[mercman from oz]

Tom, I believe that your new purchase is a 1951 Ford Victoria as per the above illustration.
When you said you had just purchased a Crestline, I presumed that you bought yourself a Crestliner.
The Ford Crestliner was only produced for two years, 1950 and 1951.
They were discontinued when the Victoria was introduced.
The first models that Ford attached the Crestline names to were the 1952 models.
Final year for the Crestline name was 1954, and it was replaced by Fairlane for the 1955 models.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Mercman <><