1955 Ford Crown Victoria Commercial

[suze816]

I've been driving Ford vehicles since 1988. I have no plans to change that.

I've known the Fix or Repair Daily and Found on Road Dead sayings for a long time...People are silly.

My mom had a 54 Crown Vic.

We had a rental recently that was a Crwon Vic a few weeks ago and I'm used to sitting up high in an SUV, so the Crown Vic rental felt like I was driving a barge down the road....albeit a very smooth barge. :-D

[taylorgpa]

I think Ford and Chevy both made good cars and had their share of problems, but Chrysler in my opinion continuously made nothing but throw away crap. After two years old, junk it.

[MoskvaMorten]

@taylorgpa I have been restoring about 50 cars from the late fifties and early sixties, and my experience is quite the opposite of what you tell here. the chrysler-made cars are the ones that's always easy to work on, because the body in many cases are stronger, the engines seems to tolerate the aging a whole lot more - the only drawback is the problem to find spareparts due to it's limited popularity compared to the GM and Ford-cars.

[QueensJack]

Nice presentation and for the life of me I can't imagine how it could draw negative criticism.

They were good cars and good looking too, wish I could find one now that was affordable, doubt any other cars made today will be in demand over a half century from now as they are throw aways, use them and dispose and buy another and while on the topic, components of cars out now don't last as long, my HHR needs the head light bulbs replaced at approximately 2 year intervals considering their life..

[TommyChevyBugle]

heres a place that sells real crown victoria police interceptors..

youtube.com/watch?v=rZFCmZJni1­4

[zamusicza]

That convertible is a beauty.

[hakalakalaka1]

did anyone notice that he prophesied 90s cars in his drawing

[pspfreak1000]

lol modern interior. 

[BanshiBanzai]

RIP Crown Vic

[spyfreakm16]

@BanshiBanzai what are u talking about?! The crown isnt even dead yet. hell it its barely retiring, let alone dying.

[ALFAGOMMA]

Would you buy a car from a guy who wears a bow tie?

[ShitFromShinolla]

Why, sure I would. Especially if the car was an imagionative one like the new 1955 Ford Crown Victoria!

[BigBishop1]

beautiful cars they just didnt last like chevies mainly because chevy engines were easier to exchange

[kazimann]

These are proper old school cars, not like the plastic shite of nowadays.

[steffidude]

Amen! Bumper cars today remind me of the bumper cars at the carnival.

[spyfreakm16]

@kazimann all but the crown vic. its the last FULL SIZE sedan that has a basic concept.

[luisfloridormz]

cool car.. i would pay millions to own one right now...

[BarrySRudd]

FORD: Fix Or Repair Daily

[MoskvaMorten]

well. when I got my 55 Crown Vic it had been sitting outside in my grandfathers yard for 18 years with only a cement floor and wooden roof to shield it. I changed fluid, rubber hoses and oil, and the engine started with no problem at all. so, I'm not quite sure about this "fix or repair daily"-nonsense. it's more like a childs riddle to my ears.

[scott93257]

@MoskvaMorten

I have to agree with you... that Fix or Repair Dalily is bogus... These old cars are awesome in every way... Your 18 year old cold start sounds very very accurate... My dad bought a 1971 Chevy C20 that had been sitting in a garage for 7 years...Never started or moved... he added fluids to it, new hoses and what not, a fresh battery... The original 350 came back to life with a single turn of the key.

Mom and dad were taken in a car accident some years ago. I still have the truck

[scott93257]

@MoskvaMorten

I spelled DAILY wrong in that last one.... Must have been typing too fast :)

Anyway, dad had it painted white, new tires, nice chrome rims...

I also have a 65 C20..

[19BlackLord91]

I have a ford since 1995 never repaired a thing

[kazimann]

I've a Ford Escort and I find it's a very reliable car, even more so than my old Nissan Micra.

[RennyGd]

Anyone who still has brand loyalty today is stupid

[thegirl44]

Anyone who posts a comment like this with no explanation as to how, or why, they came to this opinion is stupid, RennyGd.

