Ford Custom Deluxe
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Ford Custom Deluxe Cabriolet (1950)
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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