I'm 77 & at age 5, my family bought a brand new 1951 Ford! However, in late '51, Ford ran a t.v. commercial, stating that the company was going to "scrap' the next two years of planned models" & put out the 1954 model, two years early, in 1952! They weren't kidding, because the '52 was the most modern looking car on the market! Because of this, I think my family always wished that they had waited one more year to buy a FORD!
3:08 Filmed at the Phipps Mansion, Old Westbury Gardens, New York. The house exterior was also used in Hitchcock's North by Northwest among other movies.
Actually, they were. That is, in the Ford truck "Big Job" series (rigs, car haulers, dump trucks, fire engines, etc..) OHV Lincoln engines were used, starting in 1952. These OHV Lincoln car 317 V-8 engines were real brutes, developing 205 hp by 1954 and mated to GM Hydromatic transmissions until 1955.
Aha, the genesis of an Edsel TV commercial! Similar multi-car acrobatics but with twice as many vehicles. (Spoiler alert: that campaign didn't help Edsel)
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I'm 77 & at age 5, my family bought a brand new 1951 Ford! However, in late '51, Ford ran a t.v. commercial,
stating that the company was going to "scrap' the next two years of planned models" & put out the 1954
model, two years early, in 1952! They weren't kidding, because the '52 was the most modern looking car on
the market! Because of this, I think my family always wished that they had waited one more year to buy a FORD!
Okay, I'll buy one! Oh damn, just realized this was 70 years ago...
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3:08 Filmed at the Phipps Mansion, Old Westbury Gardens, New York. The house exterior was also used in Hitchcock's North by Northwest among other movies.
Where can I get the customliner lettering for the 1952 Ford. 4 door car. The ones on the fenders.
Id love to own and drive one now!
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The last ad showed all OHV engines, in cars, Ford's 6 went ohv in '52, but the v-8's were flatties until '54. Were trucks different? Don't think so...
Actually, they were. That is, in the Ford truck "Big Job" series (rigs, car haulers, dump trucks, fire engines, etc..) OHV Lincoln engines were used, starting in 1952. These OHV Lincoln car 317 V-8 engines were real brutes, developing 205 hp by 1954 and mated to GM Hydromatic transmissions until 1955.
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"All new for `52" was the sales pitch...they looked it..
Aha, the genesis of an Edsel TV commercial! Similar multi-car acrobatics but with twice as many vehicles. (Spoiler alert: that campaign didn't help Edsel)
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I think I will wait for 1955, when the Crown Victorias hit the showrooms.🤔