[steffidude]

Yeah, but GM and Chrysler had to take the stimulus money to survive. Ford didn't and has quality and character. Ford may very well be our only car company someday.

[smartepants777]

I want one. :D

[zekepig]

Ford sucks. Period.

[MoskvaMorten]

Ok, you must be the most mature person on internet. You've decided that a whole corporation only have made bad cars, and you believe that one brand always makes better cars than others. This is not football or any other retarded sports where you just can hang with one team, if you are too ignorant to see that every car-manufacturer made both good cars and bad cars, then you can't be very intelligent. Ford have made many good cars, if we are to talk about quality - I think GM is worse off.

[oscarmacaroni]

ok bubba.... maybe you're a dodge or chevy man.... but ford is the only co. that is not part of obama-motors.... therefore ford DOES NOT suck. unless you are some kind of socialist commie ........

[blkgullahman250]

oscare u redneck i think blk folks aint no socialists commie thats that word white folks use cause the afraid of different skin tone folks not just blacks educated yourself dumb mutha fucker!

[MoskvaMorten]

excellent english, mr.

[MoskvaMorten]

@blkgullahman250 how about learning proper english?

[gft2055]

@MoskvaMorten : You got that right. You see it more and more.  Product of America dumb-downing.

[MyCrownOfWorms]

Ford is superior

[spyfreakm16]

@zekepig i gotta agree with moskvamorten. what u said was blind and idiotic. No offense.

[MrRobHere]

I liked the lines of the car.

[Jeffrey844]

este auto me gusta, cerca de mi casa hay un taller y hay uno de estos pero se encuentra dañado

[DellMan94]

cant beat a ford :)

[zukomatico]

ahora todos los autos de hoy apestan son una porqueria de plastico , si chocas con un auto clasico te mueres ariba los autos clasicos

[TiggerBill]

i think his name is peter north

[Eviltaco375]

lmao

[labithao]

este carro e de tradiçao a americana

[6925thcobras]

Does anyone happen to know who that announcer was? He made a lot of commericials as well as instructional movies (not "videos" in those days).

[GingerGilligan]

He has no name.  He is simply The Voice.

[HerraIce]

This Car Has That Good Old Classic American Flava :P

Fuck Toyota,Honda & that bullshit im ridin in my Impala ;)

[1947Desoto]

Yea, someone needs to at least save all the '42 models and orphan cars!

[333maxwell]

HEre is the deal..

If Ford spent half the time they did being 'ahead' of the time now as they did then, they wouldn't be pawning off crap and going under.

And by ahead of the time.. I don't mean GPS or anti lock brakes and space age aerodymanic.. I mean in ART.

One look at Ford cars then and at what they offer now, and my point should be made I would think.

[Milner62]

back in 1963 Ford had a concept car it looked good to me but I hated the fact you had four front wheels to steer with and two in the rear but the whole car had power everything and even had drive by wire controls I mean electrically controlled steering no mechanical linkage. Then in 1960 ford had the 1960 Ford Falcon that got 30 mpg highway with their I6 motor.

[highonpsi]

swell

[bobanddoug96]

cool!

[sneyder69]

Its a shame that now days fords is not so good in disign anymore...

[1995bisquick]

it had a pretty powerfull engine in fact some had a 272 cid 4.5l (equivalant in size of the modern 4.6l)anyways w/ the powerpack/ 4bbl horsepower was around 180 keep in mind this car dosnt have emmission pumps choking the engine,which why cars 4rm the mid 70's to 80's have low power

[thekidrocks72]

Keep in mind that the 1955 horsepower spec was gross, not net. While power was down through the 1970s due to lower compression and cam timing - power came back in the 1980s, and a Ford 302 had good power again.

[caffeinefree03]

Hard to believe the Crown vic has been around longer than the mustang, over 50 years

Now riding on a frame from 1979

Go panther platform :)

[MGG75]

This was way before: power steering, automatic windows, and of course, hydraulics...LOL

[MoskvaMorten]

uh, what? power steering, electric windows, seats and such was very common on american cars from the late fifties.

