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03-21-2023, 08:06 AM | #1 |
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52 "false" spare tire acc.
Were these ever an official Ford acc.?
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03-21-2023, 08:25 AM | #2 |
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"Coronado Kit".
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03-21-2023, 08:37 AM | #3 |
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Coronada kit looks like.......................
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03-21-2023, 10:42 AM | #4 |
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What is the derivation of the term "Colorado kit"? Why not "South Dakota kit". Inquiring minds want to know.
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03-21-2023, 10:53 AM | #5 |
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In the V-8 Club's 52-53 Ford book it was listed as a genuine accessory. It was called the "Coronado Deck". Page 7-14 of Volume 1 of the book.
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03-21-2023, 11:43 AM | #6 |
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03-21-2023, 06:37 PM | #7 |
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So what’s the difference with a “ Continental Kit”? Is it an aftermarket add on that moves the bumper back and puts the tire between it and the trunk?.......Mark
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03-21-2023, 11:37 PM | #9 |
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I bought this one and was my first Ford (except for a 65 Mustang in the early 80s) I liked the continental kit and took me awhile to figure out it wasn't a Ford accessory. The Tri 5 continental kits are expensive, half the price I paid for the whole Ford. It's already painted the same color as the car so I plan to keep it and it came with the center hubcap already rechromed
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03-22-2023, 02:16 AM | #11 |
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The Coronado kit may have been available as a authorized Ford accessory from dealers, but was part of the limited edition package which included the yellow paint job and Pace Car door transfers.Those Ford built Sunliner convertibles were replicas of the official Indianapolis 500 Pace Car for 1953, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Ford Motor company.
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1952 Ford Coronado Deck Conversion - A Genuine Ford Accessory |
03-25-2023, 05:39 AM | #13 |
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1953 Ford Coronado Deck Conversion - Genuine Ford Accessory |
03-25-2023, 04:24 PM | #14 |
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There was a 1953 Fordor about a mile from where I grew up with a Coronado kit on it. Original owner and paint black Customline. Disappeared in the mid 1970's.
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