1951 Ford, look ahead.. introducing ford-o-matic
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Back at classic auto mall to take a closer look at the 1951 ford.. period ads specs button switches and knobs take the tour pros and cons
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The Guess Who, Share the Land
Yeah buddy you got it =)
@@What.its.like. I was hoping to get some specs and performance characteristics of the new Fordamatic trans, but the new for 51 option was'nt even mentioned.
Beautiful 1951 Ford, thanks for an very interesting Ford video. Merry Christmas! 🎅
You bet thank you so much for watching merry Christmas to you and your family as well =)
Great looking car, I'd get rid of the continental kit though and some of the bling....
Love these videos! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🍻
Glad you dig this episode =)
I had a ‘51 Custom 2 door in the early 70s. It turned 25 (Antique status for plates) while I had it. It had lots of things wrong with it: engine overheated and I’d have to pull out the thermostats every summer, steering box would literally blow off the frame (which made for interesting driving) and which I finally had welded to the frame, starter would get stuck on the flywheel (meaning I had to try to park on hills so I could pop start it if necessary) the transmission totally blew and needed to be rebuilt. Finally the frame by the driver’s door rusted/rotted and I finally sold it. But you know, I made a deal with that car, i.e. I wasn’t working and was broke so I told the car, look, I can’t afford to fix you so you have to just run without problems and when I have money I’ll fix you. The car held up it’s end of the bargain. The weird thing, though, is it didn’t have all the design features of a ‘51. It had ‘49/‘50 headlight bezels, didn’t have those big chrome features on the rear fenders go into into the tail lights, had ‘49/‘50 tail lights. I wonder if there were slight design changes and mine was, maybe, an early production model and then they made minor tweaks. It had the double bullet grille and integrated ignition (the first year of no starter button) so it was def a ‘51.
That car looks to have an original interior - good to see. The aftermarket bling is a bit over the top for my taste though. Interesting that it has a hood which can be popped from the inside. I've owned 52, 53 and 56 Fords which didn't have that feature. Re the rocket motif in the grille, 49 and 50 had single rockets, 51 had twin rockets and 52 had triple rockets, with the outer two being the parking lights. For 53 they decided it was a silly idea and changed the rockets to a single bullet. Thanks for saying ampmeter!
I got it right this time lol.. there is a 52 in the pipeline =) going back Wednesday might shoot glove box test I ran out of time and didn’t get to show that part
Which did you like the most out of the ones you’ve owned
I look forward to the 52. My thoughts on comparing the last flatheads, 52/53, with the early Y block cars, 55/56 are thus.... The ball joint suspension on the Y block cars is a definite improvement, as is the increase in power. I like the looks of the 52/53 dash and instruments, and the last flatheads were a little smoother and more refined than the Y blocks. I can't speak of the 54 Fords as I'm in Australia and the Canadian export cars we received were just re-grilled 53 Ford's with flatheads.
@@captaccordion - I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call that raggedy flathead V-8 “refined” … But if you mean smooth, then yeah, they were fairly smooth. But the Y-blocks, junk that they were, offered major improvements over that flathead …
@@sking2173 Romance be damned, you are right about both series' powerplants imo.
These are not stock taillights. The hood ornament isn't original or (obviously) the frenched headlights or pull handles...
My Dad had a 51' Ford woody wagon that he bought new. Very dependable car that could be kept running for years without the need for special tools or technicians. One time it quit running and he had to reset the ignition points using a matchbook for an adjustment tool at the side of the road, and then we were off again. Those Fords were the everyday working man's car that drove people back and forth to work in a land far, far away from what we know today.
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Have a great Christmas Jay. Lots of add-ons on that ford - -
Agreed =)
Jay, thanks for posting this. As I said in the Packard video my older brother owned a 1951 Ford. I remember it was a four-door sedan with the flathead V8 and I believe it had the automatic as well. The color was a deep green color and although I can't say for sure, my guess is that it was Fernmist green.