[Milner62]

way before power steering, automatic windows, and hydraulics? Apparently you dont know of the 1957 Fairlane hardtop convertible which was a retractable hardtop, or the fact that power steering and power windows and seats were offered in 55 and 56. Then what about the fact that the 1958 Impala had a Fuel injection 348 W-block let alone that the 1960 Falcon was getting up to 30 mpg.

[NDW58]

so how much did it wight

[kanadiankid28]

lolz, that thing probably has 80Hp

[MoskvaMorten]

it was actually a very powerfull car. of course, it was a bit top heavy, but nonetheless fast enough.

[kanadiankid28]

yeah, my buddy's 2001 Vic weighs 5200 lbs i couldnt imagine what that thing weighs

[Milner62]

the 55 Victoria weighs 3,313 lbs for Hardtop coupe, 3,321 lbs for a hardtop coupe with glass top. So the 2001 Vic weighing 5,200 lbs is a heavy sob compared to the 50`s vehicle and these cars in the 50`s were all steel and iron not plastic/vinyl/aluminum.

[linkinmylog]

ther is no way in hell a 2001 vic weighs 5200 lbs, my 2000 weighs 4250lbs.

[Milner62]

Go read page two of the comments I was replying to some guy. He stated his buddies 2001 Vic weighs 5,200 lbs.  I am pretty sure that is the max design weight rating of the vehicle but either way I am certain the vehicle is over 4,000 lbs which is a heavy sob compared to the old 55-56 crown vics

[linkinmylog]

yeah, not by much. his vic might weigh 5200 lpbs with a half ton of crack in the trunk. And i bet those old fords were close to the weight they are now.

[Milner62]

Nooo they do not. Why would you think a car with hardly any convience options and no computers and fuel injection and all that garbage new cars have would weigh the same? I have a 78 weighing 3,800 lbs with no computer and all steel body but yet a aluminum Mustang GT500 i heard weighed over 4,000 lbs. Not to mention my 56 Fairlane is listed as 3,321 lbs and I am confident it weighs that much since my 63 chevy weighed in at 3,500 lbs and with some lightening I got her down to 3,200 lbs

[1947Desoto]

At least the '55 looked good. The crown vics now are one of the ugliest pieces of @#$%%@ I've ever seen. Right up there with the pre-1998 Plymouth Voyager and 1996 Toyota Corolla. I don't get it though, cars are made with more plastic parts and barely any metal, yet they get just as bad fuel economy as their grandfathers in the 1950's when it wasn't surprising due to all the metal and steel. I can't figure it out.

[Milner62]

Its not the weight of the vehicle cars weigh more now than they did in the 50`s. my 1956 Fairlane Townsedan a 4dr sdn weighs 3,250 lbs curb weight with no passengers in the car but with a full 15 gallons of fuel. My daily driver is a 1978 Cougar XR7 2dr hrdtp weighs 3,950 lbs unloaded with 22 gallons of fuel with no passengers but my daily gets 16 mpg city with a 5.8L V8 with a 2V carb, I am thinking the 56 Fairlane of mine should get the same or better being a lighter vehicle an smaller engine

[1947Desoto]

What I'm saying is that cars are made with much lighter (and not mention cheaper) materials, but yet the mileage has not improved. If a 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook with a V6 could get 30 MPG, why can't we with our computer technology 55 years later make cars the same size with twice as much MPG. The reason hybrids aren't as popular is because car designers forget that many people buy cars for their "looks" and sadly many hybrids are not stylish in any sense. Styling plus practicality equals sales.

[Milner62]

cars are not and i say again NOT lighter, they are using lighter materials but lets see a mustang weighs almost 4000 lbs for a fully loaded GT500 2008 year model last time i checked and a 1968 Convertible Coupe Mustang weighs 2,745 lbs curb weight. Cars are using the lighter plastic and aluminum body panels over steel because of all the bullshit they add to cars now adays, power everything, multiple computers, emissions, tvs, navigation, sat radio, ect.

