Milford chronicle., 1954-11-12

Victoria, the fOur-dOOr Town Sedan
and the twO-dOOr Club Sedan.
Ford, which produces 479o of all
station wagons sold, has expanded
its station wagon series for 1855
to include five models with all
steel bOdies-One more than in 1854.
They include the eight-passenger
Country Squire, with side holdings
of wood grained glass fibre: an
eight-passenger Country Sedan; a
six-passenger Country Sedan, a
Custom Ranch Wagon and a Ranch
Wagon.
This year Ford's Customline
series includes FOrdOr and Tudor
Sedans. The chrome mOlding along
the sides of the CustOmline mod
els, provides clean, classic lines
and serves as a bumper" to pro-
tect the finish when a car door
opens in the next parking space.
FOrd's lowest priced series in
cludes three models: the new Tu-
dor Business Sedan, the Tudor
Sedan and the Fordor Sedan.
New features Of the 1855 Ford
include:
Improved Fordomatic transmits
sion which gives the driver a choice
of much faster getaway from stop
lights, when desired, without man
ual shifting. BY pressing the ac-
celeratOr to the floor the driver
gets an automatic lOw-gear start
which puts him 40 feet ahead of
last years model when he reaches
S5 mph. Overdrive and regular
transmissiOns also are optional on
the new .FOrds.
A new integrated air condition
ing and heating system cOmpeti-
lively priced will be introduced by
Ford early in 1855 The Ford unit
will combine a fresh air heater
with air conditioner and will be of
the "frOnt-end" type with all COM
ponents forward of the passenger
compartment. Controls will be
placed in the regular heater con-
troll dial on the instrument panel.
The unit will be adaptable to sta
tiOn wagons and cOnverubles.
Larger brakes on all models with
25 per cent more braking surface
on station wagons. provide greater
stopping ability and so per cent
( longer life.
"TurbO-actiOn" Is nm spark
plugs, another Ford First. burn
off carbon deposits because of their
larger diameter and greater heat
range. This keeps spark plugs
clean up to three times longer than
conventional plugs and greatly re-
| duces fOuling at low speeds.
New this year is an illuminated
| FOrdOmatic drive selectOr mounted
in the instrument panel and easily
visible to the driver. The speedO-
meter, mounted above the panel,
has a transparent hood for daylight
illumination. The instrument panel
has round dials for heat and tenn
/ perature controls, radio and clock.
FOTd's new, lower silhouette is
the result of a redesigned frame
1 which has made possible a reduc-
ton in overall height of all models.
For example, the Crown Victoria
models have an overall height of
only 58.2 inches. Sedans are re-
duced 1.3 inches under the 1854
models without loss of headfoOm.
A greatly improved ride" and
| easier handling result from an en-
tirely new chassis. new shock alb
sOrber valving, spring improve
ments and new "angle poised' ball
| joint suspension which Ford intro
duced last year. The ball-ioint
front suspension has been further
improved by fitting the horizontal
axis of the suspension 8 degrees so
the wheels roll over the bumps
more easily and road shock is less
ened.
New tubeless tires, first intro
duced in the low-priced field bv
Ford in 1854, are again standard
equipment and offer greater safe
ty because they retain air longer
after a puncture.
Four driving assists - mower
brakes, power steering, four power
windows and four-way power seats
which, along with the conventional
seat, can be moved two inches fur
ther back to provide additional leg
n room.