mercman from oz
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Hi 69torino, The name Victoria is used in the original Sales brochure. Attached are photos of both the 1955 meteor Rideau Victoria, as well as the 1956 Meteor Victoria. Unfortunately, my 56 Brochures is in French, but you can still read that this body style is called a Victoria. Victoria was the name for the 2 door Hardtop Body Style, both in the Ford Line, as well as the Meteor Line. When the 56 Meteors were released, Meteor didn't offer a Victoria in the Niagara series,l but it was release some months after the other models. A similar thing happened with the 1956 Ford Customline Victoria. It was released after the other 1956 Ford models were released as competition to the Chevrolet 210 2-door hardtop. So your car is definitely a 1956 Meteor Niagara Victoria. I hope that this helps. Mercman <><