[Milner62]

Looks are a big factor in what sells a vehicle but cost does also you just dont get your moneys worth out of cars today. Heres my vehicles with MSRP

1978 Cougar XR7 (351W/AC) : $5,720.00 ($19,362.05 2007)

1963 Belair 2dr (283/AC) : $2,561.00 ($17,378.13 2007)

1956 Fairlane TownSedan (292) : $2,190.00 ($16,782.65 2007)

As you can see these all steel vehicles are cheap. my fully loaded 78 Cougar at $19,362 is still less than a fully loaded Honda Civic and I have a optional 351 over 302.

[1947Desoto]

Thanks for the info. That makes a lot of sense. It's too bad the direction car companies have gone. I've heard the reason plastic and aluminum is used over steel is that the fact that it crumples in a crash helps absorb the shock instead of the passenger. Sadly it makes modern day cars like every other consumer products, DISPOSABLE.

[Milner62]

Thats all new cars are they are built to last 10 years and be thrown away and replaced. cars like my mercury has rebuildable idler arm on the steering and the 56 fairlane also has a rebuild able idler arm on the steering cars of pre computer era (1980 - current) were built with parts to be rebuilt not thrown away and replaced. This is a throw away generation the generation of the 1979 and older cars were of the rebuilding generation.

[Milner62]

As far as plastics goes they were used to lighten up the car because plastic or vinyl bumpers are lighter than aluminum or steel. and Fiberglass isnt light fiberglass is on the heavy side which is why Carbonfiber which is supposed to be strong like fiberglass but be lighter cause their using carbon fibers instead of glass fibers. But ive seen carbonfiber hoods on honda`s get cracked and chipped by a bug hitting it at highway speeds.

[1947Desoto]

Good to know. It's sad how cars have gone downhill. I read that one guy designed a car for himself which used steel and metal as he hates "plastic crap". What I don't get is, is that if so many vintage car lovers like you and me are out there and say the same thing, why doesn't at least one company take that into acount? I understand cost but come on, we need to make cars again, not computers and toys on wheels.

[Milner62]

I dont know why the automakers dont.There was alot of talk of bringing back extinct car models for another run which I do like the idea but I also hate it because their retrostyling the car and comes off to me as they have no new ideas so their reusing old ideas. There was talk of bringing the Belair back and having the car based off the 55-57 Belair including the interior but yet the Interior had a impala rear seat speaker that says Belair on it.

[1947Desoto]

Wow! I didn't know about the extinct car models comming back! That's awsome, but yet I somewhat agree. I like stuff from the 40's and 50's especially cars, but yet back then noone made "retro" cars so therefore making retro car is not exactly a retro thing at all when you think about it. Still, I'd like to see which "extinct" cars they'd like to bring back. I also know there is a purchasable "new" 1957 Chevrolet bel air on the market. A reproduction I think.

[1947Desoto]

Also there is a concept Chevrolet that combines the front of a '57, the mid section of a '58 and the tailfins and lights of a '59all on a Corvette chassis. It looks great but it costs a pretty penny. If there's any extinct car I'd like to see, it would be a 1947 Desoto.

[Milner62]

I would like for them to bring the old Fairlane back, the Belair back and the Cougar back cause I just know they will fuck it up trying to retro style them and it will make my orignal`s go up in value. One I would really like to see built and sold is a replica of the old Shelby Daytona Coupe. They brought the GT40 out so why not bring that GT class racer out also.

[1947Desoto]

I get what your saying. It's true, the challenger is cool because it's been gone for so long, but it's missing it's classic edges and it's "chubbier" than the origional. Just like the HHR, I love 40's cars but it's based on the lesser known '49 Chevrolet Suburban. The reason cars have lost their sharp looks is (from a story I heard) that origionaly designers drew cars in pencil which gives thin sharp lines and recently in the 80's they started drawing with something with a less pointed edge.

[Milner62]

It could be that or the fact that they use big clay hunks and they use that to create vehicles.

