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Old 05-25-2024, 05:29 AM   #1
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Old 05-25-2024, 12:08 PM   #2
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That Lincoln isn’t a wagon, it’s a whole damn wagon train. Love it.
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1959 Ford Ranch Wagon wearing 1961 Dodge Spinner Wheel Covers
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1956 Ford Ranch Wagon.
It appears that this Wagon is a revised model, as the original base Ranch Wagons never had side chrome trim?
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1958 2-Door 6-Passenger Edsel Roundup Station Wagon
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1956 Ford Ranch Wagon.

It appears that this Wagon is a revised model, as the original base Ranch Wagons never had side chrome trim?
Trevor, there were three trim levels in 1956 for the 2DR WAGONS -

59A - MAINLINE RANCH WAGON
59B - CUSTOMLINE RANCH WAGON
59C - FAIRLANE RANCH WAGON (PARKLANE)

You're showing the MAINLINE.
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1956 Ford Ranch Wagon, as first released, note no side trim
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That is one confused 56.
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The glass top does not look like it belong there.
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1956 Ford Station Wagon with Tinted Transparent Panel above front passengers.
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Old 08-04-2024, 02:19 AM   #11
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The glass top does not look like it belong there.
10-4 on that.
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My folks had a 54 Ford wagon with a "glass" roof, I think it was in 59 or 60. I was way too young to figure out if it was factory or custom aftermarket. Ford did the hood plexiglass in 54, possible the glass roof too on a wagon?
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My folks had a 54 Ford wagon with a "glass" roof, I think it was in 59 or 60. I was way too young to figure out if it was factory or custom aftermarket.
No family photos of the car? Now that would have been something.

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Ford did the hood plexiglass in 54, possible the glass roof too on a wagon?
Now the hood was not an actual assembly part. It was issued by FORD to dealers to show the buyer the new FYB on the showroom floor. Dealers had to take/buy them, and it wasn't supposed to be sold with the car. It was to be re-used. If it needed a color change, the dealer had to eat it.

Here is a photo of a '54. Looks tells me a retro-fit would have been a lot easier that a later '55/56 CROWN SKYLINER.
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Old 08-04-2024, 06:05 PM   #17
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Now I am wondering if the owner put a '54 roof panel (plexiglass) on the SW?
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Family photos? No, farm life was not seen to be "photogenic" in those days. Photos were high school graduation and Christmas. My sister has the box of photos (she is the keeper of family history) so I will go through it next time we are in WI.

Dad got the wagon because the family grew and it was too cold in the winter for us older kids to ride in the bed. Always had V-8 powered cars, always had a pickup and lets not forget the John Deere .....
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Interesting board rack on the Ranch Wagon. Permanent mount?
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