Vehicle Description
1954 Ford Crestline Sedan
The Ford Crestline model had several versions of the car depending
on what your preferences were. The Sunliner was a convertible, the
Fodor was a 4 door sedan with extra chrome trim, the Skyliner,
which had an open rooftop which was plexiglass and was referred to
as a basket handle design.
Our example here is the Fodor. A 4-door coupe hardtop and plenty of
patina raven black paint. This is a pre fin, pre jet age, post
excessive chrome era automobile. Simplistic design almost seems
boring from what is to come, but it was very effective. Suburbia
was expanding at leaps and bounds, and this sedan was the perfect
grocery getter or night out for the folks kinda car for the
everyday man and his wife. Affordable enough to have more than 1
car the 2-car family was born in this era, mainly due to cost.
Exterior
Aged Raven Black covers all the straight and true steel panels.
Some areas show some orange peel, dulling, and even slight drips
where an especially heavy coat was sprayed on. As noted minimal
brite work and chrome is present, but just enough to add contrast
to the black background. The front grille uses a 2 step bumper
design with the upper accent inserts for the center and side signal
light bezels and the lower a conventional bumper. The only other
trimmings would be the door handles, and some window surrounds and
a stainless plate put on the bump out just prior to the rear wheel
well. Standard dog dish style wheel covers are on all 4 corners and
wrapped in blackwall bias ply tires.
Interior
A simple stitched in red checked pattern broadcloth covers the
seats and half of the back of the seating arrangement of a split
50/50 bench up front, and a rear bench in back fills the interior.
Uppers for the seats are black vinyl with vertical white stitching
which is accenting the red broadcloth lower section of the seats.
Door panels in the red check on an insert, and bordered by black
vinyl greet you when you swing open the doors. Some waviness to the
panels is noted. The metal dash has been simplified to include the
original half circle speedo, as well as an aluminum swirl patterned
strip running directly under the speedo from drivers door panel to
glovebox. This aluminum strip contains various gauges and toggles
to aid you in keeping track of the car's vitals. The radio has been
removed and the glovebox door is missing. On the background of the
semicircular speedometer some paint has chipped off resulting in
the speedometer to be unreadable. Black carpeting iron the floors
and shows stains and dirt throughout.
Drivetrain
Within the unrestored engine bay sits a 239ci V8 with a single
2-barrel carburetor on top. There is a 3-speed manual transmission
on back. The engine bay shows plenty of paint peel off and
rust.
Undercarriage
Heavy surface rust, and the interior undercarriage metal sheathing
has been ravaged by invasive rust on the rockers and wheel well
surrounds.
VIN DECODE
U4UG116686
U-239 ci V8
4-1954
U-Louisville KY Assy Plant
G-Customline
116686-Sequential Unit Number
WARRANTY TAG
BODY 73B-Fordor Customline
PAINT A-Raven Black
TRIM B-Blue Eagle Pattern
PRODUCTION CODE 2C-March 2nd
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.
