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1951 Ford Custom Country Squire Station Wagon [79] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2021-01-18 10:48 |
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◊ 2021-01-18 12:04 |
Why Custom De Luxe? I guess it's because there are others listed as such so I'm not singling this out - but the Custom and the De Luxe were the respective mid-prized and low-prized model lines for 1951, unlike in 1950, where the mid-prized version was called Custom De Luxe indeed. As Custom De Luxe was only used for 1950, the De Luxe epithet should be dropped for this (and the others) and join the ones listed the right way. |
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◊ 2021-01-18 12:23 |
In this 1951 brochure it is called Custom De Luxe "Country Squire": Link to "www.oldcarmanualproject.com" Granted, if you look at another brochures, the wagon doesn't seem to have any model name attached to it: Link to "oldcarbrochures.com" https://www.autopaper.com/images/19639/photo/img0954_221710.jpg Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't understand why are they listed on imcdb as "Custom Country Squire" rather than "Custom De Luxe Country Squire" or even simply "Country Squire"  Similarly, Crestline model is listed like so (without Custom Deluxe). Maybe all '51 Ford wagons should be listed simply as "Country Squire" (without Custom/Custom Deluxe) ? I honestly see no reason why would they have "Custom" as part of the model name, if "Custom DeLuxe" is considered incorrect. -- Last edit: 2021-01-18 13:09:20 |
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◊ 2021-01-18 13:26 |
"Encyclopedia of American Cars" classifies it under the Custom Series and as a Country Squire Wagon 2-door (Model 79) |
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◊ 2021-01-18 14:11 |
Here it also says: https://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z10436/ford-custom-deluxe.aspx Assuming the only 8-passenger station wagon in 1951 was the Country Squire ? Edit: ok, but another source tells another thing : https://www.justcars.com.au/news-and-reviews/1951-ford-custom-spotlight/11995 Absolute headache. So, Crestline should be part of the "Custom" model lineup as well, if the second linked source is true. -- Last edit: 2021-01-18 14:26:13 |
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◊ 2021-01-18 15:37 |
Plain black windshield rubber, if that means anything, anyway a V8 badge is visible |
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◊ 2021-01-18 17:10 |
It's possible that the first brochure linked is an early one, still using the model names from 1950 (or it may have been an oversight by whoever produced the brochure, hence the need to make a new one). While Country Squire was simply labeled as such, it was indeed part of the mid-priced (B) Custom lineup. For 1952, the Country Squire was moved upwards for the high-price Crestline (C) segment, while the Country Sedan took over in the mid-priced (B) lineup. Same case with the Victoria, actually listed without the Custom prefix in the brochure. Similar case, for 1952 Mercury's station wagon offering had no model name attached, but was part of the Custom series. That changed in 1953, when it moved up and became part of the Monterey lineup. |
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