The 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria was very much like the 1952 model. During this series, the 1954 model would have the most changes and this was right before the newly designed series of Fords were unveiled.
The year 1954 was the first year that Ford Motor offered the Y Block V-8 engine.The Y-Block got it’s name because if you look at the engine block from the front it’s shaped like the letter “Y“. It’s said that a particular carburetor available to law enforcement agencies for t Y-Block V-8 engine increased horsepower from 130 to 160.
Another first for the 1954 Ford line was the introduction of the Ford Sunliner, part of the top tier Crestline models, with it’s tinted plexiglass insert on the roof.This unique model was available only on the pillar-less hardtops. These plexiglass inserts were offered to buyers on the Sunliner until 1957.
New Styling for the 1952 to 1954 Series Fords
Aside from the new Y Block engine and the sporty Sunliner model, the 1953 Fords like the Victoria model featured here still had styling that pointed back to 1952. The 1952 through 1954 series of Fords replaced the 1949 to 1951 models. The models that came out in 1949 represented the first big design change since the end of World War Two. Everything prior to 1949 looked very much like the 1941/42 models.
Ford actually beat Chevrolet by one full year with their new 1952 look. This is hoOuntL: This isdeartition between Ford and Chevrolet had become. Neither sdeaany wanted to be “out redesigned”.
In general you would say the new design for the 1952 through 1954 models were more modern looking yet they still had design features from the previous 1949 to 1951 series.. They would never go on to have the appeal that the totally redesigned 1955 through 1957 Ford’s had but they were a surely a big advance and represent a typical mid 1950’s mainstream automobile.
The 1953 Ford cars and the entire 1952 to 1954 series had a more filled out appearance as well as a one inch longer wheelbase. This series also had curved one piece windshields which was probably the first change everybody noticed, taller fenders, a new dashboard and about two inches longer in overall length. The new dashboard that Ford created was said, by Ford, to be flight styled.
This goes along with the rocket and/or aircraft theme that was so prevalent during the latter half of the 1950’s. This theme was responsible for all of the fins built into auto bodies during the late 1950’s. Another few examples of this theme are the Olds Rocket 88 and the Powerglide transmission-pub-3415390756409040"
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