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Originally Posted by Dobie Gillis
Ford may have been using up the Customline stainless since the upcoming '57s were a completely different body and the '56 trim wouldn't fit. Just a guess. This was well before "just in time" manufacturing so they may have had several months of inventory on these items which represented an investment that might go to waste otherwise.
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My thought was they had to jazz up the series as it was too PLAIN JANE and suffered in sales. They wouldn't have produced more than they needed for scheduled assembly.