That would have been in the early 60s and we lived in Phoenix, Arizona at the time. My brother would take that 51 and drive up north to Sedona, Oak Creek canyon, and also Flagstaff. That 51 Ford would pull through the mountains easily it had plenty of power, even stuffed full of my brother, his friends and me, the little brother who tagged along. Thanks for the memories.
I was thinking of you and your story just now and the reason the Packard felt faster and more powerful was because it had a whole 175 more horsepower than the Ford.. The Packard would feel like a rocket ship in comparison.. that was a great story I’m going to share that story in the reflection episode.
@@What.its.like. yep that is a LOT more horsepower for sure. While the flathead V8 was quite the engine when it was introduced back in the 30s. By the time the early '50s rolled around, it was getting pretty long in the tooth. Then enter the Y block. A pretty good engine but as we all know it was not without its problems either. IOW keep that oil changed regularly and keep those oil returns clean. Oh and feel free to share any of my stories.
Beautiful design with nice details! The ashtray is really cool I've never seen one like that! Cool video! 😎
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I'm 77 & in 1951, at age 5, my family bought a brand new 1951 Ford (Basic model) for $1,650! It was a dark blue,
2 dr. Sedan, with manual transmission & with little chrome! Within weeks of buying it, someone stole the "FORD"
emblem (teens used it for belt buckles, then) & I don't remember it ever having the larger hood ornament! The car
looked good, but since it was the third & last year of that styling, it 'instantly' became dated, with the new. 1952 models!
Excellent Jay!! I enjoy learning about these cars that we never saw in Australia!!
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Oh, also I saw a Ford documentary on designing of the new post war 49 Fords. Worth looking for.
Ford was a bit late to the post war design.
Song is share the land by the Guess who. Those things over the headlight are called marbles just like the toy
You are so close but no it’s actually a different band and a different song as well but this band could be categorized with three dog night..
Great video as always! These have became really popular in the last couple of years. But these really were ahead of their times and very well engineered. Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays =) working on one more for Christmas
I don’t like the continental style spare tire kits. Some of the early Toyota RAV 4 models had the spare tire as mounted on the rear bumper. Fortunately the RAV 4 has the spare tire inside the car now.
Continental kits have always been an acquired taste.. =)
Fender skirts on this 1951 Ford for a buyers who wants a Mercury look to cover the rear wheels. All early 1950s Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury does wear rear fender skirts for Ford Motor Company.
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing that =)
My parents had a ' 51 Crestline Victoria, 2 tone blue, light blue bottom, dark blue roof, V8 with 3 speed manual. I definitely remember riding in it. For some reason, my mother did not like it, so they didn't keep it very long. As I recall, she found it hard to shift. Anyway, they sold it to my father's brother in 1955 and bought a '54 Crestline Victoria with power steering and Fordomatic.
Sweet =)
always loved the 51 Ford, most so the Crestliner and hardtop Victoria, almost bought one just like the dark blue one in photo on video before buying my last 54 Mercury, had the man not taken my offer on the Merc was gonna buy the Ford, it was much closer to me. Those taillights on the vid are the popular blue dot taillights, popular after market item back in the day, the items above headlight they were headlight visors, sometimes on these old cars you would see eyelids also, a chrome piece that covers half the headlight, should have been arm rests and hand strap for rear seat passengers, my 51 Mercury had em and all the Fords Ive seen had them. 50 model and 49 were very much alike, slight difference in grill, the park lights were different.
I prefer the front of the 49 to this one. In our town, there was a handicapped man who drove one of these with only one center front wheel which was modified by Ford for him. He was able to somehow steer the car with his feet. Later in the early 60s he had a modified Corvair. As a little kid running around town we would see the car coming and “steer” away.
Great story what a great memory I wonder if the cars are still around
Do you mean like the British-built Reliant Robin ?!
I’ll bet that was one hell of a sight …
Wow! I had one like this, mine was a 1951 Ford Custom Victoria 2-door hardtop, top of the line model, in sky blue with light blue top, in 1964 when I was in high school. Mine did not have the chrome splash guards or fender skirts, and I removed the dog dish original F hubcaps and replaced them with baby moons, and of course, put fuzzy dice on the rear view mirror, and my bongo drums in the back window. Otherwise I left it completely original factory stock and loved it. Mine was the flathead Ford V8 with the Ford-O-Matic drivetrain.
