- In 1950 many of the vehicles created by the Ford Motor Company were nearly the same in appearance as the 1949 models. By the early 1950s, Ford had made improvements in the appearance of their vehicles and buyers had more options. As the year progressed, changes were rapid and cars appeared more flashy and polished.
- From 1949 to 1950 the Ford Deluxe two-door sedan changed very little. Besides the park lights, side trim and the location of the Ford emblem, the vehicle was virtually unchanged. The gas filler was located in the rear of the vehicle behind the driver's seat. The Deluxe two-door sedan had a flathead V-8 engine and a three-speed manual transmission.
- Ford's first two-door hardtop was the 1951 Ford Customliner Victoria. Fender skirts were on the rear wheels and the grill of the vehicle was a new two-bullet style, changed from the single-bullet style of earlier Ford vehicles. With the Customliner Victoria, Ford-O-Matic automatic transmission was available. Within its first year on the market Ford sold 110,000 1951 Custom Victoria vehicles.
- The new Ford model for 1954 was a two-door hardtop Ford Crestline Skyliner. The hardtop had a dark green plastic window in the roof of the vehicle so that passengers in the vehicle could enjoy the weather without having to withstand the wind. The Crestline Skyliner had a V-8 engine and power windows and power brakes were options on not only the Crestline Skyliner but all 1954 Ford models as well.
- The 1959 Ford Galaxie Skyliner Hardtop Convertible was the last Skyliner model that Ford made. Choices in engine ranged from a 292 cubic inch, 200 horsepower V-8 engine to a 352 cubic inch, 300 horsepower V-8 engine.
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