239 Flathead V8 Powered 1953 Ford Customline Test Drive

* SOLD *
* 33,000 actual miles
* Very nice Turquoise Exterior
* Original Green cloth interior
* Powered by 239 cubic inch flathead V8
* 3-speed Fordomatic automatic transmission
* AM radio
* Dual exhaust with glasspack style mufflers3

[waynevarner]

I learned to drive in a 1953 Ford Customline like this when I was 12 years old...64 years ago. Same color, except ours was a standard shift (3 on the tree). Flathead V8. Great car...

[ramblerdave]

My dad's first new car, Fordor Customline, same color, blackwall tires, 3 on the tree, 6cyl, 1953. Remember trips from Flint, Michigan to West Virginia, to visit grandparents and cousins, in it. Was riding shotgun when he lightly rear ended a '56 Mercury, inverting the point of the bullet in the grille, without scratching the new Mercury. Traded it for a '57 Chevy 210, 4 door sedan, 283, Turboglide, after being a GM employee for three years. The automatic made my mom decide to learn to drive, at 31.

[loveisall]

Last year for the flathead! Beautiful car.

[shoelessb]

My first actual car. Gave $105 in 1964.
While I walked home to get my money, teenage girl seller " washed " it for me using TSP and a kitchen scrubby.
Instant patina job. Added headers, 2 97s and a Mallory dist, 2" blocks in back.
Biggest improvement- Mad Man Muntz 45 record player. 😅

[jsat]

Looks very much like a 53 Ford my uncle drove for years. Rode in it many times. Also our family car was a 53 Victoria both were great cars.

[paulsheehan]

In Canada, Ford Canada had a Meteor Division, that was a cross between a Ford and a Mercury, Meteor's, weren't sold in U.S.

[JeffBazell]

I miss my dad's '53 Customline. Auto tranny like this. Beige. But mostly I miss my dad.

[jeromebreeding]

All Fordimatic transmissions from 51-57 started out in second gear. In 58 Ford introduced the Cruisamatic which started out in first like later automatics.

[Thomas-dzo]

Difficult to hear what the younger man is saying but the older man can be understood just fine does this vehicle have power steering?

[seanwilliams]

I saw its already sold. How much did you get for it?

[Whosback]

My first car. took the heads off and it had holes in the pistons about the size of half dollar. But it ran i quart of oil for every 15 miles. Not something you want to do these days.

[timr]

Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end... Trump 2024

[westerntraveler]

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