[1947Desoto]

Could be. I hope that dog bowl hubcaps come back. I'm not a big fan of just having spoke wheels as the only type of wheel available. I'd also like to see white wall tires again, and maybe even chrome bumpers.

[Milner62]

id love to see 14 and 15 inch rims make a come back with 26 - 28 inch tall tires, I mean hell since their all going to these rubberband low profile tires there is no cheap option for old cars that are under restoration. I mean im not going to spend $200 a pop for reproduction tires for a restlration untill after the car is finished I would like to get the correct size tire to move the car around and be cheap.

[1947Desoto]

Makse sense to me. I know spoke tires have been around for cars since they were invented, wire wheels were the "hot sporty" option in the 50's, but dogbowl or even full wheel covers just look better. It gives the car a more aerodynamic feel, rather than having an odd shape. I also found out that white walls are thought differently now than before. In the old days "black wall" tires cost extra and were seen as fancy. Now it's the opposite.

[Milner62]

Yep like the other day I saw a 1977 Tbird same body style as my 78 Cougar with big 4" white walls on it, looked ugly as hell. I like the small dog dish hubcaps over the full hubcap because on my fairlane for instance its a small chrome smoothie hubcap with a small spike in the center and white ring around it where ford is in chrome and the rim is body color with a chrome ribbed beauty ring. But besides all that I am just contemplating if drum brakes will be safe on this car for street use.

[1947Desoto]

As long as their not wire or spoke wheels. I also like that pre-war style of colored steel wheels with a smoothie hubcap in the center. It helps to compliment the car. These modern shiney alloy spoke wheels take over rather than compliment. It just adds more complication to a car that already has a complicated computerized engine.

[Milner62]

I am more or less into stock restorations now adays I used to update or hotrod but now im going back bone stock on mine I am changing somethings up like on the 56 im putting those ribbed stainless steel beauty rings that she didnt have and I am going with fender skirts with stainless steel stone guards on it. But I am not concerning myself with the appearance of the vehicle just yet I am figuring out the mechanicals. Just dont know about the four wheel drum brakes if they are smart for a driver.

[Milner62]

I know my daily has rear drum brakes but she has disc brakes up front and I do know disc brakes require more brake pedal force to stop than drums but I do want to drive the car as much as possible even on the highway (given at 55 - 60 mph) but dont know if I want to take the risk with drum brakes and risk having to stop fast cause of how people deside to take their new cars and stop at the last moment and risk totaling the car out cause of the long stopping distance.

[1947Desoto]

I'm not good with car mechanics. I just know their history and how to differentiate between the years and maybe even name some engines types. Best thing to do is some research on the brakes.

[Milner62]

well I know as a fact disc brakes stop quicker than drum brakes and are more reliable and all that but I like a factory stock restoration and I cant restore the car bone stock with disc brakes because id have to swap to dual master cylinders and run a second brake line and I already ordered a reproduction factory bent single stainless steel brake line kit.

[1947Desoto]

I'm glad your keeping it real. I'm not a fan of rodding pre-70's cars, especially rare cars from the 30's. At one of the local shows, someone had customized a Tucker Torpedo. I can't believe that anyone would do that to such a rare car!

[Milner62]

Oh i dont mind hotrodding some cars long as its done tastefully, like my 63 belair its being built up as a 1960-65 street machine engine has vintage technology the tires are going to be vintage biasply BFG tires up front and vintage biasply M/T slicks out back. but none of this modern flare.

[1947Desoto]

Retro rods are cool, but what's your opinion on the rodded Tucker?

[Milner62]

any vehicle 1959 and older I would restore stock actually after doing this 63 I wished I went back stock because its hell when something happens cause you cant use factory testing or factory specs to solve the problems. the TUcker I would have put back stock maybe updated it some but not hotrod it.

[1947Desoto]

I agree. I hope all the pre-59 cars that are in junkyards out west eventually get sold to owners who will restore them. I read in Old Cars Weekly that there are rare cars in those yards, and that some are being forced to destroy some of their stock to make room. If I had the money I'd buy them all myself and restore them to stock. I wish there was law against destroying uncommon cars, restored, barn fresh, or junkyard special. Like Packards, Nashes, Imperials and all 1942 models.