Your car sounds awesome thank you so much for sharing those memories with us
What happened to yours? Traded sold wrecked
@@What.its.like. I bought it private party for only $50.00 in February 1964, and drove it trouble free with regular maintenance care until October 1964, when the flathead V8 engine overheated and got a cracked block, so I sold it to a custom car shop in my local area for $100.00 as is, and they pulled the motor and trans and installed a 1956 Ford "Thunderbird" rebuilt engine with 300 HP and a "four on the floor" 4-speed stick shift, and put all white tuck & roll upholstery inside. It really looked sharp when they got done with it in January 1965, and he took me for a ride in it. He loved that car too, and kept it all factory stock on the exterior.
Thank you so much for coming back and sharing that story what a great memory =)
This was a milestone Ford , in those days selling over a million was a major success.
In some ways its a pity it missed out on the full width screen which the whole industry was pivoting to.
With that visor and the cable suspended traffic lights you have it the states, it would have been fun to see one of those aftermarket glass prism traffic light readers on the dash which allowed you to see the lights without ducking your head.
Have you ever seen one on a car Jay?.
Yeah I’ve seen them I need one for my truck =)
What color is that engine? Copper or an odd metallic orange?
Looks like the 1950 and 1951 engines were painted that color, but the 1949 is dark grey and 1953 is a minty green.
Beautiful ride
Yeah it was
Most of these '50 and '51 Fords I've seen with sixes had OHV sixes. For didn't introduce the OHV 6 until 1952. I guess people were swapping engines even back then. If it were me, and it had a V8, I'd be inclined to swap-in a Mercury or Lincoln V8 as they had more cubes. Most of the survivors I've seen had the overdrive transmission. I've seen a few which had a swapped-in modern C4 automatic.
That’s crazy.. I saw ads fir the six saying hell has frozen over because Henry wasn’t going to sell a 6 because that was chevys thing.. must have changed his mind.. I would like to see the flathead brought back and turbo charged because they were pretty economical all things considered and could have more power from a turbo charger..
@@What.its.like. I was surprised to hear that Ford had a 6cyl in the early 1900's. Yep, Henry Ford didn't like 'em and could only see 4's or V8's. I don't think that turbo chargers were used in Fords until the SVO 4cyl. Back in the early days, superchargers were the choice for increased power. You could even get a factory supercharger on Ford's "Y" blocks in 1957. I guess that they wanted to keep up with Studebaker.
The Fordomatic 3 speed was unusual in that it started out in 2nd gear in D range except when you floored the accelerator from a standstill in which it then started out in first gear and hold that gear at wide open throttle up to 40 miles an hour. Kickdown to low range in "D" range would occur below 25 miles an hour from 2nd to first gear at wide open throttle.
Thank you for sharing that insight =)
@@What.its.like. You're Welcome.
Hey Jay, I really like this beautiful Ford. It looks like brand new, I love the Continental kit & all of the other accessories on this car!!! Merry Christmas to you & your family!!! 🎄⛄🤶
Merry Christmas to you and your family
Like many folks into Americana, I'm liking your videos for what they contain & what they neglect. they contain nothing but information we dig & some red hot details that most of us Boomers felt we would have requested from other channels but now we don't need to worry about that since YOU'VE answered them! Also you neglect putting snarky political BS in, which is refreshing nowadays. To be honest, if I had my first car, which was a 58 Plymouth Suburban wagon, and you presented it, I'd put a vanity mirror on the passenger visor & an 8 track player in the glovebox just to mess with you! Have a wonderful Christmas, Jay!
Thank you glad you dig the channel.. I miss the days when channels could be subjective everyone puts politics front and center I decided I’m not doing that because that is something I miss.. =)
You said this car was loaded with assecories and it sure is. That metal grill guard attached to the front I believe was a dealer installed Ford accessory. The chrome trim on the rear quarter panels leading to the lights was probably a trim piece associated with the model, not all 51s had those. That would be the same for the extra chome besil at the door handles. The continental kits I have heard were not factory installed, but dealer installed assecories. I believe this was true of the early 50s Fords. T-birds they were standard and factory installed. I think on the latter 50s Sunliners, they were optional. I don't know if the installation was factory or by dealer.
