Ford Country Sedan

Ford Country Sedan
Ford Country Sedan
	1956 Ford Eight-Passenger Country Sedan
Overview
Manufacturer	Ford
Also called	Ford Customline Country Sedan ; Ford Galaxie 500 Country Sedan ; Meteor Country Sedan
Model years	1952–1974
Assembly	United States: Main plant; Dearborn, MI; Branch Assembly; Twin Cities, MN; Somerville, MA; Richmond, CA; Norfolk, VA; Memphis, TN; Louisville, KY; Long Beach, CA; Kansas City, MO; Edgewater, NJ; Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; Chester, PA; Buffalo, NY; Atlanta, GA;
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size station wagon
Body style	2-door station wagon ; 4-door station wagon
Related	Ford Ranch Wagon; Ford Country Squire; Ford Ranchero; Ford Del Rio; Mercury Commuter

The Ford Country Sedan is a full-size station wagon that was built by Ford in the United States from 1952 until 1974. It was part of the U.S. Ford full-size car line available in each year.^[2]^[3]

The Country Sedan was the mid-trim station wagon in the U.S. Ford range. Unlike the Country Squire, the Country Sedan featured plain body sides. As a full-size wagon, it could carry up to 9 passengers, if so equipped. For every year it was sold, regardless of the model line it was aligned with, the Country Sedan outsold the more exclusive Country Squire due to the more modest standard and optional equipment included while using the same powertrain of the more expensive version.^[2]

The Country Sedan was part of the Ford Customline range from 1952 to 1954. Beginning in 1955, Ford moved their station wagons into their own series and the Country Sedan continued to represent the mid-trim level station wagon. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Country Sedan was approximate to the Galaxie and later the Galaxie 500 in trim elements.^[4] For 1972, 1973 ^[5] and 1974 the model was marketed as the Galaxie 500 Country Sedan and from 1975 it was rebranded LTD wagon. By this time the trim level was identical to the Country Squire apart from the absence of simulated wood exterior paneling.

1953 Ford Customline Country Sedan
1954 Ford Customline Country Sedan
1955 Ford Country Sedan
1956 Ford 6-Passenger Country Sedan
1956 Ford 8-Passenger Country Sedan
1957 Ford Country Sedan
1958 Ford Country Sedan
1959 Ford Country Sedan
1960 Ford Country Sedan
1964 Ford Country Sedan
1965 Ford Country Sedan
1966 Ford Country Sedan
1967 Ford Country Sedan
1968 Ford Country Sedan
1969 Ford Country Sedan (with non-standard wheels)
1971 Ford Country Sedan
1972 Ford Galaxie 500 Country Sedan
1972 Ford Galaxie 500 Country Sedan rear styling
1973 Ford Galaxie 500 Country Sedan

^ 1959 Meteor Brochure, www.oldcarbrochures.com Retrieved 5 October 2021
^ ^a ^b Flory, Jr., J. "Kelly" (2008). American Cars, 1946-1959 Every Model Every Year. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 893. ISBN 978-0-7864-3229-5.
^ Odin, L.C. A concise guide to the Ford and Mercury full-size automobile production 1969-1978. Belvedere Publishing, 2016. ASIN: B01HE91Y4K.
^ Gunnell, John, ed. (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-096-0.
^ '73 Ford brochure, oldcarbrochures.org Retrieved 19 August 2024

[1] 1959 Meteor Brochure, www.oldcarbrochures.com Retrieved 5 October 2021

[Flory2008-2] Flory, Jr., J. "Kelly" (2008). American Cars, 1946-1959 Every Model Every Year. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 893. ISBN 978-0-7864-3229-5.

[Odin-3] Odin, L.C. A concise guide to the Ford and Mercury full-size automobile production 1969-1978. Belvedere Publishing, 2016. ASIN: B01HE91Y4K.

[Gunnell-4] Gunnell, John, ed. (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-096-0.

[5] '73 Ford brochure, oldcarbrochures.org Retrieved 19 August 2024

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