[Milner62]

Yep thats like with my uncle he has alot of old cars sitting rotting away I personally dont have ownership of the 56 fairlane yet but he said I could take it even though its not his to give but I am still fighting for the car to save it from going from a shed building to rotting out in a field.

[1947Desoto]

I'm glad that's one more vintage car on the road! I've heard terrible stories of 30's and 40's cars going to the crusher. I'd like to have my own vintage car someday, but it's very hard to find a garage in New York City. There are a couple of beaters in my neighborhood, a 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 1966 Dodge Charger, and sometimes a guy visits with a 1950 Desoto Suburban. There used to be a mint condition '63 or '64 Thunderbird on my block for years, but I think he sold it.

[Milner62]

thats how it goes, theres a nice local 1961-62 Galaxie 2dr hrdtp with a 292 Y8 under the hood for $750 but I dont got the money or room. But I dont want to see this 56 go to the field I never really knew my grandfather since he passed away before i was old enough to remember him and the fact that uncle gets everything and he wouldnt do anything with the car he has 30 to 60 cars sitting out in the field even a 1915 ford milk truck.

[1947Desoto]

Wow! That truck all fixed up would sell for a pretty penny! Speaking of the '56 reminded me that my dad drove a '55 once or twice. It was retired police cruiser with a column shifter. I think the police Fords had better engines than their civilian counterparts.

[Milner62]

I think they had heavier duty parts, this one here is a 56 Fairlane TOwn Sedan 4dr, with a 3spd ford o matic transmission a 292 Y block Thunderbird engine rated at 202 hp with radio and heater and no ps/pb/ac. but this car was drove from 1956 when he bought the car brand new to january - feburary 1986 when he passed away and its sat in the shed since then.

[1947Desoto]

He drove the '55 back in the early 60's BTW.

[Milner62]

cool, I would like to get some old four doors and paint up as police cruisers but it sucks cause you cant legally drive them every day they have to be used in parades. not sure why anyone would think a 1956 ford or a 1955 ford police cruiser replica would pull other cars over I wouldnt pull over if a old antique police car pulled behind me and turned the lights on.

[1947Desoto]

Lol, I dunno. Police spec cars are cool, but I'm not a big fan of the 2001-2010 Ford Crown Vics. They have RWD and body on frame construction which is old technology, (not a bad thing), but they are one the ugliest cars I've ever seen, right up there with the '89 Plymouth Voyager and '96 Corolla. Lincoln towncars however are awsome. They're built like tanks and have those distincitive grills, sadly many limo companies are having to replace them with more fuel efficent cars.

[Milner62]

the newer cop cars are weird. I would like to have a 55-57 police cruiser replica ford and chevrolet but I would wnat to be able to cruise in them not just restricted to driving them in parades.

[1947Desoto]

I don't see why not. No police departments use them, so there's no way anyone would confuse them. I've seen people who own even newer retired police cars have trouble with the public. In an episode of Pimp My Ride they bring in a skateboarders '91-'96 retired Caprice. Many people hated him for it and egged the car constantly as they tried to show how "cool" they were by hating authority figures.

[Milner62]

I dont know either just said that if I had a police vehicle even if it was just painted like one it couldnt be drove on the public streets didnt list the reasion why not but I think its stupid to be honest. I would like to build a few cause a 4dr would be better suited in a police cruiser paint job especially if its a heavily rusted 4dr that requires holes repaired in the roof then you could do work for the gumball machine.

[Milner62]

He has a bunch of jeeps ranging from 1943 - 1960 sitting out in the front yard of his house on his land under tress rotting away.

[Tpavra]

What a load of crap! Good video though.

[goosespencer]

I want one.

[MoskvaMorten]

One of me first cars actually was a 55 Crown Vic. It was traded for a '69 Monterey in far better shape. The bloke who got the Vic from me has restored it to mint, it's a very nice car today. I kinda miss it.