[Closed] Some rare Fords,

Beautiful (well, the jury's still out on the '58!), and thanks for posting.

Some years ago, Fred Lewis painted and detailed one of Brooklin's '56 Ford hardtops for me in the yellow and white combination shown on the four-door. The level of detail and quality of Fred's conversion is just stunning.

I always hoped that BRK could use that hardtop's master to make a station wagon like the gorgeous '56 in the photo. What a beauty that one is!

Thanks again for the nice pics. Now I need to go and take another look at that Custom 300. It's rare and unique, I'll say that for it!

All nice. Are you sure that's a Customline Victoria? I thought the Vic always had the Chrome hoop.

I'm thinking this is just a hardtop and not a Victoria. Please raise my awareness.

Marlowe, are you referring to the Crown Vic?

The Victoria was the same roof but without the chrome crown.
I do remember seeing a couple of these back then but not many were made.

All '56 Ford hardtops were called Victorias. The chrome hoop or "basket handle" was exclusive to the Crown Victoria. So, a "Crown Vic" is a two-door Fairlane with the chrome trim piece over the roof. It wasn't a true "hardtop" in the way the term is used (no B-pillars), but is more accurately described as a two-door sedan.

Hope this helps.

Never saw the ad for the '55 Crown Vic station wagon! It must have been a very early proposal that was yanked after the ads were printed. Where did you find this?

Ah.... yes it does. Thank you gentlemen! I learned something today.

And did you notice that in 55, Ford had two roof designs ?

In 55 the Crown roof line was different from the regular Victoria HT. The 55 Crown roof became the roof for the 56 line up.photo no longer available

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Lawrence, I do remember seeing this ad at Lockwood Ford in their showroom in Roseburg, Oregon but I don't remember ever seeing a Crown wagon. It would have been nice to have one.
I found this just surfing the web.

I have never heard of the Crown Vic wagon and so I started searching. Sure enough, a picture popped up under Google of this most unusual wagon in the same red and white. It even had skirts over the rear wheel openings! Thanks for the information, Dick.

That yellow 4 door is hot !!!!!

I think that photo has been altered...I'm sure that Ford never made a Crown Vic wagon. I couldn't find a Crown Vic wagon on google, though I did find the illustration which was altered. I have that brochure in my collection, and checked out the page. Note that the wagon roof is clearly drawn in, and note also that the typeset of the words "Sports Wagon" is different from the words Fairlane Crown Victoria just above them. It's an intriguing design and very attractive, but I don't think it's real. I wish it were.

Fords wagons for '55 consisted of the four-door "Country Squire," with the "wood" panels (actually grain-finished panels with fiberglass edges), the Ranch Wagon and Custom Ranch Wagon (2-doors) and Country Sedans (four-doors).

Can anyone verify a Crown-Wagon. I've never even heard of it.

I had a 56 Ford Victoria very similar to that custom line

It was just the Victoria, not the custom line, though, so it had the side trim like you see on the 4 door hardtop you see just above it, and it didn't have the continental kit. It was a classy car, needless to say.