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A
Picture Review of
The
Ford Motor Company
From
1950 to 1955
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A Brief History of Henry Ford
and the Ford Motor Car Company
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The Ford Motor Car Company
started with one man's dream of putting America on wheels.
That man was Henry Ford Born July 30, 1863 Henry Ford, grew up on the
family farm in what is today Dearborn, Michigan.
Henry Ford left home in 1879 for the
nearby city of Detroit. He was sixteen at the time and going to work
In 1891, Ford he went to work for the Edison
Illuminating Company in Detroit as an engineer.
Although Ford was not the first to build a
self-propelled vehicle, he was, however, one of several automotive
In 1899 Ford quit his job at Edison and
with the help of some investors, he started the Detroit Auto Company
Ford moved back to his father's home in 1901.
He built a car on his own and with it beat Alexander Winton in an automobile
race. This attracted more investors and enabled him to form the Henry Ford
Co.
For a more detailed and complete history on the Ford please use the links below. |
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pickup trucks from the first one to the present day. I thought what a nice idea. I thought that I might try something similar with some of the car pictures I have collected. I have been collecting pictures of Studebakers, Packards Nash, Hudson and Jeeps for some time now and I first wrote a web page on this page on the Studebaker. Then one on Jeeps and Packard followed. Then came one Nash and Hudson. I have since added a page on old Pickup Trucks , Hudson. Essex and Terrplanes of Australia , Volkswagen Kaiser and Henry J and then with the help of one of my visitors have written one on the Crosley. All my previous pages had been on orphaned cars but now I thought I would try one a bit different. I wrote a page on the Chevrolet and now the Ford These pictures came for a number
of sources including web
I would like to invite any one
that has a favorite Ford picture or a Web Page
John MacDonald johnmacdoanld@summerville-novascotia.com |
This page was last updated Aug 10, 2017
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and went to every extreme imaginable to look after them properly. The car garage became almost a necessity and some garages went the extra distance. |
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| The car on the left is owned by Norm & Bernice Bunko, Shelton
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The car on the right is owned by Buzz and Shirley Philips Union Wa The 51 Ford is featued below but the one on the right is a creation of Buzz Philips. For years he has been installing new stuff on old Ford and Chevys, I think he has found the best of both worlds. Its called an easy rod. The looks of a 50 Ford but a1995 T Bird running gear & amenities with out all the modifications it takes to install this kit is a bolt and screw togeather no cutting or welding and looks great! and no overheating problems. It fits on 89 to 95 T Birds& Cougers. If any one wants further information please go to this site. Easy rod.com |
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| This car is owned by Mark MacLeod |
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This car has been garage kept since 1951, and still is kept garaged. The story on this car is, that my Uncle had a 49 Mercury, and his friend had this blue 50 Mercury. They liked each others car better than their own, so they swapped cars in 1951. My Uncle lived in Omaha until the early 80's, then moved to a farm in Iowa where he built a large garage to house the Mercury and several other vehicles. Getting too old to take care of the farm and vehicles, he started selling them, and gave my brother the car, knowing my brother would take good care of it. The car has just received a rebuilt carb, and it was hard to get it to stop leaking where the fuel line went into the rebuilt unit. Car still runs too hot, so my brother thinks the radiator may need to be rebuilt... possibly clogged? Car is still all original.. paint, interior, and drive train. Seats were kept covered so interior is in very good condition. Paint has no natural shine left. We tried some rubbing compound which did nothing. My brother gave it several coats of wax, and managed to get it to look as good as you see it here. Gas tank has a factory drain plug, which we did remove to make sure the tank was clean. Would be a nice feature if cars still had this. Only has a few minor dents, about five dents in the chrome trim, which could be removed by a good chrome shop. A few small dents in the hood, maybe hail? We tried pounding out one dime sized dent in the hood, and the sheet metal is so hard, the dent would not flatten with the body tools we had. |
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| These pictures were submitted by Tom PasTian, Miami, FL |
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This car is owned by John McKay from Victoria
B.C Canada, and he had the following to say about his car.