Awesome insight and information thank you so much for sharing all of it because there’s very little information about what accessories were installed at the factory versus what was on offer at the dealership.
Merry Christmas Jay.
Are the extras authentic Ford parts? It looks a bit custom.
Love this car.
Merry Christmas to you and your family =)
You mentioned a clutch pedal, despite it being described as Fordamatic trans.
My family had a 54 Ford OHV 6 with a One Barrel Chandler Grove Carb
Sweet how did you like the car? Any cool stories you’d like to share ?
Hi Justin my favorite segment is orphan cars but I like all of them 🎄 and nobody presents them better than You.
Aww thank you so much for the positive vibes Merry Christmas and happy holidays
Who decided it was a good idea to add every possible accessory, dealer option and JC Whitney spangle, to an otherwise original example? I see it everywhere and it is gaudy and unauthentic; it turns the cars into caricatures.
Lovely car , just another treat
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3:08 single Holley 4 barrel carburetor? I think you meant Holley single barrel carburetor on the inline 6. ooops! Would be cool though....😎
Single barrel Holley
Jay, I’m sure it was just a misspeak, but the Ford flathead-6 didn’t come equipped with a 4-bbl Holley carburetor …
Single barrel Holley
S King: It came with a 1 Barre Holley or Ford carburetor.
6cyl fed with a single Holly 4 barrel carburetor?
Single barrel Holley
Yeah, the reflector part on the hood back in the day was called Bakelite
Thank you so much for that correction this was an earlier video I still don’t know all of the materials but it’s getting better it’s gotten a lot better I should say
They have the money to buy an ancient old car, but they barely have enough space to put it on display. It's backed up with 1 cm to spare.
Why was it that Fords used a different kind of automatic transmission fluid than other cars until the 1970s?
Idk probably so you have to buy their stuff and not the competitors.. same thing with Honda why do they use different transmission fluid that everybody else
Probably parts and accessories from JC Whitney Catalog!
You’re probably right =D
My 51 crestliner has opening vent windows in the rear
Awesome
Hey Jay, 🎅
Hey what’s up =)
Ford 1951. The most better car of all times!
The six cylinder engine had a ONE barrel carberator.
Single barrel
So you can know what things are called
My brother, always Slams the door 😳we tell him it’s not a fifty car 😖he used to my 55’ Buick Roadmaster 😬
You can tell a lot about a car by the way a door shut. I’ve been in a lot of cars through doing this there’s a lot of 50s cars where you don’t have to slam the door at all. They just shut so nice.
How much?
www.classicautomall.com/vehicles/3526/1951-ford-custom-deluxe
Windows, also known as wing windows
Thank you so much. =)
You need to study a crash book
It's not a big window it's a driver door window
One mistaken comment you made . The 6 you said has a 4 barrel carburetor! No way. It's a 1 barrel Holly or Ford carburetor!
Thank you for that correction
@@What.its.like. You're Welcome!
That car would look alot better without all those crappie accessories on it
No way the 6 cylinder engine had a 4 barrel carburetor
Holley single barrel
V8 engines didn’t seem to have much more power than the 6 engines.
Only 5 hp more..
@@What.its.like. The same thing for most cars in those days it seems.
It's not CRESENT liner It's CRESTLINER learn to read.
I’m dyslexic and nobody’s perfect it’s possible to correct somebody without being being a jerk
I liked these early fifties Ford's with twin bullets in front. Nice proportions and I think better than Chevy's frumpy look (tho, I did like the fastback 2 doors
I love GM fast back of the early 50s absolutely stunning doesn’t matter what manufacture they came from another featured car that I really hope the future this year is 1950 olds wagon those are just drop dead gorgeous to me plus the fact that it’s a wagon i’ve been looking for one they’re not the easiest thing in the world to find