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The Custom name returned for the 1957 model year along with a new Custom 300 series, [5] these two models sitting below the Fairlane and Fairlane 500. [6] The base Custom was the bottom-rung model, whose primary customers were fleet buyers. The Custom 300 was a step up and intended for value-conscious customers.
Galaxie production was started in Lorain, Ohio at Ford's Lorain Assembly plant for 1958 and continued through 1959 with 102,869 Galaxies produced there. Air suspension, called "Ford-Aire" became optional on all vehicles except the entry-level Custom 300 for $156 ($1,647 in 2023 dollars [10]) but was cancelled in 1959. Vehicles equipped with the ...
The Customline was also produced by Ford Australia from 1952 to 1959. [2] Cars were assembled using Australian built bodies and imported chassis kits which included all front sheet metal. [7] In addition to the Customline sedan, a limited number of station wagons [8] and the Australian developed Mainline Coupe Utility were produced. [7]
The Ford Fairlane is an automobile model that was sold between the 1955 and 1970 model years by Ford in North America. Taking its name from the Dearborn, Michigan estate of Henry Ford, the Fairlane nameplate was used for seven different generations of vehicles. Through its production, the model line would be marketed in a wide variety of body ...
This would be the final generation of the C-Series based on the F-Series trucks, as Ford introduced the tilt-cab Ford C-Series for 1957; the model line was produced in a single generation until 1990. The B-Series was a cowled chassis derived from the F-500 through F-750; though typically used for school buses, the platform was also used to ...
Fairlane, Falcon, Galaxie, Torino, LTD II, Ford Durango. The Ford Ranchero is a coupe utility that was produced by Ford between 1957 and 1979. Unlike a standard pickup truck, the Ranchero was adapted from a two-door station wagon platform that integrated the cab and cargo bed into the body. A total of 508,355 units were produced during the ...
The Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner is a two-door full-size retractable hardtop convertible, manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company for model years 1957–1959. However, early into the 1959 model year, its name was expanded to Fairlane 500 Galaxie Skyliner. [2] The retracting roof system was marketed as the Hide-Away Hardtop, and was ...
Buffalo Stamping Plant manufactures sheetmetal stampings and welded sub-assemblies for Ford Motor Company 's automotive car and truck assembly plants in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The facility was opened in 1950 [1] with 1,235,895 square feet (114,818.4 m 2) of working floor space. It has had six major expansions and the facility is now at ...