"I just put in a 302 with AOD trans, ball joint suspension, Granada spindles, disc brakes, heavy duty front sway bar and it's lowered 3 1/2 inches. I wanted a daily driver that I can go anywhere the car takes me and have reliability as well as access to parts and repairs that are currently available from a Ford dealer or any other repair shop on the journey. Maybe route '66 next year when I retire." |
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by Fairlane |
by Fairlane |
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| This car is owned by Lenard L Miller, Roundup, MT
The car has just had a frame off total restoration. |
This car is owned by Ken Montgomery |
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by Marc VANDER LINDEN from Beligum. Marc had the following to say about the picture. "This car and the 1955 Mercury were bought and used in central Africa ( Congo ) in the '50s. Of course they no longer exist. These vehicles belonged to the parents of one of my friends I met over there in 1961 and with whom I'm still in contact here in Belgium. These photographs have been just found in an album pertaining to his family." |
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He had the following to say about this car. "The 50 Ford was one fine car, I bought it in Kaufman Texas around '53. Those Fords would run, this was no different. once again I thought I was top dog til I had bout with a Texas ranger one afternoon , west of Weatherford, on a highway where a person could see for ever , He had a 53 Ford, and cleaned my plow yet today I still have that awful taste in my mouth. Picture was taken in Arcadia Park { Dallas} Texas. The '52 Ford I acquired in '54, it wasn't much to speak of, had nice lines. The picture is taken on Byers Ave , [Camp Bowie] Ft Worth , Texas," |
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| This car is owned by Steve and he says the car is 100% original | |
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It is car is restored to original condition. It has been featured in many magazines and goes to lots of car shows in cruises |
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This picture was submitted by Bill Davis of Georgetown, Texas Bill owned this car in his youth along with a 1949 Ford which is shown on the previous page |
This picture was submitted by Bill Davis of Georgetown, Texas Bill owned this car in his youth along with a 1949 Ford which is shown on the previous page |
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that were owned by Bill Davis |
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This car was owned by Bob Marks,
Bob had the following to say about the car. "You didn't show but two customized ones! ... So here is mine! A 1950 Custom Tudor. I traded a 'fully customized '47 Merc convertible in for this car bone stock in 1955.. Used it to commute to college @ U of Ill. in Champaign-Urbana from Chicago. After "tickling" it a little, I used to make the 160 mile trip, one-way, in 2hrs, 5 min. -- before Interstate roads! The grill got changed to a "floating bar" style after I slid into an object and bent up the original. Flared skirts were mandatory in those days, and note the dual exhaust pipes, that got me stopped by the police many times. The wheel covers are Oldsmobile Holiday full covers. The hood came from a '51, and was shaved and filled." |
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SEAT BELTS, long before they became mandatory! .... and these saved my life one weekend on my journey from Champaign to Chicago. I was on a 2-laner just outside of Rantoul, IL., when a car in front of me swerved, as we were rounding a big sweep turn to the right. I hard to swerve left violently to avoid hitting him, and as I did, my drivers door popped open! If I did not have my seat belt on, I would have been thrown out of the car --- at around 80mph! (Back then the speed limits were "reasinable & proper!) Instead, all I had to do was reach out, grab the door & close it! |
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This car is owned by Tony Miller and yes it is a 1951
In Tony's words" it's a phantom -- really a '51 disguised as a '50 (note the rear license plate). I always liked the Vic body style, but preferred the simpler trim and detailing of '49 and '50, so I built the car that I thought Ford should have done." |
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| This car is owned by Norm & Bernice Bunko, Shelton Wa . |
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1951 Ford Custom Fordor Sedan It is part of a deck of cards which he had when he was quite young and still has today |
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| These pictures were taken in a campground in Halifax,
Nova Scotia on May2, 2010. The owner of this car is from Moncton NB and he tows the trailer seen in the pictures. He bought this car when it was 4 years old and has owned it ever since. |
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| This car is owned by Glendon Hill, Avonport,
Nova Scotia, Canada |
This car has the original interior, 78400 miles
and Glendon is
the forth owner. The car was was built in Canada |
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| This car is owned by Rick Henly, Huntington, Indiana | |
| In Ricks own words "I received the
car as a Christmas gift in 1968 and it didn't run. My family members
told me that since I was only fourteen years old at the time, I had a couple
years
to get it fixed up. By the time I got my driver's license in 1970, a family member had replaced the cracked flathead V-8 block and I was driving it. I also decided to paint it 1969 Dodge 'Plum Crazy' purple in 1970 and it's been that color ever since. When the flathead died a few years later after I was married, I put it in my garage and it set there for over 25 years collecting dust. In 2007, I had a new motor and transmission installed and in 2010 a new purple paint job. I just had the interior redone in 2012 along with the chrome pieces. |
The tailights are from a 1953 Ford and the
bumpers are from a 1954 Ford. I also have flamethrowers installed
to shoot flame from both tail pipes now and a new high output stereo system
in the glove compartment to rival my twenty-something import car owners.
I still have the stock spotlight and continental kit on the vehicle and I also have an extra piece of chrome above my rear wheels that I don't normally see on other '52s. I figure it must've been something special as well. |
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1952 Ford Customline Fordor
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1952 Ford Mainline Tudor Sedan
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1952 Ford Crestline Sunliner Convertible
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Customline Country Sedan |
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Customline Fordor Sedan |
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This car is presently owned by Larry Smith Larry is trying to gather all the history on the car that ha can. If any of my visitors know the car or any thing about it would you please contact larry at ldsbil@hughes.net He is very interested in know where and when this picture was taken and when. |
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| This car is owned by Delmer Watson of Ohio
He had the following to say about this car. "The 50 Ford (Shown above) was one fine car, I bought it in Kaufman Texas around '53. Those Fords would run, this was no different. once again I thought I was top dog til I had bout with a Texas ranger one afternoon , west of Weatherford, on a highway where a person could see for ever , He had a 53 Ford, and cleaned my plow yet today I still have that awful taste in my mouth. Picture was taken in Arcadia Park { Dallas} Texas. The '52 Ford I acquired in '54, it wasn't much to speak of, had nice lines. The picture is taken on Byers Ave , [Camp Bowie] Ft Worth , Texas," |
This car was owned by Rhoda Turner, (Smith)
Vineland, NJ
It was the love of my life. It was a light cream color with black panels in the back, dark green leather interior, green metallic dash board. It was lowered in the back and bull nosed and de-chromed and had 1954 bullet shaped Oldsmobile tail light covers. It had a V-8 engine with twin glass packed exhaust pipes. |
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| This car is owned by Wilbert Kane from Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
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| These pictures were submitted by Paul Black, Tampa, Florida |
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| This car is owned by Ken Montgomery | |
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| This picture was submitted by Jim Broderick of the Tampa Bay
area of Florida.
The picture was taken in Clearwater, Florida. The car belongs to his grandfather. |
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| This picture was taken in the Windsor, Nova Scotia area |
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| This car is owned by Fred Peters, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
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by Marc VANDER LINDEN from Beligum. Marc had the following to say about the picture. "This car and the 1950 Ford were bought and used in central Africa ( Congo ) in the '50s. Of course they no longer exist. These vehicles belonged to the parents of one of my friends I met over there in 1961 and with whom I'm still in contact here in Belgium. These photographs have been just found in an
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This car was owned by Mano Forsman when he was
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And Lets not forget the MUSTANG |
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