RARE 1953 FORD CRESTLINE VICTORIA W/Coronado kit, in need of restoration. Production of this 50th ANNIVERSARY YEAR CRESTLINE VICTORIA model was limited. We have owned the car more than 40 years, always with anticipation as a restoration project after retirement. For many reasons, our dream has ended and the car is for sale. It has been stored outside in the field. (We purposely never transferred the title so that is also an antique item we planned to frame and keep with the car for display.) We purchased the car without a radiator and it is still in need. The engine always started right up, however, we did quit the occasional start ups over 25-30 years ago. If someone with time, skill, money and passion had this project, it would soon be a beautiful example of why the Ford Motor Company built this model to represent their 50th Anniversary!!! This would be a sought after car by any FORD DEALERSHIPS for their SHOWROOM FLOOR and parades etc. FORD'S 115th ANNIVERSARY WILL BE 2018 while they will celebrate the 120th in 2023 and their 125th in 2028. (Plenty of time to have this restored, shining and listed for a very large return on your investment!) In researching information, I have found where this RARE MODEL has sold for more than $80,000 when completely restored in mint condition. Our loss can be your gain!
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LINK TO SPECIFICATIONS OF THIS FORD MANUFACTURED MODEL.
http://www.automobile-catalog.com/car/1953/741560/ford_crestline_victoria_v-8.html
Some info and History I found about the 1953 CRESTLINE VICTORIA (online by "FOSSILCARS")... LINK... https://www.fossilcars.com/blog/blog/1953-ford-crestline/
In the 1950s, Ford had a vehicle which suffered from a touch of an identity crisis, and this was it. The Ford Crestline was also known as the Ford Sunliner. The trick to remembering this car, though, is keeping in mind that the Sunliner was used to describe convertible versions of the car, while the hardtop was called Victoria, and the station wagon earned the name Country Squire. For all its names, the Crestline was produced during an exciting year for Ford. 1953 was the company’s 50th anniversary, a milestone which meant new features were available.For the Crestline (which was introduced in 1952), the year 1953 meant the addition of power-assisted steering and brakes for this model, though Ford had made the two available for other models in previous years. It contained a V8 engine which allowed the Crestline to purr down the road as it showed off its sparkly paint. Every 1953 Ford model proudly displayed a commemorative wheel marking the anniversary, and the Crestline was no exception. 2001 units ofthis model were produced, allowing Ford to feature it as the pace car in the Indianapolis 500 that year. William Clay Ford had the honor of driving the pace car. The original pace car is available for all to see at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan.
The Ford Crestline lasted only until 1954,when it was pulled from production. Though it had a short run, the Crestline has many key elements of a classic car from the 1950s. The Ford Fairlane would replace the model as one of Ford’s full-size cars in the 1950s, alongside the Mainline, Galaxie, and the Custom.
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