What Model is This 56

[scicala]

You're correct, it's a Customline. My bad...

The side trim is half Customline and half Mainline. Let's see the data plate.
The car has a lot of mis-matched parts.

Sal

 

[Lanny]

The Customline had a side trim that went all the way to the front where the Mainline did not. Mainline cars started out as trimless early in 1956 production but changed to the abbreviated side trim at the rear and added trim around front and rear glass. There were other interior trim differences and exterior options but the external side trim differences do stand out enough to tell the tale.

I can't say if there were differences in Canadian production or not. This link is a good one,
https:[B]//1956-ford.com/1956-ford-cars-all-brochure.[/B]html

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rotorwrench, your link is a very good one.
The '56 in question, here, has all the markings of a Customline.





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[rotorwrench]

The additional piece of trim in the lower position on the rear quarter panel looks similar to some of the 4-door sedan Mainline types but it doesn't seem to be common to the 2-door sedan. I don't have any idea what the option in that area might have been but it may or may not be OEM for all I know. The original factory sales literature would likely answer the question one way or the other.

Folks have been customizing these old cars for years so nothing would surprise me much. Most may prefer a Fairlane but those that liked a more subtle approach would be fine with a lower trim grade. I'm sure there are more clones that a person can shake a stick at.

 

[KULTULZ]

A SALES BROCHURE features an artists rendition of how a car supposedly will look when released.

It also depends on the date of the sales brochure.

 

[58Yeoman]

That Fairlane could've had the trim added. I did the same thing with my 58 Chevy Yeoman. The only dash trim on the lowest trim level Yeoman was the aluminum trim around the speedometer. I added the BelAir trim to make it look better.

 

[darrell]

its a customline that someone added the mainline chrome strip so they could paint that strip.looks good.or you could say its a mainline that someone added the customline trim.i was at a car show and seen a beautiful fairlane vic later i found out it had been a customline vic.you never know after all these years.

 

[mercman from oz]

1956 Ford Mainline - update model with the extra side trim.

 

[scicala]

1956 Ford Mainline - update model with the extra side trim.

That looks 100% '56 Mainline, except it has the '56 Fairlane trim above the tailight for the back up light. '56 Mainlines had the same upper tailight trim as '55.

Sal

 

[mercman from oz]

1956 Ford Fairlane Reversing Lights fitted to this 1956 Ford Mainline, as mentioned by scicala.

 

[KULTULZ]

See Attached -

1ST - MAINLINE TUDOR SEDAN (70A)

2ND - CUSTOMLINE TUDOR SEDAN (70B)

 

[KULTULZ]

... except it has the '56 Fairlane trim above the tailight for the back up light. '56 Mainlines had the same upper tailight trim as '55.

Sal

... hmmph ...

I did not know that ... !thanx!​

 

[chain drive]

it is a mainline came out in the later year in 56

 

[Hot Rod Reverend]

1956 Ford Mainline - update model with the extra side trim.

To make the waters murkier, it looks like the hood has a Customline/Mainline hood Ford crest emblem but a "Fairlane" insignia just below it? Are my eyes deceiving me?

 

[mercman from oz]

1956 Fairlane Script on 1956 Mainline, as correctly mentioned by Hot Rod Reverend

 

[KULTULZ]

To make the waters murkier, it looks like the hood has a Customline/Mainline hood Ford crest emblem but a "Fairlane" insignia just below it? Are my eyes deceiving me?

No, you are correct. The owner took certain liberties ...

 

[mercman from oz]

Photo added by KULTULZ. Notice that the 56 Fairlane has a small Ford Badge with three gold points like a crown above the FORD name.

 

[mercman from oz]

The Small Ford Badge used on the 1956 Ford Fairlanes

 

[mercman from oz]

The Larger Ford Badge used on the 1956 Ford Customline and Mainline.

 

[KULTULZ]

MERCMAN -

Can you blow-up the below attachments?

 

[mercman from oz]

This is as big as I can get these Illustrations - Mercman <><