The Ford Motor Company welcomed the 1955 model year with all-new sheet medal and its biggest lineup of Ford passenger cars ever.
For the 1955 season, Ford rolled out all-new exterior styling to match the new ball-joint chassis and Y-Block V8 the automaker had introduced the year before. There was a brand new model, too: The Fairlane, named after company founder Henry Ford’s Dearborn estate, Fair Lane. Replacing the Crestline at the top of the product line, the Fairlane featured distinctive checkmark side trim and a halo model, the Crown Victoria, with its famous basket-handle roof molding. The base Mainline and intermediate-range Customline continued as before.
Station wagons were spun off into their own stand-alone series for ’55, as Ford continued its aggressive pursuit of the expanding wagon market. Long-roof choices included the two-door Ranch Wagon and Custom Ranch Wagon, the four-door, mid-range Custom Sedan, and the top-of-the-line Country Squire, which matched the Fairlane in trim and equipment. (For more details on models and specs, see our MCG ’55-’56 Ford Spotter’s Guide.) Variety is the theme in this original 1955 company promo, which manages to include a reference to the glamorous two-place Thunderbird, also new for ’55, even though it isn’t pictured here. Video below.
Here in Oz we only got 4 door post sedans and AFAIK only the V8. 292 eventually in 58. 272 before that.And the Customline name. But at least we got the upmarket cars unlike Chevs that were full pov packs. Though the lead sleds as the Cussos were often called had real rust problems. Though there is still a good few around in good cond. More so in the country where they were popular with the farmers.
BUT we did get the Mainline utes that it seems was an Oz only thing?
Our cars were sourced from Canada, and it seems were different spec to the US for a start and ours were different again.