In my experience with shows, at Knott's Berry Farm ALL Ford in So Cal show many 55-56 Fords show up from perfect restorations, daily drivers, customs, etc: many "viewing folks" have positive things to say about all of them. Too bad the "show" has become a late model Mustang event sso I probably won't go back again.

At local get togethers there are never very many and they ones that do come are always smiled upon. One of the best "show" I ever took mine to was at a 40 Ford meet which accepts others makes but mostly Fords....I will being going back to that one as long as they have it......................

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

How many 55-56 Fords still exist??
All I see are a very few 55-56 Crowns, several 55-56 Vicky's,one Sunliner and a couple of posts.
Not a real number but...I live in the Omaha, Ne area, 500,000 population.
The Fords ALWAYS draw a crowd.. As we don't see that many, even at the all Ford Show.
That being said 99% of the time the scrubs win the trophies.
I sure don't see myself coming like the scrub guys do.

I didn't build my post for anyone but me. I wouldn't trade it for all the scrubs in Nebraska.

Jim

  Jim Rowe Elkhorn, NE

Further, Curtis Turner's driver organization attempt, resulted in Bill France unilaterally banning him from NASCAR.. Some time later France was pressured to relent, & Turner was reinstated. However, due to that situation, I very much doubt that Curtis will ever be in the Hall of Fame.. Also, because he has I believe been deceased since 1970, he is not well known by current fans. Turner often flew his own plane to races. He and another person were killed in a plane crash.

Paul

Bill:

As I remember, that is the sub-title of the Full Throttle titled book. I can't look at it, I borrowed it from the local public library about a year ago.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

I thought the Curtis Turner book I read was called "The Life and fast times of Curtis Turner" Can't remember the writer, I lent the book to my Nephew. Or was the mickey Thomson book called the life and fast times of Mickey Thomson? cant remember, I'll have to get the books back.

Anyway, Bothe Great reading!

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Mike, The first Curtis Turner book was called Timber on the Moon by D.L. Morris, very hard to find! Another book about Curtis is Full Throttle by Robert Edelstein. Both books are very good and will give you an idea how earily Nascar was like. A third short book by Curtis's first wife ( Ann Ross Turner) is called My life with Curtis Turner. This book is super hard to find. I have been a fan of " Pops" for a long time and have a large collection of 56 and 57 Nascar junk! Thanks Tom

  JUST A MIDNIGHT CRUISE DOWN THUNDER ROAD!!! TOM DRUMMOND MIDWEST DIRECTOR 57 FORD INTERNATIONAL

A friend of mine from high school had a '56 Customline Victoria in the summer of 1963. It was a 292 stick as I recall. Lost tract of him and the car after that. That is the only one I have ever seen.

May I improve on that sentence?

What makes the 55 and 56 Fords unique is that they are the best looking cars ever built, period.
They were so good looking that they were built until 1958 in Australia.

~DJ~ AKA "Bleach"
1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan 30K original miles

Missouri Mike

You mentioned "reading his book" ..Whats the name of the book? Sounds like interesting reading.

Thanks

Jim

Location:Washington,Ia

And that was in a "REAL" Ford & not a Nascar designed Fusion.

Doing Fords for 45 years. '56 Customline Victoria

E.J. in Havana FL