1955 Ford Fairlane Victoria

In response to Chevrolet's popular Bel-Air model, Ford created the Fairlane Victoria. This example was made in Ford's Chicago, IL factory (VIN code G). It was the recipient of a comprehensive restoration from engine, interior, paint and chrome!

Dressed in Snowshoe White over Torch Red (code RE), the car's paint and trim are in very good order. The bodywork is straight and solid, the engine bay is extremely tidy, there are rear fender skirts and the chrome bumpers fit tightly to the body.

This fancy Ford rolls on Firestone Deluxe Champion Gum-Dipped wide whitewall tires, size 6.70-15, at all four corners. Each one is mounted to a steel wheel topped with a factory wheel cover. Note speedo/Odo are inop. The wheels are in excellent order while the tires are in very good shape.

Under the hood is a 272 CID V-8 engine (VIN code U). The motor is backed by a three-speed manual transmission. Driver convenience features include power steering.

The reupholstered white-over-red vinyl seats look great. The front seat is split 50/50 while the rear bench is full. There is red carpeting with a contrasting white headliner. A two-spoke steering wheel faces the driver. The red-over-white metal dash and matching door panels are in overall very good condition. A column-mounted shift lever and a factory AM radio complete the interior.

The American Ford line of cars gained a new body for 1955 to keep up with surging Chevrolet and Plymouth, although it remained similar to the 1952 Ford underneath.

Apart from the engine changes, customers were sure to notice the new Fairlane, which replaced the Crestline as the top trim level, while a new Crown Victoria-style featured a chrome “basket handle” across the familiar (and continued) “Victoria” hardtop roof, which originally appeared on the Mercury XM-800 concept car. This use of a styling feature to visually separate the front of the passenger compartment from the rear reappeared on the 1977-1979 Ford Thunderbird, the Ford LTD Crown Victoria, the Ford Fairmont Futura and Mercury Zephyr Z-7 coupes. In 1955, the company marketed three different rooflines on its two-door models; the tall two-pillar Mainline, Customline and Fairlane sedans, pillarless hardtop Fairlane Victoria and the chrome-pillar Fairlane Crown Victoria. The Fairlane Crown Victoria was also offered with a transparent “skylighted” top. New brakes were used 11-inch drums. Also, Fords had a new frame, but still with five cross members.

The Fords introduced for 1955 also featured the panoramic windshields found on Oldsmobiles, Buicks and Cadillacs the previous year. With this panoramic windshield the A-pillars have a vertical angle. this gives the driver more panoramic visibility.

For the first time, Ford offered seat belts as a dealer option (not factory installed, with instructions provided by a Service Bulletin). Also new for 1955 was Ford's first factory installed air conditioner. This “Select Aire” option featured an integrated heater core and evaporator coil unit within the dash and cold air discharge vents located on top of the dash on either side of the radio speaker.

Besides Chevy's Bel-Air, competition to this Ford in 1955 included Plymouth's Belvedere and Pontiac's Star Chief.

If you're a Ford fan, if you like mid-50s cars or if you simply like the look of it, visit MotoeXotica Classic Cars to check out this Fairlane Victoria.

VIN: U5GV185626

This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 12,639 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title.

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