Ford Custom Deluxe

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Ford Custom Deluxe Cabriolet (1950)
Custom Deluxe
Production period:	1950-1951
Class :	upper middle class
Body versions :	Sedan , station wagon , coupé , convertible
Engines:	Petrol engines : 3.7-3.9 liters (70-74 kW)
Length:	4989-5283 mm
Width:	1849-1852 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	2896 mm
Empty weight :	1360-1608 kg
Previous model	Super deluxe
successor	Crestline

The Ford Custom Deluxe was an upper middle class passenger car manufactured by Ford in the USA in the model years 1950 and 1951 . It was one of the successors to the Ford Super Deluxe and represented the top model. Like its sister model Deluxe , it had an in-line six-cylinder engine with 3703 cm³ displacement, which made 95 bhp (70 kW) at 3600 rpm. Alternatively, a V8 engine was available that drew an output of 100 bhp (74 kW) at 3600 rpm from a displacement of 3917 cm³.

The vehicles were available as a 2-door coupe, 2-door convertible, 2-door sedan, 4-door sedan or as a 5-door station wagon. The cabriolet was only available with a V8 engine. The models in the shape of a pontoon showed the typical globe in the grill in 1950, this detail was omitted again in 1951.

A remarkable 1,611,134 copies were made in two years. In the 1952 model year, the Customline and Crestline models replaced the Custom Deluxe.

source

Gunnell, John (editor): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 , Krause Publications Inc., Iola (2002), ISBN 0-87349-461-X

Ford Custom Deluxe Coupe (1951)