 and a three speed on the column with overdrive. It would get better than 20 miles per gallon back when gas was 25 cents per gallon.
W.
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Post by nikonbob on Jul 12, 2011 17:50:10 GMT -5
Wayne
I think you hit the mark about the salt up here, it just ate the cars up in about 5 years just as Mickey said. That goes for all the manufacturers, no just Ford.
Mik
I remember the Capri being imported over her as a temporary Mustang replacement. Not a bad looking car but after Ford got finished with the engine mods to make it meet our pollution standards it was nowhere near as quick as the European model.
Bob
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Post by olroy2044 on Jul 13, 2011 1:44:23 GMT -5
Wayne, if I remember correctly, the largest engine offered in '55 was the 292 cid 4V Y-block engine. The 312 made its appearance in '56, also based on the Y-block. The most powerful factory version of that engine sported dual 4V carbs. The 4V carbs used on those engines were a strange design built by Holley. The hot-rodding crowd called them "coffee-grinder" carbs, due to their tall, almost cylindrical shape. With the air cleaner off, they looked like there were pieces missing. The only redeeming feature of the design was that it lent itself well to supercharging, as the entire carb was made to fit inside the lower portion of the air box, making it easy to pressurize the entire carb. If the hotrodder was going to maintain a normally aspirated engine, it was common practice to scrap the "coffee grinder," and use a conventional Holley 4 bbl. In 1957, Ford produced a limited number of vehicles with a factory installed Paxton supercharged 312, using these carbs, and that application was quite successful. The "coffee grinders" had a large, elongated O-ring seal around the float chamber, which was prone to severe leaks. These leaks did, in fact, lead to an unfortunate propensity for carb fires. Surprisingly enough, most of these fires occurred in normally aspirated engines. The Y block, in all its versions, when equipped with dual exhausts, and glass-pac mufflers, had probably the most distinctive exhaust tone of all US-built engines. Once you heard one, and knew what it was, you would never mistake it for anything else! Not everyone liked the sound, but one certainly knew what it was! Whew! Sure rambled on! Probably more than anyone ever wanted to know about Y-blocks! ;D Roy
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Post by casualcollector on Aug 9, 2011 6:58:19 GMT -5
You sure know your Y-Blocks, Roy. I smile everytime I see one. Same thing happens when I see a rod powered with a nailhead Buick, Rocket Olds or early Dodge Hemi. One engine I've not yet seen in a hot rod is the Lincoln/Mercury 430, or the older Lincoln/Truck big Y-Block...
I've read that the new Mustang DOHC 5.0 has the same firiing order as the Y. Should make for interesting listening.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2011 9:25:06 GMT -5
Here's a previously shown shot of my '56. It wasn't a really "cool" car as it had four doors. the two-door sedans were more popular. The Ford 272 V8 didn't compare well to the Chevrolet 283 cubic inch V8 performance-wise. One a friend of mine's cousin for Oregon came to visit driving his '55 Chevy. He and my friend, who had a '56 Ford two-door raced (drag race) several times and the Chevy always one. He wanted me to drag, too and I agreed although I knew I didn't have a chance. At the start the Chevy's driver gave it too much gas and spun his wheels. By the time he got traction it was too late and I beat him by half a car length. It drove the poor Chevy owner crazy because I refused to race him again. We both knew he would win. P.S. Ignore the geeky-looking guy sitting on the fender holding a can of beer.
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Post by Randy on Aug 9, 2011 11:35:43 GMT -5
My dad had a 1955 Ford Courier 2 door sedan delivery. It would be a rare car now.
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